Well, page twenty four (in colour no less!) brings us to the end of Chapter One of the Flintlocks saga.  Its been a long two years since JP and I began the journey and its been hard working together when we live so far apart but now I think its all been worth it.  What do you think?   Is anyone reading this strip?  Do leave comments and let us know or, if you prefer email us.

There will be a short interegnum whilst we prepare Chapter Two with a new cast of villainous ne’redowells but we wont be leaving you hanging. Over the coming weeks there will be an illustrated reprinting of a letter which was forms a key part of the back-story of the Flintlocks.

More soon!

Phill

Pages 21 and 22 are all but done now and will be online in the next few days.

J.P has let me know a little about the next chapter of the AOTF and I have to say I am pretty excited about them.  After this chapters’ resolution (not long now…) there will be a brief departure from the narrative storyline format and we will learn a little more about the world that the Kings Men protect so stalwartly.  After that chapter two proper will see the introduction of a group of rogues dubbed the “Dandy Brethren,” a group of misfits and miscreants it will be a plesure to bring to you in pictorial form!

I would be interested in hearing from you, constant reader as to how we could improve the Flintlocks site.  I have added an About page which has information about J.P and I (if you are interested…) but there is always the possibility of fleshing the site out further.  What would be useful?  Character bios?  Prose fiction?  Do let us know!

Phill

I must apologise for the fractured nature of the uploading of recent episodes of Age Of The Flintlocks.  I wont inflict my woes on you but I can assure you that I am doing my best to resolve chapter one in planned & regular pages.  Once again I must stress that J.P holds no responsibility for the dlays…mea maxima culpa!

I have just drawn and inked pages 21 and 22 on paper and will be scanning these for finishing in Photoshop this weekend.  As they sort of say in TV land…. normal service will be defined as soon as possible.

On an unrelated note, could I suggest to the Constant Reader to check out Clockwork Comics by Jane Irwin? It is a strip which tells a fascinating and true story of a chess playing automaton set in the eighteenth century.  It is beautifully drawn and minutely researched and, well….go read it yourself!

Phill

Another apology is in order.  I have been pretty overwheled with finishing college and going off to London for the New Designers show in Islington, not to mention family holidays and general Life stuff and the Flintlocks has suffered for it.

JP (who is blameless in the delay, his writing was done months ago) and I agreed that Boiler Calhoun needed his Big Entrance to be on a full page and so here he is with his attendant henchmen (what baddie doesnt have henchmen?  I think its a Law to use up the European Hench Mountain.)  Developing the visual appearance of BC was a nightmare and highlighted all the problems of working on a collaborative project over a distance. If JP and I could’ve spent an afternoon in a pub or over a coffee we could’ve saved a lot of time and effort….  However, he is done now and ready to face up to the Kings Men.

Looking to the future, JP has said he is thinking of writing a background  to the world of the Flintlocks in period style (think Samuel Johnson etc) which will be published in an illustrated format here on the site.  I’m looking forward to that!

Anyway, I am off now to crack on with the rest of this chapter.  Further bulletins as events warrant.

Phill

I have no idea why, but page fourteen is refusing to show up here on the website. I have upgraded both Wordpress and Comicpress and added the bug fix from the comicpress site but still no luck….anyone have any ideas???

Ah!  There it is!  THANK YOU COMIC PRESS MANAGER!!!!

I am still wrestling with the techy bits of Wordpress and Comicpress and just realised that we were requiring readers to register before they could comment.  This is now ammended so ANYONE can comment so please do!

Phill

It would be FAR too grandiose to say that The Age Of The Flintlocks was launched at Bristol Comics Con, but I was there and I handed out about two hundred flyers to prospective browsers so I guess its as close as the poor wee strip is going to get!

If you were one of those people who received a small  flyer from me and have followed up by coming here to read the strip…I love you!  Please do make any comment you wish and let JP and I know what you think.   If you havearrived here by some other means then I love you too, I am nothing if not amenable in my affections

I am currently working on page fifteen, all the others have been uploaded to this wonderful Wordpress doodad and will be posted live on wednesdays each week.

Further bulletins as events warrant!

Phill

Hello and welcome!

This initial draft of the Age of the Flintlocks Webcomic by John Paul Catton and Phill Evans has been posted on 7/5/8. The first nine pages of Chapter One “Moonlight, Murder & Machinery” have been posted with new pages being posted each week. This first chapter runs to twenty three pages with, we hope, many more to follow!

We would encourage any of our readers to tell us what you think about the strip so far, the characters, the writing, the art, whatever!  So if you have come through to Page Nine then skip back to the beginning and immerse yourself in the story so far!

Phill Evans