Layout and editing has begun on our next round of printed comics, starting with everyone’s favorite pompous metal-head, his royal epicness, Durcig! The Durcig Bible vol. 1 by Steve Mihalec will be available on a first come, first serve basis at the Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon. Our Great Lakes fans shouldn’t be too concerned: books will be available at the Mid-Ohio Comic Con in Columbus, Ohio!

On the heels (and in the interim) will be a ZeD compilation, and our first 12hour Comic Project book(s). The in production ZeD compilation is currently set to feature ZeD shorts and holiday comics. If we can can get enough moolah together, then the book will also include a special one time printing of comics featuring references we can’t sell in a stand alone comic!

On the vanguard will be Small Fish, Issue 2 and, for you Cinder fans out there, Evenin’, by Alex Murd, will be hitting it’s second printing. If you are not aware, we printed seven books last Fall through a company that is no longer on our payroll. So you can rest assured that if you possess an Evenin’ book printed by ComiXpress, it will be worth a pretty penny (WTO or IMF credit?) one day.

Also available at both of these conventions will be a tight quantity of ZeD presents: Silly Little Dreamers featuring Durcig, Small Fish, Issue 1, and Helsink County, Issue 1. ZeD and Small Fish were limited to 50 prints, and Helsink County at 25. We now have only 19, 20, and 7 left, respectively. We do not plan on reprinting these as stand-alone comics, so be sure to grab one while you can!

Interested in these title? Want to see them get printed in quantities that will mean more for everyone? Stay tuned and we will provide some information on how you can get involved!

The month of May finds us near Portland, Oregon, relocated from Toledo, Ohio.
Work has been difficult to do in the interim, although Alex has managed to crank out a goodly amount. We are situated now, the studio is put back together, the internet is functional (mostly…), and we’ve begun making plans for our next convention appearances!

Rose City Comic Con
Portland, Oregon
September 8th & 9th
We’ll be rocking this con with 5 new titles, 2 titles that had very limited circulation, and 2 titles that were available at Detroit Fanfare 2011.

Mid-Ohio Comic Con
Columbus, Ohio
September 28th- 30th
As above, except that we expect to see our Toledo/Bedford fans there as well!

This is an expensive endeavor, and it is our goal to ensure that we have plenty of materials for everyone who wants to purchase. We are aiming to launch our project on Kickstarter.com soon to help raise the cash flow. Expect to see an update on that situation soon!

If all goes well we’ll wash, rinse, repeat our way into some Spring conventions such as Emerald Con in Seattle and Gem City Comic Con in Dayton!

Good Morning folks!
Here’s an update on the happenings around the CrazedPixel Château!

First, Small Fish and ZeD both update on Wednesdays! (ZeD Facebook, Small Fish Facebook, or via Twitter)

Our facebook friends have had the enjoyment of viewing a large amount of concept art on a little project called Cinder. This project is the seedling of a graphic novel which serves as a follow-up to Evenin’, both items written and illustrated by Alex. Cinder is the back story of Kale, taking place in a time much earlier than the quaint little duplex now occupied by Sal and himself. So, here is your link to the Cinder Concept Art!

In return, we have a little something going out to the tumblr and deviantArt crowds! There is a little comic in the works, à la Sunday funnies. It’s not quite ready for a preview, nor is there any concept art… but when it is posted online, tumblr and deviantArt get to see it first!

In other news, CrazedPixel may be on hiatus nearing the end of March, and into April. We will still be churning out new content, and we will still be updating our currently running issues of ZeD presents: Silly Little Dreamers ft. Durcig, and Small Fish - Issue 2. There may be a couple of updates here and there.
Once we get sorted and settled, the CrazedPixel crew will be in two locations across the United States! The North-Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest!

We also plan on attending at least two conventions this year, one in Portland, Oregon, the Rose City Comic Con. The second convention lined-up is a tentative Mid-Ohio Comic Con. Tentative only because it has not been said, “Yes, let’s do the Mid-Ohio Comic Con!” But it is currently planned.

Finally, have you gotten your CP Comics or S.W.A.G.? If not, fear not, it will still be locally available in the Bedford/Northern Toledo area through Durcig creator Steve, and will become available in the Portland/Columbia Gorge area. Hit us up here, the CrazedPixel website, Facebook, or even Twitter!

This was only supposed to be 2 parts!

Previously, on The Cycle Continues, a Year Reflected…
Part 2 & Part 1

September 2011.
Immediately following the convention, we placed an order for Helsink County. This was Monday, September 26th, and given the 4 week turn around required by the printer, we expected to receive them between October 24th and October 28th…

October 2011.
Evenin’ was completed on the 2nd, and uploaded to the web and sent to the printer on the 3rd. Alex completed a collaborative piece that was initiated at Detroit Fanfare 2011, and that shipped out the very next day. Several comic story lines were started and completed during this month, including Small Fish Issue 2, the premise for Issue 3, an upcoming ZeD story, Cinder, and one other that cannot be discussed at this time. ;)
October 29th was the CrazedPixel Halloween Shindig with a succinct birthday celebration for James. We set up our booth, and laid out the merchandise… but something was missing… Oh. The Helsink County comic we ordered. It shipped late, and didn’t arrive until Halloween day. Five week turn around on that order. Not a big deal at the time, considering we ordered at the last minute anyway.

November 2011.
Not much going on here, family time and all. However, Evenin’ should have arrived this month… yea… Learn more
Durcig posted a sweet Thanksgiving Day card though…

December 2011.
Not much to tell here… We did finally receive the printed copies of Evenin’, after Christmas. Quite late. You can read more about our dissatisfaction with our printer here.

January 2012.
Happy New Year!
The Cinder short, Ravishing, was completed and uploaded and ZeD presents: St. Valentine’s Day preceded with a Durcig birthday card for Alex was prepared. We also discussed conventions that we are planning to attend for the 2012 year.

February 2012.
Here we are, rounding up the last year.
Thank you for reading. Feel free to ask us questions, check out the comics, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or even right here on Tumblr. There will be new comics done in the months to come and we invite you all to come along and enjoy!