WEDNESDAY IS HERE

Wednesday Book 1 is now available.

WEDNESDAY - BOOK 1

Wednesday is dissatisfied with her life under a scrap yard and curious about the outside world. Sure, it’s the post-apocalypse out there, but anything beats living under a pile of junk with your dad.

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Wednesday’s father is kidnapped by bounty hunters. In order to save him, Wednesday must venture into the unknown with her only friends; sock monkeys Manny, Moe and Jack.

Armed only with her wits and driving a rocking 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, Wednesday must overcome bandits, killer robots and a deadly assassin from the past.

118 pages, full color, 8x10

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Check out "'K So" the first single from the Wednesday Official Comic Book Soundtrack by Daniel Davies (Year Long Disaster) and Geno Lenardo (Filter, Device).

GET 'K SO

Here are some pics from the book!

SPLAKT

First time I've posted an entire page from the book. Enjoy.

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Beats me why this isn't used for every car chase scene in every film.

ANGRY MONKEY

Another sketch of sock monkey Moe. He's a very angry monkey. Smokes, like, a pack a day.

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Theme song for a monkey with a strap-on.... arm.

AIN'T BORN TYPICAL

Here's a panel of the Cuda tooling though the-- what? Yes of course that's an oil tanker in the desert. This story takes place in the post-apocalypse and there are certain things you have to include in every depiction of the PA. Stranding a tanker is one of them. Thankfully, there are no angry apes, sunken washington monuments, or kaiju bones here. That doesn't sound half-bad now that I think about it...

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If you see something typical, kill it.

BLUE

No Apple Care in the post-apocalypse. Too bad. Sadface. Smiling Pile of Poo.

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How it feels to lose a laptop (very blue).

ALL YOU NEED

Everything you could ever want or need:

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Every car from the '70s looks great on film. EVERY car. ANY film.
Yes, 1969 counts, too.

UNHAPPY

Here's Moe. One of three robotic sock monkeys who are Wednesday's only friends. Moe is not a happy monkey.

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The unhappy ending is always better.

HAPPINESS IS A PONY CAR

Wouldn't you be this thrilled?

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Of course you would!

GIL

This is Gil. He gets beat up a lot. Drop-kicked. Punched. Bit in the ass. Shot. Loses a finger. Dehydration. And that's on a good day. Oh, and he catches on fire, too.

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Gil's theme.

DUMBBELLES AND DUMBBELL

Three more intelligence-challenged villains. Meet Iz, Creed, and Blue.

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Being dumb isn't always a bad thing.

SUFFER

Stick something in her face / Suffer the consequences.

Couple panels from the book. Pencils & inks by Alex, colors by John.

Suffer

HIS NAME IS THUG

There's a handful of bad guys and bad girls in Wednesday. All of them are lethal intelligent killers... except for one who has the brain of a brick. Guess which one this guy is.

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That's a lot of Thug Shirts.

BIG TROUBLE

This panel spells big trouble for every character in the story.

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Maybe the only time it was ever okay to use the phrase "big trouble" in a title.

BLIXA'S LITTLE HELPER

Here's another panel from the comic. This one features Blixa Danzig and his little helper. Looks like shop class.

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Lithium is a type of metal. Right?

BLIX

...and he's the good guy.

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Namesake.

SPLAKT

You know you're having a bad day when SPLAKT.

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Kitty will beat you.

W.T.H.

What The Hair.

Here's another random panel from Wednesday. No, Wednesday is not having a bad hair day. That's fashion. (She gets it under control a few pages later).

As a comic book artist you have to be fashion-aware. Doesn't matter where your story is set or what it's about. You have to dress your characters and do their hair -- especially when it comes to the pajama-party of superhero comics. I mean, SOMEONE designed Lobo's hair and make-up.  He didn't get that Rob Zombie look all on his own... and SOMEONE gave this guy Robert Smith hair.

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...speaking of Robert Smith Hair.

COMING FOR YOU

Soon you will be his. Because you taste good.

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Short and fast. Like a snack.

BIG BAD

This guy brings mayhem, death, destruction.

He says HELLO by throwing a car at your face.

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Speaking of bigness and badness, here's your Epic Wednesday theme song...

CUDA

If you've followed any of my blogs or postings over the years, you might have noticed I have a thing for the Hottest Car On Wheels Ever. 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda.

A 71 'Cuda is one of the main characters in the Wednesday comic. You'll see it go through some changes over the course of the book. Here's a panel, pre-flames. And by "flames" I mean paint... or DO I?

Inks by Alex Riegel, colors by John Bergin


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Burn Burn Burn.   Kisses for everyone.