April 13

Well, it's now April of 2013. What do I have coming up? Lots and little. This year and possibly next year i will be moving my focus to paying off debt and be debt free the way I used to be. The result of that is the following. "12" That will be my last solo book for a year or two and by solo, I mean no other friends helped contribute other stories when I had it completed initially. As of recent events, Collin Avery has contributed two pages and I through in 2 pages to cover what Kevin wasn't able to contribute to due some family issues. (Family is top priority) Because family is top priority, 2013 will be a tough year. My plan of attack is a lot. Release "12", finish Modern Hood (that will FINALLY happen), go to C3 (Cherry Capital con), hopefully shortly after that I'll be paying back the failed Kick Starter campaign, later in the year I'll be going to the Cincy Con and no doubt be visiting my Brother (back to family), after that I go on a family trip to Disney in Florida with my family. What's in my future comic wise? I'll have help from a few friends (Brian, Collin, Gordon, Kevin & Nick). As far as my solo work goes? I'm going through my final edit of "God's of War" right now. I'm debating on a plan to launch a sort of anthology web comic. Then we'll see where we go from there.

Twitter

You may notice to the right, I've added a Twitter feed. Well, it's more of a Facebook feed sent to Twitter sent here. So even if I don't post, you can still here me bullshit. Sorry, it's not child friendly.

Half

I was just sending Arcana a message about the current status of Modern Hood when I realized something. I just got page 40 turned in colored. That means the book is half way done with colors. here is a panel from page 40 penciled, inked & colored.

Slight change.

As you can now see on the sidebar. The blog has changed a bit. The following links have been added. Drive Thru Comics (good way for digital downloads) Bigcartel (good way for physical sales) My Facebook page. 11/88 Studios Facebook page. Check them out.

Breaking Bad

While today has been a wasted day, I'm watching Breaking Bad and did actually get a few of the (I think 43 comics current comics) read today. I just realized I haven't updated this blog in a while and I know some people are finding it and to my surprise, some people are buying digital copies of my books on Drive Thru Comics. I figured I should give you some kind of an update. I'm working on a web comic. A highschool gradeschool buddy of mine that I've known for a long time is working on it with me. When it launches it'll be out every couple weeks (we hope) and we're looking at January for the launch, possibly May. Hopefully in time we'll even see a redesign to my web site. http://11-88-studios.com/ Yeah, you're seeing it right, a whole lot of nothing. That's the update. Have a good day, until next time. Keith

Drive Thru Comics

To make things simpler on potential customers. As usual, I do have my book online for free, previews anyway. Those can be found here. But, if you're interested in purchasing a copy of Growing Pains or The Legend Killer. you can click either respective title link to here for a link to the 11/88 Studios page on Drive Thru Comics. Hope you enjoy.

Scatter Brained Recap of C3 2012

Well, all in all, I hear it was a success for everyone and that includes me. I think my fan base is growing, not by much, but there was a few newbies and oldies.

I sold 14 Lantern prints, 4 of the 11/88 group print & one Modern Hood print.

Then I sold 2 copies of growing Pains and I think 15 (not counting the five from my Mom) copies of The Legend Killer and looks like 6 copies of Modern Hood and even 2 copies of Indie Comics Magazine.

Things just went better this year, as I showed in the pics, I had a banner that seemed to work out very well (made the news). And my table wasn't cluttered. I brought in more than I needed, but I also kept a lot in my car.

The bad news is we think the extra success was because of memorial weekend. That might mean memorial weekend next year too. I know I'm doing "12" (I think in color) next year, and I think between the lowered prices and having things pre-signed, that helped sales.

Not exactly sure what I’ll do to make next year better. I know I need new stands for the prints, I had to improvise on that this year, but they worked great for the books.

I might get another L banner. Not sure what I’d do for it, I got the Growing pains cover on the one I had, but it didn’t increase sales on Growing Pains at all.

I might throw in a back up story in “12”, I might not. I know I want to get Maria up for next years convention and hopefully David too. And with major respect to Jethro, I might ask Tyler Sowles (Killustrations Studios) or Ryan Lee so a cover for “12” or maybe a bit of a mash up cover.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by and supported me. I’m hoping for better numbers next year. I don’t care how I get you to my table, if it’s being local or having the last name Robinson (I heard it at the show), as long as you like my work, that’s my goal.

See you next year,
Keith Frederick Robinson



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