Perhapanauts
Perhapanauts creators looking for stories starring their characters
Perhapanauts creators Todd Dezago and Craig Rousseau have kicked off a new webcomics feature on the Perhapanauts website. Kicking off today is a new “What if?” style story, titled “Saints & Sinners,” featuring characters from the book by Rich Woodall and Jason Copland. And they’re looking for more stories in a similar vein.
Dezago posted earlier this week that “Tales from the Perhaps” will feature “alternate reality versions of our characters, not the characters themselves. por exemplo; put them in different time periods, different worlds, different story genres. a western, a horror movie, a space opera.”
In addition, they also plan to a series of webcomics called “Strange Tales of the Perhaps,” which he said are “a lot looser and wackier. the sky’s the limit and the weirder, the better! these are our versions of the bizarro comics and the strange tales stories.”
You can find the complete submission guidelines on the site.
- May 13, 2011 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
Craig Rousseau runs through the (alien) jungle
Craig Rousseau’s announced on his blog that he’s working on a new comic with writer Rich Woodall and colorist Lawrence Basso. They hope to have Kyra, Alien Jungle Girl ready for 2012, but that shouldn’t affect The Perhapanauts (Rousseau’s project with Todd Dezago). He says that “the haps will be back in a big way” later this year.
- May 5, 2011 @ 02:00 PM by Michael May
Artists remix the Perhapanauts with classic covers
Over on the Perhapanauts blog, writer Todd Dezago just wrapped up a “Classic Comics Cover Challenge,” where he asked various artists to redesign classic covers to include characters from the Image Comics series. The artists who participated chose some good ones, including Uncanny X-Men #141 and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, but my favorite has to be the one above, featuring Mike Wieringo’s cover to Fantastic Four #524, which was redrawn by Dezago’s half-brother Christian Leaf.
- February 9, 2011 @ 02:00 PM by JK Parkin
What Are You Reading?
Fantastic Four
Welcome once again to What Are You Reading? This week our special guest is Justin Aclin, editor of ToyFare magazine and writer of Hero House and S.H.O.O.T. First, which you can read on MySpace Dark Horse Presents. To see what Justin and the Robot 6 crew have been reading lately, click below …
- June 13, 2010 @ 01:26 PM by JK Parkin
Talking Comics with Tim: Todd Dezago
Mike Ploog's Perhapanauts cover
With the Halloween-themed fun we’re having this week at Robot 666 (aka Robot 6)–it seemed like the perfect time to talk to Todd Dezago about the recently released Perhapanauts Halloween Spooktacular One-Shot (featuring stories drawn by the likes of Craig Rousseau, Rich Woodall and Fred Hembeck). Normally in an interview with Dezago, I would characterize him as one of the nicest folks in comics. But in the spirit of the Halloween season, I instead choose to characterize him as the most paranormal-fascinated person in comics. In addition to the one shot (with three stories in it)–we discuss other spooky topics like volleyball and iTunes. You are warned!
Tim O’Shea: Is it apt to say that Halloween is about your favorite time of the year, given your affinity for the paranormal?
Todd Dezago: Oh, Halloween definitely holds a special place in my heart, both for memories of Halloweens past and for the spooky, scary, creepy haunted element!
And I love that we were able to put together this fun and, hopefully, frightening anthology featuring very different artists on very different stories!
- October 26, 2009 @ 03:00 PM by Tim O'Shea
NYCC | We’re having a party, everybody’s swingin’ …
With the New York Comic Con coming up Feb. 6-8, we’ll be collecting and posting information on the various things you can do and see while at the show. If you’re a publisher, creator, retailer or otherwise exhibiting at the show, feel free to drop me an email with your booth schedule, any comics you might be debuting, giveaways or any other fun stuff you have planned for the show.
General information: Ticket info | Panels | Autographs | 2009 ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference | Blog
• Dave & Buster’s Times Square has been named the official “con bar” for the New York Comic Con, and they’ll host a party Thursday, Feb. 5 to help kick everything off. Guests include Joe Quesada, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Mark Brooks and more. The part will include a raffle benefiting the Hero Initiative. More details on the party can be found here.
• Speaking of the Hero Initiative, I mentioned in a previous update that they’re holding an art auction in New York. They’re started previewing some of the art on their blog:
Captain Marvel
And if you aren’t attending the show, they’ll accept proxy bids. More details can be found on their website.
- January 26, 2009 @ 04:47 AM by JK Parkin