Entry 295: PAKLIS #1

I'm finally entering into the world of creator-owned-comics. This MAY you'll be able to get the first issue of PAKLIS. Here's the description:

Do you accept the life you've been handed, or do you step into the unknown, even as it leads you into the shadows?

Image Comics is pleased to introduce PAKLIS—a new anthology series from writer/artist Dustin Weaver—where the characters in three mind-bending stories find themselves faced with dark, existential questions that will haunt readers.

 "My influences on this series range from Kafka to Miyazaki. The Twilight Zone, Aeon Flux cartoons, and the comics of Moebius and Otomo are all major touchstones," said Weaver.

In “MUSHROOM BODIES,” Greg struggles with knowing what’s real and fears becoming complacent in a world of human insects.
In the first installment of “SAGITTARIUS A*,” war hero Linus Rad is on a mission to the center of the galaxy to learn the dark secrets of his dead father’s scientific experiments.
In the first chapter of “AMNIA CYCLE,” Tara, a young Jet-Wing pilot, goes AWOL in the war against the Nuriel in order to help Amnia, a mysterious alien with no memory of where she came from and a desperate need to stop a terrible disaster! When Amnia disappears, it sends Tara on an adventure into the Shadow Zone.

 Step into the unknown. Journey into the shadows. There you’ll find PAKLIS.

PAKLIS #1 (Diamond Code MAR170691) hits stores on Wednesday, May 31st. The final order cutoff deadline for comics retailers is Monday, May 8th.

Entry 253: Infinity Gauntlet Teaser + Sag A* Concept Art + Dr. Who & Over the Garden Wall Fan-art

Hey! It's me!

Oh man, it's nice to be doing a blog entry. I've got a bunch of things I've been meaning to post about. So here goes. I'll get a handful of things done here in this entry.

First of all, the image I've posted above. What can I tell you about that?  This is a teaser image for my next Marvel job. It's loosely tied into the big Secret Wars event this next summer (2015). It will be kind of like my Edge of Spider-Verse issue in that it's a tie-in but also it's a self contained story where I'll have a lot of creative freedom. It's called Infinity Gauntlet, and though it has that tittle and marketing has teased it with the old "Infinity Gauntlet" logo, it will not be a re-telling of the old story or anything like that. It will be it's own thing and it will have a lot of me in it. Right now, we're still developing this. The teaser can be thought of as concept art.

Anyway, look for this next summer!

By the way, I colored that piece myself.

In other Marvel news: After I completed S.H.I.E.L.D. I proposed adding an extra 2 page sequence to it. It's like I just couldn't be done with it. I had to make it a little longer. Anyway, they let me do it. So, I finished the last issue of Shield-- AGAIN!

Also, I've got a few Avengers related covers coming up.

This is concept art for Sagittarius A*. 

I'm thinking I might be putting Sag A* on the back burner a bit so that I can focus all my personal work time to Amnia Cycle. I've been working towards getting Amnia ready for a print release. I'm not sure when it will happen but I want to have a lot done before I start putting it out. Maybe aiming for next summer would be good. I could have it released around the same time as Infinity Gauntlet... Is that a good idea? We'll see.

If you aren't familiar-- Sagittarius A* and Amnia Cycle are online comics I've been putting out. You can find them here:

Amnia Cycle

Sagittarius A*

The nice thing about Sag A* is that it's all written. I can return to it at any time. Amnia on the other hand is being written as I go. So letting it linger for too long means I can loose the thread.

What's this? Dr. Who fan-art? Why yes it is. 

Over the last several years now I've been enjoying the modern Dr. Who show and it's prompted me to go back and check out the classic Who. Until recently all I had done was go back and sample episodes from past Doctors. I quickly determined that Tom Baker was the guy I wanted to watch more of. I'd occasionally throw it on while I was working. Eventually I had watched all the Tom Baker episodes available on Netflix, and honestly it was only just starting to click with me. It took me a while to get into what it had to offer. So, not long ago I acquired the entire Tom Baker Dr. Who run and started watching it from the beginning and as you can guess I've become quite a fan of it. I've liked all the actors who have portrayed the Dr. in the modern version, and I've only scene bits of the other classic Dr.s, but I am of the mind that Tom Baker is the ultimate Dr. Who. He's perfect. I could go on, but suffice it to say that Tom Baker Who is my hero.

More fan-art!

I recently watched the animated mini-series-- Over the Garden Wall. I watched it with Lauren and Lucy and it was quite enjoyable. We all had a nice time with it. 

I often get caught up in this feeling that all entertainment is garbage. Most comics, movies, tv shows, books are all garbage. And, really, that isn't wrong. Most entertainment is junk food. That is how it is and has always been. It's a matter of fact. There is no reason that I should get so cynical about it. Getting cynical can keep me from appreciating the few good things there are to appreciate. 

So when I enjoyed this show and I recognized some things in it that I thought were of quality, it was one of those little reminders that I don't have to be cynical. 

The last thing I'll mention, and it's related to my cynicism, is that I joined Twitter!

That's right, I swore I would never do it, but I have. For me it's kind of an experiment. I'm checking it out, seeing if it's for me. It's been a few weeks now and I gotta say... I still don't know what to think of it. At this moment it feels like it's not a thing that I like. I think the spike in my cynicism is directly linked to joining twitter. But I also know that I felt this way about tumblr when I joined that and now... well now I'm just kind of numb to it...

Anyway! haha Follow me on Twitter! 

@DustinWeaver12

I'll hopefully be posting some more Amnia soon. Also I'm still going to do a post with a bunch of info on my Edge of Spider-Verse issue.

Till then.

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Entry 244: Sagittarius A* #6 & #7

Two Sagittarius A* pages at once!

Plus they have giant robots -- really giant robots. The only robot more giant would have to be Unicron. .. So, I hope you're happy.

Check out all the Sag A* pages right here -- Sagittarius A*

Entry 241: SAGITTARIUS A* #5

"K-Bot Monsters", "Chiro Chiro", "Linus Rad", "Psytrons"

I gave so little thought to naming the things in this story. Almost all of these names were off the top of my head as I wrote it.

The name Chiro Chiro was supposed to be a reference to Chiruchiru, a robot in the Astro Boy manga, but I wrote it when I didn't have the reference handy. I never went back to change it, I just decided it was fine. Who cares. What's in a name right. Moving on.

I like this page a lot. I like it because it doesn't seem like much happens, and not much does. But as I get deeper into this story, this scene will take on some importance.

For All the Past Sag A* pages, go here SAGITTARIUS A*

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Entry 240: SAGITTARIUS A* Chapter 2

"Chapter 2: The Psytron War"

Next month I'll put up the first page of Chapter 2. We've learned about Linus Rad's father, now it's time to learn about Rad's experience in the war.

To catch up on Sag A*, check it out here. Sagittarius A* So far there are only 4 pages. It's an easy read.

In other news: Amnia Cycle got talked about on Robot 6. Check it out here: Amnia on Robot 6 That was really cool of them.

I'm hoping to get the 4th chapter of Amnia going soon. It's been tough finding time to work on it while working on the last issue of S.H.I.E.L.D. and my Edge of Spider-Verse issue.

Juggling these projects is a good problem to have.

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Entry 232: SAGITTARIUS A * #4

Oohhhh, GuuuuYYYYSSsss.

Check it out! A new Sagittarius A* strip!

With Sag A* I'm enjoying playing with the amount of information in each page. In strip 3 I was going for a decompressed moment. With strip 4 I wanted to contrast that by loading it with a lot of compressed info. For me it's all about having fun with what a page can do.

This page is actually the end of Chapter 1: "My Father." The next chapter will be called "The Psytron War." We'll find out what that was all about.

If you want to drop me a comment, p;ease do.

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Entry 226: SAGITTARIUS A* #3

Go here for the full SAG A* experience:       SAGITTARIUS A*

So, I've got Amnia and Sag A*… Whatever I do next, it can't be a space sic-fi.

Please, let me know what you think of Sag A* (or Amnia)

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Entry 218: Sagittarius A* #2

Go here for the full SAG A* experience:       SAGITTARIUS A*

More Amnia Cycle coming soon, more Marvel work, more SHIELD news, more everything!
(…mmm, I should do another Blast From The Past Post.)

Drop me some feedback.

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Entry 209: SAGITTARIUS A* #1

♫ You better watch out
You better not cry
You better watch out and you better not cry ♫♬
Yoooo-uuuuuddd beeetter watch out and not cry ♪

Merry Christmas everyone!

Tis the season for giving! And guess what, I got ALL of you something. That's right, it's the first installment in my new webcomic, SAGITTARIUS A*. JUST WHAT YOU WANTED! How did I know? Right?

Anyway, chick it out. I've set it up with it's own page.

http://sagittariusastar.tumblr.com/

When you go there make sure to click "first" to go to the beginning. I've posted a few pages there and you can check them out by going back to the start.

Go ahead. Check it out. When you're done, come back here and I'll say some things about it.  So yeah, just go read it. I'll wait here... Go now...



ALRIGHT Welcome back!

What did you think? Pretty cool huh?...

You didn't do it did you?

You just read my words and thought to yourself "yeah, fuck that" "Don't tell me what to read and when, Weaver."

Alright, fair enough. Do whatever you want.  Read it whenever you want. I'll be happy if you read it at all.

Anyway, unlike Amnia Cycle , Sagittarius A* is a story that I've had sitting around for years. It will ultimately be sixty to seventy pages. And I'm thinking that I'll be spacing out the installments to a monthly bases, while Amnia Cycle will remain a weekly thing.

Actually, that's all I'll say for now.

I'm excited to finally be getting this thing out for you guys to see.

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Entry 184: AMNIA CYCLE pages1-2

This is the first two page installment of AMNIA CYCLE, a comic I drew entirely on a plane.

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