Hello everyone!
I am still plugging away at SDG. The pencils are pretty tight... I'm working on little details and inks this week. I've also been working the kinks out of the text... there is a really nice flow to everything now. I hope to have the artwork completely inked by next week, which will give me extra time to go over some of the future plans before presenting it to a publisher.
For those unaware, SDG began as a doodle on a napkin... some time in 2001. Sat with a colleague in a local restaurant, I put together a simple drawing of a "Goth" character... and scribed Super Depressed Girl underneath. I didn't know what to, or whether I would, do anything with the new creation. But I dug the name and couldn't leave her on said napkin.
Work on an illustrated novel began in 2001-2002. I'd decided on that format after illustrating a novel for Doug Paul. Things didn't work out, and I translated the prose to an OGN format. I have to thank Galvo and Bernie G for their patience in dealing with me through that process... especially because neither format ever saw print. SDG made a few small appearances in pin-ups and short stories (for various publishers) from 2002 through 2005.
Fastforward to 2007-2008 and the Muscles & Fights series with Bud Burgy, Inc.
The anthology series, packed with so many talented creators, helped me regain interest in SDG and two of my other creations. I also resurrected a team name I'd first used in 1995... The Goon Squad. SDG was, now, part of the line-up... along with The Cadaver and The Dead Cricket. Most people have only seen SDG within the context of the Muscles & Fights series. I'm looking forward to reactions to the new presentation and style.
That's all for now.
Peace
-AR
