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The Moose Riders, Page 64

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Chapter 3 is going to focus on Lola’s question up there–the big flashback that will make up much of the chapter will be all about the initial zombie attack that separated the kids from their parents. Hope you stick with us.

Wanted to also give another big THANK YOU to all of the folks buying The Moose Riders printed comics. I’ve gotten reports of deliveries being made over the last couple of days, so if you ordered yours when they first went up for sale and haven’t received them yet, it should be very soon. Looks like the printing/shipping turn-around is about 2 weeks, give or take. If you haven’t ordered yet and can’t possibly wait a full two weeks, remember that the digital versions are available right here for reading on your iPad, Kindle Fire, or any other tablet thingy capable of displaying a PDF. And, of course, you can always just read it for free right here at Chrome Dome Comics!

The Moose Riders, Page 63

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So here’s the first page of Chapter 3. In case you missed it last week, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are both in print now. The comiXpress sales reports only show me what titles were purchased in what quantities, so I have no idea who has bought the comics so far or I would thank you each individually. Please accept my blanket thanks here–I really appreciate you taking the time to read the pages here and then shell out real money to buy those same stories in comic book form. It means a lot, and I am grateful.

If you are looking for digital versions of The Moose Riders, they are also available. $1.00 each for a PDF file for your Mac, PC, iPad, Kindle Fire, or other compatible device.

Also, thanks to everybody who listened to my appearance on Too Heavy to Skydive last week. It was a lot of fun, and if you haven’t listened yet, you can go listen or download it directly from them (NSFW), or through iTunes if you prefer. I started out as kind of a hit and miss listener, but lately I catch them every week. Funny stuff.

The Moose Riders, Chapter 3

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And so begins Chapter 3.

Welcome to all of you who came from Too Heavy to Skydive! I hope you dig. If this is your first time here, you’ll probably want to start with Chapter 1. Also want to thank Fred for the interview–I appreciate the invitation.

If you are digging the comic and want to own it in print, GO GET YOU SOME! Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are both available from comiXpress for $4.50 each (plus shipping). You might be able to buy it at your local shop, but you would have to request it specifically and send them to comiXpress to get it as it’s not available through Diamond. Planning on making a digital download available at some point, but haven’t quite figured out what distribution method I’ll use for that yet.

The Moose Riders, Page 62

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Here it is, the last page of Chapter 2. Like the last page of Chapter 1, I’m unhappy with my paint-job. Meh.

I wanted to make it clear that the previous 11 pages were a dream before we got to the bit where Westley wakes up in the sleeping bag, because I didn’t want a cheap “Dallas” ending. I’ll admit that the bloody antler on the cover was a tease, but I was feeling bad about that, so that’s why I tried to make the dream sequence obvious–limited palette, no sound effects or dialogue, the Mom glowing and floating, Westley running hard but not actually going anywhere, etc. Did everybody get that?

So now I’m going to take a month to finish the script for Chapter 3, get Chapter 2 prepped for the printer, and get the character pages put together for the parents. The plan will be to have the Chapter 3 cover up on October 11 and then keep rolling from there. Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting sketches, doodles, and whatnot, so please keep checking back.

Ok, so here’s some personal stuff. My twin sister and I were adopted. We’ve talked for years about looking up our birth parents and just finally got around to actually researching. We have gotten some non-identifying info and now know that our birth-mother was 39 and our birth-father was 37. Turning 40 today puts them in their late 70s, so I’m feeling guilty/anxious/dumb for not getting this ball rolling a lot earlier. Hopefully the original birth certificates will come through soon and we can go to the next step.

Growing up, our parents never kept the fact that we were adopted a secret from us. I don’t even remember ever finding out–we were adopted at only a couple months old, and Mom and Dad just talked about it for as long as I can remember. Seeing characters on TV and in movies that find out later in life that they were adopted–it just never made any sense to me. Why keep it a secret? Also, the adoptees who feel that their birth-parents somehow abandoned them–I don’t get that either. Seems to me that they were the ones faced with this difficult choice and they made the decision that they thought was best for us. Maybe my feelings on this are influenced by our adoptive family. They love us and cared for us, so I can’t look at the birth parents and say, “How could you do this to me?!” They did us a favor.

Seems strange to be this close to finding the answers to these questions I’ve wondered about my whole life. Glad I have a twin to go through this with.

The Moose Riders, Page 59

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My friend JT went to the Star Wars Celebration VI last week. I can’t tell you how envious I am.

So here’s the plan for next week: two-page spread should go up on Tuesday, and then the last page of Chapter 2 on Thursday. Three pages in two updates in one week. Check back, or follow me on Twitter, or “Like” the Chrome Dome Facebook page to get notified. Thanks!

The Moose Riders, Page 57

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My summer vacation is wrapping up. This was a busy one, with trips to Disney World, Holiday World, Six Flags, and Raging Rivers. Also drew caricatures at the zoo, moved bedrooms around, and still put up a Moose Riders page every week. As I mentioned before, we’re getting close to the end of Chapter 2, and at this point Chapter 3 isn’t fully scripted. I would really like to avoid any downtime between chapters, but with school starting up again, I might be forced to take a short break before Chapter 3 begins. If that is the case, I’ll try to have some kind of content updating here–sketches, doodles, whatever. Thanks for your support!

The Moose Riders, Page 56

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Living in a 2-bedroom home with two kids can be challenging. They’ve been sharing for years now, but it just seems unfair to force them to continue, so we are giving our daughter our bedroom and our son will take over completely the one he’s been sharing with her. We have moved into the room that has sort of served as an office (we call it “the computer room”).

I have this amazing Mayline Desk-o-Matic IV drafting table that I’ve been using to draw The Moose Riders on–it was passed down to me from my father who used it for years as a draftsman/mechanical engineer. The table is great, but way too freaking big for our house, especially now that we are moving into the room where it used to reside. The frustrating thing is, I wasted that table for most of the time that I owned it–it just sat there as a surface to collect junk mail. I’ve probably used it more in the last 8 months than I did in the first 17 years I owned it.

So now I’m faced with the task of trying to unload this massive table that I don’t really want to get rid of in the first place AND find a Murphy bed to replace it with. An even trade would be ideal. Hoping I can stick a smaller drawing board on the Murphy bed while it’s in its non-bed state. Heading to Craig’s List now.

The Moose Riders, Page 55

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Here’s page 55, which means we are rapidly approaching the end of Chapter 2. As it turns out, I am also rapidly approaching my 40th birthday. I’m thinking about doing this thing where I finish the chapter ON my birthday, so it feels like I’ve accomplished something before I’m over-the-hill, but that means I’ll have to sneak a few more pages in before September 6. If I can find time to draw pages 60, 61, and 62 before this arbitrary deadline, do you folks have any opinions on how you’d like the posting to go? I’m leaning toward sticking the last 3 pages up all in the same week–Sept 4, 5, and 6. Or do you think you’d rather have two weeks of 2-page updates, say a page on 8/28, 8/30, 9/4, and 9/6? Or do you even have a preference? Thoughts?