Introducing the new Polly and Handgraves cover!!

This will be the cover for the next installment of The Adventures of Polly and Handgraves. I penciled, inked and designed the sky. The characters were all colored by Rori Shapiro!!

I liked the colors she had previously used on a color version of my Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear illustration so I asked if she could use them on the cover.

Cover for the next Polly and Handgraves adventure

Illustrated in Deleter #3 Black Drawing Ink with Crow Quill Pen and Brush on Canson Comic Book Cover Sheets.

Polly and Handgraves updates

After a couple of false starts I have begun work penciling and inking pages for the second Polly and Handgraves adventure. Once again utilizing Worcester 1929 as the backdrop for the story.

I don't want to give away too much of the story just yet. This includes the title. But as for the story itself it will take place directly after the events of A Sinister Aura. Neither Polly and Handgraves will be given anytime to rest when an old friend of Polly's call upon her for help.

I'm pretty set with the beginning of the story for the most part. It's more near the end and tidying up the loose ends and iron out the conclusion of the story which is giving me fits at the moment. But I have two good friends of mine Ainsley Waller and my cousin Jared Wicklund proofreading my script.

I've been trying to do that more and more with my work nowadays. Having friends read it before I commit myself to pen on bristol board. Just so I know I have my facts right and my storyline seems realistic. Well, as realistic as a fantasy story can get.

But I just finished penciling and inking the cover yesterday and I will be posting a black and white version of it before I send it off to Rori to color.

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Illustrated in Deleter #3 Black Drawing Ink with crow quill pen and brush on Canson 8 1/2 x 11 Smooth Bristol Board. FRAMED!!

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Second Polly and Handgraves story has been scripted...

Well, I got the first draft written at least. I've still got a long way to go with proofreading and tweaking here and there before I set forth putting pencil and ink to bristol board. But I think I've got a really good plot for the second tale. One I hope everyone will enjoy :-)

Scripting continues...

Yeah, the story for the next Polly and Handgraves story has been slow. In the past couple of weeks I've enlisted some help with writing and getting all the ideas I have to fit together.

I have some pretty good concepts for the next story. One of which I'm hoping to use in a few stories to come. A little bit of an obstacle that may prove to be very formidable for our intrepid team of Polly and Handgraves.

But you'll have to wait and see on that one. As well as what the tale is going to be named too. I hope it will be worth the wait when you finally find out.

Everything is starting to come together now with the writing. Which has been probably the biggest challenge. Coming up with the ideas is the easy part. It's making them work that can be a pain in the drain.

More to come later...