Winter's Tales

This project is led by Kelly Sue DeConnick (kellysue.com) and Winter Cameron. But you can play along too. For more information start at http://kellysue.com/2012/08/07/winters-tale/

[kellysue]

So, only 2 of you — Christian Sager and Michael Link — gave me permission to print your Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar art in Winter’s book.  That’s fine with me, but I’m putting this up one last time in case there’s anybody who just didn’t see it.  

[winterstales]

I'm running them off tonight, so you have a couple hours if you want to get in under the wire. 

[winterstales]

Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar: Plan B

Okay, so.  

I'm not going to repeat the whole start of the story.  You can read it here if you want.

The short version is that I am collaborating with a lovely young girl on a project called NINJA PRINCESS ZOMBIE ROCKSTAR.  I'm writing, she's drawing and we've invited the internet to play along with us -- illustrating our book one panel at a time.

We met at Heroes Con in Charlotte last year, and I had hoped to have our book finished by Heroes Con THIS year, where we would sell our little mini comic for a modest price and swap it with those of you who chose to play along for your versions. 

Aaaaaaaand then I had the busiest year of my professional life.  

Aaaaaaaand I tried to use Tumblr to organize the project, which, though I have undying love for Tumblr, wasn't the best plan. (Tumblr's rapid refresh made it confusing to follow.  I likely could have done something to make it more stable/easier to follow using the static pages, but I didn't put that together until things were already under way.)

So, long-story-long -- 

We ain't done.  Heroes Con is 2 weeks away and we ain't gonna GET done in time.  

BUT, I am not emotionally prepared or equipped to give up on this or to fail to meet my commitment, so here's what I'm thinking. 

I'm going to do a copy shop print run of a little booklet that includes the story of how the project came to be, the script thus far, Winter's art thus far, script for a couple of new panels and an invitation for you (and/or your children) to join us. 

If any of you who have played already want to give me permission to include your work (which we will claim no ownership of) in our booklet as well, email me links to your panels, your express permission, your name and your home page url, if you have one.  

Winter, who will be tabling with me for at least part of the weekend, will sell her little booklet to you for the low, low price of $1... with all the proceeds marked for Winter's college fund. I bet she'll sign it too.  

After I talk to her dad, I'll find out when she can be at the table and I'll put post the times. 

After this year's heroes con, we'll resume the project--hopefully with some new folks joining in--and I'll see if I can come up with a better interface than the Tumblr blog I'm using now. Probably just creating some pages on said Tumblr blog, but I'm going to see if I can talk Laurenn into advising me here. 

Okay.  That all make sense? 

[kellysue]

Well, this couldn’t be more up my alley if it moved in down the street.  

If you’ve been on the fence about supporting the Kickstarter for the graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton, THIS SHOULD BE YOUR TIPPING POINT.  

I want this book for Tallulah. Hell, I want this book for me. 

(Which reminds me, we have to talk about Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar this week…) 

[wintervc-blog]

Winter’s Tales page 2. #princessninja #winterstales

[winterstales]

Greatest thing ever. 

[astronaut-detectives]

Winter’s Tale: Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar - Page 3

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[winterstales]

Awesome.

[cpedro-illustration]

Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar (aka, Winter’s Tale) page 3. Decided to play a bit more with the inking on this one.

[winterstales]

If you're not familiar with the Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar project, start here. 

Page 1, Panel 1

Page 1, Panel 2

More

[indicommonstale-blog]

Page 3 of Winters Tale using indicommons pictures.  The Page 3 script is included with 1 & 2. 

The panels here were created by cutting up and pasting images from museums and archives around the world.  This time out:

Open Air Theater for Children Buenos Aires

Samoerai / Samurai

LADIES HOME JOURNAL

N_2012_5_085 (Doc Watson)

[cpedro-illustration]

Winter’s Tale page 2 inks

[winterstales]

Spent lunch developing a character study for "Rock" from @kellysue's #winterstale project. Lots of feathers and corpse paint.

— Christian Sager (@christiansager) December 11, 2012

[cpedro-illustration]

blue pencils for the second page of Winter’s tale.

[kellysue]

Fantastic!

[aerinsol-blog]

And page 2! For this project: http://winterstales.tumblr.com/

The lineart is a bit messier for this one.

[aerinsol-blog]

Edited my first two panels into one page! For this project: http://winterstales.tumblr.com/

[winterstales]

[Doodle] Princess Ninja and Meowser by ~ksolaris

[astronaut-detectives]

Winter’s Tale: Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar - Page 2, Panel 3

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[astronaut-detectives]

Winter’s Tale: Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar - Page 2, Panel 2

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[astronaut-detectives]

So here is my page 2 panel 1 of Winter’s Tale: Ninja Princess Zombie Rockstar.  I thought I’d break it down by panel just so that each one shows up nicely on a phone. 

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[indicommonstale-blog]

Script has been released for Page 2.  (What’s going on? Read this.)

The panels here were created by cutting up and pasting images from the (awesome) indicommons feed:

Piano voor aan bed gebonden zieken / Piano for the bedridden

Portrait of Eve Knight, between 1938 and 1948 (LOC)

Photo of Socks the Cat Perched on the Backseat of a Van: 09/16/1993

Accordionist in a Polka Band at the Gibbon Ballroom at Gibbon, Minnesota, 20 Miles North of New Ulm…

Portrait of Lilyann Carol, National studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1946 (LOC)

(Another) Portrait of Eve Knight, between 1938 and 1948 (LOC)