Happy Explosions Day!

Hey, it's the 4th of July and we're busy making comics. Will wonders never cease?! Here's a preview thingamabob from Gosh Is Dead #3!

Heeeey, good-lookin'...

Talking Trash on the Interwebs-- With Comics!

So-- since I've kinda-sorta decided to not use social media as a soapbox (for the most part), my life has improved. I'm trying to avoid adding to the noise of comic book controversies on the internet, and this has resulted in some tangible benefits: I have more free time--and I'm in a better mood--when I'm not getting caught up in the bullshit of internet arguments, which are so often more vitriolic than they are productive.

The thing is--I still feel like things need to be said about certain issues. I think open dialogues need to take place, and people need to have their intuitions pushed around. But again, I don't really feel like Twitter and Facebook are the best places to have those conversations and make those statements. So... my solution for the time being: say it with comics.

Here is a strip about one branch of one particular topic from Gosh Is Dead #2. Words by me, art by Dave Seltzer.

(I will note that this kind of thing actually still only accounts for a small percentage of the material in Gosh Is Dead. The rest of the comic is still primarily composed of silly cartoons, Star Trek references, poop jokes, and other such highbrow intellectual content. You know, just in case you were worried.)

Gosh Is Dead #2 Now For Sale!

Whoopeeee! We're slashing prices like crazy down here at Crazy Rick's Gosh Is Dead Emporium, 'cause we're ca-raaayy... well, you get the idea. Discounted from its original price of one million dollars, Gosh Is Dead #2 is now available for...

$1.00!  Cheap!

Plus 50 cents shipping. To order, please PayPal $1.50 to adam@bigredh.net, and be sure to include your address information (as it's not always listed on the Paypal receipt). We will have a new, much-easier-to-use online storefront soon.

We also printed some new copies of #1 (red cover) -- available again for $1 each.

Gosh is Dead #2 is 16 pages plus covers. It features all-new strips, pictures of ugly people, and other assorted brikabrak from myself, Nick Rodgers, Kenny Madrid, and David Seltzer. In the past I've posted preview art from #2-- NONE of that material was used; this really is actually new (but that stuff will probably surface in a future issue anyway). We also have some larger, shinier, ongoing projects cooking, but the plan is to get back into doing the mini-comics on a more regular schedule regardless of that other stuff. So there.

Gosh Is Dead #2

Aaand we're back. After a long hiatus (I have kids and a real job, shut up), the mini-comic GOSH IS DEAD makes its triumphant return and conquers the universe. The first batch was printed up for a special event tonight, but more are on the way.

Anyway, excuses aside, we are going to try to churn these out more regularly. We hope you'll join us. JOIN US...

Gosh is Dead #2 is 16 pages (plus covers) and it will be available for sale on this site later this month.

Look, A Boat

Removing the "buy stuff" section for now. It will be replaced soon with a new store thingy. Actually, a new HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL full/complete website is being built (by people better than I) and the hope is to integrate this here blog into that somehow. Anyway, it'll have a more proper storefront and whatnot eventually (with more than one item for sale!!! It can't miss!).

Also, here's a terribly drawn picture from several years ago of a Christmas Tree Man flipping you off and firing his gun.

You know that thing that looks like a monocle? Yeah, that's just supposed to be a big eye. See? Crap.

Hey, we're back!

So-- this blog was formerly used to promote my mini-comic GOSH IS DEAD, but due to my family and work situations in the last year, I've been woefully behind and have not completed any new issues. As a result, this place has become mostly dead.

Meanwhile, in the interests of better promoting my other comics and lettering work -- and better connecting with folks in general -- I've been slightly more active on message boards and sites like Twitter and Facebook. I still do a terribly inadequate job of promoting and marketing myself, but anything more than "nothing" is more than I did in the past. Baby steps, folks.

The problem is -- those places aren't always the best platform to air one's (HIGHLY IMPORTANT!!!) grievances. Facebook and message boards may be TOO open-ended to make really strong statements, as we often see (or fail to see) a debate's most important points get lost in the muck and mire that is internet minutiae one-upsmanship. Meanwhile, Twitter's 140-character limit forces one to edit severely -- which is great, and has actually made me a more articulate writer, but if I can't make a point in one tweet, I usually don't try to make it. Better to do it here if I need to run on a bit.

Anyway, that's my long-winded way of saying I'll be occasionally posting little rantings around these parts. Also, more GOSH IS DEAD comics are on their way as soon as possible (I did get a little ways into #2 already), so we're not completely departing from the blog's original intent. And hopefully the comics -- or my inane ramblings -- will occasionally be worth reading.

So, you know -- take that home to the bank, or whatever.

We totally have a good excuse for being late!

Trust us.

Also, here's a pretty face from a million years ago:

STILL ALIVE!

At least that's what they tell me. Anyway, we got super busy with "real" work and are way behind on our next installment of GOSH IS DAD -- I mean -- DEAD.

So, apologies to those of you who have been patient -- we WILL have a new issue or two for you as soon as possible!

Oh, also, Merry Chrismakwanzaannaka / Happy New Year / Joyous Armageddon / whatever.

--Adam

Who's That Handsome Devil?

Here's a sneak-peek at one of the beautiful people gracing the pages of issue #2... out soon!

First issue now available!

Gosh is Dead #1 -- the first issue of our new mini-comic -- is now available! Drawn and printed during the 2010 Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco!

Click on the "Add to cart" button in the column to the right to purchase. Only $1 -- cheap!

The book is B&W and 16 pages in length (20 if you count the covers). It's the first of what we hope will be many issues featuring ugly people, silly strips, and other random crap! Buy tons of 'em!

Full Credits:

David Seltzer
Wrote, drew, and inked: Page 6, pages 8-9, inside back cover
Drew and inked: Pages 1-4, page 13
Inked: Page 14

Nick Rodgers
Wrote, drew, and inked: Page 5, page 7, page 10, and page 12

Adam O. Pruett
Wrote, drew, and inked: Cover, page 11, page 16
Wrote and drew: Page 14
Wrote: Pages 1-4, pages 8-9 (with Dave), page 13