Con Prep and Mastorism Covers

Some updates...

I know I said I was going to post more, and that is the plan here.  Buuuuuut, once I wrapped up the webcomic end of Mastorism, I spent some time helping my good pal Sebastian Piccione with letters and production for his Allied Forces book (awesome stuff, I suggest checking it out - hopefully up on indyplanet soon, I will let you know when it hits).  After that I had to wrap up my own books which included Mastorism: Terror in Sector Five and an Explosion Proof collection/one-shot (both available on indyplanet.com). By the time I got done with that...  into prep for WonderCon!  Never a moments rest here! But I love it!

So, I have some new art to post soon, but before that, I thought it was only fair if I shared the new Mastorism cover with you. The Drunk Duckers have seen it for weeks now! Colors by the fantastic Norman Wong! Enjoy!

 

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SO THERE YOU HAVE IT!  John's destiny was to vanquish the Phantom Lord so that he could ultimately become his replacement!  Ever since John's birth, the PL has been doing all that he could to avoid his ultimate fate. 

Yes, indeed, this is the final page of Mastorism, at least for the foreseeable future.

I may have taken a risk ending this so abruptly.  Does the universe rejoice?  Does a civil war erupt?  What do the rest of the characters think?  I leave that up to you...  for now anyway! 

So, I hope you've enjoyed reading Mastorism as much as I have enjoyed creating it for you.  Its really been a blast overall!  Although the comic posting anniversary is in April, I've definitely been working on it for a good three years solid.  Hard to believe so much time has gone by! 

I wanted to take the time to thank everyone for all of their support.  Everyone who's got on board and hung on since the beginning.  Everyone who's joined us periodically throughout.  And most especially my family - my wife, my children, and my parents who not only have been super supportive, but also very understanding about the long hours I've put into this comic.  THANK YOU! 

SO YES, this is the last page, but as I have the print version coming out, etc, there will be additional associated art and announcements to come, but I have no new Mastorism story coming up in the near future.  If you want to keep up with other things I'm doing, I'm going to start doing more regular posts on my blog (hopefully) and at the very least keep it up today with whatever comic project I'm working on, etc. 

Again, thank you thank you for taking the time to read this comic, I cannot thank you enough for joining me on this fun ride!

AS ALWAYS, thanks for reading and commenting!

--matt

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BOOM!

And you thought those shades were just to look cool!

I've got lots to say on thursday, I'm sure, so I'm keeping it short and sweet today! 

Enjoy!

Thanks for reading and commenting.

--matt

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IMPORTANT NOTE TO EVERYONE: Due to the issues getting stuff posted on Drunk Duck over the last week, and to stay on schedule, I'm posting THREE pages this week, so be sure and catch them all. This is the THIRD of the three pages here.  So if you're used to reading at the end of the week and going back one page... you're going to want to go back two pages...

ANYHOW!

The first half of the big reveal is here!  John John was a Mastor all along!  But JUST YOU WAIT (and wait you will, until tuesday) FOR THE NEXT PAGE!  Three years, 200+ pages and a crapload of me ranting and raving in the page commentary has all been leading up to THIS!!!!!!

Enough hype for you?  Go back and read it again, this time using the movie-guy voice! 

Enough sillyness.  I AM super excited though, so I hope you've been enjoying the comic, and I hope you enjoy what's coming up next week! 

As always, thanks for reading and commenting!  And I will see you next tuesday!

--matt

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IMPORTANT NOTE TO EVERYONE:  Due to the issues getting stuff posted on Drunk Duck over the last week, and to stay on schedule, I'm posting THREE pages this week, so be sure and catch them all.  This is the second of the three pages here.

SO a bit of exposition over the next two pages, and hopefully some payoff for those of you loyal readers who've managed to stick around since the very beginning (thank you!).  Its time to learn the TRUTH about John John and the ultimate motive behind the Phantom Lord's reckless destruction!

Then, next week, the final two pages next week!  Get ready for the big reveal!

Thanks for reading and commenting!

--matt

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Well, I apologize for the lack of postings due to the issues with Drunk Duck.  As a thank you for your patience (and to keep the comic on schedule) this week will likely be a three page week! 

After that... only one week left!

Thanks for reading and commenting!

--matt

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Apologies to anyone who had trouble viewing the page on Drunk Duck over the weekend.  I've been having quite a few problems getting this page posted, actually, so I'm going to keep it short.

Looks like the Phantom Lord is finally doing the right thing, however, of course, I'm not going to let him off THAT easy.  Stay tuned. 

Thursday, victory on the Dark U side!

Thanks for reading and commenting everyone!

--matt

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Luckily no good guys got hurt by a falling jellyfish robot spaceships.  Otherwise, this could have been pretty tragic!

On a more (or less) serious note - Looks like they broke the power station at just the right time!  Unfortunately though, the Dark Mastor is making a hasty retreat back through the portal!  Hmm.. could it be that easy for him? 

These last few pages (and the ones coming up) have been some of the funnest I've worked on, so I hope everyone is enjoying them as much as I am!  If not, too bad! ha! 

Only SIX pages to go!  Lots of stuff happening very quickly here!  Stay tuned!  As always, thanks for reading and commenting!

--matt

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Power core cracked!  Now, let's just hope this worked.  Thursday, we will find out!

For those of you keeping tabs:  Despite efforts to steer me away, I watched the Plan.  Meh.  The fill-ins-the-blanks were interesting, but beyond that, it definitely doesn't exemplify the qualities that made the series so amazing.  I'd definitely feel sorry for anyone who watched it and had never seen the series, because I'd think that they'd be totally lost.  There's little or no explanation for what's going on what so ever. 

But entertaining!

SO.  FIVE PAGES TO GO!  Thanks for reading and commenting, and I'll see you all on thursday (you won't want to miss it).

--matt

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In case you were wondering what a bunch of jelly fish robotic spaceships coming through a portal from an alternate universe vs. a bunch of freaky cyclops aliens with energy blasting staffs looks like... I went ahead and drew it for you!

Happy thursday!  Next week, more at the power source!  Can Jefe and the gang do it?  Or is existence going to be wiped out once and for all? 

Thanks for reading and commenting!

--matt

Happy 2011 everyone!

Welp, for those of you interested in the status of my BSG watching, I finally finished watching the whole series (well, I still have "The Plan" left to watch).  Again.  Wow.  The ending was satisfying, I think (I've been thinking about it for days now), albeit very emotional in parts.  I'm also kinda sad there's no more to watch. 

So... does anyone recommend Caprica?  I know it got canceled after one season (er 1.5 seasons) - Should I check it out?

Anyhow, here's a brief look at our heroes attempting to "blast the power core"  - Thursday... the Dark Mastor attacks! 

I will see you then, thanks for reading and commenting!

--matt

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Could it be that the Phantom Lord is truly trying to make things right? 

I'm going to have to keep quiet - As we wind down, I'm getting anxious for everything to be revealed!  ARGH! 

Anyhow, next week, lots of action as the Dark Mastor attacks!  See you then!  Thanks for reading and commenting everyone!

--matt

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Woo hoo!  Its the home stretch! 

Glad to be back- had a fairly busy week.  Glad everyone dug the Bah-Humbug Dark Mastor.  Jeff, I drew it in Corel Painter actually (I've had it for a while, but I don't get to use it much), I do like to doodle on the iPad a lot, though!

Great (and interesting) comments about Battlestar--  Only a few episodes to go, and I have been enjoying season 4 (er and 4.5) so far, pretty intense! But, yeah, its a little rough seeing where some of the characters end up.  Disappointing, even, not in the show, but for the characters.... 

Anyhow, can you believe we've gone for almost 70 pages of this story without a proper s-noodle thingy teleport!??!?  Well, I can't remember any other instances of it... so here it is!  Aaaand, I thought I'd throw in a little bit of Mike's personality, since he's been on emergency mode for so long.  In the face of dire consequences for all of existence... he wonders if he's going to be disintegrated. 

Well, thursday you can find out whether or not he does, and, of course, more with the Phantom Lord before next week, we check back in with Jefe, Matt, Ash, and Fraction!  See you then!  Thanks for reading and commenting everyone!

--matt

Bah Humbug!

Hey everyone!  I know I promised new pages this week, but with the holidays here, I'm taking week off drawing, so that means I'm taking a week off posting too. 

I went through the script... only TEN PAGES to go, so I don't want to rush through them on account of holiday happenings.

But, as a holiday present for all of you, I present.... THE DARK MASTOR!

Enjoy, and happy holidays!

--matt

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So I was a latecomer to the whole Battlestar Galactica remake phenomena - the original never really appealed to me (I've still yet to warm up to that) - but at (mastorism co-creator) Jeff's suggestion, I've been catching it on DVD.  I'm finishing up the last season right now (no one ruin it for me), but WOW.  Amazing amazing show. I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already. 

The point of that whole rant was - by now I've seen enough to know that the Mastor in charge here (Bob in the script), should be saying "Stand down" not "hold off"  - I just thought of that now that I'm posting the page.  Oh well. 

SO - MORE here on Aerth next week! Thanks for reading and commenting everyone!

--matt

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Looks like I touched a good subject with this Green Lantern biz!  I've kinda tapered off the comics once Brightest Day began (which was immediately after Darkest Night ended - and that dragged on a bit much for my taste).  So I'm not totally current with it.  But I CAN say that as a long time GL fan, I'm super excited for the new movie.  The trailer looks cool, though it looked fairly, uh, earth bound, but I'm guessing that may be due to the post production still going on (I haven't really been following that kinda stuff like I used to either). 

One of the concepts of placing this half of the story 15 years after the previous version, is that I pictured John John and Z-Squad having tons of adventures in the Dark Universe during that 15 year period.  One could guess that, I suppose, but I wanted to take a moment and address that here, and show that John and Nightblud, in particular, have built a strong friendship over the years.

So, that said, if I ever do any Mastorism stories after this one, they will likely take place in that period.  

Anyhow, thanks for reading and commenting, I will see you next week...

--matt

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Just a little check in with the Dark Mastor.  With the comic drawing to a close over the next hmmm... few weeks or so... I need to get as much jellyfish-robot-spaceship drawing in as I can!  I'm sure you all can understand!

OH!  A few pages back, I offered a toaster.  Not surprisingly it went to AzuJOD (again!), with honorably mention going to my good pal Sebastian Piccione who caught the page on Google Buzz of all places (shared from my blog).  Good work guys. 

The correct answer was Kyle Rayner, one of the many Green Lanterns of Sector 2814 (the sector with earth in it). Interesting how before Abin Sur crashed on earth and mad Hal Jordan a Green Lantern - earth was the only planet unaware of Green Lanterns and no human had ever been a Green Lantern, yet now there are four Green Lanterns from Earth (or more... I've lost track).  But I digress.

ALSO - The last page, page 64, was officially the 200th page of Mastorism posted to Drunk Duck, not including filler and whatnot.  WOO HOO!  Now all those business cards I handed out that state that there are "hundreds" of pages to read online are telling the truth. 

Anyhow, Thanks for reading and commenting!  I will see you all on thursday.  We're going to check in with John John and Nightblud!

--matt

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 SO, now we know what's at stake here.  I mean, we knew that the Dark Mastor was trying to take care of all existence, but now we know he wants to destroy it too (sorry to disappoint anyone who thought that he was going to be buying everyone ice cream). 

I don't know about you, but I've been kinda enjoying Fraction.  I've given him a much larger part than I had planned, if only for my own amusement.

Next week, the Dark Mastor begins to round up his forces outside the portal, and then a moment with John John and Nightblud before the inevitable attack. 

Til then, thanks for reading and commenting! 

--matt

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Apologies for any confusion due to my hasty lettering error on the previous page.  I have just corrected it as of this update, so if you go back and check that out, it will be corrected.  Again, I'm very sorry for that.

To make up for it, how about some action followed with a bit of humor from our good friend Fraction?  Sounds good to me too!  Here you go! 

Thursday Fraction will tell us what we have in store if our heroes fail (aka the stakes), and after that...  the battle continues! 

Anyhow, I should get back to drawing so here I go! 

Thanks for reading and commenting!

--matt

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To my readers in the states, Happy Thanksgiving!  For those of you not in states, happy Thanksgiving to you too (I don't see why we have to limit it to just the states?!?!)  I considered not posting today, but the posting has been a little funky lately, I thought y'all would appreciate some extra reading! 

SO I AM THANKFUL for having this comic run for almost three years now, and having such a great readership as you guys!  Thanks everyone!

I am posting from the queue, because I'm spending the day with fam, so no comment replies, but as always, thanks for reading and commenting.  NEXT WEEK - ACTION! 

--matt