Six strips into this thing and I still didn’t have a name. I was hesitant to name it after a character or a set of characters or even a setting. I want to keep it loose, but I do need some kind of direction. And the Brothers do seem to be it. So Assassin Bros. Unlmited it is.

Font is Gorilla Milkshake © Nate Piekos of Blambot.

Started doing these little strips a few weeks ago. I still don’t know what they are going to be called. Probably fits into the Zyn Dweomer mythos, but not sure how just yet.

Ok, so I’ve been working on Zyn Dweomer as a full size comic book. Naturally, I don’t have enough time or focus to simply knock out page after page so it’s slow going. But I do have quite a bit of work finished. So I decided to start posting segments of each page in weekly installments to try and get the webcomic back on some kind of regular schedule.

For now there are new episodes scheduled well into April! Each Monday, right here, you can follow the adventures of Westwood Company and experience the unfolding world of Zyn Dweomer!

So rock on.

…but I am not going to rush it.

Have a great holiday season, everyone! I know I plan to. I’m drawing, I’m alive, and I have an awesome little family. Life is good.

Joe and Ed worked up their own killer version of the character Zemmla. So far she’s only appeared in a drawing I did, but I think she’ll make her way into the comic at some point.

The new full size pages are in the works and I’m pleased to say they are looking sharp. At least I think so!

I’ll post some teasers here and there. Pretty soon I’ll announce a re-start date and begin posting weekly updates as much like clockwork as I possibly can.

I’m geeking out here, hope you like it.

It has been a while since the last new strip. I apologize for the delay, but some things should not be rushed. I’m in the middle of a major upgrade to the comic – changing format and, to some degree, overall approach. This is not something I take lightly, so I’m taking my time and making sure it will rock.

The current format is great but now that I’ve had the comic going almost a year I feel the need to stretch my legs. The strip format isn’t giving me the storytelling room I’ve been craving for a while.

The new format will be at the traditional comic book ratio. I’m going that route because I want to start approaching the comic in chapter or story chunks rather than continuous strips. I’m using the traditional comic book as the “container” for those stories and chapters. This also means that with the end of each story I can produce a printed issue of the comic, which is very exciting to me. The print comics will be available through ComiXpress.

And that is just freaking cool as hell. Right?

More soon.

This sketch was a potential cover design for the Zyn Dweomer mini-comic project. That project is still on the horizon, though delayed a bit, kind of like the next strip. My creative energies are being diverted into a few other projects at the moment. But the strip should be back up and running very soon.

I reported a while ago that ep #51 was on the table. Still is.

I’ve been working on producing a special mini-comic version of Zyn Dweomer, which I hope to list on the site and offer for sale to the die hard readers (you know who you are!). At this stage I’m planning each mini to be 4.25″ x 5.5″, which is a classic mini-comic size in the USA. Each ish will be at or around 12 pages of comics plus a few pages of extras. One of the extras will be a sketch drawn directly into the book itself, making each copy an art object…something unique and not just a photocopied zine. Each will also be in full color, printed right here on my desktop more than likely. I’m working on some other ideas to make these little comics cool as hell.

So, back to the current strip, I’m not sure when #51 will go up. It won’t be much longer but I’m struggling with whether or not to change the format from strip to something that corresponds with the mini-comic size. So I’ve given myself a small cooling off period before I make that decision. I tend to make rash decisions out of passion and then burn out on them…I’m working hard to prevent that from happening so often.

This comic has been live since the end of December 2008 and my interest and passion for it have not diminished on the whole. This is a very good thing…I really love this comic, I love the subject matter, and I love being the sole creator. It’s my world and I look forward to exploring it further and further.

More soon…

The new episode is on the drawing table but I spent the weekend out of town and I doubt I’ll get a chance to finish it today.

Played some Dungeons & Dragons 4th ed yesterday…much fun! We basically just ran through a series of encounters, so it was heavy on the game and light on the RP but that’s cool because it helped me get a real good sense of the system. And we all know that combat is the centerpiece of D&D, not RP.

Rock on.