New Comic Company- Straight Jacket Press

[weewinks]

Hi there, my name is will Childress, and i and my partner, Chris Burke, are starting a new comic company called, Straight Jacket Press. We are a very small company, with our first book due out in Feburary. It will be a humorous guide book to the REAL world of mythical fairies. And it will be called,"Not All Fairies Are Cute". This will be a field guide to some of the worlds, how shall we put it, not so pretty fairies. If anyone is interested in seeing some art work from the book please feel free to email me at [e-mail].

[Jesse " Cadre" Hansen]

Hey Will... welcome to the boards... how have ya been... Hope all is well with you and Chris... haven't seen ya'll since Philly. Looking forward to seeing what ya got in store.

[weewinks]

Yeah Bra'! We've been buisy with this book. All we've had a chance to do in the con circuit, is the local stuff here in VA. i tell ya man, doin' your own book is some hard work. But if your gonna be at Mega Con in Feb. we should be there. That is where we are doing the premiere of our book. Hell man, we should get together after the con again, and have a couple of drinks, like we did in Philly. Plus i can always use some tips on inking. I've been tryig the brush, and the tips that ya gave me, talk about some nerve racking crap! i was so nervous, the first time i touched a brush to a finished pic, but it was alot of fun! Alot of time! But alot of fun! If anybody else is reading, loose the micros, and try some traditional inking. It really is a totally different experience, that is well worth the time you put into it.

[Jesse " Cadre" Hansen]

DEFINITELY!!! We'll go out to eat, have a few drinks... me and my Pepsi of course . Anytime, you need something, let me know... I'll try help when I can bro.

[weewinks]

Hey! i do have a few basic questions about the forum format. How would us the people, or the masses and masses of comic raised youth be able to find, and contact, the ever elusive, North American Hansen? A species known to live and feed at numerous comic related events in the North American region? Also, do you hold you're drawing and inking sessions, here on the board? You told me once about how you and other artists get together to work on specific parts of comics, ex: this week we work on hands. If not, is there a way to get involved with this online? Thanks bra'.

[Jesse " Cadre" Hansen]

Hey Will:

LOL... gotta love that wording... "elusive, North American Hansen" lol

I live down here in St. Augustine, Florida and hold the before mentioned sessions at my humble little home.

we have been very busy with projects of late, but plan on continuing the sessions soon enough... when we pick it back up, we plan on collaborating on pinups and poster designs to be sold and used for purposes of promoting the corner and it's talent as well. This will be done in stages of development... starting with concept and layout... this part will go from person to person, critique will go from each member to help improve each persons total layout and idea develop. Then we will begin the structuring, which will encompass anatomy, flow and flare or the dynamic factor. Next step will be fine tuning and tight pencils, then inks and so on until every member has created a complete pinup... They are already talking about me inking all of theirs... figures... MUTINY!!! LOL

We'll see how that develops. I'd love to do an online thing but takes so much time away from other things, not sure if I could. Especially a prolonged or periodic thing. May start something soon to see how that goes... could be helpful to create an interest in the boards and such.

This would be in the Works-In-Progress section if/when done.

PS: Hey, I've seen some of the pages from the upcoming book man... HILARIOUS... YOU HAVE to show the people here some of them... too awesome... gross to some, but awesome.

[weewinks]

well it seems our book has hit a slight delay. Unfortunately our book will not be out in time for Mega Con. We have finished all the art work, we just have to finish writing the fairy bios, finalize the page layout, and our two biggest snags have been formatting the pages to pdf files for print, and actually finding a printer. we were going to go through comic express. But they are so backed up, that they are not taking any new orders. So if anyone has any advice on pdf files, or knows a good printer, the help would be greatly appreciated.

[Jesse " Cadre" Hansen]

Keep us informed bro... the artwork I seen was HILARIOUS!!! Let me know if you need any help or what not too. You know me, always here to help others and what not.