At their amazing weekly pace, Rugburn has animated all the episodes that we had previously seen animated and now, for the first time we have episode 5 animated for your enjoyment:

I apologize that you don't have a new episode this week, but I am going to have to use the rest of the time before the 22nd to prepare for Axe Cop's new storyline.  I also have a lot of work to do preparing for my own wedding.  I pretty much just have a lot of work to do in general.  Also, I did this Axe Cop and Flute Cop walnut ink painting and it has less than two days left to bid.

I know some people want to know if this Axe Cop gets Married story will be “canon” and not some gimmick marriage.  No, this is a real Axe Cop story and it really is about Axe Cop looking for a wife.  It has all the stuff you usually get in an Axe Cop book, but it also has Axe Cop's way of approaching things like proposing, how to plan a wedding, etc.  It also involves him becoming an adoptive father.  It may even be more accurate to call this one “Axe Cop Gets a Family”.  

Thanks for all the support as I've posted new comics with Malachai and continued to create more Axe Cop here on this little web site I never would become what it has.  FOX officially announced the  air date for the TV series and the cast of voice actors we've got so far! It's pretty amazing.  Read for yourself. 

I may post some updates or guest episodes before the 22nd, but if not I'll see you back here then. 

Ethan

P.S. Don't miss episode #4 of Axe Cop now on Rugburn!

Here is a new piece I am selling on eBay!

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Alright, I won't have an update for a bit, but I want to tease you on the upcoming story with this image.  

As some of you know, I am currently engaged.  Malachai and I also have two other brothers, Noah and Isaiah who got married in July and September.  Weddings and marriage have been a popular topic, so I asked Malachai if Axe Cop would get married and a new story started.  I'm excited for this one.  I'll post more updates and info as the date comes closer.  

Happy New Year!

Ethan

I'm going to take a break for Christmas.  I'll be updating via the blog about our upcoming story, which will start in mid-January.  Also, don't forget to watch the new Rugburn animated episode #0!

I'm excited to tell you about the new story.  Some of you may have heard about it.  It is the closest thing to a romance you may ever see in the Axe Cop universe.  More on that soon!  I recommend you read the amazing Axe COp Christmas Special, and enjoy…

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Ethan

Sorry friends, but I am visiting Malachai and the family today and did not bring my laptop, so there will not be a new comic today.  So instead we will be answering Ask Axe Cop email and questions in the chat room for a while here this evening very soon!:

Well, though I just shipped off all the commissions that were ordered during the 20 day sale, I have had a lot of people showing interest in them since I have been posting a bunch of them on my Instagram.  So I am re-opening the sale for one more week.  I'll close sales again on December 18th.  Some of this is literally the best ink and brush art I have ever done.  For a lot of these commissions the buyer got a lot more time and effort than they paid for because I got so into the drawing I spent a lot of extra time on it.  I am pretty much up for drawing anything as long as it is not obscene, and I won't do character designs based on your ideas. It needs to be stuff that exists.  I will draw you or someone you love.  Or at least I will do my best.  If you must have your commission in time for Christmas let me know and we can try to make sure that happens.

Today's Ask Axe Cop episode was from an answer I dug up from some notes over a year old.  I liked the mythology of Mt. Saint Helens, the giant toymaker and the indians.  I also was still in ink and brush mode, so I decided to do another episode in traditional ink with some sumi wash for gray tones.  Still rough but I'm having fun.  

If you are interested in buying a larger, more detailed piece of Axe Cop art, I have this 14×17 walnut ink painting of Axe Cop and Wexter, and this one of Axe Cop and Flute Cop.  I'll post more detailed pics soon. If you are interested in buying the original pieces send me an email through the contact page.

Also, if you haven't seen it yet, the new weekly Axe Cop animated comic has started on the new Rugburn channel on Youtube.  Check it out here, share it, and subscribe so you don't miss out on the new weekly video.  

Ethan

The new weekly motion comics series has begun!  Episode one is now up:

I know that for a lot of you, you've seen this first episode done a number of times in various forms of motion comic, live action, interpretive dance…. you name it.  But this is just the first.  Six Point Harness, the animation studio that is partnered with Titmouse animation to create content for the Rugburn channel is animating tons of episodes and they will come out weekly.  So next week, episode 2 and so on.  I've seen early versions of some of the later episodes and these guys get it right.  The cool thing about the motion comics for me is that they are verbatim, straight from the comics.  No reinterpretation or reformatting for TV.  I love the voices they've cast and I like how Flute Cop does a little solo when he introduces himself.

So stay tuned, we will be posting a new episode weekly.  I did the voice of the Vampire Manbabykid, so you have that to look forward to.

Ethan

Ah, I think we all suspected bad guys had their own educational system.  They all seem to try the same things, fall for the same tricks, use the same weapons, wear the same masks.  Well I'm still hard at work on the commissions.  Almost done!  Just need to do the Walnut Ink orders and then I'll ship them all out.

I may open orders up again because I still really need some money for the season and people have shown a lot of interest since I have been posting them on  my Instagram.  If you would be one of those interested parties, let me know.

Good day!

Well, the Axe Cop Documentary Kickstarter has been off to a bit of a slow start but there are a few new incentives… First, Nick Offerman, AKA Ron Swanson from Parks & Rec, who has his own woodshop has told us that he is going to carve us a one-of-a-kind replica of Axe Cop's axe out of mahogany.  It will have his, Malachai's and my signature burned into it.  He is also going to contribute 5 hand-carved mustache combs with Axe Cop's insignia on them.  On top of that, there is a shirt and print in the offerings, but no designs has been posted.  Well here it is!  This design can only be attained by being a backer of the film on Kickstarter.  I called Malachai and asked him to tell me some of the awesome kicks Axe Cop is capable of.  I put my favorites onto this design.  It's sort of like one of those posters of moves Axe Cop has hanging in his station (click to enlarge):

The shirt will have 6 of the kicks on it, the 11×17 print will be what you see above.  In this video Nancy documented the creation of this shirt:

As for today's Ask Axe Cop, I have been hard at work on the commissions.  I have been snapping pics of them on my Instagram as I complete them.  I was so into inking with real ink that I decided to do today's episode the old fashioned way.  This is the first time I have drawn a comic in pure pencil and ink since around 2006 or 7, so it is a little rough but it was fun and it has some charm.  I should have worked bigger, and probably used india ink instead of Sumi, but I like the grays.  Once again, Ask Axe Cop has produced some new characters I really want to see more of.  Last week it was Officer Lighting and Sergeant McQueen.  This week we have El Fuego, El Stupendo Patata and Vegtee-Bull.  I think a more detailed story of El Fuego's road to El Patata should be on the to-do list.

That's all for this week.  Thanks for stopping by!

Ethan