the little world

Just a little update to catch you guys up.  I found out this week that Current is no longer printing The Little World or The Opposition.  Since these were the only comics in the paper, it is now a paper without comics.  Sad times. Strip 77 was the last to be ran and I did about 21 Opposition cartoons for them as well.  At some point I’m going to post all the Opposition comics on the site.  Being in print was an amazing opportunity and I loved seeing my work there over the past few years.  Big thanks to Ally and Josh for their support at Current.  I wish I had made it to one of the Christmas parties..

Last night I attended my first Comic Artist’s Breakdown Jam in months.  It was a small turnout, but a lot of fun and I managed to catch up a fair bit on the Krull tribute.  There’s nothing like being around people who are into the same thing you are into to get you motivated.  Great group and I hope I can make next month’s session.

I missed Hourly Comic Day this year.  I must remedy this by doing some hourlies on a random day.

k

well today is the 2 year anniversary of the website . wow.  normally for this kind of thing i’d do a little giveaway or contest, but i’ve spent most of 2011 sick and didn’t have anything prepared.  i did manage to haul myself over to the drawing table today to give you guys a new post.  hope you like it!   i will, however, have a giveaway for the 300th strip, so keep an eye out for that one.

hope everyone is having a great new year so far.  ok.  i’m going back to bed. *cough*

kevin

i’m getting almost as bad as vg cats with my sporadic comic posting.   eek.

the art show at the grapevine was a big success and a really great time.  met a lot of fabulous folks and artists and would love to do it again.  the atmosphere was great and everyone seemed really relaxed and just having a good time. big thanks to susan morrissey wyse for setting it all up.  also thanks to jordan young for snapping this pic of me at my table.

i’m currently working on a new mini comic!  nope, it’s not issue 3, but a comic called Words and Pictures. it’s kind of like Happiness is a Warm Puppy except done Little World style.  it’s all written and sketched out and i’m just in the formatting/scanning stage.  i’ll have a preview up in the new year.  promise.

something you guys might not know but i do an editorial/political cartoon for Current Magazine called The Opposition.  i found out recently that one of the party leaders here in the province really liked my cartoon from the nov 26th issue.  it was awesome to hear and really motivating.  doing The Opposition has been a great opportunity to branch out from the little world style and every strip presents a new challenge.  big thanks to editor joshua jamieson for letting me continue to draw it.

in non-comic news i’m playing dr.horrible in a local production in march! i’m pretty pumped. more news on that in the new year.

oh yeah it’s almost christmas!   happy christmas/holidays everybody!

kevin

hey guys!  well we’re nearing the end of november and christmas will soon be upon us.  i love christmas, especially giving presents.  i picked up some early this year and can’t wait to start wrapping.  speaking of presents, i’ll be selling Little World comics and art at an Art and Craft Sale on Dec 5, down at The Grapevine on Water Street here in St. John’s from 6-10pm.  Nine great local artisans from a variety of mediums will be on hand selling their wares.  I also hear that it’s a bar and they sell booze.  that’s right.  you could drink while you buy art. sounds pretty awesome if you ask me.  i’ll have copies of all my mini comics to date on hand as well as an assortment of little world art pieces for sale.  a bunch of these are branded new and were done with this sale in mind.  so come on down!

other news and sundry:

it seems every time i turn my head i end up working on a new project.  a lot of them are not comic related but i thought maybe you guys would be interested to know what i’ve been up to.    the major project is a novel called the man with the hole in his head. i’m trying to finish up the third draft right now and i’m really excited about it.  it’s a supernatural detective story and i hope to have some more news on it in the coming year.

last feb i recorded an album for the RPM challenge and i’ve recently uploaded that album, not even the stars, and my 2003 album, tin men, to my myspace.  check it out if you like and i’d appreciate any comments you might have.    in game boarding news this past summer i finished the basic prototype for turritus, a dash and grab game featuring an alchemist, astrologer, medium and magician.  i’m currently working the ruleset for a steampunk tabletop war game called resist.  that one is going really well and i’m very happy with how it’s turning out.

that’s it for right now!  hope to see some of you down at the art sale on the 5th!

k

i love the fall. it’s my kind of weather.  i’ve been back home from the burin now for a month and a bit and have been pretty busy with a show at the lspu hall called easy down easy.

come on out if you’re in town.

I also did an interview recently with scifi on the rock tv.  they’re a great group of folks who run the sci fi on the rock convention here in st. john’s.  you can check out the episode i’m in right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAg-XaEwdA I made an appearance at Artfusion last month and had a great time there.  Big thanks to everyone at AAMP.

i’ve also added a little preview section under the gallery portion of the website with some sketch book scans of a new project i’m picking away at.  it doesn’t have a name yet, but it’s about an octopus private investigator.  let me know what you think.

and hey go check out justmadbooks.  really great comics and i highly recommend.

cheers

kevin