My Infiniteens are out!

eliseu gouveia

WHOO-HOO!

Hi, guys!

I´m really excited right now, Moonstone Books just launched my comic, INFINITEENS (head honcho Joe Gentile tells me it hit the stands yesterday!).

No, I´m am beyond excited.
200+ pages written, pencilled, inked and colored by me the story of 4 kids struggling to save their world.
Here´s a little pannel I "extracted" from a page to celebrate, this is Beverly "Twinblast" Garcia on patrol (she´s wearing a version of her uniform designed for celebrations and public occasions)



I believe beer is in order.

Golem

Gratz!!!

NightDragon

That's awesome. Congrats!

eliseu gouveia

Thanks, guys.

darkdemon

Congrats! You live in Portugal I see? In which shops can I expect these comics, I'm in Portugal at the moment and I'll be one of your first customers then .

Lly

200+ pages? O.o

Congrats!

Antibodies

So are you gonna link us to where we can buy this from or not?

I'm a good few years from finishing my own Graphic Novel so I REALLY admire anyone who can put something that massive out entirely on their lonesome. Looks spiffed out as all hell.

eliseu gouveia

Hi, Darkdemon! Thanks! Yeah, I´m a portuguese author. I´m sure you can get it at BDMania, Bairro Alto. it´s where I usually buy my comics: Ultimates, Astonishing X-Men, etc.

Thanks, Lly!
Yeah, Infiniteens is an 8-part series running at 24-26 pages each. Add to that the covers and revamped pages and suddenly you´re well above the 200 mark. Why was I mad enough to commit to such an endeavor?
Well, I initially did 2 issues (50 pages) and submitted the project to ommitted Comics.
They agreed to publish it back in 2001, but they wanted to have the entire storyarc finished first.
"- Ok, then, I´ll finish the series." I said to myself. How little did I know...
And off I went to draw the remaining 150 pages. In the summer of 2003, I finally finished the series.
And just as they were about to release the book, Committed Comics went under and I ended up abandoned with the proverbial baby in my arms.
Arrrrgh!
What do I do with these 200 pages? At the time I was working on the series Genie for FC9 Publishing, so I submitted it to them. They liked it and were about to publish it when they too went under.
Time passes and one day I decide to submit it to Moonstone Books with whom I worked in Vengeance of the Mummy. They liked it and agreed to pick it up and that´s the story. Whew!! Kids, don´t try this at home! Let´s hope three time´s the charm.

Hi, Antibodies! Thanks, I think you can get it in any comicbook store since Diamond is distributing it and they cover the entire US territory. If you don´t , try the Moosntone online store.
Good luck on your graphic novel, hope you manage to finish it and publish it with great success

Then we can compare experiences

Antibodies

Yea seriously, making comics is about the most impossible thing in the world due to the flakiness of the business and the market. Even if you're willing to do all teh work yourself, little indy publishers never last long and don't have the capital to really help you. Diamond and shops, even private consignment shops will screw you. There's very few comic shops even around any more, even in the biggest of cities. When I was a kid there were at least 20 shops I knew of, now I have to take a train to the heart of downtown to get anything-it has pretty much killed my massive collecting habit. I fucking hate buying trades at bookstores, I'd rather support the dying art and dying business.

Ape2001

Wow, you live a dream of mine Huge Congratz!

The whole story about the comic could be a little comic itself ^^' whew.

DarkPrimus

How often will issues come out? Monthly? Bi-monthly?

eliseu gouveia

You´re dead on, Antibodies, there is a reason why they call it the Big Two.
They´re so huge they master all they survey. All the rest of the indies are but breadcrumbs in the landscape, bugs to be squashed.
On the distribution issue, I think it´s a worldwide phenomenon.
Here in Portugal I grew up with comics in every stand. On my way to school it was hard not to see a comic cover hanging from a newstand. Nowadays you have to develop detective skills to find a place that sells them.
That is what´s hurting the insdustry, the lack of visibility.
Not the books, the stories or the art which, IMHO are better than ever.
Comics end up catering to older 25+ readers, alienating the younger generations.


Thanks, Ape2001! Yeah, when I say it was a wild ride getting here I´m not kidding. If I knew the trouble I´d have to go through, I´d have givenup a LONG time ago.


Hi, DarkPrimus! Infiniteens is an 8-part mini-series. All the issues are finished, pencils, inks and colors, 200 pages in total, so Moonstone decided to go ahead and release it on a monthly basis.
you can expect one issue on the shelves every month..... for the next 8 months, at least .
Then, if it sells well enough to warrant it, we can start thinking about making it an ongoing........
In which case I´ll probably need a partner, no way in hell can I play all the instruments on a monthly basis, story, pencils, inks and colors.

It will really depend on how well it does, which is why I am particularly nervous right now... :shock:

paulwind

Can we see some more stuff (previews of pictures or text maybe) from the book? It already sounds like something I'd be interested in.

Looks great! Congratulations!

eliseu gouveia

Hey, paulwind, thanks

I think I´ve shown them around here before but anyway, here´s some random pages/covers.











Hope you like it

Munch

Oh hey, I actually saw this at my shop on Wednesday, but passed it up since A) I was already buying a bunch of books and I didn't know you were doing it. I'll make sure I check it out next week.

eliseu gouveia

D´Oh! :shock:

Aw, well.... if you pick it up next week, please don´t forget to share your thoughts, I wanna know everything!

Golden Yak

Ooo, something to ask about next time I'm in the local comic shop.

exit

Oh snap, I'll need to find this somehow.

I loved the last story you did.

tony_important

Canadian distribution?

eliseu gouveia

Thanks, Golden Yak, I do hope you manage to find it (and pick it) in your local store, I´ve always enjoyed your insightful posts and comments back in the old Silversparrow days.

Thanks, exit,. If it serves of anything, I promise I treat the Infiniteens a lot better than I did Jessie.
I just did an interview for Newsarama where you can find a lot of juicy stuff about these kids.

Hi, tony_important. Diamond is distributing the book and I thinkthey cover Canada. If your bookstore gets regular comics like Marvel and DC, then I think they should get Infiniteens too

Prospicience

I haven't bought a comic in years but I think I'll pick this one up just cause I loved Silversparrow I'm sure this'll be great. Can't wait to read it!

Staleghoti

You naked blue-chick is awesome

As is the dude with the giant robot arms/shoulders

eliseu gouveia

Hey, Prospicience thanks. LTNS
The tone in Infiniteens is a bit lighter than Silversparrow, though. There is danger and high stakes but I think the tone is more fun due to the interaction between the charaters and the situations they find themselves in

LOL
Thanks, Staleghoti. Pulsara isn´t really naked, she has an energy membrane surrounding her (much like Silver Surfer). It´s a sign of decay, actually, and anyone around her should be tiptoeing right about now.
Event Freaks don´t age per se (Pulsara is pushing 50 but she looks in her 20s). Instead, their superparticle field build up over the years til eventually they explode like a nuclear warhead. That longer you manage to stay in control of your superparticle field, the longer you´ll live.
Julian´s a tech artist and the guy with the flight suit. The flight suit eventually turns into pretty much the village bicicle, from the top of my head I can remeber at least two other people wearing it (including Luther´s girlfriend) in later issues.
It can reach speeds of mach 2.35 Above that, it starts bleeding more energy than its solar cells can replenish and it crashes.

eliseu gouveia

Heya, guys,

really excited here. Dunno if you read comics but I got word from Joe Gentile (Moonstone Books) that another ish of my Infiniteens hits the stands tomorrow.

WHOO-HOO!

CBR is running a preview over here.
For those of you too lazy to click on links -and I know who you are-, heeere´s....














Packing bucketloads of action, the issue marks the kids´official baptism of fire by throwing them smack dab in the middle of a rescue operation gone horribly wrong.
With people shooting at them from the left and mindless, superpowerful Event Freaks trying to eat their livers (with a fine bottle of Chiant) on the righti, this is the moment of truth when we find out who´s grace under fire and who breaks under pressure.

In the wise words of Chief Barnes, "- Cape Ruseur´s days of peace and quiet are over, kids. Welcome to the war!"

Next time you find yourself trapped inside the wreckage of a crashlanded airship infested with superpowerful beings who are out to rape, killl and eat you (not necessarily in that order), you´ll be happy to know that you´ve got Infiniteens on speed dial.

flyingmonkey

Wow looking good eliseu. I loved the first comics you posted on here a ways back, I'm impressed you got published with your own full story and everything. Hopefully I can find someplace that sells comics around here and grab an issue..been so long since I bought a comic heh.

eliseu gouveia

Thanks, flyingmonkey, I think you can find it in Moonstone Books´ online store if there´s no comic stores near you.

I have to be honest here, it may sound cool to have your own book published but I would really like to know where I had my head when I decided that writing, penciling, inking and coloring over 200 pages would be "a piece of cake". :shock: