Chapter II of SGT BENBO in the works

With the weeks going by, and that go's faster as one might think,
i already started work on the second chapter on the adventures of SGT BENBO a little while back, 

with the first 6 parts done and done. I have two more to color, and then draw out and ink, the scripts that i did when the site went live for the first time.

those sketches of the benbo comic i make in a dummy book, usually i sketch on a blank peace of paper, but with this series and with the Follow The Norm series i found out that it is way easyer to draw sequentials in a book.

Now with the first book done last year and now the second one going well, because of that the dummybook is full, i need to get another one specially for SGTBENBO.. this is on my to do list, after i finished this remaining batch.

I hope that when the first chapter is done,
there is enough interest to realy print a book, (on my own or maybe there is a publisher that sees fit to print the book) any case i would love to see Benbo in stores world wide..  just aslong i make the desisions on every little step in the process, i already have the template and in what format / size the book must come, it's a cool format to boot.. 

At the 'stripfestival breda' i've let people see the first chapter, in book form.
(the webcomic wasen't live before then, after that i got anctious to get it live)
but reactions of people that seen the book where so positive, that it made me feel good.  so i'm sticking with it.. (even if no one got my vision..i still would've stuck with it, but nonetheless, it's nice to know other people can get behind my work and in wich mold i put things)  i'm not that much of an outcast afterall ;) 


tomorrow i'll color the two remaining strips,
and probably start with the first two scripts in the book that lay before me.


for now,

i'm signing off,


Toon On!
  
 

1 Year anniversary of SGT BENBO

yes, it's already been a year since we've met out sergeant


i've started thinking about doing a comic on him before ofcourse,
sketching, and character designing etc.

But the first legit comic strip became a reality around 16 october
(not counting the sketching and inking, i'm talking about the scanned originals:) )

Almost a year later!! i've managed to get my website online for the world to see..

After the 'introduction' series of the comic was long done,
we had some off time, and since the site is live, now we are sitting around the table again, to talk about his adventure abroad (for him abroad anyway) ..And well adventure... 

To him it's probably wasting time, seeing his whole career was one big adventure and now has to sit on a chair at a table telling story's of how he liked serving his country..


Regards

Roland & Ben

Benbo flyer in the Library

After 4 episodes online on the benbo site,
i felt it was time to get some readers in the vicinity of where i live to the benbo site, that aren't gun toding explosinon lovers like guy's in the USN.

So i thought about making a fold-out banner, 
I went to the library with this question, and basacly they said, 
"That's a nice idea, about the banner we need to talk it over with the staff,
but, if you can fix a flyer i will hang that up A.S.A.P"

well. as you know i'm not one to linger on stuff like this,
so, i went home made the banner, made the flyer,
got it printed out laminated it, and went back to the library..

the dude that opend, wasen't the dude that i had the talk with,
and he said, come back monday..


i did, and BAM, he placed the flyer above the comic section, on the wall
what seemd like all in the same second.   


and when the real banner arives.. what to do with that
where to place it.. i know i'm taking it with me at conventions, but what to do in the meantime... any ideas? ;)



Toon ON!

The Sarge is live and kicking !!

Back in 2011
early to middle 2011,

i was creating a comic,
i was working for a small local newspaper. did the DTP for them,
the paper was illustration and comic free, so during our meetings when i first started working there, i spontanious mentioned that i draw aswell next to graphic design and DTP.

they where interested in my drawing capabillity, and let me know that maybe i could do a comic for there paper..

after hearing that, i got loads of inspiration,
and got cracking on a comic, seeing i'm kind of a gear nut,
and have loads of respect for the army, navy etc, etc, and at that point i really had a head full of it.. still do.. ( if i wheren't doing funny books i probably would be a grunt of some kind, but the creative spirit had the upper hand)

anywho..

i got to work on some character design's
and had a rough idea about the story in my mind..

And the next 6 months, i was creating what came to be SGT BENBOit was i gues december 2011 when i was finished with the introduction of the sarge, and i was real happy with the out come.
(His war story's are so cool, they sould make a movie out of it, he has plenty of years behind him of cool story telling, he's a tough love kind of guy, not real talkative and when he does it feels like he whants to rip your head off..)

anyway, got the story done, and i thought, this newspaper can't handle Ben,
so, what can i do for ben's efforts, him telling his war story'.. i can't let it be for not.. so, i went webcomic on his ass.

got the name, etc etc, and seeing i'm a noob at CMS etc etc, i couldn't make the site, and had no one really to help me out...

 After almost a year on hiatus,
i figured out what to do with the site, when i went to a little comic convention in Breda and talked with some guys, and they talked about webcomics
got home, had a nice weekend, and the monday after i got cracking on the site, deleted everything on the old site, loaded a basic CMS, and searched for the right theme, and bingo, i got the site running, close enough to the design i was looking for. Not 100% satisfied, still needs some changes but it will do for now.


even have a donation button,
i'm the last one that wants that, always thought damn beggers with there donation drives all over the internet..  but after standing in there shoes like this, i get it,  i mean, that website doesen't pay for it's self, and let alone the production time i have with making the comic.. so i thought i can hold up, with the possibility of getting the website killed (RE: no funds for the website)
or setting my pride on the side, and just placing that donation button on benbo's site.. i did it, and i will see what will happen with it..

i will tell every one, every penny wil go to benbo, so i can tell his story for him, and for all the fans out there.. ( probably 1 or 2 at the moment) wich include myself.


So i would say to end this blog,

go check Ben out at his place, maybe leave a comment
he will appriciate the hell out of it, he may come over as a hardass, 
but has a heart of gold..

  I'll hook you up:

Website: 
www.sgtbenbo.com
facebook:
www.facebook.com/SGT_BENBO
Twitter:
@SGT_BENBO

Have a blast
and remember..

Read em' Share em' Bagg em' and Tagg em' 

Toon On! 

Strip festival Breda2012 (day1) A complete succes

Had a kickin' time at the "strip festival Breda" yesterday (09-09-2012) 

Met a whole bunch of new guys and gals that are in the bizz

hope to refresh these contacts soon, with crumpets and tea ;)

At some point talking for 2 hours?! with Jan. my legs went sour from standing still the whole time and still had a good time chatting up a storm.

Windmill comics was at the show to, 

had some interesting talks with the guys at that table,

so hopefully there will be a continuation..

well, hope there will be a continuation with every one i've met yesterday.

Before the day got at an end, i went back in nerd mode,

because in the begining i've seen a few AKRIA books 

(the original epic comics prints)

wich i adore, and need to get 100% complete in different forms..

Soo, i went back to see if they where still there, and eureka! not a one sold

so i got the books i thought i didn't have.. and let the one that i knew i didn't have stay there, (the dude asked way more than it was worth)

so i got a couple other ones...  when i got ome i went to my book closet and what ya know, i had 4 of the 5 books already :(

so the hunt is still on for the missing books (but, that's the fun of it)

Thanks to the friends who went with me and thanks for diner (the late BBQ was a blast) some of us saw falling stars, others a T-Rex in a guys backyard.... and people tell me i have to much imagination ;)

Toon on!

Strip Festival Breda 2012

This up comming weekend we will be attending the "stripfestival Breda"
in...well, Breda.

this time it's in an un official capacity,
hopefully next year, when "Follow The Norm' 
is finalised we will have a booth / table there.

This weekend we will walk around, chat with other artist, do a little hobnobbing, have some laughs, and to show our artwork to each other.
all in all to have a fun time.

hope to meet some cool guys and galls and expand our Network.

Maybe we will see you there,

Have a good one.

Toon on!


Regards the

Moon-Toons Staff

Some of you might already have guessed
Moon-Toons works with in the english language,
although, it's a dutch company.

reason for that is
Most of the Dutch folk is not really comic/ illustration oriented

(they think it's for kids, it's childish...
Not knowing The Avengers grost $125 million during its three-day opening weekend in North America...and yeah it's a movie.. but it's a comicbook movie..makes us comicgeeks feel good that we got most of the 'normal folks by there balls when it comes to entertainment.. an no i have nothing to do with that movie but still, it feels good.)

so, i'm not really game for that negative vibe from these dutch folk's.
Looking down at our work and that of my colleagues, so i choose to work in english,
instead of my native toungh, because my american bretherin overseas, love comic's like strips, animation. and like it on a higher level that the people here in the BENELUX the guys that do like them .. 

ofcourse there are exeption.

but what is your (the reader of this blog's) opinion on this

Is it cool that we choose to work this way,
to try to get my work across to more people like this,

or should i stick to my own language,
and let the dutch folks read my work first ..And be glad if they will read it.

Thanks

Toon on!