WickedSmash

WitchHound
updated 07/15/08

The Super Hip, Gnarly, Rad, Catz
updated 05/21/08

The Grace Brothers
updated 05/18/08

About Me

WickedSMASH by Andrew Pollock
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Sporadic Updates
7/5/08

Yeah. Yeah. i know I said I'd be better and I had and still have every intention. But I still have some other work to finish up. I agreed to do a stand alone WitchHound story for my friend Steve Kanaras over at Free Lunch Comics and still have to finish it up. The first part showed up in a comic called "Only in Whispers," which is available over at the Free Lunch Comics website: www.freelunchcomics.com/Bigger/onlyinwhispers.htm
and I'm working on the secod part now. I've included shots of the first page of part 1 and the first page of part 2 so you know I'm not pulling your leg. My family and work situation are unchanged so I'm forced to work painfully slow, but don't worry, loyal readers will be rewarded with a full story eventually and then, hopefully, a print version they can pick up for their very own. I'll try and keep readers posted here on the Home page so they know when they can expect a new episode and if you sign the address book I'll add your name to a mailing list and e-mail you whenever I update so you know when to look.

Mission Statement
5/4/8

So,I've been doing this site for about 2 years now and in all honesty I only know of maybe 10 people that ever actually come to this page (mostly people I'm related to - and if you're not one of them, shame on you for not clicking on the "Write Me a Letter" button down and to the left of these ramblings). For those 10, and anyone else who cares to visit , I wanted to advise you of a change.

My lovely wife and I frequently google "WickedSmash" and the titles of all my comics, to see if anyone is saying anything about them. For the most part no one is, but occasionally we come across some comments (and, not to be unfair, a few people have clicked the "Write Me a Letter" button.) Most of them are very positive but, by and large, they have the same criticism. The updates are too few and too far between to keep a readers interest. Sad to say, I have to agree.

So time for a change!

The WitchHound comic is the only one of the comics I'm currently producing that is brand new. The Grace Brothers is a re-vamp of a comic I did in college (called Urban Paranoia) and I have maybe a hundred of them written and most of those drawn (the characters look a bit different but the gags are exactly the same). They still need to be inked but other than that, they're ready to go. I'm also bringing back The Super-Hip, Gnarly, Rad Catz, as they were originally called when they appeared in the Virginia Tech paper. I had put them aside but I got a great e-mail from a Va Tech alum who told me he was a fan back in the day and had been keeping an eye out for the re-appearance of the Cats. When you get a message like that, how can you not respond. So if you become a fan of the Cats, you can thank John Roundy for giving me the nudge I needed.

My biggest problem with production is the art. I want to update everything to my current ability level rather than just publishing things the way they used to look and that takes time, more time than I have. So I'm going to get over myself and just show you the work. If I ever get the impression that it would be worth putting this stuff in print, maybe I'll redo the art then. Until that becomes an issue, I'll just give it to you as is.

For you WitchHound fans

I'm going to concentrate on getting pages out rather than making them look the best they can. I go back and look at the early pages and I feel like they're ok, but I didn't really know what the characters looked like until well in, so I'm not particularly happy with them. For this reason, I'm going to do new art for any print versions that may come out (it'll give people an excuse to buy them also since the story is pretty much free, right?) and that'll allow me to concentrate on getting to the story. So don't be offended if you see the same picture being used more than once or the art not being exactly right, just keep reading (zombies are coming, so don't go anywhere). And let me know what you think. I don't have an editor, although I sorely need one, so if you think something is too wordy, or there's a plot flaw, or, heaven forbid, a mis-spelled word, for God's sake , let me know. I won't promise that I'll change it (it may be there for a reason) but I'll take all serious comments under consideration.