I am now offering copies of my new book "Draw, Monkey!" for $10.00 each via my Big Cartel store: [link]

I am also selling "Artist Editions" of "Draw, Monkey" for $20.00 each. The buyer will get a signed copy of the book as well as one of the original drawings featured in the book: [link]

The book contains 25 pen and marker sketches as well as 25 corresponding "micro-stories" for each drawing. This book will be manga sized (5"x7.5") and square bound. Here are a few sample layouts for the 52 page book:



-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

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Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

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Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

I am now offering copies of my new book "Draw, Monkey!" for $10.00 each via my Big Cartel store: [link]

I am also selling "Artist Editions" of "Draw, Monkey" for $30.00 each. The buyer will get a signed copy of the book as well as one of the original drawings featured in the book: [link]

The book contains 25 pen and marker sketches as well as 25 corresponding "micro-stories" for each drawing. This book will be manga sized (5"x7.5") and square bound. Here are a few sample layouts for the 52 page book:



-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

I will be selling 25 "Artist Editions" of "Draw, Monkey", my 2012 sketchbook, for $30.00 each. The buyer will get a signed copy of the book as well as one of the original drawings featured in the book.

The book contains 25 pen and marker sketches as well as 25 corresponding "micro-stories" for each drawing. This book will be manga sized (5"x7.5") and square bound. Here are a few sample layouts for the 52 page book:



If you're interested in one of the Artist Editions, send me an e-mail with the subject "Draw, Monkey! Artist Edition". These are first come first served and 7 have already been spoken for!

E-Mail: otisframpton@yahoo.com

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

Last night I got one of the thrills of my life when I got to meet Weird Al Yankovic backstage after his show here in Minneapolis! I've been an Al fan since I first heard the "Weird Al" In 3-D album in 1984 and I've been a big fan ever since. I only have two artists' full libraries on my iPhone, The Beatles and Al. So yeah, I'm a fan.

Not only did I get to see him perform live (my fifth time seeing him), but I got to give him and his drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz copies of my "Meeting Al" piece:



Both Al and Jon were awesome and I can't thank them enough for allowing me and my friend Natalie to meet them. I want to say a special thanks to Jon, who could not have been kinder or friendlier, for responding to Natalie's e-mail about possibly meeting the king of parody. Jon suprised me by saying "he doesn't know you're here, he's gonna love this". I was really honored to be able to give them both print copies of my piece.

Just before Jon snapped a photo of the three of us Al turned to me and told me I should send my piece to someone at Gallery 1988, where he had just done a show. "Your work is as good as anything I saw there", he said. I remember nothing after that. Just white noise. Those words will be burned in my brain forever.

Al and Jon were kind enough to chat with Natalie and I for a few minutes while other meet-and-greeters waited and I can't thank them enough for making the experience a memorable one.

What a great night.

Here are Natalie and I before the show. Me with my print and Natalie dressed as the "dental hygienist with a spatula tattooed on her arm" from "The Weird Al Show Theme":



The only photo I took during the show. This was during their encore, while they performed "The Saga Begins" with members of the 501st in costume on stage with them:



The backstage pass:



Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, Al's drummer (he's been with Al since the beginning) and all around nice guy:



Meeting Al!



Here's Al signing copies of my "Meeting Al" print for me and Natalie.



Thanks again to Al & Jon and thanks to you for reading!

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

There are just three days left to the "Oddly Normal 2.0" Kickstarter campaign! I can't believe how fast the clock has run down. It really does feel like I was nervously launching this project yesterday.

I'd like to make one final push to get the word out about the campaign. I would ask everyone to please post a link to the project page on their Twitter, Facebook or blog pages: [link]

Obviously I've already reached and exceeded my goal. I'm thrilled beyond words about that!  But I'd love to get as many books into people's hands as possible.... and remember, if you pledge $25.00 or more you get a special printed copy of the final book!

Thanks in advance for spreading the word!

One last thing...on Tuesday (the last day of the campaign) at 9:00AM CST, I'll be doing a 3 hour webcast to count down the final hours. I'll be finishing the poster I've been working on and maybe showing off some roughs for new pages. I hope to see some of you in the Ustream chat room: [link]

Thanks for everything, folks. This has been a great experience for me and I can't wait to start showing off my work on the new book!

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

Well, I was saddened to see that one of the bigger pledges was canceled this past week, but I understand that circumstances can change and I appreciate the thought behind the initial offering. But...thanks to other very generous pledges, the total amount has still gone UP!

With just one week left in the "Oddly Normal 2.0" campaign, the total amount pledged is $7704.00!:



Thanks so much to Rich, Stu, Alison, John and Riaz  for their generous pledges!

Thanks also to David for increasing his pledge amount!

And remember, if you have pledged less than $25, you have one week left to increase your pledge to get the book as a reward. There are currently 33 backers who can do this, just FYI.

I'll be doing some sketching for the project (working on the poster Kickstarter reward) live on my webcast tomorrow night (Wedneday) at 8PM CST: [link] If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

I worked on the poster reward last week on my webcast. You can watch video of it here: [link]

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc!

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

With two weeks left in the "Oddly Normal 2.0" campaign, the total amount pledged is $7674.00!:



Thanks so much to Jenny, David, Patrick, Brandon, Linda, Movet and Amber for their generous pledges!

Thanks also to Daniel and Martha for increasing their pledge amounts!

And remember, if you have pledged less than $25, you can always do the same to get the book as a reward. There are currently 32 backers who can do this, just FYI.

I'll be doing some sketching for the project (working on the poster Kickstarter reward) live on my webcast tonight at 8PM CST: [link] If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc!

-Otis

****



Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

A couple of moths ago I posted some Big Bang Theory artwork that was meant to be used in a series of a local TV spots. Unfortunately, the series of ads got canceled, but not before two of them were completed. I have been given permission to show them off online as part of my own promotion.

The two spots feature these images:



Go here to see my gallery of Big Bang Theory pieces: [link]

Go here to watch the two completed spots: [link]

Thanks for watching and for the kind words and faves for all of my Big Bang Theory artwork!

-Otis


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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

With exactly three weeks left in the "Oddly Normal 2.0" campaign, the total amount pledged is $7399.00!:



Thanks so much to Stormy, chouck, Regi, Peter, Andrew, Harry, Evilgeniuslady, Mihir, Nicholas, PJ, GDM_online, Sacha, Daniel, JMJones, Bjorn, Stephen, Stuart and Jeffery for their generous pledges!

Thanks also to Paul for increasing hi pledge amount to qualify for the new $25+ pledge reward of the final printed book!

And remember, if you have pledged less than $25, you can always do the same to get the book as a reward. There are currently 31 backers who can do this, just FYI.

I did some sketching for the project live on my webcast last Thursday (I was unable to broadcast on Tuesday, my regular day for this). Here are the recordings from the show:

[link]

[link]

Don't forget to join me on my Tuesday night "Oddly Normal 2.0" webcasts at 8PM CST: [link] If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

I've been doing sketching off the webcast and I hope to start showing that to all of you very soon. Most of this sketching deals with new scenes, setting and ideas for the book.

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc: [link]

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

Hello, again. I've decided to only do updates about the current pledge total every Monday from this point on.

Here's the current total:



Many thanks to our newest backers . . . Tim, Jeremie, Daniel, Dan, Ben, Shervyn, Ryan, Lisa, Miroatme, Christoph, Coolb, Ong, Jessica, Shannon, James, Rachel, Danielle, Daniel, sgllama, Susan, Kathryn, Zabuni, Matt and Stephen!

And thanks to Jimi for increasing his pledge to take advantage of the new reward!

Since hitting the $6000.00 level, the most popular reward option by far has been the $25.00 level, which means that people are interested in owning a copy of the book. And that's great! I hope to get as many copies out there as possible to Kickstarter backers.

Don't forget to join me on my Tuesday night "Oddly Normal 2.0" webcasts at 8PM CST: [link] If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc! [link]

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

The pledges reached and passed $6000.00 today, which means that everyone who pledged $25 or more will get a copy of the final book in printed form featuring a special alternate cover!



Thanks go out to Rhonda, Todd, Brian, Arul, Fergus, Jason, James, Tim, Dan and Dominic for their generous pledges.  Thanks also to Chris and Matthew for raising their original pledge amounts. You all put the campaign over the top and allowed for the unlockable reward options to go into effect!

There will be no more unlockable rewards from this point on. As I said before, all funding above and beyond the original $5000 goal would go to printing copies of the book as well as helping to fund other rewards.

Thanks again to everyone who pledged to support "Oddly Normal 2.0"! Go here to read all about the campaign: [link]

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

The "Oddly Normal 2.0" Kickstarter campaign has been fully funded in just one week! [link]

Thanks go out to coffinail, BKramer, Dave, Tim, Kirsten, Brad, Leandro (for raising his pledge!), Molly, Jussi, Thanun, Jamie for their generous pledges, taking the project past the original funding goal!



And thanks once again to all of my friends, family and well wishers who supported this project with contributions. Your kindness will allow me to take time away from commission and freelance work to bring Oddly Normal back to life.

But . . .

There are still 36 days left in this campaign! I honestly thought that the Kickstarter pledge drive would be a nail-biter, one that would only achieve full funding in the last days. And that's one reason why I chose a 45 day window for the project. But you have all blown my expectations out of the water.

That's why, as I said in an earlier update, that new funding goals, with the intention of paying for a print run of the final book to be used as Kickstarter rewards would go into effect after the original goal of $5000 was reached.

And here we are, so true to my word, the new goal of $6000 has gone into effect. If $5500 or more is pledged by February 15th, everyone who pledged $50 or more will get a copy of the final book. And if $6000 or more is pledged by February 15th, everyone who pledged $25 or more will get a copy of the final book. Just to be clear . . . the final book will be in addition to the original rewards, not in place of them!

My goal has been met; I will now have time to work on the book. Now it's time to raise money toward improving the reward packages for all of you who chose to support this project (and for those who choose to contribute between now and February 14th).

Thank you all so much.

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

Okay, as I said in previous updates, I've been thinking about how to expand the reward options now that it looks like I may reach my original goal of raising $5000.00 in pledges.

My primary goal in starting the "Oddly Normal 2.0" Kickstarter campaign was to raise money to allow me to take time off from freelance jobs to work on a new Oddly book. But I honestly thought that if I achieved that goal it would most likely be by the skin of my teeth and via many, many small donations. Instead, it looks like I'll hit the target early and with a few large donations.

That being said, if the pledges go above and beyond the $5000.00 goal during the next 39 days, I would like to use the money to do a print-on-demand run of the finished book for certain pledge levels.

Here's a breakdown of what I had in mind:

    If the campaign raises $5500.00 or more, everyone who pledged $50.00 or more will receive a signed copy of the final book with a special alternate cover (as opposed the the cover that will be used for the published version with original line art given to the person who pledged $2000.00).
    And if the campaign raises $6000.00 or more, everyone who pledged $25.00 or more will receive a signed copy of the final book with a special alternate cover (as opposed the the cover that will be used for the published version with original line art given to the person who pledged $2000.00).

I would most likely print the book through [link] , a print-on-demand service I have used before. The book would be full color, manga-sized and , as stated above, with a special cover that will be used only for this version of the book.

If these "unlockable reward" levels are reached, I will no longer be creating a special printing of the first two chapters (which is the current reward for the $200 and above levels). That reward would be nullified in favor of the complete book.

I think that if I can reach those pledge totals and begin offering copies of the final book, I will be able to raise even more money in pledges, which will help to pay for the cost of rewards at all levels and give me even more time to work on the book.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on these potential unlockable rewards. Please leave a comment or send me a message on the Kickstarter campaign page: [link]

Thanks for reading.

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

I really didn't plan to make this many updates regarding funding totals because frankly I didn't think I'd be this far until the very end of the campaign, but . . .

After only 3 days, the "Oddly Normal 2.0" Kickstarter campaign is 80% funded with a total amount of $4015.00 in pledges!



Big thanks go out to Ronn, Matthew, James, Manuel, Leandro, Ingrid, Dani, John, Ryan, Cynthia, Jeff, Brian, M.D., Matthew, Martha, Tivi, Paul, Sara, Stephen, Patrick, Karen, Michael, Ryan, Thomas and George for their generous pledges!

Thanks also go out to the staff of Kickstarter.com . . . yesterday they made the "Oddly Normal 2.0" campaign a "Staff Pick" and today the project was featured on the main page! I really appreciate the exposure this has given the campaign!

As I near my funding goal so early in the campaign (41 days to go), I've started to consider the possibility of exceeding my expectations and raising more funds than I anticipated. I'll have more information if/when the project gets to that point, but just know that it I raise more money that I intended that I will add or modify reward options to reflect it.

Go here to visit my Kickstarter page and read all about the project: [link]

Thanks, everyone!

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

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Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

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Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

Well, just 2 days into the campaign it is already 28% funded! That's amazing. Thanks so much to Mary, Danielle, Lara, Chris, Ronn, Matthew, James, Manuel, Leandro, Ingrid, Dani, John, Ryan, Cynthia, Jeff and Brian for their generous pledges!

The total amount pledged now stands at $1440.00, with 42 days to go:



In other "Oddly Normal 2.0" news . . .

I'd like to announce that for the duration of the Kickstarter campaign I will be doing special Tuesday night shows on my live Ustream webcast where I will be sketching characters and scenes from the new book as well as answering questions about the project or the pledge drive that anyone may have. So feel free to stop by the chat room at 8PM CST tonight to discuss "Oddly Normal 2.0": [link]

I'll be embedding the video from these special webcasts on the Kickstarter updates page, so even if you miss it, you can still watch a recording.

And, as always, please help spread the word about the "Oddly Normal 2.0" Kickstarter campaign by posting links to the project on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Thanks!

Go here to visit my Kickstarter page and read all about the project: [link]

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

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Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

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Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

After many months of planning, I have finally launched my first Kickstarter campaign to help me bring "Oddly Normal" back to the world of comics and graphic novels.

Go here to visit my Kickstarter page and read all about the project: [link]

Thanks for reading and I hope that you choose to become a backer!

-Otis

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Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

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Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

Issue #1 of my webcomic Escape From Planet Nowhere is now available for purchase as a digital download (PDF) at The Illustrated Section! After downloading the issue, you can read it on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone.
Issue #1 contains Part 1 of the webcomic (27 pages), behind the scenes info & images as well as a gallery of guest art from Dani Jones (My Sister The Freak), Mike Maihack (Cleopatra In Spaaace!) and Grant Gould ("The Wolves of Odin").

43 pages. Full color.

All for just $.99!

Go here to purchase the comic, see a preview or write a review: [link]

Thanks in advance!

-Otis

****

Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

****

Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

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COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

I passed 300,000 visitors today and devientART and I just wanted to thank everyone who took a moment to visit my page and view my work. I really appreciate all of the faves and kind words lately about my recent submissions.

Thanks for 300k, everyone!

-Otis

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Read my webcomic "The Song of Xanthia" here on DA starting here:



Visit "The Song of Xanthia" website: [link]

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Read my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" here on DA starting here:



Visit the "Escape From Planet Nowhere" website: [link]

****

COMMISSION STATUS (Dec. 6th, 2011):

Due to my comic workload, I am not currently taking on commission work.

Please check back after the new year when I may open up commissions again.

You can go here to read about my commission pricing and options: [link]

Thanks!

Part 1 of my webcomic "Escape From Planet Nowhere" is complete!  Here are the last 3 pages:





Part 2 begins next week:



Thanks for reading!

-Otis

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I am currently offering the following options for ordering commissions and original artwork from me:

• Big Fat Digital Commissions: A single character, digitally-colored 7.5"x14" piece for $150 (You will receive a high-resolution digital file of the final colored piece). The piece can include text upon request. Add $25 for each additional character.

I will never use Digital Commission images as prints/posters to be sold or in any other way distribute the high resolution files for reproduction. Only the buyer of the Digital Commission and myself will ever have access or permission to print or make copies of the final image. This policy serves to make ownership of a Digital Commission unique to the buyer in the same way that a traditional ink & marker drawing would be. I will only use low-res versions of the final images for online promotion to encourage further sales and as samples in my general art portfolio.

Here are my most recent Big Fat Digital Commissions:



• Big Tall Digital Commissions: New! A single character, digitally-colored 11"x17" piece for $150 (You will receive a high-resolution digital file of the final colored piece). The piece can include text upon request. Add $25 for each additional character. This format is ideal for poster or comic book cover style images.

Here are my most recent Big Tall Digital Commissions:



• Standard Sized Digital Commissions: New! A single character, digitally-colored 8.5"x11" (tall) piece for $75 (You will receive a high-resolution digital file of the final colored piece). These commissions will feature single characters with an abstract/color background. No scenes and no text. Here are a couple of samples of my Standard Sized Digital Commissions:



• 9"x12" Pen & Marker Commissions: An original, full-color piece of artwork featuring one character drawn on 9"x12" Bristol with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers (and sometimes watercolor) for $100. Add $25 for each additional character. Here are a couple of my most recent Pen & Marker Commissions:



Note: For both traditional and digital commissions, I will be working on 3 commissions per week. I will be taking one month's worth of orders at a time and placing subsequent requests on a waiting list. This means that you will only be charged when I am ready to put you on my schedule and no one will have to wait more than one month for an order to be completed. I will complete each order live on my artcast so that the buyer can see some of their commission being created.

• Big Fat Sketch Cards: These wide-format cards are available through special sales that I announce through my website. The next sale starts on May 8th, 2010.

• 7-7-Sunday Commissions Drawn Live: Every Sunday night at 9PM EST I offer these commissions for purchase via my artcast. Go HERE for more information! Go HERE to view the 7-7-Sunday gallery!

I only accept PayPal payments.

If you have a commission request (or any questions) please send me an email at otis@otisframpton.com and write "Commission Request/Question" in the subject line. Thanks!

-Otis

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"Escape From Planet Nowhere" resumes regular updates today!

Here's the new page:



Sorry for being away from the webcomic world for so long, folks.

-Otis

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I am currently offering the following options for ordering commissions and original artwork from me:

• Big Fat Digital Commissions: A single character, digitally-colored 7.5"x14" piece for $150 (You will receive both the original line art and a high-resolution digital file of the final colored piece). The piece can include text upon request. Add $25 for each additional character.

I will never use Digital Commission images as prints/posters to be sold or in any other way distribute the high resolution files for reproduction. Only the buyer of the Digital Commission and myself will ever have access or permission to print or make copies of the final image. This policy serves to make ownership of a Digital Commission unique to the buyer in the same way that a traditional ink & marker drawing would be. I will only use low-res versions of the final images for online promotion to encourage further sales and as samples in my general art portfolio.

Here are my most recent Big Fat Digital Commissions:



• Big Tall Digital Commissions: New! A single character, digitally-colored 11"x17" piece for $150 (You will receive both the original line art and a high-resolution digital file of the final colored piece). The piece can include text upon request. Add $25 for each additional character. This format is ideal for poster or comic book cover style images.

Here are my most recent Big Tall Digital Commissions:



• Standard Sized Digital Commissions: New! A single character, digitally-colored 8.5"x11" (tall) piece for $75 (You will receive both the original line art and a high-resolution digital file of the final colored piece). These commissions will feature single characters with an abstract/color background. No scenes and no text. Here are a couple of samples of my Standard Sized Digital Commissions:



• 9"x12" Pen & Marker Commissions: An original, full-color piece of artwork featuring one character drawn on 9"x12" Bristol with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers (and sometimes watercolor) for $100. Add $25 for each additional character. Here are a couple of my most recent Pen & Marker Commissions:



Note: For both traditional and digital commissions, I will be working on 3 commissions per week. I will be taking one month's worth of orders at a time and placing subsequent requests on a waiting list. This means that you will only be charged when I am ready to put you on my schedule and no one will have to wait more than one month for an order to be completed. I will complete each order live on my artcast so that the buyer can see some of their commission being created.

• Big Fat Sketch Cards: These wide-format cards are available through special sales that I announce through my website. The next sale starts on May 8th, 2010.

• 7-7-Sunday Commissions Drawn Live: Every Sunday night at 9PM EST I offer these commissions for purchase via my artcast. Go HERE for more information! Go HERE to view the 7-7-Sunday gallery!

I only accept PayPal payments.

If you have a commission request (or any questions) please send me an email at otis@otisframpton.com and write "Commission Request/Question" in the subject line. Thanks!

-Otis

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I now offer free downloads of digital/mobile versions of Escape From Planet Nowhere for viewing on the iPad! There are two different versions:

    * A ZIP archive containing the files necessary for reading Escape From Planet Nowhere via the ComicZeal app (my favorite iPad app for reading comics).
    * A PDF for viewing in iPad apps such as Goodreader (my favorite iPad app for reading PDFs).

Go here to download the files! [link]

I will be updating the two files every time I post a new page (or pages), so be sure to download and update as needed.

I am an advocate of reading comics on the iPad and I feel that these are currently the best way to read them on Apple's device. In fact, I'd rather have people read my comic on the iPad than read it on a computer screen.

I tried an ePub version of Escape From Planet Nowhere but was not happy with the results. I don't think we've scratched the surface of what is capable with regard to reading comics on iPad and I look forward to the day that a better app becomes available for taking advantage of the device's capabilities. It's time to stop thinking like we're in the print world and start thinking like multi-media content creators.

-Otis