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Preview of Candy Capers #2!

Candy Capers 2 is out soon! It's been a blast working with all these talented people, including artist Ian McGinty! There's a preview over on Comics Alliance, here's a bit of it (including Yuko's cover): 

Lots more over at the original Comics Alliance post! I think it's out next week!

Moving

We're getting ready to move so I'll keep it short! Thanks for reading, we'll see you next week!

Work work

David's such a kidder!

Just a reminder, there's lots of neat stuff in the store, including books, t-shirts (like the Kawaii tee) and more!

It's been a long week of work for us! If you want to catch a sneak peek of Yuko's cover for Candy Capers #2, take a look! I'm writing the fourth issue now! Yuko's chugging away on Penny!

That's all for us, catch you next week!

Hey

I wouldn't trust her either... 

Hey guys! Lots of things happening right now! Short post -- hope you're doing well, we'll catch you next week!

Snip from Adventure Time: Candy Capers #1!

A new page of Penny, the Johnny Wander books are available online, BUZZ! is up for preorder, and Adventure Time: Candy Capers #1 is in stores now!

We shared one of our favorite bits from Candy Capers #1 over on Tumblr: 

It's being drawn by Ian McGinty, who is mega talented and keeps knocking the art for these books right out of the park. 

That's all for us! Catch you Thursday!

Death & Cecilia poem! Video!

We have something great to share with you guys today -- Misha sent us this rad poetry performance loosely based on Death and Cecilia from these comics:

Girl with the Skeleton Hand 1

Girl with the Skeleton Hand 2

Check it out! We love it:

YOU'RE THE BEST MISHA!!!

That's it for us! Catch you next week!

Yuko did some art for the Steam sale!

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know, Yuko did some art for the Steam sale that just passed! Her postcard illustration was for the game Chivalry, check it out:

 

She also did a great process gif in case you're curious about how she constructed and finished the image. Further explanation here. 

That's all for us! Catch you Thursday!

Some more BUZZ! art!

Hey guys! I just wanted to share with you some more BUZZ! art that Tessa did a little while ago! You can preorder the book on Amazon right now! Check it out: 

We're trying to keep it together in the middle of this heatwave! Drink water, stay hydrated, work til you drop! See you next week!

Some things!

Hey guys! Yuko liked this page so much she went ahead and toned it. 

Yuko drew a couple of our characters as Animal Crossing buddies, including Penny and Walter! Pretty cute:

There are a few exciting things going on right now:

- BUZZ! is up for preorder on Amazon! Drawn by Tessa Stone, written by me! We're both super pumped about this book!

- We've got a ton of books, t-shirts and other great stuff over in our Topatoco store! Check it out!

- Adventure Time: Candy Capers #1 is in stores now! I'm reblogging all the variant covers on tumblr once a day. #1 got this lovely review on MTV Geek: 

(written by Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota, art by Ian McGinty, published by Kaboom/Boom! Studios)

Boom! Studios seems to release a new Adventure Time comic on almost a weekly basis lately, expanding from one core title to an entire line of tie-in miniseries focusing on the various bizarre denizens of the Ooo-niverse.  And what’s been amazing so far is that each of the books has held to a uniformly high standard of quality, and managed to showcase creators’ individual visions while utilizing characters from this Cartoon Network owned property.

In fact, this issue (the first of a series focusing on Princess Bubblegum and her erstwhile assistant sweets), is one of the best Adventure Time comics yet.  Writers Ananth Panagariya and Yuko Ota take Peppermint Butler and Cinnamon Bun, deputize them as ‘protectors of the kingdom’, and let the insanity roll.  Artist Ian McGinty has a distinctly kinetic style that’s perfectly suited to the rubbery, free-flowing characters, using a variety of angles and close-ups to convey emotion and add comedic emphasis.  And together, this team has created not simply a good licensed comic, but a bizarre work of sugar-coated fantasy that’s fit for all ages.

I think that's everything! See you soon!

Adventure Time: Candy Capers #1 IN STORES NOW!

Hey guys! Adventure Time: Candy Capers #1 came out early! It's in stores now! MTV had a nice review of it. Here's Yuko's variant cover for it:

Hope you guys like it! AHHHHH we're going crazy over here! See you next week!