Kingdom In Crisis Art

Satire Gets An Upgrade In New Volume
Webcomic Veers Into Fantasy Direction

The Exuvian villagers have a very different culture from the roaches we've seen before.

The story for the next book is a new direction for a series that began as a humble black-and-white webcomic. Instead of the gag/page-a-week format I've moved into a fantasy approach for the art and a more traditional approach to story. This arc turns the Roach kingdom upside down. It reveals intrigues and introduces fascinating new characters.

This book has been penciled. I'm in the process of cleaning it up and digitally inking now. Colors for the book seem to need more attention. The flat and slightly shaded style used in book one is now a thing of the past. The early results for book two look very good.


New production art from the new book promises more edgy adventures in the Insect Kingdom.

New types of roaches and insects are coming up in the next book. I really wish I could say more! Subscribe to this site for upcoming announcements.

Roaches Storyboards

An early look at the first Roaches animation with the voice-over and some sound effects work added in.

The first few parts of the animation production are nearly completed. The 20-30 storyboard panels are synced up within an "animatic". This rough animation shows the story and the general timing for this animated short.

And I mean short. It's four minutes total but that is still pretty ambitious for a small production company.

The performance by the voice actor Julian Mulock, who plays the Grand Roach, is really excellent! His acting skills go a very, very long way selling these "cutesy" bugs and absurd nature of the short itself. I mean, how many bugs go to war anyway? Not a lot I imagine.

In few more weeks I'll have the next steps done. Next, I'm replacing enough art to post another animatic. Please, "like" and "thumbs up" this clip here on Blogger and at Youtube. It helps!

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