After an awesome September issue of Blueprint where the “Beholder Series” got its launch, Emmanuel and I threw together another strip for submission tonight for the October issue of Blueprint Magazine! The issue’s theme is gender and sexuality (amongst other sub-topics like feminism, eroticism, etc). Due to my “out-of-nowhere” work load over the last 2 weeks, the scripting of the half-page script took forever to get to.

I had the concept fairly early on–one that, after you see the strip, seems almost self-explanatory. At least in my head since Hellmouth as a world has been brewing for nearly 6 years! I passed the script onto Emmanuel and, like always, he nailed it on the first go around! His thumbnail sketch was more like rough pencils (at least in my eyes) and he went straight to ink from there. All in one day!

Letters will be done this evening and then off it goes! Another great little chance to show a piece of Hellmouth that may never get a larger story told about it… maybe.

On a related note: If there are any artists out there in particular who have work that they’d like to see in print, please go to the Blueprint Magazine Submission page and consider sending in work for future issues (or this one if it’s not too short notice!!!). There is no pay for the work, but check over the mags content and feel out for yourself whether it’s a product that you wish to support with a contribution. It is a freely distributed magazine in the Kitchener-Waterloo community relying on funding to be produced. If you aren’t an artist but know artists: Please pass on the word!

It’s official! Blueprint Magazine will be running half-page strips in their periodical. This month’s issue focuses on the theme of death. This in turn led to Raven Nevermore coming up in conversation one night at a dinner event between my partner, Nikki McCallum, and Editor-in-Chief Erin Epp; both of whom work together in an organization called LSPIRG (Laurier Students’ Public Interest Research Group). Upon hearing Raven Nevermore’s premise, Erin asked Nikki to get in contact with me about the possibility of running a short strip in this month’s magazine.

One little catch: I had 4 days to do it!

I immediately contacted artist Emmanuel Xerx Javier, the art machine behind Raven Nevermore, and since he’s nearly as crazy as I am (nearly I said!) he was immediately on board as well. It was midnight for me and morning for him on the opposite side of the world. Emmanuel was preparing to take a weekend trip in a few hours. I eventually needed to sleep. Between a collaborative back and forth on the spot, the entire thing was done by the time I woke up and then re-written and lettered the next day.

Blueprint Magazine is a local publication centered in the Waterloo Region. It is the official student magazine of Wilfred Laurier University and part of the Wilfred Laurier University Student Publications group. The publication aims to provide an independent outlet for student discourse, creative thought and expression between the university masses and the Waterloo community as a whole. Each issue is composed entirely of content submitted by students and members of the greater community.

Once it gets published and released around Sept 25th, I will put the strip up here as well! Each strip will be a window into the World of Hellmouth and will be directed by Blueprint’s monthly theme. Here’s to looking forward to other great opportunities!