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2012 finally

Winston Rowntree — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:24:09 +0000

Okay, comix are back finally! God damnit son of a bitch that took too goddamn long… AAAAAAAAaarrrrggghhhhhhhhhhkadlfjioeaw;ldsk!!!!!!!

-Wr!!!!!

PS: see previous blog post for somewhat more lucid new year’s thoughts!!!!!!!!!

PPS: video of a dance production based on The Last Stand comic over here!!!!!! Thanks to M Kelland for the link and his interest in my work!!!!

PPPS: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Status Update

Winston Rowntree — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:18 +0000

Heyy, just checking in to confirm that i still exist. I know it’s been a few weeks, but i’ve got a new comic in the works so things will get back to normal (ie: weird) around here soon. Had a bit of a Mental Vacation over the holidays, went back to the Motherland (ie: saskatchewan), took a step back and just kind of lay around reading the New Yorker (i just read it for the articles, i swear!), and then flew back home and realized anew that i’ve got this kind of unrestricted creative outlet with an actual audience as well, so that was kind of briefly overwhelming. So i had a bit of trouble writing the new one, got a bit overambitious, but things are gradually coming together, so thanks for your patience. I managed to work in orson welles, so that’s good at the very least…

Happy new year, anyway! And here’s something interesting that one of the Heroes out there surprised me with over Xmas: it’s the Subnormality Wiki! This kind of thing can potentially be really pointless and self-serving, but i read through it and it’s done with such thought and detail and humor that i’m definitely proud to have my work been the reason behind it. The things you can do with a chronology! Good times, anyway– i definitely recommend it. As it’s a “Wiki” i assume that means that anyone can go ahead and edit it (or, uh, deface it…), so if the mood strikes anyone for whatever reason then of course feel free to use any images off my site.

And Hurrah also to the return of Achewood! It feels a lot better to have that comic be an active part of the landscape. Some other good stuff: Akimbo (which i keep mentioning, i know) continues to be amazing; and Depression Comix is exactly what it sounds like (and is great work).

Also: got some episodes of a sorta-animated video series coming out with Cracked.com, the first one being right here (script by Michael Swaim, drawings by me, animation by I’m Not Sure but i think it was mentioned in the comments section and i apologize for not knowing). Another 430 million views or so definitely wouldn’t hurt the chances of further episodes being produced, so go for it if you have a sec.

orson welles,

12 Days

Winston Rowntree — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:08:20 +0000

Phew, okay, an xmas-themed xomic is now finished, so set aside 400 hours to plow through it some time. New comic over at Cracked this month as well, complete with Over The Top Comments Section for maximum entertainment value.

So that’s it for now; i’d like to appear here again before the end of the year, but in the event that i don’t, please do have a nice christmas and a very fine holiday season in general, and i’ll surely see you sometime soon.

-Wr

Book Store

Winston Rowntree — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:19:47 +0000

Okay, i’m back, new comic, let’s do this. Had some of my usual boring trouble with the ol’ endless loop of rewrites and getting trapped in my own head, BUT where i usually give up and scrap everything this time i fought my way out and emerged on the other side. Hope for the future, then.

More stuff planned before the Xmas break, by the way, so don’t go anywhere!

OH GOD YES

The Best Feeling Ever is when another artist draws one of your characters and sends you a link just to be nice (i guess some people call it “fan art,” but i’m not a, uh, fan of that particular f-word). Anyway, said Best Feeling is further intensified when said drawing is Amazingly Good; thus, have a look here at what is just a freaking great picture of a monster. I definitely aspire to be that good. Thanks so much to Liz for the picture, and you can see more of her art right over here.

Spectator

Winston Rowntree — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:00:23 +0000

oOOOOOKAY i don’t even know if this new comic makes sense to anyone except myself, but the gin & tonic is saying GO FOR IT YOU SUDDENLY HANDSOME DEVIL so here you go anyway. I must slurringly apologise for the delay with this new one; i’ve had a lot of work to get done the last few weeks (some of which you may encounter at some point…), and time sort of flew for a while there (didn’t it?), and my mental calendar is honestly on like November 7th right now. Making this comic EARLY!! So there’s that i guess. I dunno, it’s late, and i should go…

yeah,

Halloween

Winston Rowntree — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:07:37 +0000

Heeyy, i wanted to do a halloween comic this year, thus, here’s a whole lot of words/pictures for you in lieu of candy or chocolate or those little bags of chips with like three chips in them. IT’S NOT ENOUGH CHIPS!! Um, where was i? Oh yeah, so once you’re done with that, i’ve posted the no-words version of the comic right here, just for kicks. I dunno, there were a few things obscured by walls of text so i figured why not give y’alls a look.

happy halloween,

chaos

Winston Rowntree — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:48:37 +0000

Heya, new comic for you at last. Something something infinite canvas something kickbacks from the scrollbar industry something something.

-Wr

webcomic for the people

Winston Rowntree — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:56:40 +0000

Heyy, new comic for you, finally. This is the one where i finally stop using walls of text and weird panel arrangements and background details and music references!! Nobody has time to read!

-Wr

OH WAIT YES THEY DO

For anyone who does in fact have time to read, i am proud to say that my Mom has a new book out this week, which can be obtained from the usual kinds of places one obtains books from in this crazy, fast-paced world of the future we live in. “Leaving Berlin” is an ultra-fantastico collection of short stories, told with humor and insight (and probably some amusing sarcasm), and is the perfect introduction to the work of an author who deserves to be at least 189 times more popular than she already is, so there you have it. I know it would mean a lot to her if someone was to, say, order 36,000 copies of her book, so why not consider it? Or you could just order one. There’s a book launch in Regina, Saskatchewan on friday the 7th, for anyone who is actually reading this in Regina, so there’s that too (you can email me for the details). All those goddamn words, it runs in the family…

down at the celestial megapalace

Winston Rowntree — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:14:41 +0000

Okay, so i’m back with some more Non-Brevity (TM) for y’all, so please find it here. Hurrah? Hurrah.

-The Most Interesting Link in the World-

I don’t always read comix, but when i do i prefer Akimbo Comix. Friggin’ great stuff, i reckon.

Until next time,

september, then

Winston Rowntree — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:45:42 +0000

New comix arriveth, thus heralding the end of summer or, uh, something. New subnormality here, and new one over at cracked this week also.

AND

Just a reminder that many new prints are now on sale, and just a Huge Thanks Again to anyone who’s bought one so far– the support is mucheth appreciateth. Seriously, high fives all around. Also: i’ve noticed a surprising amount of people buying the last stand print; does anyone have a photo of theirs? I’d love to see what it looks like out there in the Real World.

thanks for reading,

PS: …