Author: beyondforward

I should have started working on Hark #3 by now, but you know, LIFE. Regardless, my hope was to be able to get a couple of other projects out the door first, so I can devote more energy to issue 3. One of those projects was a Micronauts illustration that had been languishing on my drafting board for a while. I finally managed to get that one completed last week and am sharing the final high res jpg with you here. The other is a Conan piece that is connected with a Marvel spec script I wrote back in 2020. It’s a 2-part story and I posted the script and cover art for issue 1 last year. I may crank out the 2nd issue cover next week before I dive into Hark #3. I’m also chugging along on the sequel to Saga of a Doomed Universe, about midway into the 2nd issue script. For now, here’s Hark #2, pages 13 and 14!

Scott

I’m planning to get started on issue 3 later this month. I have two smaller projects I want to focus on this week and next week, namely a Conan and Micronauts illustration. These are two projects that I’ve had to put on the back burner this year, but am looking forward to finally working on, now that the dust is clearing from Saga of a Doomed Universe. I found time during C2E2 to draw the Micronauts concept I’ve had for a while. I ended up selling that original art posted here, but I like the composition so much that I’m going to use it as a study for a larger, more complete illustration. Be on the lookout for that, plus the Conan piece, which is a cover art for the 2nd part of a spec script I wrote last year. I’ll offer both as high res images exclusively to Patreon members. 

Scott

This morning I finished a bit of fine-tuning on Hark Book III script as well as creating a production schedule for this issue. Keep in mind the schedule will likely shift a bit over the next few months, but right now I have Sept 1, 2023 as the completion date of this issue. I’ve padded it a little, to account for other little projects that will likely pop up. I haven’t created a publishing schedule yet, but I would estimate and hope to have this third issue published by November 2023. Book III is titled ‘The Scattering Of All Wisdom’ and I’m pretty excited to get underway on this one. There are huge changes in store for Hark, both literally and figuratively, and big things happening for pretty much everyone else also. This is the middle act of the story, and to say there are surprises and shake-ups would be an understatement! 

Scott

So, I’m making up for some lost time, since I didn’t get new pages posted here for the past few weeks. Now that we’re all caught up, I’m going to do my best to get back to posting a new page every week. I’m planning to get underway on Hark #3 in August, so look for some works-in-progress here, along with some concept art for a one-shot story that I’m kicking around. I started on a script in January, but I had to put it on hold because the Saga Of A Doomed Universe project became a top priority. Although I still have a few marketing-related things to create for SOADU, the project is essentially completed. Which means I’ll be able to resume work on Hark and this other mystery project. In the meantime, I will be at C2E2 next week, in Artist Alley, promoting Hark and SOADU and probably drawing a few things. This will be my first major comic con since 2012, and the first Chicago comic con that I’ve attended since 2008. It’s crazy to think it’s been that long, and even crazier to think that I broke into comics at a Chicago Con way back in 1993. It’s been a wild ride ever since! I’ll post a followup to C2E2 when I return, so be on the lookout for that. 

Scott