Knifestone — Tuesdays and Thursdays

HEY DUDES! GUESS WHAT! Do you want free art picture things? WELL DO I HAVE GOOD NEWS. Just because I like you kids so much, I’m giving away custom art, for FREE. That’s right! Don’t cost nothin’! Just go right over here (or click the button at the top-right of the site), tell me where you live and what you want, and I’ll send it to you! Anywhere in the WORLD*. That’s it! The drawings will be in colour, though I reserve the right to use crayons if I feel like it.

“Why Evin,” you must be saying, “that hardly sounds like a contests. Don’t you normally have to do something to win?” And you’d sorta be right! Only the first 20 people to send in an entry will win.** So get clickin’ and get clickin’ fast!

Also, one lucky winner will win copies of both Knifestone Chapter 1 & Knifestone Chapter 2!*** CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT.

Once the limit has been reached I’ll take the button up there away and edit this post, so if you don’t see a button, then you’re out of luck! Try again next time, buddy!

* – Carmen Sandiego ineligible.

*** – Chosen at random. If you already own one or both of them, feel free to say so in the “Requests” section of the form. Or don’t bother and get bonus copies and give them to a friend! SHARING! Friends and family ineligible for this one though, because really, if you know me I’d think you’d love me enough to support me and pay for them. You do love me, right?

Hey there people. It’s always been my intention to put together what is essentially the Knifestone Expanded Universe: I set up this fantasy world, and let other creators write/draw stories set within it. There are two ongoing spinoff series I have ideas for, as well as a series of short stories (kinda Flight-esque, I guess) called “Tales of Knifestone” for anyone who just has a single fun idea. I’m always going to be doing the main series, but for the rest of it I kinda wanna George Lucas it up. I can’t think of a webcomic that’s ever really had a shared universe like that, and I think it’s a pretty interesting idea.

So essentially I’m looking for people who either want to write or draw (or both) some (preferably all-ages) fantasy stories. I’ve got all the hosting already, I can handle all the web design (although if someone is awesome and wants to do that too, then by all means). I’m putting together the series bible as it were, as there are obviously some aspects that define the rules of the world, but really there’s a ton of room.

So if there’s a fantasy story you’d like to do alone or are willing to be partnered with someone else, then let me know. I can’t say that you’ll get paid for it (heck, I don’t even come close to making money with this thing), but if you’ve got a story to tell or want to get started writing or drawing comics and don’t know how/where to start, then I can at least provide you a way to do it that isn’t going to cost you anything other than your time. Email me if you’d like to know more.

It’s been a long time coming (and still technically hasn’t come yet. More on that in a sec…) but the physical, real deal, paper-ink-and-staples version of Chapter 2 is now available to order! It comes alongside the store moving from this site over to Bigcartel, an awesome website that really helps cartoonists and artists in general sell things that my pal Jeremy uses. It’s easier, and now that we have more than one product it’ll help to have, y’know, a cart or whatever.

Chapter 2 is only available as a preorder at the moment, for two reasons: 1) I’ve mostly been too broke to print it up so far, so taking preorders will help it happen faster (although even without them it should be able to come out on the 30th), and 2) There’s currently a big fat postal strike going on here in Canada. The nice ladies at the drugstore post office who have to be there still because they’re technically drugstore employees and not postal employees tell me that it’ll probably be going on for at least the next week, maybe longer. So yes. Tentatively the book will be available to ship out on or about the 30th, $$$ and strikes prohibiting.

For all your trouble, the first 20 copies of chapter 2 purchased during the preorder period are going to be signed (well, everything is signed) and numbered, and I’ll also include a full-colour drawing on a ~5×7 art card, primed and ready for an itty-bitty frame. There’s also a two book pack which is currently cheaper than it will be when it’s not a preorder anymore. So go forth and spend money! Or not, if you don’t want, but I’d love it if you do!

Thanks, folks!