McHozer Comics

The King is dead, long live the King….

Chris — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:46:24 +0000

Well you might have noticed a bit of a slow down around these parts. Well there is a reason for it. In a nutshell McHozer Comics is no more. Wait, Let me put that a differently… the McHozer Comics that you have seen up until this point is no more. From this point on we will no longer be publishing under that name.

Does that mean we are leaving comics? No, not at all. In fact we plan to be busier then ever. From this moment on we will be focusing our attention on one title and one title alone, Celtic Shaman.

What exactly does that mean? Well it means that we are going to devote all our time and efforts to put out the best comic that we can for you guys without getting distracted by too many side projects. Celtic Shaman will be published (in print) under its own name, firstly on the web at www.celticshaman.ca, then collected in TPB format.

As for the McHozer name, well I’ll continue to use it when I start up my new blog, chronicling the ups and downs of trying to publish an indie comic, plus we’ll occasionally be using the name to publish other side project when we have time for them (projects like Deadmen and Poodleskirts 2… coming soon.)

We think by turning our focus to our core title we will be able to produce a quality comic that you will really love… or die trying.

As always comments or suggestions are always welcome. So please send me an e-mail at cmcquaid@mchozers.com

Thanks guys, and see you in the matrix.

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Another chance to support a great cause

Chris — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:13:36 +0000

Hey guys,

If your going to be in the Mississauga area this Saturday be sure to stop by the Sian Bradwell Softball Tournament being held at the Dunton Athletic Fields.

The event is being put on to raise money to purchase medical equipment for the Oncology/Haematology Department of Sick Kids Hospital for treating young victims of cancer.

After last weeks highly successful Pledges for Sketches, Spent Pencils Arnold Trinidad and his crew are once again going to be on hand along with McHozer comics Jason Roussel doing sketches to help raise money.

If you were unable to make it out last week this is a great opportunity to get some artwork by some amazing artists and help a worthwile cause at the same time.

The Sian Bradwell Softball Tournament will be at Dunton Athletic Fields 6180 Kennedy Road, Mississauga, Ontario. The artists will be on hand from 11:30am onwards.

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A couple of updates

Osh — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:21:15 +0000

Hey everyone! Daniel here.

I want to give everyone an update on what’s going on here at McHozers.com, and personally thank everyone who has visited our humble site and read our comics. I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is I’m gonna have to leave you guys hanging on what Mannix is smirking about in Celtic Shaman #1. I’m going to be on hiatus for a couple of weeks after today’s post.

The good news is that I’m working on improving the visitor friendliness of the site — primarily to give you a means to communicate with us. As you can see right now, there’s no means for you to comment on this nor on the comic pages, and that makes us sad. So, I’m working on rectifying that. Sadly, I’m terrible at multitasking and since I’m the web developer and the artist on Celtic Shaman, I’m unable to switch gears between the two roles enough to keep up with the weekly comic updates. But CS will be back in a couple of weeks!

Thanks everyone!

Osh

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Sketches for Pledges Aftermath!

Osh — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:03:52 +0000

Wow! What an event. What a fantastic turn out for the fantastic cause that is the Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital!

The day started out with me taking an out-of-the-ordinary train trip into town. (Well, the train itself was ordinary — what’s extraordinary is that I’ve lived within walking distance to the train station for 13 years now and never once have I taken it into downtown Toronto — and what a stress free way it is to commute! …but I digress.)

When I got downtown to the event, it had already started. I briefly said my good mornings to my fellow artists who were already there — Arnold Trinidad (founder of Spent Pencils Studios) who organized the event, Marvin Law (Slam Comic, Conquer Entertainment), Gogz and Marv (Powie Studios) and Khanh Nguyen (Spent Pencils). I quickly took my seat between Paul Limgenco and Gerard De La Costa (both incredible talents from Spent Pencils) — they were already sketching away.

From the minute I sat down at 9:30 to 4:30, I sketched non-stop with the exception of a 15 minute pizza and bathroom break. On average I had 4-6 sketches in queue and at one point I had eight (nine if you count the one I was working on.) It all started with one lady asking if we could draw from a picture (or was it an iphone?) and it went nuts from there. People went up to their offices and printed out pictures of their kids, family, and pets and brought them to us to draw. What a steal for $5 a sketch! But many were generous enough to donate more. At one point, a lady asked Gerard and Khanh to do a multi-panel page with full scene and background descriptions — I would have said no, but they graciously accepted the request — a real trial by fire for their first event sketching under the Spent Pencils banner. Kudos to you guys! (And that’s to not mention the hazing endured by those two from Marvin (who has a history of initiating Spent Pencils recruits for Arnold.)

Sadly, because I was so busy, I didn’t get a chance to meet Agnes Garbowska (Girl Comics#1 -Marvel Comics) nor Francis Manapul (The Flash -DC Comics).

By the end I was totally exhausted, but it was fun. All in all, we raised over $1,500 in the 7 hours that we were there.

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Sketches for Pledges

Chris — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:35:56 +0000

Hey guys, this is for all our friends who will be in Toronto on Tuesday July 6th. Make sure you drop by 320 Front St W. (directly across the Rogers Centre) from 9am to 4pm to support Sketches for Pledges. McHozer’s own Daniel Wong will be on hand along with some other amazing local artists selling sketches for 5 dollars each. All money raised will go to the Sick kids Hospital.

On a personal note Sick Kids is an amazing place. It has touched my life by helping out youngest son and my youngest brother… So I can’t tell you how worthily a cause this is.

The event is being put on by our good friend from Spent Pencils Arnold Trinidad and will feature the talents of: Agnes Garbowska (Girl Comics#1 -Marvel Comics), Francis Manapul (The Flash -DC Comics), Daniel Wong ( McHozer Studios), Briana Chan, Vince Sunico, Paul Limgenco, Gerard De La Costa, Khanh Nguyen and Arnold Trinidad (Spent Pencil Studios), Marvin Law (Conquer Entertainment) and “Gogz” and “Marv” (Powie Studios.)

Hope you can make it out!

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Friday Links

Chris — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:41:19 +0000

Whew, what a week. First of all I’d like to thank everyone who came out to see us at the Bread and Honey Festival. We had a great time (it turned out to be a great day too, that’s a bonus.) And a big thanks to those of you who came to see us at Fan Appreciation. Another fantastic event that we enjoyed a lot. And a super-duper thanks to the people who came to see us at both events… You guys are awesome.

So today we not only have a new Deadmen page up, we also have a new Shaman page for you as well. Just click on the link to me magically taken away. That’s how the internet works right? Magic?

Here are your links of the week (note some of these links contain adult language. Please use discretion.)

The 5 Most Impractical Aspects of Superhero Costumes – What? High heels are no practical when chasing down a purse snatcher? I’ve never had a problem… (Cracked)

Wax On, F*** Off with Ralph Macchio – Times are tough for the former Karate Kid… But he has a plan. (Funny Or Die)

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Trailer – Yes… awesome. Can’t say enough how much I am looking forward to this. (Facebook)

10 Live-Action Films Based Off Comic Strips – I had no idea that Blondie was a “Flapper.” Kinda makes me want to read Blondie. (Topless Robot)

8 Month Old Deaf Baby’s Reaction To Cochlear Implant Being Activated– This is one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen. If it doesn’t bring a tear to your eye then you are dead to me…. Dead I say! (Pogpog)

That’s it. Thanks for stopping by. We have exciting upcoming news that hopefully you guys will like, including information on our new subbmision policy, so if you have a web comic you’d like featured here keep an eye out, our drop me a line.

Have a great weekend!

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Web Comic Wednesday

Chris — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:41:17 +0000

Well it’s Wednesday again and that means it’s time for Wednesday web comics. I don’t know what it’s like where you are but man o man it’s a freakin scorcher here. I mean it. Ok, pimp time. First thing I like to do every Wednesday is let you know that you can check out the latest page from Celtic Shaman over at Celticshaman.ca so yeah, check it out. Next up I want to direct your attention to the mega awesome “Forces of Geek” where I join the round table to discuss the season finale of Lost (I really liked it by the way) that was a lot of fun and I hope that if you were a fan of the show you take a look. But enough of me, let’s get tot he comics!

http://www.virtualshackles.com/ – The first time I clicked on this I was laughing, so that’s always a plus. They describe the series as an exploration of video games and the world of video game development… I just think its fun.

http://www.louderbombs.com/ – A funny little comic done by a couple of brothers who see the world slightly twisted… that must be what I like about it.

That’s it for now… wherever you are stay cool… Namaste brothas.

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Bread and Honey/Fan Appreciation

Chris — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:30:28 +0000

The weekend of June 5th and 6th is going to be busy in McHozerland. First of all on June 5th once again we’ll be appearing at Image Collections for the Bread and Honey Festival. This is always one of our favourite events to take part in, the people are great, the festival is fun and it’s pretty cool to be outside working while a parade passes by. If you can make sure you stop by and say hi.

Image Collections is located at 181-A Queen Street South (aka. Mississauga Road), Mississauga, Ontario. (905) 542-8307

Then on Sunday June 6th McHozers will be attending the Toronto Comicon Fan Appreciation Event. This is a pretty cool convention to come to because it’s the one that really caters to the fans (Sunday is free too!) As usual we’ll be on hand to sell some books, do some sketches and meet as many cool people as possible. So stop by, we’d love to say hi.

The Toronto Comicon is taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building Hall G 222 Bremner Blvd.

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