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I launched the original Interminable Cockroach Man web comic in September of 2011. It was an incredible learning experience, but it was fraught with issues. Since then, I've taken what I've learned (Primarily to decide on the comic's visual style ahead of launch and to write a full script in advance rather than writing page-by-page, week-by-week) and applied them to the relaunch, which will start on September 1st.

This comic will tell the story of Rick Rogers, an unexpectedly out of work secret agent who finds himself as Fly Boy, the sidekick to the eccentric, unpredictable and often unhinged superhero, The Interminable Cockroach Man.

In the weeks leading up to our relaunch, my team and I are running a Rafflecoptor contest to promote the series. We're giving away a prize package full of superhero swag. Check it out here bit.ly/17zKEEa and join us at www.cockroachman.com/ on September 1st for the triumphant return of Bay City's protectors.

Some of you may know that my sister, is a self-published author, with five books under her belt. Her most recent project is a guidebook for others who are looking to publish their own work. She's assembled a dream team of novelists, comic creators, illustrators, playwrights and screen writers to aid her in this endeavor, all of who are contributing their knowledge  in this project. This team consists of:

Amy Leigh Strickland  www.amyleighstrickland.com/
Blake Northcott www.blakenorthcott.com/
Bobby Nash  bobby-nash-news.blogspot.com/
Carly Strickland www.carlystricklandart.com/
Dave Wheeler www.mindblowstudios.com/
J.L. Bryan  jlbryanbooks.blogspot.com/
Kiri Callaghan  www.wit-and-whimsy.com/
Kyle Strickland  www.kylemstrickland.com/
Teal Haviland www.tealhaviland.com/

representing their own experience, as well as the teams they've assembled (including Matter Deep Publishing www.matterdeeppublishing.com/ , Noosphere Publishing  blakenorthcott.com/noosphere/ and Mindwave Comics mindwavecomics.com/ )


Check out their work, then check out their Kickstarter  www.kickstarter.com/projects/m… . If you're looking to publish your work on the printed page or its digital doppelganger, they might have the answers you're looking for.

My sister's mother-in-law, Terry Strickland terrystricklandart.com/ is an incredibly talented oil painter whose work you should all check out. For the past two years, she has been working on a series of portraits called "The Incognito Project," which features models costumed to show off their inner personas.

This fall, she will be showing paintings from this project at a show in Birmingham, AL. Accompanying the show, they will be selling coffee table books of the project, published through the Strickland family's independent publishing startup, Matter Deep Publishing www.matterdeeppublishing.com/ . They mainly use digital and print on demand services, but in order to have copies on hand at the show, they need some up-front investment. Check out their Kickstarter  kickstarter.terrystricklandart…. If you like what you see, please help them in anyway you can.

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The Interminable Cockroach Man, a web comic drawn by me and written by Kyle Strickland, is now live. Based on characters I started creating in elementary school, it is that tale of an unhinged superhero re-emerging, and the young man assigned to be his sidekick. Follow the adventures of Cockroach Man and Fly Boy every Sunday!  www.cockroachman.com/

The web site for the Legend of Zelda fan game I've been working on is finally up. Check it out here:

heroofsouls.tripod.com