I’ve got a pretty good idea now how volume 2 is shaping up, so it’s time I gave you the rundown. This is still subject to change in that there could be more, but there certainly will not be anything less than what I list here.
- Comic strips #101 – #228, which includes Episodes 5 (The Listener) through 8 (Brains From Another Planet), as well as the short story (Shapes of Things) – the one about the Gooble.
- “Evasive Maneuvers” by me. This is the story of how John and Asimov met and ended up working together. 11-12 full color pages.
- “The Tallest Robot”, the 9-page short story which I published for the SPACE show earlier this year.
- A 2-page Marooned short by Steve Ogden (of Moon Town fame of course) titled “Thanks for Nothing.”
- A 2-page Marooned short by Christopher Baldwin of Spacetrawler (as well as Little Dee, Bruno and MAD magazine!)
- A 1-page Marooned short by Mike Maihack of Cleopatra in Space!
- Something unique and special from the amazing Eddie Pittman of Red’s Planet – although I don’t know what it is yet! (But if Eddie says it’s special and different, you can bet it will be!)
- A Marooned short from Michael Regina, most recently of Kevin and the Light of Destiny.
- A Marooned short from Josh Ulrich, most recently of Jackie Rose
- Some great illustration work from Bob Rissetto (an artist friend of mine at work, he did the Lian pinups in book 1) and Ramón Pérez of Kukuburi.
- The 1-page John & Asimov comic I did awhile ago “click click” (which was briefly posted, but not now online).
- The Mission Log, my creator commentary on all the strips on each page, just like book 1.
- Various pieces of development art and illustration that I’ve done over the past year. Still sorting through exactly what that will be.
Whew! The page count is definitely going to be well over 150 pages. So bigger than last year. No idea on price yet. As it get’s closer to publishing time, I’ll be posting some more sneak peek previews, covers, and all that good stuff.
Feeling good about how it’s coming together. I think it will be just as good if not better than last year’s book.
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It’s going to be a GREAT book, and a real paperweight! Your work from the previous year is if course much better than the first book, but also all the excellent work coming from your talented fans is fleshing this out to be a real collector’s item! Going to be great on the shelf.
Thanks Og! I’m starting to get excited about it. And having your sweet work in there only makes it better. (It’s a love fest!) It’s great that my artist friends are cool enough to participate in my books.
I have to say, looking at the earlier strips in this book, back at 101-ish. I have progressed. Sometimes it’s hard to tell until you take a step back.
Wow, that’s a lot of extras.
Nice set of guest artists.