Long road home

man has it been that long since we've been here? i suppose it has. and that lays completely at my feet. i've been off in superhero land fighting evil and i let this book slip by the wayside. suffice it to say there's more to it than that as we've been through some creative changes around here for sure, but getting beyond all that, we're moving forward.

first, The Kansas Hit is no longer a limited series. It's now a graphic novel. i've completely reworked the scripts into one complete and cohesive format and it's going into one big volume.

next, we've got an all new artist that i'll be announcing very soon. you're gonna dig it trust me.

we wanted to begin production a month ago but we ran into a couple of scheduling conflicts. that being the case we're still on for mid summer to start and we look to break out with this book next year at some point. so stay tuned folks cause the Kansas Hit is back in action and stronger than ever!

mini update

Hey folks! We haven't fallen off the face of the Earth! In fact, Jerry is hard at work on pages as he makes the shift from 12 page zero issue to full length first issue! That's right, you heard me. We have gone back to the original script and with some edits placed the 12 page zero issue called for in the SP Idol contest back into the full length first issue. This means you get ten more pages of story framed as it was originally intended! Kinda like a director's cut! But don't worry not a single page or panel of Jerry's awesome work has had to be altered or lost. We integrated it back together seemlessly and I think you'll all agree it's going to be one great looking book. More info as it comes when possible, so stick with us. We're shooting for a 2007 release on this book.

Kansas Hit Withdraws from Small Press Idol

Due to some personal situations and life interference we regret to inform you all that we had to withdraw from the Small Press Idol competition.

This does not mean, however, that we are giving up! The Kansas Hit WILL be printed in the near future, and the team IS staying together. So keep it locked to this blog for more information as we get closer to realizing the dream!

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The Kansas Hit on Newsarama!

For the past seven days, Newsarama.com has been running an SDCC Non-Panel Panel Report featuring all the small press offerings. In the last installment today (#7), The Kansas Hit got a mention!

Listed under Paper Dragonz, Cary's company, is a nice little blurb about the upcoming #0 issue of The Kansas Hit, accompanied by a cool promo image.

Check it out here: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=77741

Then come back here to keep up to date on the happenings of The Kansas Hit. As soon as we know more info about when it will be available you all will be the first ones to know. :)

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Kansas Hits the Small Press Idol 2006 finals!

Well, it's official - the Kansas Hit is getting a #0 issue! A big 'thank you!' to all the support we've gotten for this project so far. We will be hard at work on this and hope you stay tuned to us for information on how to pre-order your copy!

Round 3 is up!

This is the link to vote for The Kansas Hit:

The Kansas Hit Round 3 voting thread

All you have to do is go to the Kansas Hit Round 3 voting thread and hit "Reply" and simply type in "YES". Now hit Post, and you've voted for us!

If you weren’t with us for Round 2 and haven’t registered with the SPA forums, it’s easy. Click here:

SPA forum registration

And follow the instructions to register. Once you have done so, go back to the Round three thread for Kansas Hit, and vote.


If you would like to download the 3 page pdf sequential primer here's the link:

Sequential primer

(The easiest way to do that is to just right click it, hit “save target as” and tell it what folder to drop it into.)

or you can just check the pages out right here:









A note here, thanks to everyone who helps us out on this. The first prize is a 4 issue print run with Dimestore, which as anyone doing comics knows is a huge prize. We feel like we have the chops to win this whole thing and with your help we will! And once you vote keep checking back because we will need everyone’s support for the fourth and final round! You will get the entire 12 page “zero” issue story that will lead you right into the exciting events of the Kansas Hit #1!

Round 3 is in!

We made it!!! woo! Jerry came through with the art, and Doug and Brant brought it home with the colors and letters! so the Kansas Hit is still in this hunt! The voting will start on Monday it looks like, with less than the 15 teams that came out of Round 2 it appears. At least two of the teams seem to have missed the deadline. So while that sucks, the contest goes on and we're in it. Check here for the official Kansas Hit contest page, which if I understand it right will live on far after the contest itself is over. Kinda cool regardless actually. So get ready folks cause we need your votes!

Touch and Go

We finally got the inked pages yesterday and today! Letters are done on all three pages now, grayscaling is done on about one and a half last I heard. It's going to be tight, but we'll pull off having all three pages grayscaled for Round 3.

It's funny, we started off as the very first entry in the contest, were one of the first few entries in the second round, and here we are pushing the deadline in the third. But we're a good team and we'll pull through. Keep it locked as voting for round 3 begins next week!

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Things Are Moving Along

Well, since no one else is posting I might as well.

We got the first finished page in yesterday and it looked awesome. We are all very positive about our Round 3 contribution so far.

Of course, I can't show it to you as that's against the rules, but you'll see it soon enough with less than a week to deadline.

Expect the media blitz to begin hitting soon!

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New Logo

Slightly altered from the original pictured above.

For New Logo Click Here

Round 3 Is Here!

Well folks, round 3 is upon us! We have a tight deadline just announced of June 9th with voting beginning once again after that weekend!

Soon the media blitz will start anew and The Kansas Hit crew will ride again!

Stay tuned...