It is indeed summer. And yes, it’s been three months since the close of another successful kickstarter for The Locksmith. Issue #3: Cry Me A River Of Blood is now being printed in Taiwan with our friends at KrakenPrint.

I try not to cross-post updates about the kickstarter campaign and keep more exclusive news items for this site. As such, I had a nice chat with Wayne Hall for his podcast show: Wayne’s Comics on MajorSpoilers.com.

Where else can you find THE LOCKSMITH next to THE FIFTH BEATLE at a FIGHT CLUB attended by MARGARET ATWOOD? For a limited time only, The Locksmith #1 is available for free on NoiseTrade… until the launch of issue #3 after the holidays.

Work continues on issue #3 as we close in on the half-way mark. I thought I would post a few inked panels as a preview and note that there is a considerable amount of time travel in store for the Detective.

The Locksmith issue #2 has been funded! That’s great news, but I’m hoping with two weeks left in the campaign, there will be another surge to bring my backer count up closer to what we had for last year’s issue #1 kickstarter.

It’s been awhile since the last update, but here to say that we are currently working on page 31 and 32 — A double page spread… And also to remind people to like and follow The Locksmith facebook page as that tends to get a little more…

Patience will be rewarded. Issue #2 is coming along nicely. Fantastic work all around, if I say so myself! Recent Posts The Voice in your Head… The Cosmos Past, Present and Future Mick Fagan as a Super Hero The Locksmith Goes Mobile…

Fantastic pencil and ink work by IDW and DC Comics artist, Jimbo Salgado. This original pinup will be part of the kickstarter rewards package for the upcoming The Locksmith #2 campaign! Recent Posts The Voice in your Head… The Cosmos…

Quick update on The Locksmith #2: We are about half-way to completion, so hopefully by the end of summer, I’ll be back with another kickstarter campaign to get that printed. In the meantime, The Locksmith #1 is now available as a…

It’s been awhile since the last post but work continues on The Locksmith #2. I think this issue is going to top the first — Anderson Cabral is doing some fantastic color work with Silvio Db’s original art… And I’ve had the…

Fantastic art and coloring by Silvio Db and Anderson Cabral. This page drips with noir. Mick is taking his brother around for a last look at the neighborhood. If you would like to be in that exclusive club that gets access to every page…

I received the final cover art from Silvio this weekend… I had the layout, title and tagline ready to go, so here it is. Scroll down to take a look at the process. I wanted to take that emotional moment that ended issue #1 as the…

Work has begun on some promotional pinups for The Locksmith issue #2 that will be included as kickstarter rewards for the next campaign. Three down, four to go. As a side note, regarding one of the pieces I created — Polish…

Just received some original inked pages and watercolor/inked pinup sketches by Silvio Db… These are last of the upper tier rewards for issue #1’s kickstarter campaign. I really hate to let the original inked cover go, but a very…

There were a handful of kickstarter backers of The Locksmith #1 that, as part of their reward package, were promised either a background or speaking part role in issue #2.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. The Locksmith is now within the hands of the U.S. Postal Service. Packages should…

A big 500 lb pallet was off-loaded into the garage today… And the first of 20 boxes, opened. I’ll begin shipping out packages to everyone towards the end of this week.

The proof is in the pudding and I’ve got the first batch in… The good folks at Print Ninja sent me the color proof of #1 and it looks fantastic! I expect to have the shipment from China by the end of February. Also in…

90% funded within 24 hours! With 28 days to go in the campaign, I’m hoping we can raise a good chunk that might be used towards upgrading paper stock as well as towards artist fees for issue #2. Thanks for the support! For those…

It’s been almost one year since we kickstarted The Locksmith graphic novel. We came very close, but alas… After re-grouping, I decided to divide up the novel into four, 42 page issues and self-finance the completion of the…

JOCETTA'S PREMONITION This will be the last update before I re-launch the kickstarter campaign to cover issue #1 printing costs. We are finishing up the last pages and I must say that even though I know the story... I'm on the edge of my seat, as I watch it come to...

NEW PINUP I was having fun thinking of 1920's pulp noir (along with a little German expressionism -- See Caligari) with this pinup. This will be dropped into the kickstarter reward bag along with the handful of pinups from other artists, I have. I am accepting a...

BACK COVER I'm thinking of going with this back cover -- No text, just an ISBN code, in the corner. We are 8 pages away... I've had to stop production until I can bring in a little more money to pay artist fees for the remaining pages, but hopefully, we'll ramp up...

STORIES $1 I'll have another highlight from page 32 (of 42) coming up in a day or so, but until then, here's a little (true) story taken right from the streets of L.A. Not long ago, I was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Hillhurst, Hollywood and Sunset in...

FREEDOM Issue 1 page 29 -- Just a few more pages to go.