THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King" - character process sketches

As I may have mentioned, while Mutt Blue was away in Varanasi helping Poopsie the Penguin find Carlos Brown's killer in THE CLIFF, Book 4: "Heart of Brightness," his friends on the Nexus Island between dimensions seem to have aged differently than him--which is to say, for him it's just been a week, but for his former adventurer friends it's been a decade and a half... fifteen years of life gone by.

These process sketches were done to test the "fifteen years down the line" look on Torvek Rotinski, Partridge Bark and Rabbit... and the passage of merely a week for Mutt.

Torvek Rotinski

Partridge Bark

Rabbit

Mutt Blue

THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King" - pages 10 & 11

Soon, I will stop posting updates about THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King," and start posting news about the prequel to THE CLIFF -- a graphic novel project which I am jumping to in order to complete the thesis for my Master's of Architecture degree which I left off 7 years ago  -- called appropriately enough, ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT.

Here are the last two completed pages of THE CLIFF, Book 5... next will come some process sketches.  And then... what made the Cliff?  And who?  And why?  Some questions which are sort of addressed in the prequel, plus the destruction of the world by flood and the origin of the bagel.

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THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King" - pages 8 & 9

Soon, I will stop posting updates about THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King," and start posting news about the prequel to THE CLIFF -- a graphic novel project which I am jumping to in order to complete the thesis for my Master's of Architecture degree which I left off 7 years ago  -- called appropriately enough,

More news on that to come soon.  Before I do, please rest assured that THE CLIFF will finish in due time, and I will post the last few pages I've done before switching horses midstream, jumping penguins midline and playing pattycakes in the dark.

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Thanks to my backers... I really appreciate it.

Dear Backers of THE CLIFF, Book Five: "The King" on Kickstarter, we didn't make it to the $2000 goal, but... every one of you touched me by volunteering some of your hard-earned dough toward my graphic novel.  More than the money it was your support that really validates my doing this project.  I feel better knowing you're out there.  

I completed one drawing for a backer because he was getting married and I was going to Philadelphia to join in the fun and got around the "no gifts" rule by making him his promised drawing in advance... I'm attaching the drawing it sans dedication, as a sort of "thank you" gift to him and all of you; please consider it my thank you gift to all of you.  

 

THE CLIFF: Poopsie the Penguin and his Secretary, Ms. Rebecca Nurse

I will continue THE CLIFF 'til the end, and am in pre-production with the next series: ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT, which is a prequel to THE CLIFF and explains the events leading up to it, including the world, the characters and their parents and in some cases, grandparents.  It promises to be surreal, funny, bewildering and as sublime as I can manage.  

Take care, stay in touch, shoot me an email from time to time - teacherintherye@hotmail.com
Most of you are my friends on Facebook, if not, please "friend" me. And finally, there is the blog which I update regularly!
Love, Matthew

THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King" preview - pages 7,8 & 9 + Twenty four hours to go on Kickstarter!

Page 7 is the most recent finished page.  I thought I'd scan in pages 8 & 9 as they currently are: inked outlines only, to share my drawing process with you.  Later there will be much black and crosshatching... I invite you along for the ride!

The Kickstarter campaign for THE CLIFF, Book 5:  "The King" ends on Friday, June 26.  If we reach the $2000 goal I have promised to provide a free sketch of requested CLIFF characters to every donor, in addition to which anyone kindly contributing over $50 gets a copy of the graphic novel mailed to them!  This project will only be funded if at least $2,000 is pledged by Fri, Jun 26 2015 11:14 PM EDT

If the goal isn't reached it is still fine, I love you all unconditionally.
- Matthew

THE CLIFF Bk 5 on Kickstarter -  

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409512491/the-cliff-a-graphic-novel-book-five

THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King" preview CONTINUES! Pages 5 & 6

More preview pages--protagonist Mutt Blue returns from the fabled planet Earth to the Nexus Island to recruit his fellow adventurers for a visit to the bureaucrat who runs the universe, only to discover his old pals have aged 15 years while he's only aged a week!

The Kickstarter campaign for THE CLIFF, Book 5:  "The King" ends on Friday, June 26.  If we reach the $2000 goal I have promised to provide a free sketch of requested CLIFF characters to every donor, in addition to which anyone kindly contributing over $50 gets a copy of the graphic novel mailed to them!

If the goal isn't reached it is still fine, I love you all unconditionally.
- Matthew

THE CLIFF, Book 5: "The King" preview CONTINUES! Pages 3 & 4

Continuing the romp that began in Book One, "My Helicopter"--through Book Two, "The Inner River,", Book Three, "Murder in Varanasi" and most recently Book Four: "Heart of Brightness."
The saga's conclusion is gonna be fun...

The Kickstarter campaign for THE CLIFF, Book 5:  "The King" ends on Friday, June 26.  If we reach the $2000 goal I have promised to provide a free sketch of requested CLIFF characters to every donor, in addition to which anyone kindly contributing over $50 gets a copy of the graphic novel mailed to them!

If the goal isn't reached it is still fine, I love you all unconditionally.
- Matthew