Friday 23 September 2016

Valley Road Return

Valley Road Returns!!!

After a 4 month summer break, Valley Road is back with it's weekly Sunday cartoon today! 

We had a great summer and are glad to be back.

This week we look at what we all did this summer!


Valley Road is available each Sunday on Facebook, Twitter 
and here on the Bitter End Blog. The blog officially runs each Wednesday with a new Wiggins cartoon and also a Poke cartoon on Friday. There will be blog entries every so often in between.

Currently we are putting together our first collection of Valley Road cartoons!! This will be a 24 full colour glossy page booklet of your favourite Valley Road cartoons. I have 20 that I feel show the best of all of them. There will also be two new cartoons that will only be published within this booklet. What I need from you to make this happen is orders. 20 to be exact. When I have 20 or more commitments the book will get printed and be available for pickup or can be mailed out. The cost? $4.00 (+ postage). If this is of interest to you, please email: valleyroadcartoon@gmail.com and place your order. If you have a Paypal account mention that for details on using it.

Poke now out

It's Friday

It's Friday and as we promised, Poke is live. It is the newest cartoon coming out of Springsyde Studio. As we have said it is not for everyone but we hope you enjoy it all the same. If it brings a smile to your face then it is all worth while.

Poke will appear each Friday morning here on the blog. It will appear as well on Facebook and Twitter!

Check us out each week and have some fun! Without further waiting here is the first Poke cartoon!


Check out the other cartoons from Springsyde Studio on this blog or twitter and Facebook.

Hope everyone had a great Friday... watch for the return of Valley Road on Sunday!

@springsyde

Thursday 22 September 2016

Hello again! 


Just a short not to let you know that tomorrow, Friday, sees the beginning of Poke here at Springsyde Studio!

Poke is a new cartoon that has a life of its own, check it out tomorrow morning when we have our launch and first cartoon. Then join us each week on Friday for a new adventure.

Wiggins wanted to get in the spirit as he has seen a few of the Poke cartoons. Here you can see him getting into the spirit of the new cartoon.

See Poke on Facebook and Twitter tomorrow morning!!!

Sunday 11 September 2016

Introducing Springsyde Studio

Introducing...



Springsyde Studio is the new home for all the fun we have here on Valley Road. As you know Valley Road Cartoon took the summer off and promised we would be back in September. Well, it is now September. So before we start up let me tell you about what we have been up to since May!

Wiggins

We have made lots of changes. Not only a new home name for all the cartoons but we have added lots of stuff! Beginning Wednesday, September 21, Wiggins (that's him above) will be joining the gang here at Springsyde Studio. Wiggins is a person of sorts, he has a certain perspective on everyday things and likes to let you know how he feels. Wiggins will appear each Wednesday and will be part of a weekly blog called “Bitter End”. You can find this blog right here awigginscartoon.blogspot.ca.

Poke

Also we will be starting a comic called Poke about the misadventures of everyday life. Poke has been around for a while now just not publicly. Although this one may not be for everyone, or the faint of heart, you will be fine if you take it with a grain of salt...

Valley Road

And finally... our first Valley Road cartoon will come on Sunday, September 25th. Watch for the return and check us out on our Facebook Page!

So it has been an exciting summer here and it will be an exciting September on Valley Road and beyond!! Make sure you start following Springsyde Studio on Twitter to keep up with all the fun!

The Best of Valley Road! Get yours!

To get everyone ready for the start we are looking at putting together our first collection of Valley Road cartoons!! This will be a 24 full colour glossy page booklet of your favourite Valley Road cartoons. I have 20 that I feel show the best of all of them. There will also be two new cartoons that will only be published within this booklet. What I need from you to make this happen is orders. 20 to be exact. When I have 20 or more commitments the book will get printed and be available for pickup or can be mailed out. The cost? $4.00 (+ postage). If this is of interest to you, please email: valleyroadcartoon@gmail.com and place your order. If you have a Paypal account mention that for details on using it.

Saturday 10 September 2016

New beginning

Bitter End Blog

September 21, 2016


Well, this is new. I draw a cartoon called Valley Road that I put out each Sunday. I felt that I needed time away from the process of a weekly cartoon to focus on other things. I thought that I would take the summer off and return in September with it.

Over the summer my mind kept whirling and other ideas came up. I thought of a daily or bi-daily cartoon. I was sitting one day and sketching when all of a sudden this character came out and appeared on my page. He is an odd character but exciting at the same time. He was a small individual, probably about an inch high the first time I drew it. After many modifications I came up with the character you are seeing for the first time today.

I decided to call him Wiggins. This is after a name I came across and thought it would fit the character perfectly. He looks like a Wiggins in every way, or at least in my thought pattern at the time. He was totally bald when first imagined but after a few weeks I added the whisps of hair. I think that it finished off the character impressively.
So, today you get your first glance at Wiggins. He was originally going to be a stand alone with the thought of it being a daily doodle. I liked him enough to develop him a little more and decided to have him as a once a week release. I was having coffee one day and my wife suggested that I should start a blog. Great idea I thought, as the idea had floated through my head many times before, I just don't know what I would write about. Along comes Wiggins and the blog idea again. I put one and one together and thought that Wiggins would be a great start to the blog. Put the cartoon there and then a blog below it talking about the subject of the cartoon. This blog will include poems, stories and thoughts on my mind at the time.

So today, September 21, 2016 we have the start of Bitter End Blog starring Wiggins.
I hope that you enjoy the cartoon and the thoughts behind the topic each week in the blog.
Have a great week!

P.S. Don't forget to check out my other cartoons, Valley Road & Poke that are starting this week as well on Facebook and Twitter!