Hey NewGrounders!

I'll be at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) this weekend. TCAF is being held at the Toronto Refence Library from 10am till 5pm on the 29th and 30th! I'm up on the 3rd floor at table #303. So if you're in Toronto this weekend come stop on by and say hello.

Also I just launched the FunPix Store on Gumroad! I'm selling both digital and physical editions of Chicken Man there, along with the merch from the Kickstarter.

Anyway I hope to see some of y'all at TCAF!

&rew .K

Hey Yo! &rew .K here again!

It's the Final Week of the Chicken Man VOL.1 Kickstarter campaign. Thanks to many generous backers the book has reached 100% funding :) I guess that means this is more of a pre-order campaign now. So on that note, if you're a fan of zany humor and nods to the mid 2000's then consider checking out or supporting my book on Kickstarter.

Kickstarter Link Here

Chicken Man is a superhero action-comedy set in 2004 suburbia, and follows the story of a guy who thinks he has superpowers as he must face against a group of evil vegetable rights activists who were transformed into Vegetable People. Chicken Man is also based on a series of comics I drew when I was 9-years-old. Chicken Man has been a passion project of mine for as long as I can remember, so I'm psyched to finally get VOL.1 out to the world!

Till next time, Peace!

&rew .K

There is also a $10,000 (CAD) Stretch goal, if we reach it I'll be making a Kickstarter Excusive Bookmark as a free add-on for all physical reward backers.

Hey all, &rew .K here!

The Kickstarter for my new graphic novel Chicken Man is NOW LIVE!

Kickstarter Link Here

Chicken Man Vol.1 is a 184 page black and white graphic novel, about a wannabe superhero who must face against a group of evil Vegetable People that are dead set on destroying the vegetarian way of life! The book is based on a series of comics I drew when I was 9-years-old, and heavily inspired by cartoons like Captain Underpants and The Tick!

You can read a preview chapter here

There is a lineup of merch planed to release alongside the book. Backers of this Kickstarter not only can reserve their copy of the book but will also help to produce Chicken Man merch, and can receive them as backer rewards.

I've spent several years creating this book, and now that it's finally complete I hope to share it with you all!

I'm also hosting an art contest to help promote the campaign. You can find the rules here in this Instagram post.

Peace,

&rew .K

YO! Been a bit since my last update. Turns out there is a lot more backend work that goes into publishing a physical book than I thought. But good news is the first batch of Chicken Man Vol.1 books are currently being printed!!! Expecting to have the physical books in my hands by December 9th. Working hard to get make some copies available in comic shops around Toronto for a local pre-release. Pre-orders for the full release will start in the new year! (Stay posted for an exact date):

I've now made a preview chapter of the book available to read on my new website: https://funpix.ca/chicken-man/

If you'd like to check out more of the story before it's full release next year I still have some copies of Vol.1ish left and I'm now selling them for only $10 (Canadian) on my Gumroad Store: https://funpix.gumroad.com/l/chickenman

They will only be available until the new year, so this is your last chance to check out this early version of the book. (note: Vol.1ish only contains 6 of the 8 chapters)

NOW FOR THE CYBERSPACE PIRATES UPDATE!!!

With Chicken Man Vol.1 now wrapped up CyPi is back in production! With a goal to start releasing issues Q4 of 2023. I know I've delayed the comic a few times, but at the moment it's just me making it and I've funded everything out of my own pocket. How will I reach this release goal? Simple I quit my job! I had been saving up the past 3 years to take a few months off work to just focus on making comics. This has given me a lot more breathing room and my production schedule is finally predictable. No more unexpected crunch popping up and throwing off my workflow.

And one more big CyPi update! I've settled on an official title card for the comic series:

Well that's it for this update!

Till next time,

&rew .K

Hey All, I just got back from Niagara Falls Comic Con! It was a blast getting out into the convention scene again! The next installment of Chicken Man is coming out this Fall. So if you're curious to learn what Chicken Man is all about and catch up on the the story so far, I've made Chicken Man Vol.1ish available through Gumroad (USA and Canada only. Sorry shipping is kind'a nuts these days)

Vol.1ish contains the first 6 issues of Chicken Man wrapped up into a 132 page paperback collection!

You can check out the store page HERE.

Peace, &rew .K

Aight, time for another CyPi dev blog update!

This time around this development dump is split between two project Cyberspace Pirates and Chicken Man! I'll start with the Cyberspace Pirates update!

For starters I've updated the designs of the Gogo Force 5 for the comic! Who are the Gogo Force 5? Well eagle eyed viewers of the short film might have noticed a poster of them in the background:

They are an elite team of 5 law enforcers who oversee the 5 main districts of Neo Gogo (City when CyPi takes place) Cero and Pegi are key members of the Gogo Force 5.

Since it's been a while since the last development dump, I'm also revealing the design for a brand-new character!!! I present Neon!

It's too early to share much details about her without giving away too many spoilers. But what I can say is she is Alice's childhood friend and will appear in the second episode of the comic.

Now for Chicken Man news! ... Your probably wondering "WHAT THE HECK IS CHICKEN MAN??" Chicken Man is a comic series I drew when I was 9 years old, that I later adapted into a graphic novel when I was in collage! (Well mostly gone anyway, more on this in a bit)

There were little nods to the Chicken Man hidden as Easter Eggs in the Cyberspace Pirates short film:

He is the first ever cartoon character I created, and holds a special place in my heart. So I just had to put little nods to the comic into CyPi. Now what was that bit about it being unfinished? I released the first 6 chapters of Chicken Man back in 2017 as a paperback entitled 'Chicken Man: Vol.1-ish' The final two chapters in the story were planned to release the following year. Unfortunately, I had to put the ending on hold because of too much real-world correlation between the ending and horrific events that unfolded in the United States the following year (won't go into to detail as to what happened, but in short "kids for the love of god, stay away from guns.")

Anyway, I planned to re-write the ending but my 4th year at Sheridan approached in the blink of an eye. Next thing I knew I was creating CyPi, so Chicken Man was left on hold. Where it seemed to remain UNTILL NOW!

Throughout collage I had a mentor named Blair who encourage me to keep on making comics and helped me get through one of the biggest rough patches in my life. Shortly after New Year’s Day 2020, Blair suddenly passed away. Now I finally feel I'm ready to finish Chicken Man Vol.1, and I will be making it out in honor to him.

Chicken Man Vol.1 - "Attack of the Vegetable People" is now planned to release this Fall as a printed exclusive!

However, 44 pages of the book still need to be illustrated, so CyPi's release is being pushed to make time for the workload... I'm now aiming to have the CyPi comic start releasing 3rd quarter 2023.

WOW! This was actually one heck of a development dump so here is a quick summary:

Cyberspace Pirates Comic - Release pushed to second half of 2023

Chicken Man Vol.1 - Releasing as a print exclusive Fall 2022

Till next time,

&rew .K

Hey Yo, &rew here with another CyPi update!

The Cyberspace Pirates comic, is finally gearing up for production in the new year!

Production was planed to start sooner, but I took the past two months to improve the workflow and custom tools I created for the comic, which will help speed up the time it takes to make the comic! Thankfully using Python with Blender was super easy so it didn't take too long to build a specialized work flow to integrate 3D into the comic.

One other big change on the technical side of things was switching the game engine from Unity to Godot! I'm a big supporter of open source software, and was blown away by just how good Godot is! So I took the time to reprogram the comic to work in Godot. Here is a little Gif of it in action:

Anyway that's all for this development dump! It might be awhile till my next post as I got a heck load of drawing ahead!

Peace out then!

&rew .K

Hey All, been a bit since the last update!

As promised I'll be posting on NG more often, so here I am with the 3rd Cyberspace Pirates Development Dump! (And this time I've got more than just a script to share)

First off something I've been pretty excited about, VR Modeling!!!! I managed to get my hands on a VR system and have been having a blast making 3D models with it. Just like the Short Film the Cyberspace Pirates Comic is also a 2D / 3D hybrid project. Luckily with the help of VR I've managed to greatly reduce the time it takes to build 3D assets, so that means I'll have more time to polish and intergrade those elements with the hand-drawn 2D artwork!

Here is a Medium-Poly model of Alice I sculpted in VR using ArtStage on Steam. I imported the model into Blender for rigging and rendering. However I do not plan to use 3D for characters, I made this model to stress test the use of VR in the pipeline. I'll be using 3D primarily for elements inside the cyberspace world.

Now this wouldn't be a true development dump without some more stuff to show ya! So here's some character pose / expression sheets of the main Pirate Crew, with updated character designs:

Anyhow this is all I'm going to share for now!

Till next time,

&rew .K

Hey Yo, my first update of the year! This Development Dump is going to be a bit different that normal, as it's not artwork. Ya see after a major overhaul, I've just completed writing all the scripts for Cyberspace Pirates 1sr Story Arc!!! And man this outline is Thick!

It came in at around 200 pages... But that's fine, I'm planning to take at least 2 years to illustrate it all.

With that said the Q1 2022 release in no longer a thing. But production is now back on track and 2022 is still the target year for the comics launch. Also due to the Great Zuckening I won't be posting anymore CyPi art on Facebook or Instagram, not unless that user agreements get fixed up... Man that fine print is nasty >:(

But good news, this place is cool! So when I post new artwork Newgrounds will be the place to see it!

Till next time,

&rew .K

CyPi Development Dump #1

Been a long time since my last posting, work and CyPi development have kept me extra busy. So being a bit of a social media turtle, I'm now poking my head out once again. I've been having such a blast developing the next installments of Cyberspace Pirates I though I would share a bit of what I've been up to... In short motorbikes! lots and lots of motorbikes!

I think I'll also share the Pegi Rider (new antagonist, who works with Cero) and Kamen Rider Bike sketches in the Art Portal sometime, since well... they are fairly finished for just sketches.

Peace!

&rew .K