For those of you keeping up with my in-progress, on-going, graphic novel web-comic (I haven’t thought up a more concise word or phrase with which to classify the work), you may have noticed a seemingly sudden jump in the amount of pages on chadhiyana.com this week. Currently, I am posting one new page every week, and yet page 10 posted last week whilst page 15 posted yesterday (with 11 through 14 suddenly appearing between). In truth, only one new page posted since last week, however, I decided to change the numbering system for the pages, and no, it wasn’t to give the impression of there being more pages. (Read more…)

It’s been busy, to say the least, while I continue to work on my graphic novel, Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows, and with other projects coming in (such as the book cover I alluded to last week). As it is, there’s a lot of new artwork I should be adding to my Art Galleries and perhaps an excerpt from the Prologue of the graphic novel script to add to my Script Writing page. So, for the next few weeks, in between regular blog posts (and some holiday wishes–what with the Holidays coming up and all), I’ll probably be doing a lot of gallery updates again. What’s more, I could really use a break from straight blogging for a bit with all the work I’m juggling right now. (Read more…)

Happy Halloween, my fellow blog-readers and site visitors!

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to create a new piece of horror art as I do every year for Halloween (it is my favourite holiday, after all). I’ve been hard at work on my graphic novel, Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows, (which you can read as a web-comic on chadhiyana.com) and a new painting for the cover of a book I can’t yet discuss. For what it’s worth, the nature of this book’s cover artwork is Halloween-esque in nature, so it has been, after a fashion, satiating my desire to do some horror art this month. (Read more…)

There are many benefits to creating web-comics. They’ve probably all been discussed ad-nauseam before today; however, recently another benefit dawned upon me which I had never considered before: the ability to improve upon, edit or revise pages which have already been published. (Read more…)

So ends another year at the New York Comic Con. As always, I had a lot of fun at the convention, though I’m afraid a lot of people were unable to find me this year because of my location. (I was on the main show floor, just outside of Small Press, rather than in Artist Alley or Small Press, as I was in previous years). Thanks, of course, to everyone who stopped by my table and commissioned a convention sketch or purchased a copy of Chadhiyana. I hope all of you check out and enjoy the new Chadhiyana web-comic, Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows, on chadhiyana.com as well. (Read more…)

J. M. DeSantis will be exhibiting at the New York Comic Con starting tomorrow and going until Sunday, October 13. Among J. M.’s usual wares (prints, convention sketches, books, etc) he will be promoting his new web-comic, Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows (publishing regularly on chadhiyana.com). Chadhiyana: iCoS is a new graphic novel starring his fantasy heroine, Chadhiyana, who debuted in her own comic last year at the show.

You can find J. M. on the show floor again this year (rather than in Artist Alley) at booth # 943 (near Small Press). What’s more, this year he’ll be sharing the space with NovaStar Studios, publisher of the wonderful, new, sci-fi comic series, Sara Rising. So make sure you add booth # 943 to your plans for this year’s show and see what exciting new things are being hatched by these rising creators.

For more information visit newyorkcomiccon.com

The day has finally arrived. After a year of developing, plotting, writing, drawing, designing characters and exploring my options for publishing the next chapter in Chadhiyana’s story, the Chadhiyana graphic novel is at last available to read–in a manner of speaking, that is. For those who haven’t been following my blog (or haven’t spoken to me at a convention, either), this new graphic novel, Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows, started publication yesterday on chadhiyana.com, where it will continue to publish regularly as I finish the book, grow Chadhiyana’s readership and find a publisher for this and other Chadhiyana stories.  (Read more…)

Not to worry folks; the change is a good one. Because one page at the beginning of the book had to be extended to two pages, the Chadhiyana graphic novel web-comic, Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows, will begin posting on Tuesday, October 1st. That means an earlier release date and an extra page next week. Everything else will remain as it was outlined in yesterday’s post. So make sure you visit chadhiyana.com on Tuesday for the first posting (the cover of the book) and help celebrate the start of a new chapter in Chadhiyana’s story (both literally and figuratively).

The web-comic debut of the Chadhiyana graphic novel, Chadhiyana: In the Company of Shadows, is nearly upon us. I know that last week I wrote that I was uncertain about when the web-comic would finally start posting, but I wasn’t yet certain everything would be ready for the date I’d had in mind. I was, however, quite specific that I wanted pages to begin posting before or around the New York Comic Con (October 10-13), where I will be exhibiting this year at booth # 943 (with NovaStar Studios, publisher of Sara Rising). That said, NYCC fast approaches and the graphic novel’s web-comic launch date may be sooner than you think. (Read more…)

I know it’s been three weeks since there’s been a Chadhiyana update (on account of the Baltimore Comic-Con two weeks ago), but I only have a very brief update for you this week. Progress on the graphic novel has been slow and steady (what else is new?), but there’s still a lot more work to get done before the web-comic version of the graphic novel can officially begin publication. In the meanwhile, however, I thought I’d introduce you to the web-comic’s future home. (Read more…)