The Big Reveal.

While the summer cliffhanger is coming at you a tiny bit earlier then I’d like this year, it none-the-less is on its way this Saturday. Find out who has been rescued by Newton and co this weekend, as Babayka-Lives taps out for the summer.

But just a reminder I will be around a bit more, however, this summer. As I have a few big announcements I’m gonna be making over the next few months.  So be sure to check in on rainy days this year for a few surprises on this blog. And I also will be making a few surprise updates over on Babayka-Lives, too.

But for now, as a bonus for readers of this blog, I have a sneak peek panel from this week’s instalment. An early look at what’s (or who’s) to come.

One Extra Week Added.

I’m officially adding another week to the 30% off Brides Of Babayka sale, as it’s become very clear I’ll never finish what prep I need to do before next Wednesday. I will have to take the first edition down from being for sale online to slowly switch over to the new edition very soon (which will probably take a month or two.) But I think if I make the deadline the 24th, rather than the 17th, it gives readers one more week to hop on this deal, and lightens my workload a little. So for those planning on getting a copy of Brides Of Babayka for the summer, you now have until the 24th, but no longer.

This offer is only available on copies bought from Lulu.com

And if people have any questions, please send them to the usual Email address.

And just a reminder, this will be folks final chance to buy the first edition of Brides Of Babayka new. I myself now only have a couple of copies left, and it will be officially out-of-print come the 24th. At which point, you will be at the mercy of second-hand sellers, if you want to buy the first edition after that.

Here in Britain, we have this famous saying… “You wait ages for one Bus, and then three come along at once.” This is very much how I’d describe my creative output for the summer of 2017. I haven’t had anything new publishes for a while now, and yet for some reason, I’ll have a few things coming your way during these next few hot sunny months.

But for now, before I make any announcements of forthcoming projects, the next couple of weeks for me will be about finishing up and putting out the summer cliffhanger for Babayka-Lives (although this year, it’s as much a reveal as a cliffhanger.) So tune in this weekend as we continue to find out who’s been left for Newton and crew to find in that dark and mouldy barn.

14-Day Sale On Brides Of Babayka.

Yep, the first edition of Brides Of Babayka will go off to the big library in the sky where all first editions go to, shall we say… retire, as they’re replaced by a younger, slicker second editions. Yes, I’ve finally set a date, and readers have until May the 17th to order a copy of the first edition of Brides Of Babayka, before it goes offline forever.

And just to sweeten the deal and as a last hurrah for the first edition, for these last 14-days, I am offering a super special 30% off deal starting today. For people who are on the verge of buying a copy of Brides Of Babayka, but haven’t yet… here’s your chance for a limited period to buy and own it at a cut down price before it’s gone. For a short time, you can get a massive 30% off the retail price.

Obviously this offer is only on until the 17th of May, and only available from Lulu.com

This offer does not include the signed and sketch in copies of Brides Of Babayka on Etsy, and the second edition will be launch back at normal price, so snap it up at this cut price while you can, folks. I have no intention of keeping the retail price this low for long, so for all those interested, act now.

Again, if people have any questions, I can be reach at the usual email address.

And just a reminder, too, that Babayka Land continues again this weekend. Tune in to find out who’s been left for the Newton and Co to find in that abandon barn this Saturday.  

Also, a big shout out and congrats to Mercedes The Muse, who some people on here may know as the model from my two Skinny-Deeper Ripper pin-ups from last year, who’s just got her movie (Rose And Viktor: No Mercy) picked up by the mighty Troma entertainment, which is very awesome news. So a big congratulations to her.

Brides Of Babayka: Second Edition.

I guess today’s is as good a day as any to drop my first bit of big news in a series of big announcements that are coming your way over the next couple of months.

So (drum roll) one of the big things happening in 2017, is Brides Of Babayka is getting a second edition. The first edition has been around for just over three years now, and I feel now is the right time to retire it and launch a new copy. This new edition will have an all new front and back-cover, as well as some changes inside. A couple of things I’ve wanted to retouch and correct over the last three years, as it were. There’s a couple of bugs in this first edition I’ve been wanting to squash for a while now.

I don’t know how much longer this first printing of Brides Of Babayka is gonna be available to buy. It might be a month or two… it might be sooner… it might be later… but once it’s gone, it’s gone. I’ve still got some copies for any readers who have been flirting with the idea of getting a sign and sketch in copy off me from my online Babayka-Lives store.

So if you’re a collector of first editions, or enough of a Babayka-Lives fan, that it would bug you that you never snapped up the chance to own the first edition when you had the opportunity, you still have a limited time to do so, but be warned, the first edition’s days are numbered. I might put aside a few copies for hardcore collectors down the line, but this most likely will be your last chance to own Brides Of Babayka in its first edition incarnation for retail price, before it’s replace by the second edition. As always, you can find details of how to pick up your copy on Babayka-Lives.

It would be arrogant to imply I think a first edition of Brides Of Babayka might ever be worth something in years to come. That said, this is the first edition of it… and your chance to own a copy is coming to an end very soon. So if you are an first edition junkie… act now, before it’s too late.

Email me at the usual email address if you have an questions or inquires about buying a first edition copy.

Mini-Break.

I know after last week’s cliffhanger, a break in the action is the last thing most people want… but I’m afraid we must squeeze in a quick one before the summer holiday. Give readers a chance to speculate over who it is the strangers have found hanging in the barn.

Enjoy this slightly S&M themed promo above until then.

The Plan.

I’ll happily admit I suck at getting the start date of Babayka-Lives summer breaks right. While year one the webcomic had no break over the summer months, and year two I pretty much timed it perfectly… Last year I screwed up, however, and it didn’t start until the summer was half over, and this year, it looks like I’ve time it wrong again, and the break’s gonna come too soon this year. So to combat this problem, I think after this weekend’s easter instalment (which is like a mini-cliffhanger itself), I’m gonna throw in a quick couple of weeks break. Nothing major, just a bit of a rest until the 6th of May. And then we’ll pick up from there. I always try and aim for June to be the start of the summer break, and doing this will get us pretty close to that.

If the two week break, and the fact we’re getting close to the summer break bums you out a little, fear not. Unlike the last three summer breaks, I plan to make a couple of big announcements while we’re all resting in the sun this year. Firstly, I’ll finally come clean on the secret project I’ve been working on these last several months. I promise the time for revealing all is very close. Also, I might try and find some time this summer to make some kind of digital treat solely for those that do make any Babayka-Lives fan-art. Something I can just email people as a thank you for showing the series some love.

Speaking of fan-art, I’m also flirting with setting out a little challenges, if any readers want to have a bit of fun. Hopefully it won’t be too much of a spoiler, if I reveal that one of the last things to happen in Brides Of Babayka, is Vera announces they’ve had an enquiry from a Canadian female hockey team about visiting the hotel. Babayka Land then opens with the scene of the last surviving member of the hockey team being chase across the countryside and caught by Babayka. I have no plans at this time to ever show what happened between Book One and Book Two, or what horrors befell those poor hockey players. Needless to say it was probably grisly… I’m leaving that one to fan-fiction for now. Should anyone be brave enough to wanna fill in that bit of story themselves with some fan-art or fan-fiction, though… please do. I’d love to see it. I will honestly try and make something digital and exclusive in the coming months, just for those that do create anything, I promise.

And if anyone does take me up on my challenge, please be sure to Note or Email me about your pin-up, etc, so I’m aware of it, and I will check it out. Or let me know if folks have any questions.

So that’s the plan and how things look right now. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for a mini-cliffhanger at Babayka-Lives.com

Fan-Art Request: Update.

A big thank you and shout out to Monica (A.K.A. Pixiefairydust) from Deviantart for stepping up to the Babayka-Lives fan-art challenge and doing this awesome piece you see above.  

I think it’s a scene depicting Alina and Babayka cleaning up after another bachelor has been dispatch back at the hotel. The little details like the bloody handprint on the bed-board, or the washing bowl of bloody water I think are very cool. I love how sultry the Bride looks, and how creepy and otherworldly she got Babayka looking, too.  

It’s also just very cool to see another artist having a go at doing my characters.

I strongly recommend people give Monica’s DA page a look. If only for the sexy Power-Ranger (sorry… Super Serious Sentai) booty in a recent strip she’s been doing, which I’ve been enjoying.

I’ve also started a Babayka-Lives fan-art folder on my DA page that’s looking a little underfed for any and all future fan-art.