MALDEN

MALDEN has moved to a new URL

2011-05-02T00:00:00.000-07:00

Why no update? Cause MALDEN has a new home at malden-comic.com. All new updates will be at the new site, so make sure to update your bookmarks.

-Peter

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Bran-Jar's Story post #7

2011-04-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

This week's Bran-Jar Story Guest Strip Post is by Sarah Ellerton of The Phoenix Requiem.

Its good stuff, so remember to check it out as well as Phoenix Requiem

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MALDEN - 0041 "P.F.G."

2011-04-25T00:00:00.000-07:00

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Poll Results and Playing with Wordpress

2011-04-24T20:02:00.000-07:00

At this very moment the consensus is towards Comicpress style reading in the polling. I've been playing around with Comicpress and Webcomic. Webcomic is used on Tinkers of the Wasteland, if you want a example. For me, it's easier to use vs. Comicpress.

The only thing I REALLY want is the Gravatars used in Comicpress. Basically, if you have a Gravatar, you can use it to comment on any webcomic that supports gravatars. It'd be nice to put faces to the folks who read MALDEN instead of wondering what everyone looks like.

I also picked up Manga Studio EX 4 over the weekend, and I can say I'm blown away at how intuitively built it is for comicking. Highly recommended and I'll be switching over to it once the current arc is done (page 42, I hope).

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Poll: Regarding online reading format.

2011-04-22T10:34:00.000-07:00

Hi Maldenites (Maldeneers?)! As you can see, I've been tinkering with the site design. Since blogger doesn't have a Comicpress style template, I usually use Issuu/scribd applets so folks can read Malden without moving around the site too much.

Good for the reader, bad for my page hits. This isn't all that bad, but I notice no body ever leaves a comment. Comments are probably the biggest thing that let me know that you, the reader, enjoy MALDEN (or hate it, whatever works). So I've put up a poll. Its on the left sidebar.

I want to know how you, the reader, would prefer to read MALDEN. Do you like reading in the Applets? Like clicking on the thumbnails to get the HD sizes? Or would you prefer a Comicpress reading experience?

Let your voice be heard. VOTE!

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0040 - "Bad Peter! BAD!"

2011-04-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

Just so everyone knows, Casey is not nearly this crazy in real life. I think. I'll have to check. But remember, bad milk doesn't make you go crazy. It'll give you food poisoning.

Had a great time at Stumptown Comic Fest. Exchanged a bunch of business cards to folks at the con, got a quick critique from Steve Lieber of WHITEOUT and Underground fame and Scott Kurtz of PVP. Was happy to see they liked looking at MALDEN, so that made my day.

Finished off Sunday with 2 panels. Selling your own damn Comics with Joe Keatinge (writer of Brutal/editor of PopGun) and Sneaking Into Comics with Joe Keatinge, Joshua Williamson (Writer at Marvel Comics), Nate Simpson (Creator of Nonplayer and signed my copy with a River Dancing Veritech), John Schork (submissions Editor for Dark Horse Comics) Lukas Ketner (artist for the upcoming Witch Doctor from Image) and Brandon Seifert (writer on Witch Doctor). Very informative panels and a bit of a reality check in what to goes into being successful in comics.

Also, Bran-Jar's Story is still going on at REMIND. This week's page is by Joost Haakman of Semmie the Forestgnome.

Also, don't forget to visit these good folks who contributed to Bran-Jar's Story:

0039 - "COLOR?!"

2011-04-11T00:00:00.000-07:00

Peter makes a full color (and messy) appearance. Thinking about Casey's car in the comic, it looks a bit like a 1962 AC Cobra. Mostly coincidental, since I haven't heard of the AC Cobra until I started reading Gunsmith Cats.

Bran-Jar's Story is still going on over at Jason Brubaker's REMIND, and this week's page is by the incredible Kim Ku of Hearts & Holes:

Also, don't forget to check out the rest of these great folks who are contributing to Bran-Jar's Story:

Aviv Itzcovitz:

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

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Creator Spotlight at Comic Book Interviews

2011-04-08T01:38:00.000-07:00

So I had a chance to do a interview with John Michael Helmer of Comic Book Interviews. Straight forward Q&A. My only regret is I should have sent them a better mugshot of myself. :)

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0038 - "Aftermath"

2011-04-04T00:00:00.000-07:00

So this marks the first full color appearance of Evan and Casey. Yes the story has been leading to full color all this time. Amazing, yes?

Also, Bran-Jar's Story is still happening on REMIND, with the fantastic Aviv Itzcovitz of Stupid Snake leading the way this week:

Also remember to follow these great folks while you're at it.

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

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0037 - "and into silence"

2011-03-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

Also this week, the page I contributed for Bran-Jar's Story should be up on Jason Brubaker's REMIND today. Don't forget to check it out as well as all of the great contributors/webcomickers below.

Aviv Itzcovitz:

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

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0036 - "Break's over" .. and Bran-Jar's Story continues.

2011-03-21T00:00:00.000-07:00

Remember kids, this is a black and white comic that's EARNING its color. Also, looks like Baron Bok Bok finished his 15 minute break. There's got to be some time dilation going on, cause he apparently bought a iPad in 15 minutes.

In the meantime, remember to check out the collaboratize effort known as Bran-Jar's Story over at REMIND. Remember the names below, for they will be legend.

Aviv Itzcovitz:

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

Also, Bran-Jar's Story is getting a mention from the wonderful Der-shing Helmer of the Meek, so remember to check out the Meek as well.

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0035 - "Whoa" .... also REMIND guest story.

2011-03-14T00:00:00.000-07:00

So we're up to 35 pages. Excellent. Now I just need to finish this sucker up.

Starting this week, I and a literal pantheon of 8 other webcomickers contributed to a guest story, written by Chris Wrann, for Jason Brubaker's REMIND titled "BRAN-JAR'S STORY". The story will be running for the next 2 months starting today. Here are the big names:

Aviv Itzcovitz:

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

Make sure to visit REMIND to read the story, and to add all of these good folks to your rss/bookmarks. Also, I need the browny points.

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0034 - "Forte to Mezzo Forte"

2011-03-07T00:00:00.000-08:00

So looks like I got this in on time. Considering that Emerald City Comicon took up most of my weekend, that's not a bad thing. I got to meet a lot of favorite artist/writers and fellow webcomickers. The highlights were meeting Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson (of Wonder Woman/Spider-man/X-men fame). Probably the nicest and most talented couple in comics.

Doug Tennapel, of Earthworm Jim/Creature Tech/RatFist. Ryan Ottley is a great guy. Actually, everybody I met was courteous to a tee. I think I'll get a table, and see how its like on the otherside of the fence.

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0033 - "Being Coy"

2011-02-28T00:00:00.000-08:00

Oh crap!

This week, I want to recommend REMIND by Jason Brubaker. A pretty big shining beacon of quality art/storytelling, with a dash of advice for all of you aspiring comickers/graphic novelists.

Emerald City Comicon is this week, so next weeks strip may be delayed a bit (i.e. it'll be a Tuesday/Wednesday update). I'm looking forward to just hanging out, getting some books signed and soaking up the general chaos/energy.

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0032 - "Failure"

2011-02-21T00:00:00.000-08:00

FAKE! CHIP!

Here are some webcomics I can whole heartedly recommend.

Search For New Lifeforms is a great comic by John Kantz (a drinking buddy and fellow Seattle comicker). Hilarious and drawn WAY better than any of my strips (I'm not kidding), if you haven't checked it out, you're missing out on some good stuff.

Stix & Bones by Darrel Toland (another drinking buddy/fellow Seattle-based comicker) is what happens when Peanuts and Pogo met up with Genetic Experiments. Good stuff, with a pretty diverse cast.

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0031 - "stupid plan"

2011-02-14T00:00:00.000-08:00

A stupid plan. Really. And psychedelic colors, man.

Weird psychedelic colors, man. Feel that jazz. Oh yeah.

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MALDEN Q&A time.

2011-02-12T23:25:00.000-08:00

So this is for all the faithful fans out there. Go ahead and give me a question. I'll try to answer as truthfully as I can. Just ask away in the comments of this post.

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0030 - "Only One"

2011-02-07T00:00:00.001-08:00

30 Pages! Milestone children! A Milestone!

So we've finally hit page 30. Was worried I'd never make it, but here we are! Feeling good, ready to rock. Enjoy folks!

Other news, I'm looking to do guest strips/pinups for other comickers out there. Hopefully it won't make me run late on MALDEN updates, but I'm looking forward to drawing other peoples characters for a change of pace.

0029 - "Auras"

2011-01-31T01:17:00.000-08:00

COLOR! SO MUCH COLOR!

Fanart: Solid Snake

2011-01-30T15:40:00.000-08:00

A quick Solid Snake done in Sketchbook Pro Mobile on my Droid Incredible

Fanart: Meryl Silverburgh

2011-01-29T21:09:00.000-08:00

We're having a Konami theme for this weeks DTD. Here's what I got on short notice:

NONPLAYER by Nate Simpson

2011-01-28T16:37:00.000-08:00

On my facebook, I had the pleasure of hearing that Nate Simpson has found a publisher for his comic NONPLAYER (aka Project Waldo). It should be coming out in April 2011from Image Comics, so keep an eye out people, because you are going to be BLOWN away. Yeh, bolded AND italicized. You can't mess with that.

I also like this news because:

A) Mr. Simpson has shared drinks with me over Karaoke and does a mean David Bowie. Hearing this news makes me happy.

B) It gives me a little hope that maybe, MAYBE, I can do the same with MALDEN at some point. The plan has always been to collect MALDEN in a collected edition at some point in the future, whether it be single issue like PVP and Liberty Meadows (I think that link maybe NSFW so be careful), or a large collected volume similar to Calvin & Hobbes.

We're getting close to the end of the current arc. I figure once the arc is done, I'll do some work on a cover mock up and send a submission to Image.

Hearts on fire fingers cross no retreat no surrender, yo. You can't succeed without risking failure.

-Peter

Preview of page 0029

2011-01-27T21:10:00.000-08:00

Preview of page 29

Lunch Comic: "PANDA PUNCH!"

2011-01-25T10:13:00.000-08:00

Working with Paul Marshall, Chris Staunts, and Josh Anderson on a webcomic in my freetime (outside of MALDEN). Did a quick strip for it, so here it is:

The title is a working title so don't read too much into it. ENJOY!

MALDEN

MALDEN has moved to a new URL

Bran-Jar's Story post #7

MALDEN - 0041 "P.F.G."

Poll Results and Playing with Wordpress

Poll: Regarding online reading format.

0040 - "Bad Peter! BAD!"

0039 - "COLOR?!"

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

Creator Spotlight at Comic Book Interviews

0038 - "Aftermath"

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

0037 - "and into silence"

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

0036 - "Break's over" .. and Bran-Jar's Story continues.

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

0035 - "Whoa" .... also REMIND guest story.

Daniel Lieske:

Jim Francis:

Joost Haakman:

Kim Ku:

Mathieu Moyen:

Christopher Wrann:

Sarah Ellerton:

0034 - "Forte to Mezzo Forte"

0033 - "Being Coy"

0032 - "Failure"

0031 - "stupid plan"

MALDEN Q&A time.

0030 - "Only One"

Recommended Reading: Astray3 by Eldon Cowgur

0029 - "Auras"

Fanart: Solid Snake

Fanart: Meryl Silverburgh

NONPLAYER by Nate Simpson

Preview of page 0029

Lunch Comic: "PANDA PUNCH!"