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New York Comic Con

Brock Beauchamp
October 15, 2012

The site has been dark for quite some time now and after spending the weekend in New York attending NYCC, I thought everyone was due for an update. First, the comic update… I’ve been toiling away on the script for issue two of Declension and despite my best efforts, the issue continues to balloon in size. There is simply too much story to tell in a mere 20-24 pages and the issue has already jumped to 28 pages and it’s looking more and more as if I’ll be forced to settle at 32 pages by the time everything is wrapped... View Article

Variables is going to go dark… TEMPORARILY

Brock Beauchamp
June 8, 2012

This is something I’ve been contemplating for awhile but I think it’s time to pull the trigger on the idea. Variables is going to go dark for a period of time. Initially, I planned to do this at the end of the second issue but after struggling through page 15 (partially pencilled as of this writing), I’ve noticed that I need to stop production and study up on a few things for a month or two. Over the past year, my art has improved tenfold. But after switching back to the detectives storyline with page 15, I realize that I... View Article

You’ve got red on you

Brock Beauchamp
May 29, 2012

This is the last Blake page of the issue! After this, we finally move back to the detectives in Atlanta, who I haven’t had the pleasure of drawing since early in the summer of 2011. I’ve started work on Variables: Flux 1992 but what you see here is the last completed page I have for Variables. That means I need to get back to drawin’ and push ahead before I can work on re-formatting the comic so don’t expect to see that posted for several more weeks. That’s about all I have this morning. Click through the image below to... View Article

Introducing Variables:Flux!

Brock Beauchamp
May 24, 2012

Some of you know that I’ve never been satisfied with how comics are presented online. Most of the time, they’re a direct scan of a comic page, with no distinction made for the new possibilities granted us with the electronic medium. It’s a click, read, click, reload, scroll, repeat affair that jars the reader out of the experience of the reading process. Part of this problem is the layout of comic pages themselves, others are what I believe to be a lack of foresight within the comic creating community. Why are we replicating what is already available on the printed... View Article

The test goes… poorly

Brock Beauchamp
May 22, 2012

I debated back and forth on whether to update Variables at all today because I’ve spent the past two days working on a huge project that will greatly affect how you read the comic. I don’t know if I will switch the comic to this format entirely or run both it and the format you see here for awhile to gauge reader response. I’ll have more details on it for Thursday’s update, along with an issue for you to read using the new system. It’s pretty awesome and I’m excited to roll it out in full force. This week’s update... View Article

SpringCon 2012

Brock Beauchamp
May 18, 2012

If you’ve been following the site, you probably know that I’m going to be tabling for the first time at SpringCon in St Paul this weekend. The show takes place at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds so if you’re in the area, be sure to come by and visit. For a smallish convention, it packs in loads of top-shelf artists, including Mitch Gerads of The Activity, Christopher Jones of Young Justice, Dan Jurgens (the guy who got to draw dead Superman), Paul Taylor (Wapsi Square), and many others. You can find details and the entire guest list by clicky-clickying the above... View Article