Phew, good thing today is a blogging day, I’ve got some thoughts to pour out of my very buzzy head.
First and foremost: Exemplar #1 is in the final stages of production! The art is complete, the pages are lettered, the privacy captions are in place; the only thing left to do now is format the pages into the ideal size and resolution for web and pdf formats, and then the uploading can begin. This will happen on Monday 16th June; that’s right, next week is when it all kicks off proper!
Also to be launching on Monday, will be the Fifth Ace Comics Patreon! While I was initially drawn to Ko-Fi because it takes less of a cut, Patreon does come with the benefit of being a lot more integrated and customizable, meaning easier access for more people, and the point of making art is to have people see it, so… yeah. I’m still getting the page properly in order, so that when it launches, there will be stuff to see.
Said stuff will also be going live here on this site at the same time; the cover and first four pages of Exemplar #1 will be available for all to see on Ko-Fi, Patreon, and the main site on Monday. Thereafter, Ko-Fi and Patreon will update with new pages daily, while this site will follow a Mon/Wed/Fri update schedule, so if you want to see the other pages early, options are available. Of course, if you want to see this first issue in its entirety at once, the $10 tiers (as well as the stores) will have the full issue available for download, including the exclusive backup pages!
With all that said, I am really excited to finally be officially launching my comic universe; the Fifth Ace Showcase was always intended to be a testing ground for this setting and the characters within it, and now the real storyline can begin; I’ve mentioned before how I have an extensive timeline plotted out for a few dozen issues down the line. I had figured that this level of planning would help prevent me from having to resort to any retcons (retroactive continuity changes, for the layman out there) that comics are so prone to. Unfortunately, there is one big change that I’m going to have to make before it all goes down.
The main setting of my continuity is the sprawling settlement of Apex City, my equivalent to Gotham or Metropolis, a fictional playground that I can build out to my heart’s content without having to worry about any real-world inaccuracies. However, it came to my attention a while back that there is already another published continuity with an Apex City in it, one which has only grown in popularity since. Apex City is the home turf of Inferno Girl Red, part of what is known as the Massive-Verse; given that this universe is one I hold in high regard, I do not dare risk any comparisons being made to my own work (because I know I’ll lose), or any potential copyright infringement. As such, I will be retconning my version of Apex City, and it will now be known as “Capstone City” going forward. This doesn’t invalidate any previous stories that have taken place in it; we’ll all just have to mentally, retroactively (see how that works?) replace the word “Apex” with “Capstone” whenever we look back on those older works.
Think that’s all for this week; I’m going to go and finish up the last bit of formatting on those pages, and then probably crash out for a bit. I’ve been watching a few Let’s Plays of Blue Prince lately; it doesn’t count as looking up a guide for my own playthrough if I happen to see how other people solved the puzzles, right?
Ciao for now.