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Labbat Unpublished work #2

This is hilarious!

Remember how we were all scared to leave our houses and go to public places in case the terrorists tried to kill us?

Thing of the past. Now we can no longer go out for fear that some ***** virus is going to kill us.

You know those crappy US TV shows "Ninja versus Roman Legionaire", "Samurai Vs Maori Warrior" and so on?  I call for a new episode:

       Terrorist versus Covid19

Should I copyright that??

Unpublished Pierre Labbat #1

I found this piece of unpublished work by Labbat in a folder. I thought it was quite funny until I read the text at the bottom.

As my accountant (currently serving ten years on embezzlement charges) told me: "You will follow on in the great tradition of many old time comic book people. Destitute and eating out of cat food cans!"

I know, I know....not the best accountant but he's the only one I cannot afford.

Things are grim now so it looks like my plan to invest in all those tins of canned cat food (in gravy) was a good idea. 

Johnny Neg Is Out Now!

Writer/Artist:Ben R Dilworth
Characters created by Terry Hooper-Scharf
A4
B&W
40pp
£6.00
https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/terry-hooper/johnny-neg-no-1-july-2020/paperback/product-vmv2ev.html


Ben Dilworth gives his own spin on the character Johnny Neg: a hard-boiled detective in a unique universe. 

What does a detective sound like in a place where everything can -and has- happened? A decadent place where the end of the world is assured to occur? 

1984 meets the Apocalypse on steroids! 

Text stories include: "Let's Talk It Over", "BrainDrainer", "Stamp" and "StokeHeadDead" 

Strips include: "Mutoids", "Home", "Mob Rools", "Love Robot", "Suicide Balls" and "The Ghost Bar" 

And for added delectation --there is a GoBo insert (you DO know who GoBo is, right?

Patreon or....not?

This evening, other than scanning and cleaning the 40pp for Johnny Neg by Ben Dilworth, I took a look at Patreon as a couple people suggested. The aim was to see whether it might help fund CBO and keep it going since its continuation means I need to at least make some money.

CBO was designed to provide articles and other comic book or comic book related content. With over 7 million views you might think some past appeals or even the PayPal me link to the right have achieved something. It never did.

People "use" -crediting or simply pinching- CBO posts and if you check online you'll find a lot of these sites which generate thousands of views of re-posted (credited) CBO items.

There is virtually no country in the world that has not appeared in the daily Audience views list. No one comments. Certainly no one buys books. Yet readers return time and time again.  Does this mean that CBO is still popular? Yes, it does.

But I do not get paid so what is the alternative?  Fill the page with adverts to get income -the type of thing I have avoided to make sure visitors get uninterrupted content because the last thing we all want to see are ads popping up everywhere (ads that your pop-up blocker won't stop because they are content).

Comic Bits Online content is meant to be free to everyone so offering people "exclusive content" if they pay $5 a month does not appeal to me. Everyone should see the content.

All the things I have looked at interfere with what CBO does/is.

Therefore, if you want to see CBO continue you can either buy Black Tower books and then you get something for your money or (if you can) you could donate via the PayPal me link to the right.

Please consider one of the above methods to help support and keep CBO going.  Thank you.

How DO You Find Out?

Someone asked "Where do I find out what you publish?"

oh boy.

There is the simplest method: Google. Search "Terry Hooper-Scharf" or "Black Tower Comics and Books" -both yield a LOT of results.

Then there is the blog roll to the right (the person concerned contacted me via comments here so...): Black Tower Comic Shop News, Black Tower Comics and Books blog...the Black Tower Comics and Books Face Book page

Or even the online book store?

Information on all of those. Or even Mr  Dilworth's
 https://blacktowercomics.wixsite.com/blacktowercomics

You can even search "Ben R. Dilworth" and that nets results as does "Black tower comics John Erasmus" or "Black Tower Comics Tom Elmes" and even just "comics Stransky & Labbat" gets results.

No, there is no pdf catalogue of books or a hard copy -books are added nearly every week so any catalogue would be pretty much out of date immediately -that is why Black Tower Comic Shop News is there as a basic online catalogue of sorts.

There really is no excuse. You are all very naughty boys and girls and simply not doing your home work.  Honestly, how are any of you finding porn sites (whatever they are)?

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Finished

The Green Skies Vol. 3 Part 1 is now finished.

Mr Dilworth

Package received.

Completion BEFORE This Friday?

At 02:35 hours I discovered that my Mustek A3 Pro Scanner, which I have had since 2000, somehow scanned 13 pp of B&W art as colour.

So later (about 11:00 hrs) I re-scanned all the pages and got on with the lettering. Bearing in mind yesterday's falling tree incident, I started work on the lettering at 12:00 hrs and between planting a new fruit tree and feeding the other trees and fruit bushes, not to mention cleaning dishes and cooking tea, I just stopped lettering at 21:30 hrs.

Total number of pages cleaned and lettered and in file stands at....

100

So the remaining pages should be finished tomorrow.

I really need a great first issue cover.....

at the moment though I am physically exhausted and need to rest and  treat the leg injury...but I WILL be back!

Falling Trees and Green Skies

After an accident earlier today involving me and a falling 8 ft tall tree (you had to be there) lettering the Green Skies pages and cleaning them fell behind schedule.

However, I can now tell you that page 88 has nowe been completed.

I now need to go take some pain killers. I hurt! :-/

Just Finished....

Cleaning and lettering page 77 of The Green Skies so not many pages to go.

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Green Skies Update

It's 20:18 hrs and I have JUST finished lettering and saving to the Green Skies document page 67.

Took a while to get into the swing of things since I've not lettered a comic in a couple years!

Can't wait to get to page 120!

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