Guardian Comics

24 hour comic book challenge

Paul — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:52:24 +0000

Recently I participated in the 2010 world wide 24 hour comic book challenge.

My first thoughts going into the challenge was, “I probably won’t finish, but I’ll give it a try”. Within the first 4 hours I was already a page behind. Then something magical happened; I caught up. I don’t know how it happened, but it was around 4am I shifted gears and started cranking out the content. I eventually finished with an hour and a half to spare.

The version of the comic that is available for you to read for free is a very rough scan of the pencils. The quality isn’t great, so I apologise for that; I haven’t had an opportunity to scan them properly or to even think about cleaning it up. The plan is though, to ink and colour this comic and release it in print for the first quarter of 2011 ready for con-season.

I still don’t have a title or a cover page for this comic, so I’m very willing to e-mail suggestions and thoughts at: paul@guardiancomics.com

Please, feel free to read and I hope you enjoy.

24hourcomic2010

Updates for september

Paul — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:43:23 +0000

I just wanted to let everybody know where guardian comics is standing as of September.
We have had a blockage in our production pipeline with a lack of writers. As it stands, our three titles, clutching at straws, the dark treaty and ticket to ride have all been waiting in the scripting stage. We basically don’t go ahead with a project until we’re happy with the script.

Having said that, the dark treaty issue 2 script is complete and I’m really happy with it. Aaron and I went over ticket to ride recently and can thankfully say that the 32 page introductory issue is maybe a week away from completion.

You should see some activity of sneak peaks and cover artwork being produced in the next three months, keeping us on track for a new array of titles for the coming year.

Thankyou for your patience, I think the next wave of issues is going to please you all.

SupaNova 2010 Competition Winner!!

Paul — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:01:59 +0000

This year at SupaNova we at G.C. Ran a “Guess the number of m&m’s in the jar” competition. Thanks to everyone that came down and gave it a shot, we had a lot of fun and plan to do something very similar next year.

This years winner however was Grant Evans with a guess of 723. The jar held a whopping grand total of 728 m&m’s.

I’ve listed the weekends guesses, a few others came really close but congratulations go to Grant for his extraordinary guess.

Participants:

Sari 452 & 526
Taylor 350
Brad 456
Louise 280
Heather 571
Dean 350
Jeremy 330
Camilla 500
Francis 324
Darker 288
Eleisha 250
Brodie 143 & 176
Laura 360
Kaitlyn 413
Garin 441
Desely 1200 & 1400
Chris Crabtree 320
Reisi 640 & 600 & 700 & 550 & 750 & 500
Raymon Phoenix 1003
Greta Mewhor 354
Bayley 246
Jarred Thomas 250
Jess 747
Madeline 324 & 459
Ashlee 256 & 283
Brendan 343 & 450 & 673 & 560
Zac 430 & 390
Max 1525
Cordsmogimer 6400 & 640
Megan 269
Shelly Macaw 295

Thanks again to everyone who participated, it was a great weekend all around and we look forward to seeing you all again next year.

Aaron Angel.

Clutching at Straws Issue 2 – OUT NOW!

Paul — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:29:53 +0000

Clutching at Straws issue 2: The Crypt of the Black Pickle is a long time coming.

This 24 page, full colour comic explores the depths of the trapdoor, introduced in issue 1.

Zak, Walker, Sydney, Rex and others lead you in an adventure including ghouls, ghosts and monsters!

New Website

Paul — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:26:18 +0000

With 2010 in mind, a new and efficient website was in dire need.

Next year will be a gigantic year for Guardian Comics. We have issue 2 of Clutching at Straws being released within the month, Ticket to Rides first issue on its way and a big line up of convention appearances, it’s all very exciting.

So here’s a toast to 2010.

Cheers.

Clutching at Straws — Issue 1

Paul — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:45:42 +0000

Issue 1 of clutching at straws.

52 pages
Full colour
And absolutely AWESOME!

Issue one of clutching at straws sees the introduction of Sydney.

The Dark Treaty — Issue 1

Paul — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:45:15 +0000

Issue 1 of The Dark Treaty is now available in the store.

This sci-fi fantasy is a great read for young adults and adults.

Ticket to Ride preview

Paul — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:51:05 +0000

Ticket to Ride, (as announced in earlier posts) is set to launch at the start of 2010. I’ve been making a steady amount of buffer strips in preperation for the comic and I thought it would be really cool to show you some samples.

Here are a few of the comics that will be available to read on launch:

We are very excited about this comic, so stick around for more information. We go live in a little more than 2 months.

Guardian Comics Forum

Aaron — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:49:55 +0000

After some lengthy discussion Paul and I have decided to remove the forum portion of the website for the time being. We’ve decided to move towards a smaller community communication system and use a Facebook fan page. Just type Guardian Comics into the Facebook search section and you should be able to find us (fingers crossed).

Over time we may look at reopening the Forum in the future, but at present while our community is still growing such a large and time consuming form of community management is just getting neglected. Rather than offer you a sub par service we’d rather just remove it and offer you all something a little more manageable and personal.

So please feel free to look us up and say hello!

Ticket to Ride finds new writer

Paul — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:48:24 +0000

With a long search finally coming to an end, Guardian Comics can now announce that the title Ticket to Ride has found a writer.

To the people that don’t know anything about this comic title, allow me to introduce you. Ticket to Ride is to be a black and white, tri-weekly updated webcomic, revolving around the employees of a theme park.