HOSTILE TAKEOVER CHAPTER 3 ON TAPASTIC!

Hostile Takeover chapter 3 is well under way over on Tapastic now, and chapter 4 is written. Chapters are getting longer and the futures of our players are intertwining... Enjoy! 

http://tapastic.com/episode/204570

HOSTILE TAKEOVER CHAPTER 4!

Pin-up/teaser for chapter 4 of HOSTILE TAKEOVER, which is now plotted with new characters being created and introduced...

HOSTILE TAKEOVER CHAPTER 3 IS GO!

Hostile Takeover is back! Chapter 3 starts proper next week, and here is the cover up on Tapastic... Thanks for waiting!

http://tapastic.com/episode/202888

CHAPTER 2!

The retelling of HOSTILE TAKEOVER! continues with chapter 2 on TAPASTIC: http://tapastic.com/episode/183524 I'm having a blast working on this story... It's going to be an EPIC!

BONUS PIN-UP!

Ahead of Hostile Takeover! Chapter 2 starting next week, here's a pin-up of Omnibot Inc. CEO, Nelson Cooper tinkering!

STARTING OVER...

This past weekend, I started work in earnest on Chapter 3 of HOSTILE TAKEOVER! 

It's becoming a labour of love, and is growing longer and larger all the time... I'm having serious fun finding out how the story will turn out. I hope you all do too.

I've struggled with getting the art right for chapter 3, having drawn in Rotring pens and pencil crayons, but this weekend saw me head back to brush and ink with digital colour and lettering. I love the way the style flows, and brings the story to life. So... I'm going back to the start and re-drawing the first two chapters so that everything flows together and keeps consistency. Plus, it stops me messing about with styles, as I love the way brush work looks with digital colour, and digital lettering helps me keep dialogue and pacing clear.

Each chapter will have a seasonal palette in terms of colour, as it keeps things simpler for me, and also helps each chapter have a solid identity. I really like the way the pages are looking now, much more consistent and structured.

Lastly, HOSTILE TAKEOVER! will be published on TAPTASTIC, a wonderful comics website with an amazing array of talents and stories. I'm hooked on the site, and love the way it works. My buddy Jens K is digitally publishing his beautiful comics on there too, and he has been a really great source of support and positive energy whilst I've been rebuilding the series. You should check his work too... It's lovely, lovely stuff.

So, here's the link to HOSTILE TAKEOVER! on Taptastic: http://tapastic.com/series/HOSTILE-TAKEOVER I aim to be updating three times a week, work permitting, so watch out for updates. The cover and first page of Chapter 1 have been done today, and I'm halfway through Chapter 3 at the inking stage. I just need to go back and slot in Chapter 2!

I'm seriously happy about how this has all worked out, and am looking forwards to seeing where the story takes me...

HOSTILE TAKEOVER - CHAPTER THREE!

Chapter 3 snuck up on me and virtually wrote itself over a few evenings last week. Comics can be sneaky like that...

Fingers crossed, it will be up on Issuu by the end of July for your enjoyment, as I'm having a real blast putting this story together! This time, it will be done in pencil crayon with sympathetic digital lettering, which really seems to work, keeping the art closer to my drawn scripts.

Here's the page one artwork as a teaser... Enjoy!

HOSTILE TAKEOVER - CHAPTER TWO IS LIVE!

Last time: Owen Owens Snr., the dread CEO attempted a hostile takeover of Nelson Cooper's Omnibot Incorporated. Things didn't exactly go to plan.

Now read on...

http://issuu.com/morgangleave/docs/hostile_takeover_-_chapter_2

HOSTILE TAKEOVER!

Good evening comic lovers everywhere!

I've been busy today, creating a new ep of experimental ukulele music (https://ruke.bandcamp.com/album/i-have-a-tuna-on-my-head), cleaning the kitchen and finishing off the clean-up of my latest mini-comic, 'Hostile Takeover'. I'm rather pleased with this one, as I've turned it around in a week from writing to scanning and make-up. A nice breather from 'Inner City Kitties', and keeping up with my intention of releasing a comic every two months this year!

Hostile Takeover is a bit of a love-song to Ashley Wood and 3A toys, both of which I'm a little obsessed with, and ticks my boxes for a robot comic and combat too. It tells the tale of Omnibot Incorporated owner and designer, Nelson Cooper and introduces the dread CEO, Owen Owens Snr. Business is war! I think we'll be seeing more of these characters in the future... 

You can read Hostile Takeover for free online on Issuu here: http://issuu.com/morgangleave/docs/hostile_takeover, and there will be some printed copies available soon! (Watch this space!)

Enjoy the comic and have a great weekend!

#DRAWFUTURAMA

@themooks is back with another great #draw... This time, #drawfuturama.  With the news of (possibly) no more twisted sci-fi comedy gold from Groening and Co, it's wonderful to see what the art community comes up on this one.

So, with apologies to Ashley Wood and Matt Groening, here's my contribution...

FRESH PAPERTOY MADNESS SOON...