Ah, another week off.  Thanks Tom!  Here is the second part of the guest episode starring Axe Cop and Super Charlotte.  I love this.  I think the moment Spider Mouth uses his power is my favorite.  Thanks again to Tom and his neice for this special guest episode.  It's truly classic.

As I mentioned last week, check out Tom's band Lich King and his awesome art!

We'll pick back up with the Dogs next week.  See you then!

Ethan

And that's that.  We'll pick find out what happens next in a week!  Thanks Tom!

Ethan

As I warned last week, this week and next week's updates will be this two part guest episode by Tom Martin and his neice, Charlotte.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.  To me Tom hits all it out of the park in multiple areas.  The timing, the art, the conveying of a story told by a child... he captures it.  I don't know why Tom isn't drawing comics full time, this stuff is excellent!

I just finished the first issue of the upcoming Axe Cop print miniseries this weekend.  I'm so much more excited about it now that this first issue is done.  I can't wait to release the cover. 

If you enjoyed Tom's work, please check out his other stuff.  On top of being an artist, he is in a thrash metal band called Lich King.

And that's that.  We'll pick find out what happens next in a week!  Thanks Tom!

Ethan

You didn't think these cats would go down that easy did you?  They have only begun to fight. 

You are probably wondering how they became mummies, and where those red glowing diamonds in their chests came from.  All that will be explained, but the next two weeks I am going to give this story a break and feature a two-part guest episode by a guy named Tom Martin who managed to make one of the funniest guest episodes I have ever seen, written by his 7 year old niece.  I need the break, because Christmas set me back quite a bit and I really need to focused on getting the first issue of the new Axe Cop print miniseries done so I can get another check on its way.  Usually I do a few pages of each comic I am working on, but for now I need to reach a certain amount of pages on this project as soon as possible then I can get back to normal.  You may be bummed, but trust me on this, this guest episode feels like the real thing, Tom and his niece pulled it off.

For those of you in Los Angeles, you may remember that we did an "Axeiversary" last year at the end of January at Melt Down comics.  We are going to do an event again this year, but I am moving it to the release of Axe Cop volume 3 because I don't have the time or funds to put together an event right now.  So stay tuned, if you live in southern California, we will have another event.  Last year's was a blast and I hope to have just as much fun this time around.

Munchkin Axe Cop seemed to be a huge hit over Christmas.  Steve Jackson says it has been one of the best selling Munchkin games.  My family played an impassioned game of Munchkin when I visited, and though we kept getting the rules all wrong, it was still fun.

So, I'll see you next week with the first of the two part guest episode, then we will get back to the Dogs.  Have an Axe-tastic week.

Ethan

The title of this blog refers to an unused Ask Axe Cop answer I got from Malachai where I asked how Axe Cop would pastor a church.  He didn't have a lot of material for that one beleive it or not, but he did say the congregation would sing "We All Love Jesus in the Happy New Year" over and over.  I don't know if that is a real song.

Well if you follow the Facebook or Twitter accounts you may know that I ran into trouble with my laptop over my Christmas visit so I couldn't make anything new last week.  It's ok it, it was a nice break and I had a good time with my family.  I actually made it a point not to use this trip to get Axe Cop material out of Malachai.  I wanted to make sure he knew I still visited just because I love the family and not to get Axe Cop stories.  So we mostly just played video games, though at one point Malachai spontaneously started making up an Axe Cop story and I started writing it down, so I did get some bonus material after all.

I am currently sitting at my new compyter, earned using commission money.   Thanks again to everyone who ordered those. If you ordered one and did not receive it, you should have by now (unless you live in some remote foreign country). I had one person email me who it turned out I totally skipped.  Hopefully there isn't more of those.

Alright, enjoy your installment of the Dogs, it's just starting to get good.

Ethan

I'm heading off for my Christmas visit.  This seems to be happening to me a lot lately but I just typed this blog and lost it so I am going to make this very short.  Enjoy today's page and enjoy the holidays.  I am giving Kailey, our colorist, next week off for Christmas but I MAY draw a special Christmas episode while I am visiting for nostalgia's sake.  Have a merry Christmas and see you next time.

Ethan