Aint It Cool News says LIFE IS FUNNY is "pretty damn harrowing"

Over at the Ain't It Cool News site, they've thrown up their latest comic reviews. Scroll down about 2/3 of the way to the "dot.comics" section and you'll find Vroom Socko's quick review of three of Ape's web comics.

The first one he tackles is the UFO anthology, where the short story I did with Jason Copland, Osmarco Valladao, and Josh Aitken - "Life is Funny" - is currently being serialized. Vroom says of the story so far: "[it's] pretty damn harrowing" and that he's "especially interested in seeing more art from [Jason]," which makes complete sense. Go on over and check it out through the link below:

AICN reviews

and check back tomorrow for the next to last page in our tale at www.apecmx.com/ufo.

thanks,
chris

Pages 1-4 of Life is Funny, live now @ Apecmx

My entry for the Ape UFO anthology started up a week and a half ago. I wrote it as a complete story (which sounds pretentious, but hear me out), and unlike the previous tale written by Raphael Moran, “Life is Funny” is more of a slow burn leading up to the climax. Raph’s “Angst” had twists and turns with each page and worked better as an online serialization.

Anyway. The first four – of eight – pages are now live on the Ape comix site. If you’ve got the time, go check them out, (from page one) and if you’re so inclined, down past the bios are links for rating the pages and making comments. I would greatly appreciate it if you took a moment to click the stars or the thumbs up/down– if only for the art from Jason and Osmarco, which I think is beautiful. The more positive feedback, the better.

And I promise, with the next couple of pages, the tension gets amped up and it will be worth your while. Or your money back ;)

Page 2 above.

Thanks,
chris

Life is Funny begins

The story I began in December, 2008 (at which point it was a 6-page script) is finally seeing the light of day. The artwork by Jason Copland and lush colors from Osmarco Valladao are amazing, in my opinion. And Josh Aitken's lettering rounds it out so nicely. It's very cool to see the word I wrote come to life on the page (screen).

I'm very proud of this, and though the overall story is a slow burn, you should check out page 1 at the link below over at the Apecomix site.

LINK

Thanks,
chris