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on January 20
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
Posted project update #21New Year, New Ashcan, New Phase, New Skills
So we’re done with the penciling. The hard work is all behind us. Now Jim is on to inking everything, and I’m learning to put tails on all the balloons and making all the text look pretty. Our hard deadline is to have this finished, sent to the printers, and ready for San Diego Comicon on July 14th. So you’re definitely going to see something finished in the next few months. We’ll likely release this on Amazon as an eBook before the print books come out.
Jim is also planning on putting together a little sketchbook of our favorite drawings, and sending it out to all our supporters in the next few weeks. So you can look forward to that. In the meantime, he’s off to the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême, France, one of the world's great comics events. There he’ll be showing off our ashcan copy to some hopeful supporters.
Not much else to say really. We’ve gone from the creative phase to the technical phase, so it’s a lot of studying page size, publishing programs like InDesign and Manga Pro, lettering and effects.
Happy (belated) New Year! Here’s to a release for Summer 2012
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on January 4
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
commented on a projectIf your soundtrack is half as good as the music on your KS video, you will have sold me on that alone. :)
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on January 4
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
backed a project
Organ Trail: Director's Cut by The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Organ Trail: Directors Cut. The popular edutainment game about the impending zombie apocalypse, for iOS, Android, PC & Mac.
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544% funded $16,339 pledged
- 495 backers
- Funded Jan 19, 2012
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on December 21
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
commented on a projectAs a successful Kickstarter campaigner from a while back, I'd like to congratulate you. Good stuff, reminds me so much of our own campaign! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inferno2010/inferno-2010-a-graphic-novel
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on December 21
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
backed a project
SNOWBIRD: a graphic novel by Erin Wilson
A hauntingly honest graphic novel depicting the winter of 2010 in the radical artist and musician community of New Orleans.
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135% funded $9,456 pledged
- 368 backers
- Funded Dec 31, 2011
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on October 26
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
Posted project update #20Ashcan and Application
Post CommentAs I write this, Fedex is transporting our application for a Small Press booth at San Diego Comic-Con, well in time for their October 28th application deadline. Included in the application is our first official ashcan version.
The ashcan is impressive indeed. All but a few pages in the middle are fully penciled and captioned, a select few are inked, and the few roughs left are practically pencils already. Jim will also be keeping a second copy of this ashcan version which we’ll probably show to a select few, and those of you who signed NDI agreements will be getting a PDF version of this for yourselves in a few days.
Now’s where things get interesting. As you can imagine, there’s a lot of demand for a space at SDCC.Last year about 350 applicants applied for 100 spaces in the Small Press area, and a jury selects those who make it. So we will be facing some competition – our main concern is if they feel confident that we will publish this in time. This means we definitely have some deadlines over the next six months, which we will be going over in the next couple weeks. But whether or not we get a space, we intend to have a definite presence on the convention floor.
Honestly, I’m amazed that we’ve made it this far with no serious complications (aside from the debt I got into, which is manageable, but beside the point). And make no mistake – the support from this Kickstarter campaign was what catapulted this from a fantasy experiment to a real project with a completion schedule. And every week that goes by makes this more real, beyond my wildest dreams of what this could be.
So again, I tip my hat to all of you who helped. And remember, if you’d like more frequent updates on where we’re at, you can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/inferno2010 or on twitter at @inferno_2010.
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on September 21
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
commented on a project updateYou make me feel so bad for doing all my writing on the computer ...
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on August 5, 2011
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
Posted project update #19San Diego Comic-Con wrap-up
Post CommentSo another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone and I’ve come to realize how unmarketing a guy I am. Seriously, I didn’t even make any business cards, and I talked to a few people who were interested in learning more about INFERNO 2010 and how they can help.
But that’s a small down side to a big bright side: We’re almost done with the pencilling! We’re also doing some rewrites and inking and coloring the artwork, but if things go as planned we expect to go to press early in the new year. Talking to a couple other graphic novel writers, I’ve come to appreciate just how much progress we’ve made and how few problems we’ve had.
Even as we’re finishing INFERNO 2010, we’re also making plans for promoting it in the 2012 comics convention season. We’re applying for a spot in San Diego Comic-Con’s Small Press Pavilion. Last year, 350 small publishers applied for 100 available spots in the section. The final selections are chosen by jury, and we’re doing our best to make our case. But no matter what happens there, we intend to have a presence at the con.
In addition, we’re making plans for upcoming West Coast conventions starting in the Spring including WonderCon, APE and events in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, as well a local L.A. area shows. It’s also possible we may do some shows in other parts of the U.S., such as SPX.
So there’s your prognosis for the coming year. And if you got the Award where you appear in the book, and haven’t sent us your pics yet, please do so soon! -
on July 8, 2011
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
Posted project update #18Comicon Progress Report
Post CommentYeesh – I just looked at our last update – November 11, 2010! I’ve been posting pretty regular updates on our Facebook group (facebook.com/inferno2010) but it looks like I’ve neglected Kickstarter far too long.
Well first, the bad news is we won’t have this comic done in time for San Diego Comic-Con. There is just way too much to do, and I have no intentions of rushing this project for a deadline. The good news is we have had a decent rough draft now for months, and a few who’ve had the opportunity to read it have all loved it. In addition, we’ve opened up the story, adding close to 20 pages to the 100 we’d originally planned. If you’d like the chance to take a look at the rough, drop me a note and we’ll talk. You’d need to sign an NDA.
And Jim and I are plugging along, we are all but done penciling the pages. To give you an idea of the progress we’ve made, there are a few stages. First is the script, then we make roughs based on the script, then we add captions to the roughs, then we sharpen the roughs into penciled art, and finally we ink. The object is to resolve any problems in the pencil stage before giving things a tight finish in the inks - so this means we're almost over our major hurdles. After inking, we’ll be adding gray tones and finally color.
That leaves us wondering just what we should be doing with regards to Comicon. We might want put out a more formal package with a bit of artwork just before we head out. If you have any ideas, I’d love to hear them. And if you want to follow our progress more intimately, please check out our Facebook group. -
on March 30, 2011
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
commented on a projectThis is really awesome - a textbook case of why I love Kickstarter.
Ron Bassilian and Jim Wheelock
Los Angeles, CA
Ron Bassilian is a writer living in Culver City, Ca. who came up with the idea of modernizing DANTE'S INFERNO to match our post-modern era. He joins forces with Jim Wheelock, an artist and illustrator based in Hollywood.
Excellent...break an arm!!