Fan Art by Merrill Ballinger

by mike on March 6, 2012 at 5:15 pm

Bryan Ballinger (who has an upcoming Cleo guest strip) sent me this wonderful fan art from his ten-year-old daughter over the weekend, apparently a big fan of the series.

This is great. I need to implement a gigantic gaterzilla into this comic stat. You can see more of Merrill’s art on her art blog.

Thanks, Merrill! I love it!

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Megacon this weekend!

by mike on February 16, 2012 at 10:13 am

I’ll once again be at MegaCon this weekend in Orlando, FL. One of only two or three shows I’ll be attending this year (HeroesCon and possibly Baltimore being the other two). I’ll be in my usual spot in Artist Alley- white section, table 7- as indicated on this useful map:

And here’s where I’ll be in relationship to Stan Lee for those who are interested.

Also, since I know people will ask, I will have ALL my usual prints and books available. Yes, even those no longer available in my online store. I’ll even draw Batgirl or Supergirl for you if you ask nicely (and hand me money). Plus, there’s the possibility you might even get to meet my son if you stop by since he and my wife will be enjoying the entire weekend with me.

Hope to see you there!

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Fan Art: Courtney Godbey

by mike on February 15, 2012 at 1:30 pm

Just received this excellent fan art from Courtney Godbey:

I adore Courtney’s work! So much love and character in everything she draws. Make sure to peruse over to her blog or follow her on the twitter. You won’t be disappointed.

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Ray Guns and Kitty Cats

by mike on February 7, 2012 at 10:17 am

Guest strips aside, it’s been a while since I’ve received any drawn fan art. But I have received some three-dimensional fan art recently!

First up this awesome Khensu plush toy sewed together by the talented Dee Pirko:

Aint he cute? You can see more of Dee’s custom made plushies in her Etsy shop. I’m pretty sure she takes commissions!

Second, my coworker (a HUGE ray gun aficionado if there ever was one) took it upon himself to build this life-sized replica of Cleo’s ray gun:

How cool is that? I’m thinking he and I should mass produce those suckers. They could make excellent laser pointers.

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Cleopatra in Space WILL Return in 2012 (no really)

by mike on January 27, 2012 at 11:32 am

Now that it’s almost the end of January, I bet a lot of you are wondering when Cleo and Khensu are coming back. As some of you know, I originally planned on Chapter 3 starting up this month. Unfortunately, as in the norm whenever plans are being made, some stuff has come along that has forced me to put a pause on working on Cleopatra in Space.  I’ve recently had some publishing/freelance opportunities that I couldn’t turn down as well as fatherhood being more of a dent in my productivity than I originally anticipated. These are both GREAT things! Just not for this webcomic.

Thankfully, a few of my friends and fellow comic makers are stepping in to make sure this site does not go unupdated any longer. Starting Monday, I’m going to be posting guest strips from some of my favorite people working in comics. Just judging from the handful of strips I’ve already received, you guys are in for a treat. I don’t even think you’re going to miss me. But just in case you are, I’ve written a four page “deleted scene” from chapter two that Wes Molebash and Josh Ulrich are lending their fantastic artistic talents to. Akila fans should definitely enjoy it. I can’t express how thankful I am that all of  these creators are taking time out of their own busy schedules to offer some content for this site. I hope you are as excited to see what they have in store as I am.

I want to be clear though that I am NOT ending this webcomic. This story was planned as a three chapter arc and I’m going to finish it one way or another. I even started working on it before that other stuff came along. It’s just going to take a little longer than planned is all.

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