A serial killer has been walking the earth for over 700 years . He claimed over two thousand victims in his time. One hundred and twelve since 1953. That’s when he started calling them his kittens. He kept them as pets right up until he murdered them. One hundred and twelve dead kittens. Worse? He's not alone.

This is the story of a girl, haunted by the ghosts of a serial killer, and driven to find out who she was before the ghosts took her memories.

The final copy of the cover for Dead Kittens.

I have an offer for those who would like a piece of this project before it gets all huge. =) Make a donation to help pay for my inker and you could receive one of the following rewards (PBS style, yo).

$25 + you get a signed print of the cover

$50 + You get a signed pre-publication issue one. Publishers want changes made, which means this pre-publication version will be owned by very very few people. As every collector knows, an item's value increases exponentially ...based on the rarity of the item. =) Also you get the print.

$100 + You get drawn into an issue of Dead Kittens.

Alright, huge dump of stuff here since I haven't been updating.

Cover Update.

Page 15. Getting there, one page at a time.

Page 14: Work in progress. Heh, getting my stride back after a too long break.

Another DA contest entry in progress. Mostly done, just need to make some design changes.

Page 12. I re-did the entire background for these panels using a new trick I learned in "The DC Guide to Digital Comics.".
I used the paths tool to create the image of the building, changed the perspective a bit, and used stroke path to put it in the panel. It's an awesome method when you need to recreate the same background over and over. It really allowed me to put in a lot more detail then I would have time for by hand. Plus I'm saving all of these paths in master library files as I create them, so I can re-use them for other things in the future. That trick alone was worth the price of admission for the book Heh, which I guess was free since I bought it with a gift card my Mom got me on my birthday. Thanks Mom!).

Dead Kittens page 13 in progress.

I've been moving for the last few weeks, so I haven't made much progress on the comic. However, I couldn't pass up doing an entry for a contest with a top prize of 1000 bucks and some Scott Pilgrim swag. It was to design Ramona's 8th evil ex. If I win I'll use profits to fund the comic.

Page 12 WIP

New cover design. Still need to add the title and such, but I think I like it.

Dead Kittens with lettering preview. (This is not final lettering, I just needed to test for space)

Just sketching. Not at all Dead Kittens related.

Page 11

Page 10 pencils.

I decided that since I had four layouts on hand that I would work pencils first before going back and inking. It's nice. I feel like the whole thing is moving more quickly.

The official Dead Kittens "You Could Be Here" contest.




Okay, so I've decided to run an official contest to try and raise awareness for the comic. It's pretty easy. You want to leave your mark? Don't want to fade away into obscurity? Want to see your ugly mug in print?

Well you can accomplish all of this by simply entering the Dead Kittens, "You Could Be Here" contest.

Here are the rules.

1. Join the Dead Kittens Facebook group, here, ----> http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=145986615417802&ref=mf

2. Send me a message through the Dead Kittens group with the title, "DK you could be here contest"

What to you get for all this effort you ask? You get a walk on roll in Dead Kittens issue 1. That's right, every time you open your very own copy of Dead kittens issue one, you can take in the gloriousness of you immortal visage.

So, what are you waiting for? Get to it.

~ Jeromy

P.S. This contest will close on August 17th. A winner will be drawn at random.

6 and 7 with script



PAGE 6

Police cars dot the lawn of the expansive grounds of the Wellington mansion Their lights cast the walls in haunting hues. The first signs of dawn can be seen in the sky.

Inside, detective kite watches on as a CSI team works the crime scene. He looks completely out of place in his button up shirt, jean jacket, and cowboy boots. A pair of Aviator sunglasses hangs from the breast pocket of his jacket. Maxwell, the other detective assigned to the case stands at his side; pristine in a size double XL suit. Maxwell holds a cup of coffee. A pistol and badge are clipped to each man's belt.

Mid shot of Kite as he lights a cigarette from a pack of Nailcoffin brand cigarettes.

CSI

You can't smoke in here.

Kite

He doesn't mind... He's dead.

Maxwell wafts the air as he stairs at Kite who is in the middle of a long exhalation of smoke.

MAXWELL

Thought you smoked those faggy long cigarettes?

KITE

Trying to quit... and if you use that word again I'll shoot you. It's offensive.




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Maxwell motions towards the corpse. Two of the CSI men kneel by the corpse. one holds a camera up in front of him.

MAXWELL

Fine. Maid discovered the body. She's gone a tad wonky.

The second CSI approaches the two men. He's holding a clipboard that he studies as he speaks.

KITE

What do we have?

CSI

Three to the head, two to the chest. Good sized gun by whats left of him. You know who this guy is?

Close on Kite as he ticks off what he knows on his fingers. He points at his ring finger.

KITE

Samuel Wellington? C.E.O. of the Snapp-E-Freeze refrigeration company. Investor in about every major start up in Seattle, including Ahab's...

Kite motions to Maxwell's coffee as he continues. Maxwell stairs at the cup.

KITE

... Probably the most important man to hold a standing res at Canlis.

Kite kneels next to the body. Maxwell and the CSI hover behind him.

KITE

You guys finished here?

CSI

Like Shyamalan's career.

Tight on Kite and Maxwell as Kite dips one finger into the black substance with a grimace. Maxwell is now kneeling next to him.

KITE

You thinking what I am?

MAXWELL

Bit over the top for a professional, isn't it?

KITE

Depends on what was paid for.

Stay tuned for more pages with script excerpts.

Pages eight and nine. Not completely finished, but getting close to having finished pencils. I decided to do the pencils for both pages before moving to inks.

Finished cover inks.