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Mav’s draws for Project Basement

Nov07
by Mav on November 7, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Posted In: Announcements, Sketchbook

maverick-cable.pngFellow indy comic writer/artist Nick Marino of AudioShocker.com asked me to draw a picture or two for his Project Basement series. Project Basement is a collection of images of popular comic characters drawn by indy creators that Nick knows. For volume 2, Nick asked us to draw our LEAST favorite characters and give an explanation of why we don’t like the character. After giving it a bit of thought, I decided that I’d use Cable. 

Check out the post over on AudioShocker to see the full sized image, read my write up and let me (and Nick) know what you think.
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Mav’s Sketchbook: Katt and Dawg

Oct22
by Mav on October 22, 2010 at 5:14 am
Posted In: Announcements, Sketchbook

Katt and DawgDoes anyone read the blog posts that we have under the comic? Hell, does anyone read the blog posts that are under ANYONE’S comic, ours or otherwise?

Well, maybe you should. If you did you might see a special treat or two. If you were paying attention, a while back, you might have seen me mention in passing that Max and I had a couple of ideas for a few Hellcats related projects OUTSIDE of the main comic here. Well, this is the first one. 
One of the most common questions I get at comic book conventions the first time someone picks up a copy of Hellcats is “hmm, this is interesting, but I thought it would be a little more… well, you know, adult oriented? Have anything like that?” Well, the answer was no. WAS. I’m trying to change that. 
Obviously the Hellcats universe is very large. This was intentional. It gives us the opportunity to introduce different types of characters (like the Starfoxes for instance and The T.E.D.D:IJAµ (that’s Kennedy and the other Bears from “A Giant Mess” if you don’t remember), but also to tell other types of stories, that while still in the same “universe” might be of a different vein.
And that’s what Katt and Dawg is going to be. An explicit content comic for mature readers (well, knowing me, it’ll be for immature mature readers). Dark, grim, gritty, lots of sex and violence and definitely not safe for work. And yet with much of the same kind of humor you see here. It should be interesting. Yeah, that’s a good word for it. Interesting!
I’ve very much been looking forward to this project, as it’ll be the first full length comic that I will be publishing that I drew by myself. By convention I generally write and color the comics while Max pencils and inks them, but it had always been our intention that both of us would get the opportunity to do both. It’s something I’ve been working on since 24-hour comic day. I actually completed the comic as a quick and dirty 24-hour comic back then and I’m now in process of refinishing it to make it nicer for publication. It’s not a webcomic, because unlike the main strip here, it’s meant to be read in one sitting, straight through, but I hope to have it done before next April (when Pittsburgh Comicon occurs, which typically represents the beginning of our convention year), and of course it will also be available in the Hellcats Bookstore, like our many other fine comics (cheap plug!).
You might have also noticed the current pirate story, “The Curse of the Kommodore’s Courtesan,” that’s been running through some of the Saturday Hellcat Cosmoses for the last couple weeks. That’s a solo project of Max’s that will be occurring here and there in place of the regular Cosmoses, whenever he has time to work on a longer strip by himself. So keep tuned for more of those as well. 
Anyway, so here you go, the first sketch of Katt & Dawg, that I’ll be releasing to the public. Let me know you think. Let me know if you’d be interested in reading such a thing, and if you’d be interested in even more Hellcats Universe expansion stories outside of the webstrip. Once this arc is over, I’d love to do a Starfox story and a TEDDIJAµ story for instance. (Someday. In the future. When we have more time. What I wouldn’t give for my own Bullpen of artists. You know if anyone has some artistic talent and always wanted to draw a comic written by yours truly for the great wage of FREE, feel free to drop me a line),
Hmmm, so is anyone still reading? I should offer some sort of prize to people who register and comment. I wish I knew. I guess that’s how Marvel came up with the fabled No-Prizes. Hey, if you come up with something feel free to comment about that too!
Make mine McGuffin!
-Mav
∑8x)
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Cosmic Hellcats at SPF 2010

Sep24
by Mav on September 24, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Announcements

spf_logo.jpgIf you’re in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this weekend, then consider coming to the Pittsburgh Small Press Festival where Mav and Max will have a booth promoting the comic. The show is Saturday and Sunday, 9/25-26 and runs from noon to 5pm each day. You’ll be able to buy signed copies of the comic as well as Mav’s new nude photography book, Black and Light, which features some of your favorite Hellcat models as well as many other beautiful models that he’s shot over the last few years.

On Sunday there will be a panel of web comic artists discussing the process of self-publication that runs from 2pm until 3pm. Mav will be one of the featured speakers there, so that’s definitely worth checking out.
If you can’t make it, then you still have a chance to order Mav’s book at the link above or pick up any of the Cosmic Hellcats comics from the links on Hellcats Bookstore page on this site. We’d love your support.
And finally, if you haven’t done so already, please check out the interview Mav and Max did with Amy Letts of the webcomic Epic Fail. The interview is in two parts, so go check out part 1 and part 2 when you get a chance. 

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Cosmic Hellcats Interview on Epic Fail

Sep20
by Mav on September 20, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Posted In: Announcements
3-2-08

Image by chrismaverick via Flickr

Amy Letts, creator of the comic strip, Epic Fail, wrote me and asked if she could interview Max and myself for her comics blog. The interview is split into two parts, the first of which went up today. Max will join me for some of the questions on the second part which should be up tomorrow. 

We focus on a lot of the concepts behind Cosmic Hellcats, and I think it should be an interesting read, so go check it out and let us know what you think. 
Max and I like doing interviews, so If you’d like to interview us for your blog or column or if you just have any random feedback, questions, comments, criticism, offers of marriage or anything like that, feel free to contact us at feedback@cosmichellcats.com.  
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Comic Delayed

Sep05
by Max on September 5, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Posted In: Announcements

We’re having technical difficulties again, so new Adventures will be delayed until Mav’s computer is back online (anyone wanna spring to get Mav a backup computer? 🙂 We don’t know how long this will take but we’ll be going crazy trying to keep up and running again ASAP.

Anyway, we apologize for the delay and hope you’ll enjoy this extra-shiny Cosmos in the meantime.
-max

(but hey, at least my lens flare generator’s still working)
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