Grimstone

When Svengoolie Met Ribcage

Mike Wytrykus — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:17:47 +0000

This past April, at the 2012 Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo, I got to meet for the second time Chicago TV-legend Rich “Svengoolie” Koz. For many years, Koz, as Svengoolie, has been the host of a local program that airs classic horror films and sci-fi B-movies (the show has recently begun airing across the nation on Me-TV stations). Sven is not only the inspiration behind Ribcage’s current job as a local horror show host in Grimstone, but it was on his original Son of Svengoolie show that I first encountered the Universal monster movies that played an enormous part in the creation of Grimstone itself.

Last year when I met him at C2E2 for the first time, I gave him an issue of the Grimstone comic book series. This year, I did one better and drew a picture of Svengoolie and Ribcage together like old pals. I got one copy signed for myself (now framed with the photo of Sven and I) and gave Sven a copy for himself. Here is that drawing:

Well, today I got an email from Svengoolie. The drawing is going to be shown at the end of the mail segment on Saturday night’s airing of Revenge of the Creature (May 12, 9PM Central on Me-TV, check your local listings). I’m pretty excited about the whole thing, and I’m looking forward to watching the show. I hope you will all watch too.

As for Grimstone itself, I think this just might be the little push I need to get back to working on it. Stay tuned.

I’m Not Dead Yet

Mike Wytrykus — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:07:10 +0000

Yeah, I’m still around. Just been preoccupied with other matters. Read more about it on my new blog: Man Bytes Blog. The short version: new comics might be forthcoming.

A Neutral Party

Mike Wytrykus — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Alternate title: Innocent Bystander

Right on Target

Mike Wytrykus — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

The Fun Ruiner

Mike Wytrykus — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

All That Glitters

Mike Wytrykus — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

I had been sitting on this idea for a little while now. With Twilight: New Moon coming out on DVD this weekend (no, I will not link to it), I figured this was the opportune moment for this strip.

The Claw Has Chosen

Mike Wytrykus — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Mr. Rogers…

Mike Wytrykus — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

I would actually like to see Christoph Waltz from Inglourious Basterds as the Red Skull, but I also don’t want him to be type-cast as a Nazi.

Moving On

Mike Wytrykus — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:05:43 +0000

Yeah, so I totally dropped the ball on the Son of Frankenbeans story. Between moving to a new apartment, my computer woes (which have been resolved), and trying to find more paying work, I just got too distracted to get anything done. But it seems lately that the universe has been conspiring to get me to resume work again on Grimstone and focus more on just making comics.

I realized today that I had a few random strip ideas I wanted to do that the timing is right for. If I don’t make them now, there’s not a lot of point in making them. So starting on Monday, I’m going to begin posting regular comic strips again, three times a week. I do plan on finishing Son of Frankenbeans at some point soon. When I do complete it, however, I may simply back-date the posts to October 2009 and put them into the archive where they should have originally gone. I actually have one page finished that I never posted, but I am going to wait until I have the story finished before I post anything. I’ll let everyone know when the finished story is online and you can read the whole thing in one sitting.

I am also going to be making some more tweaks to the site content. I want get some new downloads in there, take down the old ones, fix up the store page a bit. I’m working on adding Grimstone comics to some ebook download sites, partially in preparation for the Dawning of the Age of the iPad, so they’ll be links to those eventually. And I’ve got a couple other things possibly brewing, including another comic book series that I really want to get started on in addition to Grimstone. So I hope to be very busy again very soon.

I’m Still Here, El Guapo!

Mike Wytrykus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:02 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve updated anything, so I wanted to make a quick post to let anyone who stumbles in here know that I’m still alive and kicking. The move is done and I’m all settled into the new place. So that’s not an issue anymore. What is an issue still is my computer. My iMac’s display is still fairly garbled. While it is functional enough to allow me to do everyday stuff like surf the web, check email, and so forth, it is really not suitable for doing creative work on right now. It’s just too much of a pain and too distracting, particularly for drawing and coloring comics. I hope to be getting a new computer soon and plan on resuming Grimstone after every is set up.

I at least want to finish the current storyline and get it over and done with. After that, I might go to a weekly schedule or something, I’m not sure. I have another comic project I want to get started on that might make it harder to work on Grimstone. So we’ll see. At the very least, I’ll have something else for everyone to read.

Any new comics probably won’t show up for a little while yet, so happy Thanksgiving everyone!