Here ya go!  Part one of BEYOND MORTALITY!

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Since the decision was made to quit publishing hard copies, God opened doorways that I couldn’t have expected.  So what follows is a rough schedule of what will be published:

The Improbable Barnsy and the Pocket Full of Teeth will be published in a paper back graphic novel, measuring at 162 pages long, and will be available by Thanksgiving.

The Overcomers will be published in a graphic novel collecting book one and book two.  Not sure when this one will be done as the artist has other committments as well.

Beyond Mortality will be published online in a serialized graphic novel format, and then collected into a paper back graphic novel.

Every one of these books will measure more than 120 pages in length, and will be published in Black and White format with full color covers.

I just Praise the Lord for making us able to do this, both for you….the fans…..as well as the many creators involved in making these projects a reality!

One again I don’t have much else to say, but wanted to release the final cover.  You’ll notice there’s no issue number, because this will eventually become the cover to the Beyond Mortality graphic novel.  Oop.  Maybe I did have something to say!

Here ya go.  Not much else to say tonight.

First of all, let’s get the bad news out of the way for now.  We are no longer able to publish LEGACY #1, our anthology title in hard copy due to the rise in printing prices at the printer that we have chosen to use.  As a result, all publishing plans for hard copy books are currently on hold.  We are attempting to contact all the creators that we are currently working with in order to find a suitable replacement, and/or transfer everything to an online platform.

Now for the GOOD NEWS!  BEYOND MORTALITY is not cancelled, but will be available from here, on this website, FOR FREE or Donation.  What does that mean?  It means that you can download it, enjoy it, and share it all you want.  We only ask that if you were blessed or liked the book, go check out our DONATE TO SUPPORT page and send us a buck or two in appreciation.  We are now slowly moving to an all electronic system for our comic book releases, and hope that this helps us to reach you with our work and entertain you.

Future projects at this point are in discussion, so I can’t give any information out about THE BLACK PILGRIM, THE OVERCOMERS, or BARNSY at this point.  It is my earnest hope and prayer that in the future we may be able to return to publishing hard copy books, yet as the Lord has led us thus far, we are going all electronic.

More information soon.

Well, as many of you know (and hopefully all of you did) yesterday was the day that we cast ballots to vote for a number of items, the most important of which was the race for the President.  As probably all of you know by now, President Elect Barack Obama won it in what I’d describe as an Electoral Vote Landslide.  Yet if you’re looking for me to espouse upon the many failings of President Elect Obama and his policies, you won’t find that here and now.

In the State of Michigan we also had two proposals up for the vote.  The First was the legalization of medical use Marijuana, and the Second was to loosen the ties on Stem Cell Research in Michigan.  Both of those proposals passed.

Yet as an Evangelical Christian I sit quietly in my home office and type away at this blog.  I remember what the Bible says about supporting the government and our leaders, and how we must pray for them NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE.  I watched both PE Obama’s acceptance speech and Sen McCain’s gracious loss of the election.  I was impressed by how both of these men were so gracious to each other, and I will support the government at this time with extreme prayer and supplication.

I’ve read a stack of opinions this morning from pundits to complainers, and I’ve seen every side of humanity reflected in these.  My own opinion will be a quiet one, a rambling that I hope will bring you peace in these troubled times.

Before the first ballot was cast yesterday, God knew who was going to be in office for the next four years.  Before the election race began, before the primaries, God knew.  This gives me a peace in my heart and the willingness to continue moving on in this liberal nightmare we now find ourselves in.

I’m probably labelled as “ultra-conservative” being both a Pastor and an Evangelical Christian.  (Well, Pentacostal is a bit closer to the point.)  Yet I will pray for the liberals and support a government, even if it is liberal in prayer and supplication, and continue to serve God even if they were to place a gag order upon me.

That’s probably one of the best things about America right now.  We can speak our piece and not be penalized for it.  I can say things like “liberal nightmare” and have my own opinions, and preach and teach these opinions which are Biblically based because of the Freedoms we have in this country.

I will continue to serve God no matter who is in Office, and I will continue to pray for God’s will in this country, and not my own.

Due to the late shipping of THE OVERCOMERS BOOK ONE, I will be releasing BEYOND MORTALITY online for free.  This book will be available in CBZ and PDF formats, and links will be provided to each of these.  While I am releasing this online for free, it will also be published in LEGACY #1 as hard copy.

Stay tuned, it’ll be less than 2 weeks before I release this.

Well, the past week has been wonderful.  *dripping sarcasm*  I mean it.  Well, all things work together for good for those that know Christ.  And I know that God’s got his hand on all the situations that are around me/us/my family/my friends/my compatriots.  My back is still out, yet I’ve managed to get 8 pages lettered of Beyond Mortality.  I wasn’t able to send out the final package of orders for THE OVERCOMERS #1 yet due to this injury putting me on the sidelines.

And somebody screwed our car, literally.  I mean there’s a screw deeply embedded in the passenger side rear tire, which of course resulted in a massive flat.  So our car’s out of commission, my back’s out of commission, and my wife is ill enough to warrant a second visit to the Emergency Room.

Well, I’ll write more soon.  Them’s the updates.

26 pages in total.  Shot directly from my pencils from page #4 on.  It’s scanned in, and ready for lettering.  And I have to tell you, even though my back is out and I’m in some extreme pain right now, I’m excited about seeing the first chapter coming together so quickly, clearly, and awesomely!  God is truly great!

It’s so cool seeing a project that’s been in your mind for such a long time come to fruition.  Though I’ll probably rework a ton of the storytelling if I ever do a collected edition, I’m happy with what and where this project is going now that it’s finally coming out.

It’s exciting, and now I know how Tina and Howard feel when a new issue of the OVERCOMERS is ready to rock and roll.

Now to just heal up quick enough to draw and letter the 10 pager of THE BLACK PILGRIM.

Well, gonna run.