Hey everyone… I’m running late with this week’s Hod‘s Comic.  It’s scripted, but I’m having problems with Illustrator, which makes it difficult to get it lettered right now.  I’m pretty sure I have a fix for the Illustrator issue (I’ll find out at lunch when I have time to work on it), so I should be able to get the update out this evening.

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here.  I’ve been busy with work and a few other projects (along with a novel, a Brat-halla text-based adventure game, print volume 2 of Brat-halla and a print volume of our Spook’d webcomic) and Seth has been busy working on a fun comic for Image called Xenoholics (by him and our friend Joshua Williamson).

But things are finally beginning to slow down all around to where I’m able to finally make an appearance this year (I’ve had to cancel three other conventions this year due to conflicts with work and personal issues).  I’ll be at the Austin Comic Con this weekend (November 19th-21st Edit: November 11th-13th… been so busy I’m even mixing up dates for events now) at Artist Alley table 2412.  I’ll be there with my 10-year old daughter (the co-creator of the Backup Dad storyline) who will be selling sketch cards.

Seen above are some samples she drew this week in preparation for the show–Odineye, She-Hulk (and Lawyer She-Hulk), Batgirl, Blue Devil, DragonMan, and a custom character she created.  If you’re in the Austin area or within driving distance, be sure to stop by and chat.

Look for more news here soon. 

–Jeff

For now, Brat-halla is still on hiatus.  Since our last update, Seth and I have been putting in long hours with our day jobs (the ones that keep our families fed).  We’re really good at our jobs and in these times, we’re the kind of workers companies like to do "more with less" with. 

But the day jobs have taken a toll (at least for me… and I haven’t been able to find time when Seth’s been available to chat with him for nearly 3 weeks now), so as I’ve had free time creep back into my schedule, I’ve been having to focus more and more on my health.  It’s nothing immediately life-threatening, but if I don’t take care of it now, it will be.  Luckily, I’ve been making progress as my cholesterol has dropped from "how can you not be dead" levels to "you might be able to live with those levels" in a little over a month’s time (with the help of diet, exercise, medication, positive thinking and a supportive family… "drop and give me 20 dad!").

During the current hiatus though, I have been able to slowly pick away at the Brat-halla: Volume 2 and Volume 3 trades here-and-there, so I’m hoping to have one of those ready in time for the holidays.  I’ll try my best to keep everyone in the loop.

For those of you who make it out to a Free Comic Book Day event at your local comic book shop today, be sure to grab the free preview copy of Fractured Fables… a wonderful anthology book coming out soon from Silverline Books/Image Comics that has a story drawn by Brat-halla’s own Seth Damoose.

Well, look what I stumbled across over at Amazon… the Brat-halla: Volume One trade collection.  Enjoy!