ABQ Pride!
June 14th, 2008
Well, we
just got back from Albuquerque's big Pride celebration
and we wanted to send out a huge THANK YOU to
all of you who stopped by to buy a book or just say hello!
We had such a fun time meeting you all. Today was really
the first time we've been able to talk to people in-person
about Boy Meets Hero and it was such a thrill...
we actually had no idea that there were so many who knew
about us in ABQ! As always we LOVE to get letters so please
feel free to send
us an email!
So to all
the new friends we met today, thank you so much for your
amazing enthusiasm and support!
Last but
not least we want to send out hugs and thanks to Angie and
Nina from GIRLS
SHORTS.tv for so generously allowing us to share
their booth. You two rock!
It's
here!
June 4th, 2008
The wait
is finally over. For months the most asked question we get
is "when will there be more comics?" And finally
we can answer with a resounding RIGHT NOW! LOL.
Yup, the
first exciting issue of Blue Comet and Fusion is
now for sale! For a measly $1.99 you can soak up the delicious
first installment featuring yours (and our) favorite out
'n proud, gay super hero couple! And the best part? There's
no waiting. That's right, I'm talkin' instant gratification
here because the issue is available to download right
now!
So what're
ya waitin' for? Click
here to get your copy of Blue Comet and Fusion: TITANNA STRIKES,
PART ONE: TAKING FLIGHT!
Also in
the interest of full disclosure Blue Comet & Fusion will
be available ONLY as a downloadable comic for the time being.
The earliest any sort of graphic novel collection would be
available would be in mid-2009, but as of now there are no
plans for one.
In other
news we Joveth a.k.a. jonostarsmore over at Pink Kryptonite
was kind enough to feature Boy Meets Hero the LGBT
Comic of the Month! Thanks Joveth! (and Brian too)!
Also we
received another glowing review this time from Francois Peneaud
at gaycomicslist.com. You
can click here to read it!
Have a
great week! -Russ
Still
kickin' out in ABQ!
May 21th, 2008
Wow, sorry
for the long delay between updates! We have a good excuse
though :) since we've been super busy finishing up issue
one of Blue Comet and Fusion as well as working on the story
and script for more issues as well, plus shipping copies
of the BMH graphic novel too!
Also I
want to HIGHLY RECOMMEND the new album by Jamie
Lidell. The disc is called "JIM" and
it easily in my top five fave albums of 2008 so far and probably
would make it onto my "desert island" list as well.
At ten songs and about 40 minutes long, it's short and oh
so sweet. It's soulful, funky and sort of in the vein of
the retro-soul sound that Amy Winehouse is famous for but
IMHO so much more enjoyable. You can check out his myspace
and hear some tunes here.
As ALWAYS
we love to make time to read and respond to all your great
letters and we wanted to share a really great one we received
this past week:
Dear
Chayne and Russell,
I just wanted to let you guys know that I loved the entire Boy Meets Hero
story. I don’t know how I missed this on the web before now. It’s
exactly what I have been searching for for a long time! I’ve wanted
to see positive representations of gay characters and heroes that the major
comics don’t offer. I ordered the hardcover from you guys two weeks
ago, on a Friday, the same day I found your site. The book was in my hands
on Monday! That’s great service! I was going on a 4 hour flight to
Seattle on Wednesday that week and was planning to read the book then. It
was so hard to not peek and read some of it ahead of time. I’m glad
I didn’t. I was able to read the whole book at once and I loved it!
The action was great, engaging and believable. But I also liked the quiet
times: the glimpses into the lives of our hero and his partner, the relationships
with other heroes, family interactions, and even the dreaded ex. I can’t
get enough of Derek and Justin together, and I’m also glad that you
guys are showing that a healthy relationship between two men can exist, even
with superpowers. And it doesn’t need to be perfect at all times. I’d
like to see more of these guys. They’ve got the house and each other.
I think they need some friends or neighbors to interact with, or more heroes
now that Justin has powers. The art was clean and colorful. It truly made
the characters pop out of the book and come to life. I love your style. I
want more. Please get back to work!!
My trip to Seattle, previously mentioned, was to the Emerald City Comic Convention
for the first time. While there I met my all-time favorite artist, Phil Jimenez,
for the first time as well. I was able to get a quick sketch from him, and
since I had your book with me, I had him sketch Blue Comet. I have attached
the sketch with this e-mail as a thank you gift for your hard work and creativity.
He did an amazing job, and I hope you guys like it as much as I do.
Craig
D.
Needless
to say we were incredibly flattered by all of Craig's kind
words and also by the sketch by the very popular and talented
Phil Jimenez! How cool is that?! -Russ
What a week!
May 4th, 2008
Have we
mentioned lately how much our fans rock? We got off to a
great start selling the book and it's thanks to you all!
We wanted
to update you on how we're shipping the books. We are shipping
out books on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Also for all
of you outside the U.S. we are shipping the books via USPS
International Priority Mail but the tracking information
for those shipments never gets updated at usps.com. Annoying,
huh? Anyway rest assured that your books are indeed being
shipped out promptly. But since they begin their journey
from Albuquerque, New Mexico and then have to pass through
customs, etc., they should arrive around 7-10 days later.
(That will vary greatly depending on the destination.)
Have a
great week! -Russ
Hey everyone check out the new site!
April 27th, 2008
To all
our fans, old and new, I'd like to say WELCOME to
the new home of BOY MEETS HERO COMICS! We've
re-organized the site just a little so please click around
and check it out!
The big
news is that after months of telling you all about the upcoming
hardcover of Boy Meets Hero the
time to get it is finally here! We have oodles of books sitting
in our garage and we can't wait to get them into your hands.
So click
on the graphic at the top of the page or select "Buy
Comics & More" link on the left to check out
the options to buy the book from us. We are offering 200
LIMITED EDITION, NUMBERED AND AUTOGRAPHED copies.
We've set up easy options to pay through PayPal (you don't
need an PayPal account to buy the book!) for all our fans
around the world. All the prices INCLUDE shipping. We'll
be shipping them via USPS Priority Mail for domestic and
international orders.
By the
way the books look fantastic. Bruno Gmunder did an insanely
great job putting these hardcovers together. The colors just
pop off every glossy page and the cover just feels good to
touch, lol. Also a note to all the fans who read the story
online when we were posting pages weekly, we've added in
several scenes and polished all the the old scenes so it's
kinda like getting the "director's cut" of your
favorite movie on DVD. Adam, one of our fans from myspace
had this to say:
"I'm
an American living in Germany, and I just had a long
weekend in Berlin, where I found your book for sale!
I bought a copy: it looks absolutely awesome! It really
looks stunning on paper, and it's such a great story."
Also be
sure to visit the BLUE
COMET & FUSION page to see the exciting
cover for their debut issue and their sexy new costumes.
The first issue will be available soon so check back often.
In other
HUGE news we are featured in the May issue of INSTINCT MAGAZINE!!!
(Big shout-out, hugs and thanks to Brian and Jonathan!) Pick
up a copy to read a really quirky interview with none other
than BLUE COMET and his boyfriend JUSTIN. What's it really
like to have a superhero as a bf? Check out the mag and find
out!
So, wow,
that's a lot of new stuff huh? Before I sign off and let
you go order the book (wink, wink) I just want to thank all
our long-time readers for sticking with us for the nearly
three years we've been online with Boy Meets Hero! You guys
and gals ROCK and we love you!!! -Russ
April
13, 2008
Hi again!
We have a new mini-strip up this week, it is the second
one written by our friend Daniel over at criticalcorner.net.
Enjoy!
This
week's post will be short and sweet as we just want to
let you all know that we're furiously preparing a lot of
fun stuff for May. Very soon we'll be premiering the updated
look for the site as well as begin selling the hardcover
of Boy Meets Hero. We're going to set up buttons so you
can pay for it through PayPal. One button will be for fans
in the U.S., the second button will be for fans in Mexico
and Canada and the third will be for international fans
everywhere else. We're going to be shipping them via USPS
Priority Mail which will get them too you faster and hopefully
in good shape!
Also
in May we're going to debut the first issue of Blue Comet
and Fusion. As of now, we're planning to offer it as a
download through Lulu.com for around $1.99 per issue. Each
issue will feature 12 full color pages, cover and a few
extras too. As we researched the print-on-demand options
we realized how pricey a printed single issue could be
for you guys to buy (around six bucks with shipping, a
lot more for fans outside the U.S.) plus we wanted to make
sure all our international fans wouldn't be left out in
the cold. Also it's also more realistic for us to produce
12 pages of story and deliver it to you every month or
so versus a 24 page print comic which could take a bit
longer to produce and then prepare for print.
Anyhoo,
we hope you all are as excited about reading the new adventures
of our heroes as we are to make them!
Take
it easy! -Russ
March
31, 2008
Greetings!
Thanks to you all who check in on us every week! As you
can see we have a new mini-strip this week and if you haven't
figured it out by now, we LOVES a good dick joke, lol.
Not too much new to report this week. I posted a new blog
entry called "Random
Thoughts from a Random Mind" over at our myspace page. I'm
gonna try to make it a regular thing, but then again I
said that a year and half ago when I posted my last blog
entry, lol. Also Daniel over at criticalcorner.net would
like to thank you all for checking out his film review
blog. He posted a hilarious new review for "Horton
Hears a Who" so be sure to check it out.
Also
this week Chayne came up with a way to sell the upcoming
comic series, Blue Comet and Fusion so
it won't break your pocket books. Look for an announcement
very soon. (Did you know print-on-demand comics can cost
up to seven bucks per issue with shipping! Ouch! We definitely
want ours to be more affordable than that.)
Also
for those of you who may have missed it, we did an interview
with Tony Smith (Queeroes)
a few months ago, so go check it out HERE!
Have
a great week! -Russ
March
23, 2008
Hi everyone!
We're back with another wacky mini comic! This week we're
introducing something new to the strip... girls! Gasp!
That's right, the mini strip is no longer just for boys.
We thought it was about time that Sunstar showed up to
add her unique style of humor! Plus we threw in Cold Snap
for fun! Now that we've added more characters besides Blue
Comet and Fusion, look for others to start showing up in
upcoming strips!
Last Monday, was a very special day for us. Not because it was Saint Patrick's
Day, no. March 17th, 2008 may have been the day that many people celebrated
all things green and Irish, but for us it was our 15th Anniversary!!! Yay!
We went to dinner, took the night off from working on the comic, and enjoyed
a nice evening of celebrating! (wink, wink!) It's still amazing to think that
we've been together for so many years! Here's to many, many more together!
Well, that's all for now. 'Till next time. -Chayne & Russ
March
16, 2008
We're
baaaaaack, sorry for the long delay but we've been busy!
We're juggling a lot of balls (heh, heh)! Between working
on issues 1 and 2, designing some new logos we just haven't
had much time to post anything new. Plus you may have noticed
a new mini-strip up top (with a brand new way to navigate
them) and a new poll on the left side of this page that
asks what your favorite Harry Potter movie is. Both are
inspired by the fact that we did an HP movie marathon and
now have the Harry Potter-verse on the brain, lol! Starting
this week no more movie marathons so we'll be posting more
regularly, we promise!
First
of all we'd like to debut the logo for the upcoming comic
book series! Check it out:
In other news, we got in our advance copies of the BMH hardcover and WOW it
totally exceeded our expectations! To our surprise it was printed on beautiful
glossy paper and boy do the colors really pop. We can't wait for you all
to see it (hopefully you've all been saving your pennies to buy a copy
:) Speaking of that, just a reminder that we will be selling the
book through our site. We're only selling 200 copies and the they will
be numbered and signed, (we'll even personalize them if you wish.) We are
currently trying to determine pricing and shipping so as soon as we know
we'll let you guys know!
In anticipation
of it's release here in the States in May we're going to
be previewing some panels from the new scenes we added
in. Long time readers who read the online version are going
to be pleasantly surprised at how much fuller the story
and art are. Anyway, the first new scene features Justin
as he deals with an obnoxious co-worker. Here's a taste:
And finally
we'd like to send out a congrats to our friend Danny for
the launch of his new site CRITICALCORNER.NET.
If you're in the mood for some funny and irreverent movie
reviews you definitely have to check it out! -Russ
February
15th, 2008
This
week we are excited to debut our latest mini-strip written
by one of our best friends; Daniel Boyer! Daniel is a
very talented and funny writer who is also a movie critic
here in Albuquerque. He currently writes very entertaining
movie reviews and is working on a website called Daniel's
Critical Corner. (Look for it soon!)
Daniel has been our friend for many years and has been very supportive of Boy
Meets Hero. I knew his wit and humor would be perfect for our strip and so
I asked him if he would be interested in writing some for us. He enthusiastically
agreed and this week's entry was his very first attempt.
I loved it immediately and laughed out loud when he turned in his script. He
even drew little images of the characters for me to illustrate. So, I hope
you enjoy Daniel's very, very funny sense of humor as much as Russ and I do.
Bye for now. -Chayne
February
1st, 2008
This
week work began on the outline and first pass at dialogue
for issue one of Blue Comet and Fusion the on-going series!
It feels great to be working on a new story after having
to spend so much time re-touching the original series.
It's all very exciting and we will be working hard on
it over the upcoming months and will keep everyone posted
on it's progress.
In the meantime, our "Comic Crusader fill-ins" continue to go from
one silly scene to the next. Take care everyone! -Chayne
January
25th, 2008
Last
Sunday we finally finished uploading all of the art to
Bruno in Germany. This included newly designed bio pages
for the main characters and a back cover design that
turned out really awesome! It feels great to finally
get every bit of art sent out and know that we were finally
done.
Now we can finally move forward and begin developing our on-going series! I'm
looking forward to being able to devote all of my time to Blue Comet and Fusion
now that the graphic novel project is all finished. Over our break for the
Holidays we brainstormed some ideas and have at least four nailed down. Our
next step is to put the ideas into outlines and then write the dialogue.
So it's back to work for me. 'Till next time! -Chayne
January
18th, 2008
Well
we're nearly finished assembling all the TONS and TONS
of artwork that is going into the BMH graphic novel.
Wow, was it a lot of work... especially when three months
ago we thought we were finished with it! Ha! Little did
we know, lol. Suffice to say we hope all you loyal readers
out there are as excited as us to enjoy the hardcover
graphic novel come this Spring!
In
other news you may have noticed that we have taken down
the entire online version of BMH and replaced it with
a "sampler" scene.
This was done at the suggestion of our editor (hi Joris!!)
over in Germany at Bruno Gmunder. Be sure to check
it out because it features the flashback scene where
Justin "falls" for Derek. Both the art and
dialogue have been tweaked and improved!
We'd
like to be very clear that the previous "online" version
of BMH was really just a "rough draft". When
we started it three years ago, the story began as most
do, as just a very small seed of an idea. We had an inkling
of where we wanted the story to go but allowed the ideas
to breathe as we went along. Once we finished posting
the final page and landed the publishing deal for the
hardcover we went into full-on revision mode. We started
with page one and began re-writing and tweaking. Adjusting
dialogue so the characters didn't sound as expositional,
improving faces and bodies in early scenes to match their
appearances in later ones. And on and on the improvements
went.
We are
so grateful to our legion of loyal fans who have read and
loved the comic! We hope we created a story not just about
what it's like for a gay man to come out of the closet,
but also one where love and hope win out in the end. We
hope we've begun to create a universe where hate is in
the minority, where people are honored and respected for
being different, and where a super hero, who just happens
to be gay, can have wild and fun adventures with the man
he loves.
We had
a lot of fun creating the art and story for BMH. The thousands
of hours spent by both of us have been well worth the effort
and IT'S ALL THANKS TO OUR FANS! Your
letters of support, encouragement and praise make all the
difference. I don't think I can convey how much each
and every letter is a boost to help us keep on keepin'
on!
Take
care and if the mood strikes ya' please
drop us a line! -Russ
January
10th, 2008
This
past week we put the finishing touches on all 106 pages
of the comic and started uploading them to Bruno Gmunder
for print. We began the unexpectedly long, slow process
of sending the files via FTP to their server all the
way in Germany. We thought the process would take about
eight hours or so. Boy were we wrong!
It
turned out that our modem was dropping the connection
just as a page was about to finish uploading. We realized
it was because our modem is an antique... almost seven
years old! So we quickly headed down to Best Buy and
purchased a new, more powerful modem and brought it
home.
After
we turned it on and hooked it up, the damn thing wouldn't
allow us access to the internet! UGH!!! So we had to
call our service provider and have them activate the
new modem for us. Once that happened we were finally
able to get back online and begin uploading files again!
It was still a long, slow process, but by midnight,
last night, we managed to get 60 or so pages uploaded.
I spent the rest of today finishing the uploads and
now all 106 pages are in Bruno's hot little hands!
Whew!
On
another note, I also had the opportunity this week
to finally get around to updating our fan
mail page! It was long over due! The last e-mail
we posted was all the way back in July of last summer!
So I spent all day on Tuesday painstakingly adding
each e-mail we received since then along with our responses
to the fan mail page. Now all of you out there can
read what people said about our comic last fall leading
up to its finale.
So
please take a gander at our "fan
male" page, we received some really
great comments from very nice people and we appreciate
them SO much! That's all for today. -Chayne
January
7th, 2008
Just
a quick post to mention that in addition to Amazon and TLA Video
the graphic novel is also available pre-order at 10
Percent.com!
As
always we LOVE to hear from you guys so please don't be
shy and feel free to send
us an email!
January
4th, 2008
Yay!
It's Friday! To celebrate we are debuting our ALL-NEW, hyper-silly,
mini-comic strip starring super cute versions of Blue Comet
and Fusion! These guys are here to add a bit of absurd wit
and commentary regarding Boy Meets Hero, video games, movies,
comics or anything else that pops up!
We plan on updating the site every Friday or so with a new mini-strip to give
fans a little something to look forward to every week as we continue to work
on Blue Comet and Fusion: the on-going series.
And if you are wondering where the poll went, don't worry, it will return just
as soon as we can figure out where the heck to place it so it doesn't interfere
with the mini-strip!
So without further ado, please enjoy Blue Comet and Fusion: the "Comic
Crusaders"! -Chayne
