tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10778387090995785842024-03-05T10:47:19.270-08:00El BlogoteEl Blogote celebrates the first and only Gothic Mexican Horror-Western-Fantasy-Comedy comic in existence.matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-37589473873844701252013-09-05T19:56:00.002-07:002014-10-19T17:18:47.546-07:00'El Bigote: Exorcismo' for sale!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you also want to order a copy of <b>El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b>, message me first so I can set you up with a deal (cheaper shipping when you buy multiple comics).</div>
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For samples of the comic, please visit the El Bigote facebook page: facebook.com/elbigotecomic.<br />
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NOTE TO EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED A COPY OF ISSUE 0 WE GAVE OUT LAST YEAR: This version of A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning is 24 pages long vs the 10-page issue 0 version. It is essentially the same story, just expanded and with new artwork; it does introduce a couple of new characters and ongoing subplots that carry over to the next issue, <b>El Bigote: Exorcismo</b>, which is due out November 1st.matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-19145822440760900672012-07-07T14:53:00.003-07:002012-07-07T14:55:37.296-07:00El Bigote: 13 Dead Federales...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Aaaaaand here is the finished cover for <b>El Bigote: 13 Dead Federales</b>. Shaky Kane is responsible for the pencils and inks, <a href="http://mygrimmbrother.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Matt Soffe</span></a> the colors, <a href="http://lostpropertybybolt-01.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Bolt-01</span></a> the logos and <a href="http://crazyfoxmachine.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Owen Watts</span></a> the Tequila Bottle logo. Artist <a href="http://vivachivo.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">El Chivo</span></a>, of course, is handling the interior art.</div>
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For more information about <b>El Bigote,</b> please visit the <b>El Bigote</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elbigotecomic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">facebook page</span></a> (you can view the page even if you don't have a facebook account or contact us at <b>elbigotequillpower@gmail.com</b>.</div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-69705869781134922312012-07-05T11:01:00.000-07:002012-07-05T11:01:42.932-07:00Shaky Kane's Cover Art for El Bigote: 13 Dead Federales...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While giving away free copies of <b>El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b>, I received a surprise email from none other than <b>Shaky Kane</b> requesting a comic. Thankfully, he liked the comic enough to really get behind the project and help out - with the cover for issue 2, <b>El Bigote: 13 Dead Federales</b>!</div>
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Here is that fantastic cover, with colors by <a href="http://mygrimmbrother.blogspot.com/2012/07/el-bigote-shaky-kane-cover-colours.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Matt Soffe</span></a>. For more information about <b>El Bigote</b>, please check out the comic's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elbigotecomic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">facebook page</span></a> or message me at <b>elbigotequillpower@gmail.com</b>.</div>
matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-80372784292523352822012-07-01T11:01:00.004-07:002012-07-01T11:03:23.219-07:00Tequila-Drenched Samples...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are a few samples from <b>El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b>. Many more can be found at the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/elbigotecomic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">El Bigote Facebook Page</span></a> </b>(which can be viewed even if you don't have a facebook account).</div>
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Tekilla Comix is giving away 200 free printed copies of <b>A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b> (but they are going fast), as well as free PDFs. Please contact us via the facebook page or at <b>elbigotequillpower@gmail.com</b> if you're interested in checking out the comic.</div>
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<br />matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-35777985559280372932012-06-17T23:26:00.007-07:002012-07-01T10:48:20.894-07:00Free Copies of El Bigote.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLz62qScKhcNSCTWZZ7pZGuWaOr3NgAkliy3DvXZSPAbWi_iKqNzkeOh-NHTSlC9Bb2irsz6qs2tGlrQez7QiQVnYk0A8hi25FmV3q3CMN1hk8Efpj9PogqKmZbfKJ9Ie2rIg4h0U8_O92/s1600/ElBigote01WEBCover%255B2%255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755260166863926930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLz62qScKhcNSCTWZZ7pZGuWaOr3NgAkliy3DvXZSPAbWi_iKqNzkeOh-NHTSlC9Bb2irsz6qs2tGlrQez7QiQVnYk0A8hi25FmV3q3CMN1hk8Efpj9PogqKmZbfKJ9Ie2rIg4h0U8_O92/s320/ElBigote01WEBCover%255B2%255D.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 249px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 100%;"><b>El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b> has been printed! To celebrate, we're giving away 200 free hardcopies of the comic - if you're interested, please email me at elbigotequillpower@gmail.com. For more information about the El Bigote, visit the El Bigote <a href="https://www.facebook.com/elbigotecomic"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc66cc;">facebook page</span></a>.</span>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-75105056034412431982012-03-19T15:10:00.003-07:002012-03-19T15:24:25.546-07:00A Color-Drenched Cover.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoykvJjtHAwlDeH4nVAsVZTsCG-XVeo4BCe1NkLFQDdN2Lz3oiMVNv7QvqnWlgbO-u98d7i6_u8zoNyzDDll1yKKtUfbDE1ZlRUi9we2pa4X3UOmfwBwf6MylZqvZVne4hOJW6k1w9v9qi/s1600/ElBigotecover+COLOUR+%2528FINAL+web%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoykvJjtHAwlDeH4nVAsVZTsCG-XVeo4BCe1NkLFQDdN2Lz3oiMVNv7QvqnWlgbO-u98d7i6_u8zoNyzDDll1yKKtUfbDE1ZlRUi9we2pa4X3UOmfwBwf6MylZqvZVne4hOJW6k1w9v9qi/s320/ElBigotecover+COLOUR+%2528FINAL+web%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721734117449233618" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">And here is <b>El Bigote</b>, for the first time drenched in ghoulish color (courtesy of <a href="http://mygrimmbrother.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc66cc;">Matthew Soffe</span></a>). How can someone possibly see this on the comics rack and pass <b>A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b> up?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-19924299995147595292012-03-15T11:45:00.005-07:002012-03-15T12:09:45.385-07:00The Final Pinup.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDl3pbyuKfTCEOnJRoUIpZycUY70sNJgJADnbTmLj_vqwjq9jshNpKqTZs7ahfkqTRhywaQbS8N2hWitnNNTJDGbyYE9wrFTf1pdREuPSVUx-g22nN4FjYJ3YTmHZbngQY08mCXDh0HbU/s1600/ElBigote20120314Web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDl3pbyuKfTCEOnJRoUIpZycUY70sNJgJADnbTmLj_vqwjq9jshNpKqTZs7ahfkqTRhywaQbS8N2hWitnNNTJDGbyYE9wrFTf1pdREuPSVUx-g22nN4FjYJ3YTmHZbngQY08mCXDh0HbU/s320/ElBigote20120314Web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720196898087922594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><b>El Bigote</b> letterer <a href="http://lostpropertybybolt-01.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc66cc;">Bolt-01</span></a> is no slouch when it comes to the art-quills - here's his pinup of a somewhat melancholy El Bigote, which will appear on the back interior cover of '<b>A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b>'. </span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:medium;">.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Although Bolt's official position on the <b>El Bigote</b> team is that of "letterer", he deserves as much (or more) credit for the comic as anyone else - myself and artist El Chivo included. Without his wealth of industry knowledge (he<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "> manages and edits four titles of his own, under the <a href="http://futurequakepress.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc66cc;">FutureQuake</span></a> banner), </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ">Chi and I would probably be creating <b>El Bigote</b> solely 'for fun'; </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ">Bolt was the first person to give the project a real vote of confidence, and has since gone on to act as advisor and editor, design all the logos and interior blurb pages and assist in preparing the comic for print (news on that veeerrry soon).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">To put it poetically, Bolt is to the <b>El Bigote</b> team what the Undead Ostrich is to El Bigote (ha ha).</span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Cheers, Bolt!</span></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-55875912198411806162012-03-05T14:59:00.014-08:002012-03-05T15:50:10.629-08:00A Sneak Peek at El Bigote - in Color!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSKQ1Y2injFa34yJRDCuJai0wapD0qh4-93-VwiOqT2L8uoeGwstJHU_WQPZAKulk98fLAg82qBhyz0RkUE_USkjC5oQ3qeEuOvE46E6MssK-YcLadKxjqvNEjynfud7YFe0IPoC7lLOU/s1600/El+Bigote+Cover+teaser+WEB.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSKQ1Y2injFa34yJRDCuJai0wapD0qh4-93-VwiOqT2L8uoeGwstJHU_WQPZAKulk98fLAg82qBhyz0RkUE_USkjC5oQ3qeEuOvE46E6MssK-YcLadKxjqvNEjynfud7YFe0IPoC7lLOU/s320/El+Bigote+Cover+teaser+WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716551487706194226" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman';font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">Not too long ago, I posted the inks and tones for the 'A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning' cover </span><a href="http://elbigotequillpower.blogspot.com/2012/02/tequila-drenched-cover-inks-and-tones.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff99ff;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">. Now, have a glimpse of El Bigote - in glorious color!</span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:85%;color:#cccccc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><a href="http://mygrimmbrother.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff99ff;">Matt Soffe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> talks a bit about coloring the cover on his blog:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">One of several projects I'm juggling at the moment, here is a teaser of the cover art for the forthcoming independent comic 'El Bigote', which is written and drawn by my good friends </span><a href="http://locustsofdeath.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff99ff;">Matt McLaughlin</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> & </span><a href="http://vivachivo.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff99ff;">El Chivo</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> respectively. El Bigote takes place in the mexican afterlife, and from what I've seen so far features all manner of insane characters, shoot-outs and shenanigans.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';color:#cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 19px; font-family:'times new roman';">El Chivo pencilled this magnificent wraparound cover and I was asked to ink the sucker. Now, inking other people's work is not something I have a lot of experience with, so that in itself was reason enough to say yes. Add in the fact that El Chivo's art is pretty flippin' dynamic and full of humour and menace, plus Matt's a great up-and-coming writer with a gift for memorable characters and I was sold.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-family:'times new roman';color:#cccccc;">On top of inks, I'm now part-way through colouring the cover, and have also agreed to take on the mantle of ongoing inker for the next batch of actual comic pages. It never hurts to broaden your arsenal does it? (is that even a phrase?)"</span></span>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-2478226373955302392012-02-21T15:08:00.004-08:002012-02-21T15:17:00.317-08:00A Tequila-Drenched Cover (Inks and Tones)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtL9gXVZgn8F_rzEAj9DPek6h0paa_R_BW-WGyxXzEUsEevMOZi7tvmFO4sW9juWMeqpmZziGREmtwMHogQvwm7My7o0xyMiAtcDeUZRkKyKYT6eqbPY-PtW2OkvqymfWREz9Up3sxl3h/s1600/ElBigotecover+INKS+%2526+TONES.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtL9gXVZgn8F_rzEAj9DPek6h0paa_R_BW-WGyxXzEUsEevMOZi7tvmFO4sW9juWMeqpmZziGREmtwMHogQvwm7My7o0xyMiAtcDeUZRkKyKYT6eqbPY-PtW2OkvqymfWREz9Up3sxl3h/s320/ElBigotecover+INKS+%2526+TONES.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711729783947596162" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Here's a sneak peek at the cover for El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning! Artist <a href="http://vivachivo.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc66cc;">El Chivo</span></a> penciled the scene, and <a href="http://mygrimmbrother.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc66cc;">Matt Soffe</span></a> applied the inks and tones - and is busy at work adding colors. We're almost there...</span></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-78883110592782148682012-01-22T02:37:00.000-08:002012-02-06T22:40:49.434-08:00Latest El Bigote News and Notes...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGn-Z-Krk11WYXalqrfI8eM0e6NTahVdJq1G5J4IJniL4242-Xyzq8q1JCi7iWz1JPE3E68meNsawBedTEfw8NDNPds6eez-Z4aNFk6ZdqjIoVG5rHAxjNiMSoH2RgcJpozTGRyKjyd2L/s1600/el+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaGn-Z-Krk11WYXalqrfI8eM0e6NTahVdJq1G5J4IJniL4242-Xyzq8q1JCi7iWz1JPE3E68meNsawBedTEfw8NDNPds6eez-Z4aNFk6ZdqjIoVG5rHAxjNiMSoH2RgcJpozTGRyKjyd2L/s320/el+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700403683868329906" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><i>Above: El Bigote Rides Out by artist Christopher Geary</i>.</span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">A quick update on all things <b>El Bigote</b>:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">The script for the second issue of <b>El Bigote</b>, '<b>La Noche De Los Muertoads</b>', is now in artist El Chivo's hands, and he plans to start penciling it soon. Artist Christopher Geary has begun work of '<b>La Terror Del Sessquatch</b>', and artist Stewart Davies is busy on the first episode of a short spinoff series entitled '<b>Exorcismo</b>', which will feature the skull-faced baddie of '<b>A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b>'.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">The reason for there being so many scripts in production all at once? <b>El Bigote</b> is soon going to go live as a webcomic!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">From the start the plan has been to produce <b>El Bigote</b> adventures even while searching for a distributor, making limited print runs available for any fans we happen to (somehow) pick up along the way. And by limited, I mean <i>limited</i> - as in 200 copies per issue. Any more than that just wouldn't be possible on our budget (we are starving artists, you know), and we'd be limited to publishing two or three issues a year; "distribution" would consist mainly of flogging comics at conventions across the country. With no money for advertising, a limited press run, and an uneven release schedule <b>El Bigote</b> wouldn't stand much of a chance to gain a readership.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">But a webcomic will allow us to reach a potentially wider audience(fear not you long box puritans, those limited press runs are still going to happen). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">And since we won't be hampered by print costs, El Bigote will be fully colored (though the printed version will be B&W). Colorist (and fantastic artist, letterer, bloke, and so forth) <a href="http://www.blogger.com/crazyfoxmachine.blogspot.com/">Owen Watts</a> will be joining the <b>El Bigote</b> team to help us out with that!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Lastly, the biggest news is that 'A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning' is closer to being unveiled! ...but a separate post on that, later.</span></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-72906972673163115912012-01-03T00:19:00.001-08:002012-01-03T19:18:25.178-08:00Behold a Pale Ostrich!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TymLGsK6IzyuihxDjr7C6lNEsHzK0-_6PVk8tyR61PONC4zBAK8Os_u4XtE0nNtvqOciZGs95et4gWmKDBFyhp0WNLw5ChqRr0WZ_v6JkQKuC9z4GNeRN71KSq6RJWPthlqb8N3j-Dks/s1600/ElBigoteCoverHighRes.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TymLGsK6IzyuihxDjr7C6lNEsHzK0-_6PVk8tyR61PONC4zBAK8Os_u4XtE0nNtvqOciZGs95et4gWmKDBFyhp0WNLw5ChqRr0WZ_v6JkQKuC9z4GNeRN71KSq6RJWPthlqb8N3j-Dks/s320/ElBigoteCoverHighRes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693317459526736770" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">'<i>I got hellfires a'burnin' inside me. Hellfires thet scorch flesh an' char bones. Hellfires thet blacken souls...</i>'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">2000AD art droid <a href="http://thegrantperkins.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Grant Perkins</span></b></a> - of whose absolutely bonkers style I'm a big big fan - drew the above pinup of Undead Quillslinger <b>El Bigote</b> and his faithful Ostrich. It'll appear in the <b>A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b> collection, and is set to be the cover of issue 4.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">Be sure to visit Mr. Perkin's website...<a href="http://thegrantperkins.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">here</span></a>!</span> </div></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-2629651271282320622012-01-01T23:50:00.000-08:002012-01-02T00:02:32.647-08:00A Skull-Faced Gunfighter with Burning Eyes.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGwr0-1rRn9AJvrmlKdrdQuY8rhnYhNIRGHletKmkaK1hsrnYzo6zrnol9lf_xfuk5nse3EErzSy3Q9H0wpsLZDEa7ehONl__7r3NM4bJaUzn_yk7SaRBW0UvgvVjGAiC9A0DdbK1uHL4/s1600/El+Bigote+Pinup.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGwr0-1rRn9AJvrmlKdrdQuY8rhnYhNIRGHletKmkaK1hsrnYzo6zrnol9lf_xfuk5nse3EErzSy3Q9H0wpsLZDEa7ehONl__7r3NM4bJaUzn_yk7SaRBW0UvgvVjGAiC9A0DdbK1uHL4/s320/El+Bigote+Pinup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692939040742728386" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;">'<i>Tonight I played cards with a disgraced priest. We wagered confessions</i>...'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Artist <b>Stewart Davies</b> drew the above pinup of <b>El Bigote</b>'s skull-faced nemesis. It'll appear in the <b>A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b> collection, and will be the cover of a future collection..</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">.</span></span></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-53363965939608289922011-12-30T13:06:00.001-08:002011-12-30T15:28:41.754-08:00A Tequila-Drenched Review...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6TWB8aLQmu2wzWootPxxYwyeFW2avdfdk24FGm6HeA5UEg6TgbO4lHd-6gYRUpfsdJxIFR0xKgNSWPIyZu6PjMMp2xYmKCou1te6bqEBHuWaNGngCrldAb2jESmMfK2Ftvt42p5zkrh3/s1600/ElBigote01Web10blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6TWB8aLQmu2wzWootPxxYwyeFW2avdfdk24FGm6HeA5UEg6TgbO4lHd-6gYRUpfsdJxIFR0xKgNSWPIyZu6PjMMp2xYmKCou1te6bqEBHuWaNGngCrldAb2jESmMfK2Ftvt42p5zkrh3/s320/ElBigote01Web10blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692031857328783138" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">Colin over at </span><a href="http://toobusythinkingboutcomics.blogspot.com/2011/12/places-to-be-things-to-enjoy-in-which.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Too Busy Thinking About My Comics</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> had this to say about </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">"I know how seriously Matthew McLaughlin takes his writing, and so I'm always taken aback to note how hard he works to make his scripts as entertainingly free from worthiness as possible. No lover of superheroes, he's developing his trade in a variety of sadly less-typical genres, from the grimmest of futuristic westerns to absurd rib-ticklers concerning medieval priests engaged in monster hunting. I admire his determination to carve out his own terse, smart and dryly amusing style, and I'm pleased to note the development of his latest venture, the fantasy western </span><i style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><b>El Bigote</b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">, in which a Mexico plagued by the undead is patrolled by a ghoul-killer not given to excesses of negotiation or restraint. Matt's enthusiastic to be collaborating with artist El Chivo on the project and the result of their combined endeavours is, quite frankly, something of a </span><i style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">hoot</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">. You can find sample art and follow the properties progress forwards </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Bigote/268079929911650"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> at the </span><i style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">El Bigote </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">Facebook page, and there's an </span><i style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">El Bigote</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> site currently under construction </span><a href="http://elbigotequillpower.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">, featuring a splendid logo put together by the apparently tireless Bolt-01."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';color:#cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; font-size:100%;"><b>El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b> will be available for FREE - both in print and digitally - very very soon now...</span></span></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-61054421589879413382011-12-30T00:10:00.000-08:002011-12-30T01:42:41.648-08:00El Bigote: Wanted Dead or Dead Alive...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIn1Itxmakp1CmdX9GsD9laAamIhqTEuJwVE6ZpegAzB89fLXzLLG-Y4gix7SEkS_dUUEP3830CLjETnot8U7Skxq20YVR71y6fqfzkS4MAdublXttUiLInpOS5EiS0N2xPHu4-w17vmK/s1600/ElBigote+Trailer+LETTERED-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIn1Itxmakp1CmdX9GsD9laAamIhqTEuJwVE6ZpegAzB89fLXzLLG-Y4gix7SEkS_dUUEP3830CLjETnot8U7Skxq20YVR71y6fqfzkS4MAdublXttUiLInpOS5EiS0N2xPHu4-w17vmK/s320/ElBigote+Trailer+LETTERED-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691830952358993986" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';">This Spanish-language teaser for <b>El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b> was done up for this past <b>Day of the Dead</b>. But don't let all the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';">Espanol frighten you off - the comic is written mostly in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';">Broken English. And Spanglish. And Bumpkin.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1077838709099578584.post-43413561450941286082011-12-15T12:55:00.000-08:002011-12-31T01:05:32.453-08:00Welcome to Undead Mexico...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpyLdKAN5jFkEMAAB2D-fUBCl9rlTelXWMoSSHrKX9sDkCr63kY74bEb1-6VRExI1ACLVXaq_UlYq1_SsWdno6zzFhkSFzUUBZ_-_nofxbwT59eEwilKd88omnv4wMUmmORlH5E7p7zBf/s1600/ElBigote01Final03promo.tif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpyLdKAN5jFkEMAAB2D-fUBCl9rlTelXWMoSSHrKX9sDkCr63kY74bEb1-6VRExI1ACLVXaq_UlYq1_SsWdno6zzFhkSFzUUBZ_-_nofxbwT59eEwilKd88omnv4wMUmmORlH5E7p7zBf/s320/ElBigote01Final03promo.tif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691825787713687394" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMYC5je91JBOpVUpQkYC9DxOyHLjVikBdw3Yc_4SmracVvcwMmYgCFprf-btxdbTwbXp9mrNsPoj-_sw0t6axz6jrH7aWcLjLjP62v4i3kRIIswlM6k0RcmeTKP3VmCkq8hgDr-trTP4Y/s1600/ElBigotepblogprev3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; ">'<i>For the <b>Living</b> a funeral, and for the <b>Living Dead</b> a party!' </i>- Mexican Proverb.</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; ">You’re South of the Border now, the border between Life and the Afterlife. Welcome to Undead Mexico, where El Dia De Los Muertos never ends…</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; ">Living dead banditos and ghoulish conquistadores, cannibalistic muertoads and spectral sessquatches prowl Mexico’s haunted prairies – and it’s up to Undead Mexican Mustache-Quillslinger <b>El Bigote</b> to put them back in their tequila worm-infested graves!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><o:p></o:p></p> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">Writer </span><b><a href="http://locustsofdeath.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Locust</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">, artist </span><b><a href="http://vivachivo.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">El Chivo</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> and letterer </span><b><a href="http://futurequakepress.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Bolt 01</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> are set to uncork </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> on unsuspecting comic book readers.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';"><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';"><b><br /></b></span></div><b>A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning </b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">is a special stand-alone series preview issue aimed to introduce readers to and showcase the bizarre world of </span><b>El Bigote</b><span style="font-weight: normal; ">, which just might be the only </span><b>Gothic Mexican Horror-Western-Fantasy-Comedy</b><span style="font-weight: normal; "> comic book in existence!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;"><span style="font-weight: normal; ">Blending dark humor and cartoon violence with biting satire and the meanings of unlife, </span><b>El Bigote</b><span style="font-weight: normal; "> is sure to be regarded as profound by someone and nonsense to everyone else.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; color:#cccccc;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; ">'So where can I read <b>El Bigote: A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b>?' you inquire impatiently.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">A special limited (100 copies) print edition of </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">A Tequila-Drenched Reckoning</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> will soon be available for FREE through the </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">El Bigote</b> <a href="http://elbigotequillpower.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">El Blogote</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> or the </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">El Bigote</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Bigote/268079929911650"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Facebook Page</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> (details will follow in a future post, but it’ll basically be first come first serve).</span></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; ">To make sure no one’s left out, the issue will also be available FREE digitally through…well…everywhere really: Clickwheel, Dropbox, Comixology, Myebook, ect. <b>The plan is just to get as many people to read and (hopefully) enjoy El Bigote’s adventures</b>.</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; ">Of course <b>El Bigote</b>'s creators are actively searching for a Big Comics Executive <s>off-kilter</s></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); line-height: 18px; "> smart enough to throw lots of money at a weird little comic project and make them Rich Comics Superstars…</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;">Buuut in the meantime, they'll continue to produce the comic independently.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">The first full-length </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">El Bigote</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> story, </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">La Noche De Los Muertoads</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">, will be available mid-2012, and a series of episodic quillslinger adventures will appear in the pages of British Small Press anthology comics </span><b><a href="http://paragoncomic.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Paragon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;"> and </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); ">AAAIIIEEE!!!</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cccccc;">.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;">Be sure to visit <b>El Blogote</b> for updates!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;color:#cccccc;"><br /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-size:medium;"><!--EndFragment--></span></div>matthew mclaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523224564959797356noreply@blogger.com0