Sugary Serials :: Comics for All Ages!

The Adventures of The Araknid Kid, by Josh Alves

This month marks the end of the first “Season” of Sugary Serials. After #13 we’ll be taking a few months off from daily updates as we prepare for the next round of stories for the anthology. My deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has contributed to the first year of the anthology. I encourage you to check out our creators page to read more of the comics made by the incredibly talented folks who contributed to the series. If you liked what you’ve read here, I’m confident that you’ll be thrilled by what you find on their sites.

However, just because the comics won’t be updating every day doesn’t mean that we won’t be updating at all. While we gear up for “Season 2″, I’ll be posting some new preview pages, more Supercast interviews with the creators, and I’ll be catching up with releasing the print editions for issues 9 and on. I’m also working on collecting the entire first year into a massive 300+ page trade paperback. Stay tuned for more on those fronts.

On the topic of closing the first year out, I should point out that the final story, The Cosmic Adventures of Gena Kranz, will be updating not quite every day. This is totally my fault–other comics and teaching obligations have stretched me a bit thin lately, and I’m doing all I can to catch up. A huge thanks to Mark Rudolph for chipping in to complete the comic.

Finally, a big thank you to everyone who has read the series, purchased print editions, and emailed us to share their enthusiasm for the concept and content. Everyone who has participated in this project has worked very hard to make it as good as it is, and it helps keep us going to know that you’re being entertained by it.

So check back here in the coming days to read the last story of the year, and for more updates on some exciting news for Sugary Serials Season Two. More all-ages excitement is coming!Jerzy

The Supercast returns with another creator interview! This time we’re talking with Naomi Jardine, creator behind the recently completed Flatland. We talk about the comic’s beginnings on her own website as well as the struggles Naomi faced when creating a long-form story about her characters for the Sugary Serials anthology. The second half of the interview is more of an audio commentary track, where Naomi and I discuss the first act of Flatland page by page. Enjoy!

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Mark your calendar! Sugary Serials is making another appearance at the Shadow Art Fair this coming Saturday, 19 July in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

For those interested in discovering some really great indy art works, this event is for you. You’ll find great artists like Clairigami, HATCH: the Hamtramck Art Collective, Matt Callow, and more there. For the grown-ups, I feel obliged to point out that there will be beverages of a spirited nature served at the event. One of the partners of the Shadow Art Fair is the Arbor Brewing Company, makers of fine micro-brewed beers. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t bring the youngsters! There’s plenty for them to see and interact with at the show, not least of which are freebies we’ll be handing out to kids under 13. Hope to see you there!

As we get ready for our upcoming appearance at Wizard World Chicago, I’m joined by Shawn Robare and his wife Carrie for a conversation about our hopes and fears as convention exhibitors and attendees.

I hope some of you can come out and see us at the show. It’s going to be the first real Sugary Serials group appearance, featuring Chet Lucero of Dreamform Defenders, Diana Nock of Imaginary Friends Forever, Mark Rudolph of Curse of the Pharaohs and The Galactic League of Marshals, and even Barry Gregory, our publisher, will be there. We’ll be debuting some brand new Sugary Serials books and have free coloring pages and crayons for anyone under the age of 13. Should be a lot of fun!

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This time we have an interview with the creator behind The Awesome Brothers, Erik Lervold. Aside from his Sugary Serials contribution, we talk about the upcoming Kakkoi Con, and his work on comics such as Tiger Moth and Super Momo.

A friendly warning to parents: While we don’t break our clean tag, some of the content of this episode might not be considered suitable for younger listeners. Shouldn’t be an issue for most listeners, but I like to cover all of the bases when I can.

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