Hey, all! I've written a kick-ass little book for Septagon Studios ([link]), called "Gator Butch"! You can find the teaser site here: [link] I've written "Gator Butch", and art is provided by the amazing David Hollenbach. Click on his name on the teaser site to see his site.

The story: When professional monster fighter Gator Butch agreed to find a runaway teenager, he never expected the job to lead him into an encounter with the River Children, the most feared band of criminals in his little Kentucky town of Doghole. The Doghole police won't get involved, but they may not have a choice, when Butch discovers that the River Children are being led by a familiar face from his past, a face that has a scheme to terrorize Doghole and settle an old score.

If you go to [link] you can sign up for updates about the book, as well as an RSS feed to have updates appear in your browser. There will be updates and more information released as it gets closer to the book's online digital release, which will be formally announced later this month.

Keep an eye out for us!


KAB

I'm close to finishing the pencils on a pitch for Stephen "Jesus Hates Zombies" Lindsay. The inker is hard at work on that stage, so now we need a colorist for the pitch, a Victorian-set horror story. There's no money for the pitch, and only a back-end deal on the project, if it gets picked up by a publisher.

Anyone who's interested, Note me!


KAB

I just got a book picked up to be published, and I need a new inker, colorist/toner, and letterer for it.

I also have a short story I'm going to try to find an anthology to publish it, and I need a letter for that, as well.

I have a few pitches that I also need an inker, colorist, and letterer for.

Anyone interested, just Note me here, or e-mail me at:

kurt.belcher@gmail.com

Thanks!


KAB

Whooo, been a while again. I gotta try to be more regular with this.

EDIT: Well, "Rottentail" was dropped by Arcana Studio, but it's not something I should have talked about in an open forum. I should have left off talking about it privately with the book's writer. I let my frustration get the better of me. I was disappointed, but I talked to the publisher and basically made peace with what happened. Time to move on. Thanks for the comments and support. It's much appreciated.

"Unimagineable" is coming up on the home stretch of pencils for the last issue. Levi Skeen is inking the last of #2 as I write this, and Zachary Turner has colored exactly half of the book. So things are chugging along nicely! I'm really proud of this whole book, from the premise and script by Tom Pinchuk , pencils, inks, and colors, and I'm sure I'll love the letters when they're done.

I'm drawing a pitch for Michael "Phantom Jack" San Giacomo right now. I don't want to say too much about it, but it should be a ton of fun, and it should go to at least a few high profile publishers, as Mike's pretty highly-regarded.

Still working on "Tranquility". Fun, fun, fun, drawing people being mangled by mister B.I.G. Foot.

Also still working on "Winter War". Things seem to be going at least a little faster with it now.

Tom Pinchuk lent me the (nearly) complete "Metabarons", so I'm most of the way through those.

I'm slowly reading "Dune Messiah" and the second book of "Abarat". I love Clive Barker's fantasy epic so far, and I'd love to do something in the same vein in comics, eventually.

I saw "The Spirit" the other day, and was disappointed that it was so goofy. I expected some fun, slapstick moments, it being the Spirit, but it was too silly to be that enjoyable. The actors all did pretty well with what they had (I especially loved the beautiful and talented Sarah Paulson and Scarlett Johansson), but Frank Miller didn't really seem to know what he wanted out of the movie.

I'm thinking about trying to put together a pitch for a mini-series or graphic novel about the Hatfield/McCoy feud. It's local history and myth mixed together, and it hasn't been beaten to death, like 'Jack the Ripper'... Thinking about it.

I believe that's all for now.


KAB

Damn, it's been a while. Three whole months since I updated.

"Unimagineable" #2 is done, so that's 2/3rds of the book finished. I can't wait to see that thing done. I think it's some of my best work, definitely with the inks and colors on it. I'm dying to hold a copy of it in my hands.

Still no word on when "Rottentail" is going to be published. I finished it ages ago, so I'm hoping the publisher tells us something soon.

"Frenzy" for Martin Fisher is making the rounds now. I had a huge amount of fun drawing the pitch for that, so I'm hoping someone bites (no pun intended, it being about killer piranha).

I'm working now to finish drawing the pitch for "Tranquility" for David Hayes. A comic about a bad-ass Bigfoot. How can that not be fun? I loved doing that cover. I think it's some of my better recent work outside of "Unimagineable".

When I can fit it in, I'm gonna try to draw a six-page "JSA" story to go with that cover I posted recently. I've had a story about the return of Cameron Chase's enemy, Dr. Trap, and his murder of her father and the rest of the Justice Experience from back in the Dark Age of DC. So I figured, what the hell, draw it as a portfolio sample. Then I can say I did it, at least. Should be fun.

Work is progressing slowly but surely on "Winter War". With all the other work I've been doing, I'm way behind my self-induced schedule, though.

The other pitches I'm writing and drawing myself are currently on hold, while I try to make headway on the above workload.

And the pitches I'm writing and other artists are drawing are all currently on hold, as I don't have the money to pay for them to be finished at the moment. Some of the artists are so awesome, they're going to go ahead and finish them regardless, though. Case in point: If you don't know his work already, check him out. He's at least seven different kinds of awesome, maybe eight.

I think that's all the news that fits to print right now. Enjoy the art updates as they come.


KAB