Hello once again from the Operation Update HQ. I will try to get in a new update every month if there is something fun to report and show off some pages.
This month has a lot of news. Let’s start with the status of Shiver Bureau. The pencils for chapter 3 are completely finished and I am about half way through chapter 4. There are 7 chapters. I am on track to finish penciling all chapters before the end of the year. Which means the relaunch of SB will be around March of next year. I am getting married in October, but I’ve planned accordingly so it shouldn’t affect the timeline. I’ve had a really good pace and I’ve been penciling much quicker then I expected, so if I finish sooner, I will post sooner. I know it sucks for you guys to have to wait for me to finish the entire book before I post, but if it is any incentive I am having way more fun and enjoying the process much more. I think it will show in the finished product. Here is Chapter 3, page 1 in finished pencils.
In Webcomic news, I ran across this comic call All Night. If you dig the genre of Shiver Bureau, you will dig All Night. I think Pickle and All Night’s main character, Clarence, would make a cool team-up. I like the comic so much, I had to draw a quick SB/AN piece.
And finally some SB fan art. I can’t tell you how much this makes me feel like a slacker and lights a fire under my behind. SB has been off air for since the start of this year and I still get messages, donations, and now Arts from people who still support SB. That is really just too awesome. The creator of these pieces is Timmy and I can’t thank him enough. I also like the artistic choices he made with the characters to make them his own. Looks like the piece is from an alternate dimension where Pickle never had a run in with an elephant. If anyone gets that reference I will draw a single character digital sketch for the first person to post in the comments. Check out Timmy’s webcomic Streets of Galsha.
Speaking of fan arts, here is a pinup I did for my buddy, Lee. It is for his Sci-fi, horror, survival comic Tangled Weeds. You can read the first issue for free here.
I think that is it for round. Next time I post I will be a married man.
Congratulation on your marriage 😀 Still patiently waiting for the relaunch of SB !
Thank you!
Whooo! Congratulations to you and your fiancee! I hope that planning you mentioned includes ample vacation time.
If not, maybe we can help provide the gap with more fan art. So glad you’ll be coming back!
Thank you very much. There will be much relaxing being had during the wedding, but not too much 😉
I’d love to see more artist’s interpretations on the SB crew. It is always exciting to see what people come up.
I think I already congratulated you on your engagement but if not, congratulations!
Those pencils look awesome. Seeing how things are working out for you is definitely making me rethink my scheduling.
It’s just a lot more relaxing not being on a deadline. Of course you have to have the dedication to stick to it without the imposed deadline, which is tricky sometimes. But the good news is, sometimes you are really feeling it and you crank out more pages and that makes up for the days you weren’t feeling it.
First, please let me add a belated but sincere congratulations on your marriage!
I’m very sorry for the late reply; I was probably distracted by all the lovely art the first time I saw your post and missed some things in the text.
But anyways, “elephant”: http://walter-ostlie.deviantart.com/art/Pickle-And-Todd-The-Hair-88507494
Awesome, you found the reference! Awww, so many memories looking at those pages. Hey that means you won a digital sketch! Let me know what you’d like. It can be an established character (Batman, Hellboy, etc) or it can be one of your own characters. Just let me know.
Thank you for the ‘grats as well!