Astray3

Production on Astray3 #275 is running late. Will aim for a late Thursday or Friday post.  Sorry for the wait.

I completely missed this post on the Legend of Bill site last October. I did the layouts and background drawings for a book exclusive LoB story. ( David Reddick did the character illos and polishing. Steve Ogden wrote the story and handled the colors. My bad, Joshua Ulrich handled the colors.) You can order the book through the Th3rd World Studios store. I should go get me one…

We aren’t even a smidge into the new year and already Astray3 is on the move. Will this be the best year ever for our humble Webcomic? I think the obvious answer is a resounding…maybe. Let’s get this 2010 hope boat afloat with a few announcements.

The first big chunk of news is that Astray3 has joined the fine folks over at the Rampage Network. ( See that banner at the bottom of the site? That’s the proof. ) Make sure to visit the other fine Rampage comics and affiliates. This membership also includes a new Astray3 forum. Now I gotta figure out what to do with it…

And don’t forget I’m still a member of the Webcomic Planet collective! Things have certainly changed over there, but the site and collective are still going. Drop by and say hi.

For all you non-twitter followers, there has been some good buzz about my Art Blog, www.ecoggery.com. If you are curious to see what the pencils and inks look like, or a few miscellaneous projects, that’s the place.

Thanks for reading! Let’s get the awesomeness started.

Thanks for sticking with Astray3 this year ! May 2010 bring us all mega amounts of much needed goodness.

Also, for you non-twitter readers, check out my new art blog for some bonus Astray3 goodies. www.ecoggery.com

Hey everyone, thanks for bearing with me during the update drought. But, it should finally be over. Starting today there will be a new schedule going forward. Updates will try to land on Mondays and Fridays. ( I emphasize try. ) Updates for the normal Astray3 strips will be double sized and in color. The conservatives story will continue to run each week until it’s conclusion. ( Then just assume that it will be replaced with a second A3 update each week. )

Work has begun on the first Astray3 book!! This will be more than a simple print version!! It will be an expanded and partially revised version of the current swath of strips. It will take time to get all the artwork put together, but hopefully we will see a prototype early next year and production before convention season starts up again.

All you September contest winners should know that your prizes are on the way. They should be shipped out next week.

And a special thanks to Antoine Gagnon, from the webcomic, “The Drunken Fools”, for the above fanart! He is a fellow WCPC member and his comic is well worth reading. Make sure to check it out!

Thanks for sticking with me readers. I will see you Friday!

-Eldoniousrex

And here are the winners of the great 1 year giveaway!

1st: Richard Taylor

2nd: Rocco Caputo

3rd: Daniel M. Davis

4th: Brooke Burch

5th: James Wallace

6th: Joel Gabriele

7th: Karen Howe

8th: Wendell Wittler

9th:Robert Chandler

10th: Josh Ulrich

Congratulations to all the winners! You will be contacted shortly with instructions on how to chose/claim your prize!

Hello readers, I hope you are enjoying Astray3 this month.

I’ve got some kinda sad-goodish news. For the next couple of months Astray3 updates will be limited to once a week. I’ve recently picked up a freelance comic job that will dominate my time till Spring 2010. So until I can get a better feeling for how this new work will pan out,  Astray3 will have to slow down a bit. I do intend to increase the number of updates again, but right now, I have no idea what that new schedule will look like.

In the meantime, I will be continuing the “Conservatives” sidestory each week until it is finished. After that is done, we will return to the main story, hopefully at a faster update rate. And above all that, I will start preparing the first ten A3 chapters for publication.

Thanks for reading A3 and I hope you stick around for all the exciting developments to come,

-Eldon.

Welcome to the 2nd Guest Strip Saturday…..errr…Sunday. This time we feature Ming from Fantasy Story. I met Ming through Twitter awhile back and have had the pleasure of exchanging emails with him on occasion. Drop by Ming’s site and check out all the projects he works on. Also check out the interview he gave on last Friday’s TGT Webcomcs podcast.

Next Guest Strip Saturday is still a mystery. Who will it be?