Randomness of the Week

We showed up to buy our tickets for The Return of the King last night and the tickets were all sold out! So a group of us went to our usual bar, The Dubliner, to drink and nerd out together. Mario did a bit of writing and earlier that day Cristian had finished another panel on the big paper. Things are progressing really nicely on our end of things.

Sadly, because we haven't been to a convention lately the posts here aren't always exciting. I've been thinking about some other topics to write about, nerdy summer movies, games, etc.

What would you guys be interested in reading about??

Did anyone else pick up the LOTR special edition in Blue Ray yesterday? I can't wait to watch our copy!

Have a good week everyone!
~Angelica P.R.

Logistics and Another Late Post

I suppose I should just admit at this point that until the director's cut of The Lord of the Rings films are finished showing in theaters that the weekly posts here will be late! So one more week of this and then we'll be back to normal.

Now that we are on our way to getting the comic finished, logistics is coming back to the forefront of our issues. We need to do several things by the end of the month, one of which is applying t another convention here in the bay area, called HyperCon.
Now, it is down in San Mateo and it is an anime convention primarily, but it is run by a former classmate of Cristian's from the Academy of Art, and it is fairly cheap to show there since the convention is only in it's second year. We'll keep you posted on our HyperCon plans.
We also need to fill out and turn in our seller's permit for APE, without it we won't be able to sell anything, and let's face it, we need the money!

What conventions are you guys going to this summer? ComicCon? Anime Expo? Anywhere you would like us to come and show our work?

Thanks again everyone, see you next week!
~Angelica P.R.

APE and LOTR

Another late post, I'm sorry I've been so lax in my blogging duties the past two weeks, I promise to go back to your regularly scheduled updates next week. Cristian and I went to watch the director's cut of The Fellowship of the Ring in theaters last night, which is my excuse for this late post. And if you're wondering why Mario didn't go as well, LOTR is not his cup'o'tea, he prefers The Dark Tower series by Stephan King.

Anyway, this week has been very productive. Cristian has finally finished all of the thumbnails, and is set to start making the real pages on the big paper. And yesterday he took a few shots of our friend and model Bunny Lyn to use as reference for, you guessed it, a female character for the comic book. You can check out her portfolio here: http://www.modelmayhem.com/1504507
We also received some wonderful news, WE'RE GOING TO APE!! We just got the email this week, so make sure you get October 1st and 2nd off so you can come on down to San Francisco's Alternative Press Expo and pick up a full edition of Reluctant Zero, meet the creators, and get your swag signed. We look forward to seeing you there and maybe even selling some prints for you guys.

Thanks for your support, things are really starting to come together here and we couldn't have done it without you!
~Angelica P.R.

Time Management and Inspiration

Sorry for the late post everyone, yesterday was spent cleaning and attempting to sell clothes at Crossroads in order to make some extra cash for bills/the comic. Glamorous life right?

Now back to your regularly scheduled update!
Perhaps you guys have been wondering how two guys with full time jobs and school can manage to take on a project so large and personally important. The answer is that you have to prioritize your time and micro-manage your days quiet a bit. One solution that we've found works is that we have turned our weekly bar get-together with our friends into a mini work session as well. Multi-tasking for the win!
This also illustrates one of the other most important things about being an artist, never go out without paper and a pencil. You never know where inspirations could strike you. Mario keeps a notepad in his backpack, Cristian keeps pens and pencils in his pockets and drawing pads in the car, and I am never without my camera.
Make sure you are always prepared, so that you can capture your ideas right as they come to you.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!
~Angelica P.R.