What a week!  If you read the last blog, you saw the new animated sample of the Axe Cop animated series, due to air on FOX Saturday nights next summer!  I also mentioned I just got engaged.  My life is kind of amazing right now.  However, despite all this success, life is expensive and Christmas is right around the corner (and so is a wedding!) so I am once again having a commission sale!

Please take this opportunity to buy some original art from me!  I do it all in one big art frenzy and it usually ends up being some of my best original art. Also, this is the last time I will do one of these sales before the TV show comes out.  There is a chance things will be so hectic by next year I won't have time to do this, so if you want a piece of Axe Cop art, now is the time!  I am pretty flexible about requests and I think the only charcater I would refuse to draw for you would be Every Man from President of the World #3, that is, unless you paid me a million dollars.  Check out the gallery of some of last year's favorites.

Today's episode of Ask Axe Cop features owls.  They are a pain to draw and I admit I used a lot of photo reference.  I like this episode and I look forward to seeing the owls help Axe Cop on a night mission someday.  I don't look forward to drawing it, but I look forward to it regardless.

I'm going to post that video one more time for good measure.  Please share the heck out of it!

Ethan

It's been pretty awesome to be me lately.  Last week I proposed to the love of my life and she agreed to be my future wife!  Then just a few days later, for the first time in my life, I get to see my own work animated.  FOX/ADHD has released this special clip from the Axe Cop animated series as a teaser for the coming series next summer!

I'm kind of amazed this is the first time we have really explored the ocean in the Axe Cop Universe.  We have been to the beach many times, but not in the deep blue sea.  I'm interested to find out more about the heroes and bad guys that live way out there in the ocean. 

If you live in or near Nashville, come see me at GMX this weekend.  Fair warning, I probably will not be there on Sunday, so come see me Friday or Saturday! 

Ethan

Yes, Uncle Axe.  I hope we see more of this character.  I know he is fictional, even within the Axe Cop universe, but Axe Cop could easily wish upon a unicorn horn that he be made real and join his team.  It would be special to see Axey and his childhopod hero out fighting crimes together. 

Well, I forgot to post this, but I am going to be in Nashville at GMX at the end of this month, so if you live out there, come see me, buy some comics and harass me at panels!

Ethan

The time has come for one of the more significant revelations about Axe Cop to be made.  Please make sure to read Ask Axe cop #73 (today's installment) before you read this blog.  Axe Cop is bald.  It's true.  I think it's rare for a hero of Axey's fame to be bald, but he gets away with it because he hides it.  Axe Cop fights a lot of battles, but sometimes he loses his battle with his own self confidence when it comes to that bald head.

Well, my plan is to release Ask Axe Cop questions weekly until we reach 100, so if you have burning questions, now is the time to send them in (please use the form on this page). 

Also, the official Axe Cop costume is out now and can purchased in various stores and right here online.

Thanks for keeping up with the Cop.  See you next week.

Ethan

Alright, it took a while, but the tale of the Dogs has been told.  Thanks for sticking with us!

Malachai just returned home from spending two weeks with me.  We did a lot of writing together.  Started some new stories up, worked on a bunch of Ask Axe Cop questions, sold books and did panels at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, OR, Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles, did a panel at Riot LA, did a couple interviews, played mini golf, went to Legoland, saw a magic show,spent $95 at the dollar store buying writing props… and we did homework because he took two weeks off of school to work on Axe Cop.

So what's next?  It's time to dive back into Ask Axe Cop.  I want to reach my goal of at least completing 100 of those things.  Who knows, we may do many more, but I want to make the 100 question goal.  So, since I just finished a story I am going to take one week off, then jump into weekly Ask Axe Cop comics. 

On another note, not that he needs my help, but my good friend Doug TenNapel is doing a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to do a 250 page hardcover sketchbook project.  He's already surpassed his goal but if this looks cool to you, you should back it!  This further inspires me to try to to do my own Kickstarter project some day soon.

Ethan

Hey Head Choppers,

If you live anywhere near the Los Angeles area, you should come down to Riot LA on Saturday.  As part of the festival, Malachai and I will be joining the Axe Cop TV series producer, Nick Weidenfeld for an “Ask Axe Cop” live discussion panel.  It's going to be a lot of fun.  More information on when and where is here.

I mentioned a couple weeks back that my engine in my car fried and I may do a commission sale to raise money to pay for it.  A couple days later a surprise royalty check for book sales came in that more than covered my expenses!  It was pretty amazing.  So I am going to hold off on the commission sale and save it for Christmas like I usually do.

Malachai has been here with me in Los Angeles for over a week now.  We have been working on new material.  THE DOGS only has one page left.  Once it is done, we will focus on Ask Axe Cop for a while.

Ethan

Yes, in a surprise turn of events, Axe Cop defeats his enemies with kindness.  Of course, that kindness leads to the utter horror and annihilation of an innocent planet of mice, but it's still a happy ending.  Not that this is THE end. There is still a couple pages left.

Malachai is with me right now.  He came down to Los Angeles with me to hang out and write some new material and go on adventures and stuff.  I am going to try to fulfill his dream of going to Lego Land next weekend.  We have a number of things on our plate while he is here. If you live in So Cal, come see us at Comikaze Expo or Riot LA.

We will also be checking out progress on the new animated series together.  We watched the first animatic for the fist episode together the other day and both agreed it was awesome.
  See you next week!

Ethan

Finally, we are back in business.  I know I said that would happen last tuesday, but I forgot last Tuesday was my birthday and I didn't realize my birthday fell on a tuesday until I had already celebrated it, so I apologize for the invonvenience.  I ask for your forgiveness as my birthday present.  I am probably going to be doing a commission soon because I just fried the motor in my car.  Could be a good early Christmas present.  So keep it in mind and I will post soon about it.  Thanks for reading!!

Ethan

Hello head Choppers,

Enjoy a new guest episode from Ray Friesen today of www.DontEatAnyBugs.com.
 

Also… next week, we're back!  Finally, the last three pages of THE DOGS will post weekly starting next tuesday.  Thanks for your patience.  If you have not gone to the comic shop to pick up Axe Cop: President of the World yet, please do!  Issue #1 was released at the end of last month and issue #2 ships out soon.  This series was a lot of fun.  If you liked Bad Guy Earth you will love this one. 

See you next tuesday and thanks to Ray for the guest episode!

Ethan