Promises, Promises

Finally I have something to deliver!

Welcome to the start of our new web-comic series!

Most of the stories posted will be one shot pieces, though some will use reoccurring characters, there will not be a continuous story line for the most part.

We decided to start posting web comics here in order

to both keep interest in Reluctant Zero up between issues, but also so that the boys(and perhaps some other guest writers) can post their art and ideas that they really want to share, but that don't happen to fit in with the comic book.

We hope you enjoy the first installment of our web-series, this piece was written by Mario T. Lanao and illustrated/inked by Cristian Garcia and is a part of a mini-series called "Butterball Blues".

Please look forward to our next installment of our web-series!

~Angelica P.R.

Promises and an Expo

I know I promised you all some new updates earlier this month, unfortunately getting a scanner and having one work turned out to b a bit of a hassle. Hopefully I'll be able to show you something very soon!

We also have an announcement to make, we will be attending the 2nd annual Latino Comic Expo. We went to it last year as well and Cristian and Mario even participated in a panel there, so stay tuned for more info on this year's Latino Comic Expo, where you can meet Cristian and Mario and pick up an issue of the comic!

Happy Holidays Everyone

Happy Holidays from all of us here at Reluctant Zero!
We hope that all of you are enjoying this holiday season with friends and family.

We got a letter from WonderCon a few weeks ago letting us know that we had gotten into the Con for the second year in a row! We were very excited and happy to get the letter, but sadly we will not be able to attend this time around. Due to the move to Anaheim and the due date for the table payment being much too close to Christmas, it simply isn't within our budget to go. Hopefully we will see you ate APE this fall and if we are in a better place financially next year, maybe at WonderCon too!

If you haven't gotten your comic loving friends and family a gift yet don't forget that you can order the comics from us directly on the blog through PayPal!

Happy Holidays,
Angelica P.R.

APE Wrap-up

So, as you all know, APE was this past weekend, and it was here that we debuted the first issue of Reluctant Zero! Though traffic throughout the con wasn't as high as it had been in past years due to several other events happening the same weekend, we still view the con and the whole weekend really, as a huge success. We traded comics with other retailers, saw old friends, and debuted our parent company, Vagabond Comics. If you are interesting in publishing your work under our umbrella let me know, we are always happy to take submissions and give feedback.

We sold a fair number of comics, especially for an unknown comic, and we are already ready to start work on issue two, which should be for sale at WonderCon in spring. Cristian and Keith also got inspired to create prints to sell at the next con as well.

If you are interested in purchasing the comic, please comment here or on our Facebook Page with your Paypal address and physical address, and I will invoice you :)

All the pictures will be in the next post!

See you soon,

~Angelica P.R.

One Page to Go!!

One pencil to go everybody!!!

After that all Cristian needs to work on is the cover art and the rest is up to our inker Kieth to take care of.

It's really awesome to finally see the first issue finishing up, it's been quiet the journy, nine months of hard work on our end, especially Mario and Cistian, and now Keith as well. I'm very happy with the way the issue has turned out, and we can't wait to share it with all of you at APE in less then a month!!

No it's down to all the technical stuff again, printing the comic and buisness cards, and if Cristian has time, some original pieces or fan art to have at the booth as well.

Thanks for all of your support you guys, see you very soon!

~Angelica P.R.

Check Out the Tim Lincecum Facebook Page

Cristian is just about finished with all the pencils for the first issue, he's got a handful to go and then we'll just need Keith to ink them all and get them printed! We have a month to go, and we're right on schedule, things were a little hectic there for awhile, but we finally have everything on track. All we need is that dang seller's permit, which hopefully we can get within the next week.

Also, make sure you check out the Tim Lincecum page on Facebook because our inker Keith is having his artwork featured there right now, support a fellow nerd you guys and gals!

Cristian and Mario also met up again last night to talk about the comic and about WonderCon's move to Anaheim. We also gave him some more scanned pencils so he can get those to Keith. Almost done everyone!

See you next week!

~Angelica

More APE news and a posting change

So we're all back in school here at Reluctant Zero, but don't worry, production hasn't slowed in the slightest! Cristian keeps finishing pages, if fact he finished another one last night, and Mario's good friend Kieth has begun inking the finished pages. We paid for our table last week and just recived confirmation of our table number, we'll be at booth 613, so make sure you come by to pay us a visit!

And don't forget to check out our good friend and fellow nerdy creator Steph, she runs the crft company Nerd Jerk, and you can find a link to her blog in our sidebar--->

This week we need to fax in our ad information for the program book, as well as getting our seller's permit, that whole driving and parking in the financial district during a work day is not encouraging us to get this done though! haha Hopefully we'll have that sorted out by the end of the month though.

I also wanted to let you all know that I will most likely be changing the posting day from Tuesday to Wednesday because of my school schedule.

See you all next week,

~Angelica P.R.

For more frequent updates, follow us on Twitter! @Reluctant_Zero, find the link on our sidebar!

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.

Latino Comics Expo

It looks like we're going to be showing up at a Con a little sooner then we thought!
We've been invited to show our work at the first ever Latino Comics Expo, taking place right here in San Francisco at the Cartoon Art Museum on Saturday May 7th and Sunday May 8th.

Check out their website for more information!
http://cartoonart.org/2011/03/the-first-annual-latino-comics-expo/
Hopefully we'll get to see you there, especially if you weren't able to make it to Wondercon.

~Angelica P.R.

WonderCon News

Hey everyone, I know we have been very lax about keeping this blog updated up until this point, but from here on out you can expect weekly updates from me, Angelica, the new PR person for our comic/company because Reluctant Zero is going to WonderCon!

We received our acceptance letter a few weeks ago and have been working very, very hard to make sure everything will be perfect for the Con. Everything that we will be putting out at our booth will be FREE, that's right folks, FREE swag at the Reluctant Zero table all weekend, so make sure you stop by to say hi and pick up a preview comic and whatever else you might be interested in.

Remember WonderCon is April 1-3, 2011 located in the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco, don't miss Reluctant Zero's print debut!

~Angelica, P.R.

p.s.
You can expect an official introduction post for the three of us coming later this week.

It's On!

Alright folks, it's official, Mario and I will be www.geekspeakradioshow.com this Friday August the 27th at noon, so tune in peoples! We'll be talking about our independent comic and geeking out in general on different topics. So again, tune in, laugh with us (or at us, we geeks are used to that), call in even!

The first issue should be out soon, and by soon I mean within the next month. Still looking for a place to print them and we'll be selling them at The Comic Outpost here in San Francisco on Ocean Ave. I might be putting up some concept art here soon, but only a few as I'm going to put out a book with all the concept art work on it and have it for sale at WonderCon.

Alright my fellow geeks, that's all for today, peace!