the little world

Yes you read that post heading correctly.  Contest winnerS!  As in plural.  More than one.  Since there were only two entries they both win!!  (now don’t you feel silly for not entering?)  Congrats to Danny and Jenn.  You’ll both be getting an email shortly to sort out shipping details for your little world art pieces.  yipee!!

in other news, work is continuing on my graphic novel version of the little world 1-3.  Really having a lot of fun coloring in gray scale and updating all that old art. i’m hoping very much  to have it out by the end of the summer.

cheers

kevin

Well Sci Fi on the Rock has come and gone for another year and it was a blast.  Saw some old friends and met some new ones and talked about comics with lots of folks.  i must give a shout out to the awesome folks from Ink’d Well Comics and Darkwater Publishing for being such fantastic table neighbors.  this year the con had a section specifically for authors, so the aforementioned folks as well as the wonderful Engen Books and myself shared a hallway.  it was a great location since anyone going to the dealer’s room had to pass right by our tables.  A big thanks to Darren, Steve and all the organizers in making it another successful con.

My workshop on cartooning went well and I’m feeling very motivated to keep at it.  i’ve already started work on the fourth mini in the main series and it’s looking pretty good.   I had 8 mini comics and a ton of art at the con this year.  check out the table!

I’ve got plenty of stock left over and will soon put some images online of what i have left for sale.   i have to give a major thanks to jenn and chris for all their help in getting the comics together.  it was a big job this year and there is no way i could have done it without you both.  thanks so much!   also a big thanks to my dad for those early morning drives all the way to the holiday inn!

so what’s next?? well, hopefully i’ll be running a cartoon workshop sometime in may.  i’ll keep you posted on that.  i’m also looking at putting together a softcover manga sized book this summer.  it’ll be an 80 page little world extravaganza!  i’m toying with the idea of representing the story arc from the first three minis, with updated art and additional material.  i’m really excited about the possibility of having my work properly bound in a nice edition and i’ll keep you up to date on how that progresses.

CONTEST!

I promised when i hit 300 strips that I would hold a little contest.  well here it is!  and it’s really simple.  all you have to do is leave a comment below saying which strip is your favorite and why.  i’ll be drawing a random name from the comments and the winner gets a piece of little world art!  i’ll contact the winner by email to arrange details.  how easy is that!

cheers

kevin

A while back I was a guest at a friend’s son’s birthday party.  I helped the kids make up superheros and helped them put together their own comics.  Here is a picture of the birthday cake featuring none other than The Minimalist!  Thanks to Christine for the photo!

So i thought it would be a great time to give you a little background on our favorite pair of floating eyeballs.  First, and most importantly, the idea for The Minimalist was initially conceived by my better half, Jennifer Furlong.  I don’t remember exactly how the conversation happened but it was something along the lines of “you should have a character that’s just a pair of eyeballs.”  I’m not sure which one of us came up with the name, but he was definitely a co-creation.

some other fun facts:

- The Minimalist actually has a body.  It’s just invisible.

-He claims to be a mentalist.  This may or may not be true.

-He has never appeared in the The Little World story proper, just the webcomic and in his own mini comics.

-He has a penchant for heavy metal and hamburgers.

ALSO!  At a Breakdown Comic Jam last week I put together a brand new and shiny Minimalist mini comic!  It’s called “The Minimalist Takes Another Walk”  and will be available at Sci-Fi on the Rock V.   How much will it cost you ask??  Here’s a run down of everything I’ll have at this year’s convention!

Comics:

The Little World Issue 1  $3

The Little World Issue 2  $3

The Little World Issue 3  $3

The Minimalist Takes a Walk  $2

The Minimalist Takes Another Walk  $2

Fish Sticks! A Little World Sketchbook (with collectors card)  $3

Words and Pictures  $3

Collected Strips Volume 1  $3

Other Stuff:

Bookmarks  (five styles featuring The Terrible Beanie, Andy the Magician, The Pie Wonder, Supercape and The Minimalist)  50 cents

Cartoon Art Pieces  (a variety of hand inked and watercolored pieces featuring Little World characters)   $30

Tees:   (I’ll have an extremely limited number of Beanie T-Shirts available. )  $20

I’ll also have a couple of prototype decks for my Little World TCG.  These aren’t for sale, but I’m happy to talk about the game, show the cards and maybe even play a round or two!  If there is anything you’d like to see at the con (a certain character as an art piece for example)  fire me an email at kevinwoolridge@gmail.com and we’ll work it out.  I’ll be giving a talk on cartooning from 3-4pm on Saturday the 16th in the Larson Room. Hope to see you there!

whew!

kevin

hey folks!  Well Sci Fi on the Rock is drawing close and I’ve another show opening this weekend (hence the lack of updates this month!).   Here’s a little video preview of what I’ll have this year at the convention.  I’ll also have bookmarks again and possibly some old school iron on transfer tees if i have time.

cheer!

k

well feb ended up being one of the busiest months for me this year.  the big thing was playing dr. horrible in dr. horrible’s sing-a-long blog.  the show went great and we sold out the run.  there is talk of  a remount in late sept so i’ll let you all know.

the other big thing was the RPM challenge.  this was a challenge to write/record an album in a month.  I did it last year and it was lots of fun so decided to do it again this year.  you can check out the album (as well as last year’s) on reverbnation.

on top of all that i had a short film to score and a little bit of design work to do.  whew.  now that feb is over i’m back on the cartoon wagon, gearing up for SciFi on the Rock V in April.  I’ve got two new mini comics in the works for this:  The Little World issue 3 and Fishsticks! A Little World Sketchbook.    So in addition to Words and Pictures, I’ll have 3 brand new minis for sale at this years con.  We’ve started early on printing (and cutting, folding and stapling…) so there’ll be lots of copies on hand.  I’m also planning a special deal on multiple issues so be sure to stop by the table at the con!

cheers

kevin