Howdy, par’ners! Ready for Friday’s Daily Mega Comics Group Updates? Great! Let’s head ‘em up and move ‘em out!

We’ll not be updating the blogs this weekend again. Instead we’ll be working on the background operations of running 3 comics web sites. We’re still building and as you might have noticed we’ve made a lot of changes in just the past few days. For those who are curious about it here’s a little rundown of what goes on behind the scenes. It takes a 1 -2 hours each day just to get the updates done. That’s just the web production part of it. We also have art, layout, design and editing to do as well. That can take many hours. As we draw to a close on our old Legacy Comics Material we are stepping up new material production. So it’s getting to the point the weekends off from posting are needed more than ever. Even though we are not posting on the weekends the work is still going on. Then there is advertising and promotion and getting set up for new areas such as the printed books we’re about to undertake. We’ve also got some other products we’ll be adding to our store. Oh yeah, and we have to finish the online store set up too! So as I eluded to last week, we’ll probably keep the 5 week daily postings instead of the 7 day week for the time being, maybe through the remaining 3 months of this year. We hope to have all the major construction of our sites done by then as well as a lot of new story and art as well.

Of course as I wrote yesterday it’s not just this site, we’re working on more visibility on the web with OnlineComics.net, ComicSpace.com, DrunkDuck.com and Salty ‘Ham Cartooneestas just to mention a few. These are not all either, so keep watching this space for more news on what we are doing in the ways of promotion. Our web stats have shown increases every month and we expect that will continue especially with these new promotion areas. 

Again 2009 could be a very special year for the Mega Comics Group thanks to you! We couldn’t do it without ya!

Project New Man # 4:

So who is Ebeneezer Baal? Figured it out yet? There are some clues on this very page just as we’ve dropped here and there throughout The Haunted Man storyline. He is a character which has appeared before in our continuity. I’m sure you have figured it out but for those who may still be piecing it together we’ll wait until page 19 to reveal his name to the world at large.

Now here’s another interesting little continuity tidbit: Baal mentions E.D.G.E. If you have read today’s Humants update already you heard my spiel about how that group plays a major role in the Legacy Universe. Now we find out Baal is tied into to them as well! You may recall E.D.G.E. from New man’s origin in PNM #2. Hah! Now, there’s a major clue for you!

Humants #3:

We meet some new characters today. Actually we saw them in the closing panels of yesterday’s page we just did not know their names. Meet Vic Torrent, Moniel Khonte and Professor Jacob Sanders. We start to learn a little more about a couple of government groups with the titles A.R.A.D and E.D.G.E. The two groups are tied into the background of the whole series and the Legacy Universe figuring into the Project: New Man storyline as well. “How?” you ask. The heck if I know! Freazie wrote this stuff! But I’m sure he’ll enlighten us on that as we go. We’re only in issue 3, there are 3 more issues of Humants to go! So don’t go away, keep checking back everyday so we can see how his thing turns out! I’m as eager to find out as you are, and I’m the Publisher! Which, as I’ve come to find out, means I’m the head Gopher!

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Hi! Glad you could make it! Ready or not here’s Monday’s Daily Mega Comics Group Updates!

I hope you had nice weekend. Ours was busy but productive. I’ll fill you in later about that, right now let’s find out what’s happening in our daily comics!

Project New Man # 4:

Chapter 9 begins today in The Haunted Man saga. Nick and Fawn are in route to her home to see some new scientific gizmo she has acquired.

Nick’s relationship to Fawn is that of a mentor and student or probably more accurately, father and daughter. We never got the chance to delve into the characters past very far so we don’t know Fawn’s real father or perhaps absence thereof as is the case in a lot of kid’s upbringing theses days. It should also be noted, Nick is a father figure to more than just Fawn. His nickname, Saint Nick, is for more than just his appearance. He is a very kindly old gentleman. Perhaps one day we’ll delve into these character’s family background. It’s always interesting to know what shaped the character of the story’s cast.

As for now, the quite drive and joyful camaraderie of two good friends is about to end. Their characters are about to be tested as never before! Stay tuned this week to see what happens!

Humants #3:

In case you were wondering about the whereabouts of our resident villain, we found him. Not that we really wanted to, mind you! Still it’s good to know just where and what your enemies are up to, is it not? As to where and what, we find him back at Devlin Robotics practicing his favorite pastime, bullying someone less powerful than himself, in this case one Gregory Lawthers, assistant to the missing Devlin Delano. You may recall them from issue # 1. Devlin dissappeared as Mageddon came into our dimension. Now, whether Devlin is really Mageddon transformed into the horrid Dark Lord of the Hecati or actually just switched places with him and is even now imprisoned in some hellish dimension we cannot be sure. I’m sure all that will come to light before this is all said and done.

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Welcome back! Tuesday’s Daily Mega Comics Group Updates await you!

We got the week started off right yesterday, so now let me fill you in on what happened over the weekend. We did the usual tweaks and revisions here and there on the site but most of the work for me was finishing up the plot and thumbnails sketches for Project: New Man # 4. That’s right, you see when Legacy Comics shut down due to lack of operating capital back in ‘92 we did not get to finish The Haunted Man story line. We had plotted the ending but never got it down on paper. The plotting session was actually a long distance conversation between Freazie and myself. So my job over the past several days has been recalling that plot and getting it down on paper. It was about a week and a little change before I could get it all, but really it would not have taken that long if I could have done it all in one sitting. Laying out the pages went off like clockwork, and I was amazed at how it just seemed to flow! There was only 2 pages I had to go back and adjust because I had left out a scene. The first 2 chapters of issue 4 were complete back in the day, so we only have to finish the issue. Freazie has already handed in the first 3 pages of the script which you will see 2 of  the 3 this week. The pencils for those 3 pages were complete in ‘92 as well, and I’m hard at work inking those now. It’s really great to be working on these characters again!

Oops! Time is getting away! More news tomorrow! Now onto our comics for today:

Project New Man # 4:

Nick and Fawn are still in route to her home. We get treated to some nice talking head shots by Christopher Torres on this page as Nick and Fawn chat.

Nick chastises Fawn a bit for starving herself in order to pay for the new gizmo she has purchased. he also gets onto her for working too much. She was suppose to be on vacation this week, but she keeps doing research on Project: New Man. The lady definitely seems to be a workaholic doesn’t she. I can relate!

Humants #3:

Mageddon after basically getting his butt kicked by the Khosmotic Warriors last issue takes out his frustrations on Lawthers. In typical super villain fare he makes his speeches about how the good guys will pay for having dared even look his way with anything than utmost respect. But as you look at the cool drawings by Freazie White, Jr. it’s easy to see Mageddon is not just your everyday super villain. He’s like a cross between Dracula and Darth Vader, both spooky and imposing at the same time! His costume is not all that fancy, it’s basic black. The Helmet is the most threatening part with that slit of a vior right in the middle. Reference to New Man is also coming up more frequently in the series amongst the different characters so it’s only a matter of time before we see a cross over between the 2 books. Mageddon seems to regard New Man a little differently than the Humants? Perhaps it’s just the mystery of not knowing what New Man is. Is he a Humant or something else? Could there be a forthcoming battle between New Man and Mageddon? Time will tell, web wayfarer! Stay tuned!

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Salutations o’ Steadfast Ones! Wednesday’s Daily Mega Comics Group Updates are ready for your enjoyment!

Have you noticed? We have been making lot’s of little changes all over the site. We’ve added the Mighty Mega Checklist down the Left Sidebar to keep those back issues handy to refresh your memory, to check on our continuity or if you’re new, to get you up to date on the current story line! There is also an expanded edition of the Checklist on the home pages of Project: New Man and Humants. Also we have been working on the MCG Guidebook which gives you the lowdown on all our characters! Or at least it will once we finish it. You can see it now as a work in progress by clicking the link in the Menu Bar above. And that’s not all ! We’ve got a lot more in store before the year ends, and just wait until 2009! Like the guy sang back in the day, “B-b-b-baby, y-y-you just ain’t seen nothing yet!”

Now without further ado, our comics for today:

Project New Man # 4:

A dog barks a couple doors down, a cat hisses at him and runs off.  A lawnmower in the distance shuts off as the evening mowing is concluded. Street lights are coming on as the sun peeks out one last time before passing slowly over the horizon. The sound of stereos and TV’s playing faintly at nearby neighbors can be heard. Kids finish playing in the street nearby as a mom calls them to dinner. Just an average evening in the ‘berbs of Municiple City. Nick and Fawn arrive at her house, in this tranquil little setting. The chitchat of two old friends meanders about.

What could the new discovery in Dave’s DNA which Fawn’s cryptically refers to could be. The guy has been transformed into a near perfect human specimen and obtained the ability harness a Unified Field putting the forces of Gravity, Electricity and Magnetism at his disposal. What more could there be? We’ll soon see, I suppose.

Ah, notice how uncomfortable Fawn is at the mention of Dave and her in the context of a relationship between them. Where could that be going?

Yes, everything is just completely normal, peaceful and quite until Fawn opens the door from her garage to the kitchen to find surprise guests!

Don’t you hate when that happens? I know I do!

And lest you think we have forgotten whose book this really is, New Man makes the scene tomorrow!

Humants #3:

Whew! Talk about an economic crisis! Put yourself in poor ol’ Gregory Lawther’s place for a minute. Not only is he having to deal with keeping a huge business empire going while his boss is missing without a trace and no telling when he might return. Not only does he have to make up excuses for the aforementioned boss’s absence so as not to cause corporate panic at Devlin Robotics, Inc. No, that would not be bad enough, but he has to explain all this to the super powered maniac responsible for spiriting away his boss, Devlin Delano. And to top it all off he now learns even Mageddon, the villain himself, is not sure what happened to Devlin Delano! Geeze! And here I thought I was having a difficult week at the office!

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Greetings! Thursday’s Daily Mega Comics Group Updates are here!

Guess what? Not only are we getting some prices together on printing our comic mags so you not only have a digital copy to drool over but a cool hand held model to boot, we are also making plans for some posters, t-shirts and buttons. Heck, we might even do some mouse pads! Mice need somewhere comfy to sleep too, ya know.  We’ll have all the details soon, so don’t go away.

Okay, let’s see what we have in the ol’ digital comics bag for today:

Project New Man # 4:

See? Here he is! We didn’t lose him! Actually he’s been out waiting in a gas line to fill up the Fortress Foundation SUV for the past few hours. Had to pay $3.35 per gallon for gas and the full tank totaled nearly 70 bucks! Now he’s short of cash for his trip to Burger King and, boy, is he ticked! no wait, that was me. Sorry got a little confused.

This page was originally drawn in 1992 but inked just this week! I did the work, by the way. Freazie gave us a brand spanking new script to boot so the following pages are not only never before published but most of it is new material. So for those of you tired of hearing about the early nineties here’s something from 2008. Hmmm… I wonder how much gas was back in ‘92?

Okay, so New Man has found out that Nick and Fawn have been abducted by Ebenezer Baal, who has Bearcat locked up somewhere also and he doesn’t know where they could be. To say the least he’s a bit frustrated! So what do you do when you need to work off some steam and think outloud a bit? Well, Dave Davison goes to…ah but why not just head on over and see for yourself, web wayfarer!

Humants #3:

Scene switch! He’s a mystery even to himself. He has no memory of his past life. He doesn’t know if he had a family, a business, or maybe he was a homeless person. All he knows now is that he is The Herald, Adjudicator of the Khosmotic. To him that is enough, he spends very little time thinking about what has gone before. To say he is obsessed with his job would be an understatement! Yet, it is also not exactly accurate. He is what he is, he can be no other way, is his reasoning. He has a job to do and it is not a good idea to come between him and his mission! Right now he’s spotted someone whom he’s not seen before, another Humant! But is the other friend or foe?

Yep! You guessed it the main event of this issue, the smack down between the Herald and Chaosta is about to begin! You don’t want to miss this one, hombre!

Special note to my long time bro! Hey, Freazie! Remember this page? This is one you penciled during the ‘91 convention tour and I inked it. Brings back the memories, eh! The best is yet to come, pal!

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Welcome! Friday’s Daily Mega Comics Group Updates are ready to read!

See that thingamagig above? That’s one of our new features. Okay, we put it up a month or so ago and forgot to say anything about it. It’s called Featurific and it makes a slide show of the posts on this web site. To can watch it as it does it’s thing or you can click on the controls at the bottom of the Featurific window to pause it so you can read all that’s in the window or just admire the artwork or click the number of the post, form the newests to the oldest, to see your favorite. It’s more than just a cute gadget. Click on the frame with the post you want to see and it takes you to that post. Neat, huh?

Okay, let’s see what we have in the ol’ digital comics bag for today:

Project New Man # 4:

Dave, Chief Thunder and Kamikaze are figuring it out. They are very close to realizing just who Ebenezer Baal really is. And if they figure out who he is that might lead them to where he is. Or maybe Tom will locate one of Bearcat’s GPS homing signal devices. It’s one thing if one lacks the power to help, but very frustrating when one has the power to do something but lacks the means to accomplish it.

I had a great time when I originally drew these pages and I’ve been having fun inking them. I was trying to mimic Jim Lee, who was mimicking Art Adams, two of my favorite artists. I hope to be able to keep it up to finish this final chapter of The Haunted Man. Relax, we still have 24 more pages in this issue.

So what’s in store for Project: New Man after that? Well, what do you think? Should we continue the series? Right now the plan is to shelve the title for now, and maybe pick it up later. We will still have it online in the archives so anyone will still be able to read it even after the new material stops. Freazie and I still have some stories to tell of New Man, the Thunder Hawks, Fawn, Nick, Bearcat and the rest. We want to do a couple other books we have in mind first then, who knows? If Mega Maniacs are all in favor of it we’ll start Project: New Man #5. But we’ll wait and see, and like I said we still got time to think about it with 24 more pages in this issue.

Humants #3:

The Herald is not sure who or what this is he has discovered flying over the city. Could she be one of the Renegade Humants which Omnispawn spoke of after their first encounter with Mageddon? This one requires some watching. She had earlier detected him, but he has the ninja like ability to mask his whereabouts. She will only know of him again when he so chooses. Perhaps a confrontation will reveal who’s side she is on…

Sorry to leave you on that note, but that’s it for today. Don’t fret! We’ll be right back here Monday morning to see what ol’ grim face does and just how Chaosta reacts! ‘Til then…Have a nice weekend! Aloha!

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