Last week, I began penciling the Chadhiyana graphic novel (Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows), but there’s a lot more to do besides comic pages before I can launch the web-comic. I’ve been busy with just about all of it this week (and one small, side project). So, here’s a brief update about where I am this week, as promised.

At this point, only two pages of the Prologue have been penciled. Don’t panic. It’s not that I work that slow or was slacking off. Unfortunately, I had to switch gears for a few days and concentrate on some other things. First, I wanted to create a new Chadhiyana logo for the graphic novel, something crisper than the original, hand-drawn logo which decorates the first Chadhiyana comic (visit IndyPlanet.com to purchase a copy). Read more… ›

It’s been too long since I posted a proper update about the Chadhiyana graphic novel. Since announcing it in April, I’ve mentioned the story is going to be “fuller” than the first two short stories and (often) that progress is going slow and steady. Part of the reason I haven’t said more until now is because I’ve been busy with other things I wanted to promote (gallery shows, conventions, updates to my website, etc). The other reason (and more importantly) is that the process of creating this graphic novel is going much slower than I anticipated. However, things are finally coming together on the project (mostly). In light of that, I thought it was high time I said more about the book and how it’s coming along. Read more… ›

As I’ve promised for a while now, I’m going to reveal some information about the new Chadhiyana project I’m currently working on. For those of you who visited my table at the MoCCA Festival this weekend past, you may already be in the know, though everyone else is still more or less in the dark. So without further ado, here is the information I’ve said would come in April. Read more… ›

Don’t forget, tomorrow is your last chance to purchase the original Chadhiyana comic at the special release price of $2.99 (USD). On Friday, March 1st, the price will raise to $3.50 (USD). So if you haven’t purchased a copy yet, head over to IndyPlanet.com today and place your order for Chadhiyana!

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7869

Thursday, February 28th will be the last day to purchase the original Chadhiyana comic on IndyPlanet.com for the special release price of $2.99 (USD). The price will be raised $0.51 (USD) at the beginning of next month. So if you’re looking to buy a copy, don’t delay! Head over to IndyPlanet.com today and place your order for J. M. DeSantis’s Chadhiyana.

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7869

Recently, I began posting pages from the first Chadhiyana comic on Newgrounds.com, in my renewed efforts to give more attention to a website I’m unexpectedly quite visible on (especially in comparison to every other art and social media site I’m a member of). Last week, I posted the first page of Chadhiyana’s first story, “A Saviour in the Dark,” which produced some fairly strong reactions. Some found the page powerful, whilst others were completely appalled by the scene it depicted. (You can see the page and read the reactions on Newgrounds.com here: http://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/jmdesantis/a-saviour-in-the-dark-page-1)  Read more… ›

I know there are some of you who are wondering when the next Chadhiyana book or story is coming. After all, the first Chadhiyana comic is set up as a “glimpse” of the character and her world, and though the responses have generally been favourable, it’s only just enough to whet people’s appetite for my new character. Read more… ›

Yup, that’s right. Another Chadhiyana review! Read what Fanboycomics.com had to say about the comic:

http://www.fanboycomics.net/blogs/kristine-chester/1727-chadhiyana-comic-book-review

Missed the post yesterday about the recent review of Chadhiyana’s first comic? Well check out the full version on Examiner.com:

http://www.examiner.com/review/other-worlds-other-lives-the-chadhiyana-torn-flip-book-from-gwp

Check the first Chadhiyana review, by Robert J. Sodaro, writer and creator of Wülf Girlz and Hot Girl & Totally Hot Girl:

indyplanet.com/store/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=7869&reviews_id=120