my shiny new tetrahedron

Last week I promised a first look at the comic that I'm going to devote a good portion of the rest of my waking...and sleeping, life to. I'm coming up on 11 years now of bouncing these ideas around in my head. For several years I've whispered these stories camp fire style to my friends in dimly lit corners of smoke filled pubs, sketching away, and laying the foundation of what I've finally come to. Without any further ado;

While this is actually a collage, and reflects absolutely nothing of anything that will happen, at it's basis, it's a fair example of the design aesthetic and look of the overall series. It will be in full color, and it will take me a very long time. Even if I spent every day forever, I'd probably not finish it. Thankfully, there are certain chapters and elements of the story that require another character's perspective, and that will be another artists' duty to convey. It's certainly developed an awful lot of elements, so much so that recently I broke under the pressure of it and had myself a nice little meltdown. Part of the advice I took from that was to scale everything in my life back to it's most important and integral elements. In the context of Telefated, it meant going back to the origin.
How and why does Isit have iridescent blue hair? Why do the Nautil-Eyes glow? One of the catalyst was the recent Hellboy comic, "Buster Oakley gets his wish." A one-shot (meaning one comic, one self contained story) by Kevin Nowlan. I realized with all of the elements, my best bet was going to be to tell the story in one-shot type chapters. Telefated is the title card, with each chapter being a comic book, music record, or motion picture episode, and in some cases, such as the first chapter, elements of all 3 of those things. With any luck, It will debut at SXSW next year, with all variable elements spreading out across the month of the festival. Hopefully that I'm moving to Austin and leaving Joplin in the sunset in two weeks will help. (That's right Austin, 2 weeks, to the day, I will be in you!). Having an Isit show this Thursday night in Joplin at the Keystone btw. Lots of new stuff! Starts at 9. Cover is tbd (less than $5 I assure you.) I'll have a gallery of artwork (most for sale), a special ISIT CD available only to this show, and maybe a few hugs, cause hey, it's goodbye.

Next week; a new semi-motivational pop song, more artwork, and Austin bound!

- Chad