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A new strip has been
added this morning. A promising sign of more frequent updates? =D Have I
gotten over the funk? Even I don't have the answer to that question. Btw,
I need to think of a less heavy-handed way to announce new strips. Do
people use Twitter? Would that enhance people's reading experience? If
enough people e-mail me requesting a Twitter thing (not that I know what
it is), I'll look into implementing it. May 9, 2012 - More Bite-Size Instead of playing
video games tonight, I drew a Bite-Size. -_- May 8, 2012 - Inspired by true events New Bite-Size added
today. May 4, 2012 - Press "b" to encourage I've mentioned this
before, but I'm trying to write a long, long script for a story called
"Cloud World" which could end up being my next... er... graphic
novel? (That term sounds very pretentious suddenly.) I recently sketched
what the main characters might look like (below). On the left is May(belle)
Holloway, and on the right is Chris(topher) Engelmeyer. Writing a script for such a lengthy book by oneself with no prospect of ever self-publishing/selling more than a handful of copies is scary. Exhausting, too. This is my own prejudice, but I feel like most American publishers are only interested in printing shallow fantasy stories or poorly drawn emo diary comics. Books like Essex County might come out once every few years. Or maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places. Maybe there's this vibrant world of comics and it just hasn't climbed past the rabble on the bookshelves of northern New Jersey but is thriving elsewhere. (I hear Europe's comics scene is relatively healthy, on the other hand. And when they aren't producing billions of tons of shonen jump nonsense, Japan has miraculously spit out a few gems from time to time.) Have I talked about Cloud World already? That it might be like 500-600 pages over two or three volumes? That's scary too. I'm also worried it might not be funny. I'm worried I'll waste five years working on it. Life is short, man. Maybe I should train myself to write prose and convert the story into a proper novel with illustrations. 0_0 What to do? See,
it's over crap like this that people give up their dreams and just go work
in some office somewhere. >:u May 3, 2012 - Yup A new Bite-Size, #220: "Best Acquaintances For Life" added this morning. Thanks to everyone
who bought a copy of volume one! It's very encouraging to see such
enthusiasm. There are still plenty left to go around, so please consider
buying one if you haven't already! April 26, 2012 - New Bite-Size strip added A new Bite-Size strip has been added today. OH AND BY THE WAY
Yeah. Bite-Size
Volume 1 is officially on sale. As in, you can now buy a copy. The
books are 6"x9", 140 pages, and cost ten (10) dollars. Visit the
Store to order books from me (it's
actually pretty simple even though the store is still under construction).
Shipping is a flat rate of $3, so you'll actually save money if you order
more stuff! (I highly encourage this.) April 25, 2012 - Even More Exhausted Good news - Bite-Size Volume 1 is on its way from the printers (apparently)! (At least, that's what they tell me.) There will be a more... formal announcement when I receive the books. (You may wish to set aside that $10 now.) Also, new Illustration added:
Two new Bite-Sizes
added today. April 12, 2012 - Maverick Hunters Shall Not Pass Four new figurines added to the gallery. Set A: Set B: Also, after months
of delay, I've sent Bite-Size Volume 1 off to the printers. It's a really
scary feeling, actually! I'm more tense about this book than the others. I
want it to be just right, and even to the last minute I kept tweaking it
and thinking about adding more pages. But eventually you've just gotta let
it go. Anyhow, I can't specifically estimate when the books will be
available for sale, but I'm going to say "pretty soon". Set that ten
dollars aside. =) April 10, 2012 - Momentum Bite-Size #216: "Handy Man" added. You know how you can be having
a really good day, like a really good day, and then suddenly find
yourself in the worst mood you've been in in months? It's as if you're
riding down a hill on your bike and all you have to do is hit a little
pebble the wrong way and next thing you know you're facedown in some
bushes. (And who knows where your bike flew off to.) Sigh. Too many things
going wrong at once! >_< But don't be like me. Enjoy a nice comic strip
and hopefully a cloudy day might become a little sunnier. April 7, 2012 - Momentum, continued
Bite-Size #215:
"King of the Hill" added. April 5, 2012 - Momentum New Bite-Size added today.
I'm curious. I don't
use Twitter... but I've been noticing that it's everywhere. Would it
somehow enhance the website if I got a Twitter account? (Not that I really
know what it does.) Would that make someone's day better? If it's
important to people, I'll get one and figure out how to use it. I'm not
crazy about the idea of reminding people to read my comics, but...
sigh. I've already said enough. -_- April 3, 2012 - Bite-Size on Facebook In the interest of striking while the iron's hot, I've made a new page for Bite-Size on Facebook. (Thanks for the suggestion!) I have been led to understand that you can... like... subscribe to these kinds of pages and treat it like someone's wall - posting comments, and so on. I'll be posting there every time I add a new strip or have any news relevant to my comics in general. Feel free to join up and say hello! For reference, the
address is
http://facebook.com/StudioNJ. (In case you want to invite your friend
to read it or something.) April 2, 2012 - So... um... Someone was kind enough to share my website with people. And um... so... yeah... somehow in the past 24 hours it's multiplied to the point where Kotaku even did a little news story about my Zelda figurines. 0_0 How did that happen?! Some master of public relations set off a chain reaction, I tell ya. I imagine there are a fair number of new visitors here today. (I'm scared to check.) Hi. My name's George. I make comics and stuff. Please take your time and look around. I hope you enjoy what you find here. My mind is kinda blown at the moment, so I can't think of anything meaningful to say besides that. (To whoever sparked this, I'm super, super grateful.) All that said, I'm going to have to relax, eat the spaghetti yaya made for dinner, and let the joy of the moment settle down. It can be dangerous to get too excited over things like this. -_- Still, I'm happy. It's been a long day at work and coming home to news like this is a special feeling. P.S. I've adjusted the prices for figurines at the store. I make those by hand and sell them, you know. If you want one (or a set) of your own unique figurines (of basically anything you want), please consider commissioning some! They can cost as low as $5 to $10 each. I'll even offer free shipping on orders over $30 (regular postage... if you want it express, that'll have to come out of your pocket my friend). P.P.S. Three new figurines added.
P.S. x3: New
Bite-Size added. I was in such a good mood I stayed up past my bedtime to
make it. =) March 31, 2012 - April Doop Doop Another Bite-Size
added. You see? I've resumed something of a regular schedule. All I need
now is an audience! On that subject, does anyone have any thoughts/ideas
on how to reach new readers? It's not exactly like I can put my stuff in a
newspaper and get automatic access to millions of people. =\ I'm not the
greatest person at PR, and I'm hesitant to suddenly appear in forums and
be like, "Hey! You have no idea who I am, but I made a comic! Read it!" Or
is that what people do? I'm open to suggestions. >_< March 29-30, 2012 - Bite-Size schedule resumed Yup. Looks like
things are back to normal. Y'all can come back to the site now... 0_0 March 24, 2012 - Full Page Bite-Size Added Is it redundant to
write news posts every time I make a new Bite-Size strip? I can't decide.
Tonight I've added a full pager, which one might consider the equivalent
of a "Sunday strip" in the newspapers (except not colored). I hope these
strips in 2012 bring smiles to people's faces. =) March 22, 2012 - Two New Bite-Sizes Added I can't say I'll
always be uploading two strips at a time, but here's another day where
I've done just that. If I were wise, I would spread them out one per day
to get people to come back on a daily basis. Would that be unethical? I
mean... technically, that would make this website more like the other webcomics sites (regular schedules and such). At that rate, I'd have to
start selling T-shirts and stuff, which I don't think I'm prepared to do.
-_- Although I am prepared to accept income from my comics... so...
yeah. I dunno. March 19, 2012 - New Bite-Size(s) Added, Schedule Resumed Like the title says. I've always hesitated to say "I'll make this many strips per week," but I think I should be able to commit to at least two per week now. (Technically I should be committing to four per week, but I want to aim low. If I hit four nobody will be disappointed.) So uh... two to four strips per week. 0_0 Ooh, the pressure. Will readership skyrocket? Stay the same? On one hand I wish Bite-Size were in newspapers so I wouldn't have to worry about this, but somehow I suspect half my strips would be rejected by editors - not because they're particularly controversial (there was a Calvin & Hobbes strip in the 80's where Calvin smoked - it's in the collection but I'm not sure if they published it). I imagine any strips with the name "Jesus" would be rejected outright (wouldn't want to offend... um... whoever?) and strips with jokes involving public restrooms (I have several more planned and they're always hilarious to me). I'm just thinking aloud at this point. I'll get that next strip posted and hopefully we'll have a little chuckle and come back for more strips. Speaking of Bite-Size, I'm 97% finished with the Volume 1 collection. All I have to do is write the afterword (or cut it out of the book). It's always a struggle to write that last little essay because it's so easy to sound pretentious. I don't want to sound self-important and yet I do want to write something down as a sort of "time capsule". To sort of say, "this is where I am in my life right now as of publishing the book." I dunno what to write in it. But after that's done (hopefully today) it'll be off to the printers. In a perfect world, that might mean I'll have books for sale next month. (I'm glad I didn't take preorders or I'd be having panic attacks after delaying the release! It really technically isn't anyone's fault!) So what I've learned
today is, I need to be more professional with my comic strip. My brain
just went blank. March 18, 2012 - A Little Bit of Fan Fiction Can Be Healthy This morning I woke up and pondered over all I've read about Mass Effect 3's disappointing ending. I'm not sure how many of you even know what that is, but for my own pleasure I sat down and started speculating about how I would've wanted it to end. I had so much fun writing it that I even did a couple of little illustrations, and decided to publish it on the website as my first official "article" in the writing section. More Bite-Size strips are coming, but if you're relaxing this Sunday and are looking for something fun to read I invite you to have a look.
How Mass Effect 3 Should Have Ended
We're back to the basics, I guess. After months of almost no updates, I can understand the drop in visitors. 0_0 I'm pleased to report, at least, that I should be resuming my old schedule now. I won't make empty promises today - I'll just get to work. UPDATE: New Bite-Size added.
This is the only work I'd stay up past my bedtime to do. =P February 23, 2012 - Neither Of Us Want To See You Go Hollow I've heard stories of prisoners who pass the time by creating replicas of things out of popsicle sticks. I feel very similar when I make these figurines at work; slowly pecking away at them hour by hour under the keyboard, not sure if anyone will catch me doing it (maybe they do but they don't say anything). I certainly couldn't do it openly! Anyhow, I'm adding two more Final Fantasy VII figurines which I believe turned out quite good. I only wish the photo quality was better. =\ Someday I'll be able to afford a better camera!
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