Moon Town by Steve Ogden

So, I have to write one of those posts I hate writing. Time for me to evoke The H Word… Hiatus.

You’ve noticed that Moon Town has been languishing in Non Update Land. I got a new job at work, and although it’s much better for me and I’m much happier, it is much more demanding. Until I get my hands around this new job, Moon Town is going to have to wait.

During this hiatus, I will also be catching up with a few things. Poor Brock Heasley has been waiting for about half a year for my SuperFogeys Origins story on The Thrice Evil, so it’s high time I got it for him. Without the constant need for more Moon Town strips, I’m betting I can finally honor this obligation.

And last but not least, I’ll also be working on a little strip that has a decent chance with one of the syndicates. I can’t say more about it except it features a kid and a mythical animal, and I love it to death. (BTW, that’s an intentionally pixellated version of the characters, above. I’ll publish more about this when I can.) It’s sort of refreshing – each one of these strips takes me only about an hour, where a typical Moon Town strip can take me 6 to 8 hours. Innnnteresting.

Anyway, I still appreciate your faith and attention, and trust me when I say Moon Town will return in a couple of months or so… perhaps the week of Aug 2.

Thank you for your patience.

Hard to believe, but May 10 marks a YEAR since I first began telling the Exciting Moon Town Saga online.

As I continue to struggle out from under a load of Too Much Stuff that’s keeping me from Moon Town, and as I close in on 100 Moon Town strips, I did want to take a moment out to thank you all for coming along for the ride. I look forward to sharing more of the story with you soon.

Keep the faith, my brethren. And sistren. And Happy Birthday, Moon Town.

We have some new books available in the WishTales store. If you haven’t been by to check it out lately, your bookshelf may be missing some great new additions!

Notable recent arrivals include Tom Dell’Aringa’s “A Tale of Two Robots” and “I, Asimov”, and Eddie Pittman’s preview issue of “Red’s Planet”.

TIP: We actually have these titles in stock, and ship out from the same central warehouse here at WishTales World Headquarters, so you can save money by combining orders to save on shipping! Seeya at the store!

Those of you who read comics regularly already know tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day. Those of you who are new to the comics scene may not know it, but there are free comics available for you in your local comic shops.

But as WishTales will be participating, you can also get your very own free PDF versions of three of WishTales’ titles:

- Eddie Pittman’s preview issue of Red’s Planet

- Steve Ogden’s first chapter of Moon Town

- Tom Dell’Aringa’s Tale of Two Robots

Keep your eye on WishTales’ download page. The FREE COMICS will be available from 12:00AM – 11:59PM May 1, 2010. Enjoy!

For those of you wondering how SPACE went, Tom Dell’Aringa has put up a really nice report at our WishTales site. That will give you a good feel for the show until I can get dug out from under my Huge Pile of Work and put my report up, hopefully sometime soon. Meanwhile, enjoy!

Sorry, everyone… my time is not my own, temporarily. Moon Town will be missing in action for a few days. Hopefully will return next week.

We regret the inconvenience.

-The Management

Going off to SPACE this weekend. If you’re going to be able to make the show on April 24 or 25 in Columbus OH, Tom and I will be at the Wishtales table. Table #72 – see map below.

The latest edition of the Steve Ogden Braincast is up online – Attack of the Peepers! In this episode is Part Two of my conversation with Paul Caggegi of The Process Diary. We discuss Moon Town as well as Paul’s Character Development project, and as we continue chatting about story structure, the conversation travels widely. Topics that come up include Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Stephen King’s Misery, Star Wars and Darth Vader, Robert McKee’s Story, TV miniseries impact on episodic television, Stephen King’s The Stand, James Clavell’s Shogun, Joseph Campell, Jaws, and Arthur Miller’s play A View from a Bridge. We also talk about the Peepers. Music by Tim Larkin.

So hard to believe this time next week I’ll actually be in Columbus, and all these months of Getting Ready for SPACE will finally transition into Being at SPACE. Yeah, next weekend, Tom Dell’Aringa and I will be at the 11th Annual Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE)! We’ll have a bunch of books – Marooned, Moon Town, Croaker’s Gorge, Rag the Viking and more. We’ll have buttons. We’ll have original art for sale! We’ll be doing drawings and signing autographs and generally Meeting People.

If you’re in the Columbus area, come to the SPACE show, and we’ll meet YOU! Seeya there!

Kelly Melcher over at Fandomania did an interview with me about Moon Town for Webcomic Wednesday last week. It was quite lovely for my little strip to be profiled among such distinguished company! Get yerself on over to Fandomania, because there’s much there to please fans of all stripes. You could really get lost in all that great content…

Hey! Something to read while waiting for the next Moon Town strip!