Today, You Can Read Bovodar and the Bears on Arktoons!

It's official.

We've been holding our tongues for a while, but our team can finally confirm that our comic, Bovodar and the Bears, is now available online for free at Arktoons!  Just click on this hyperlink to visit the site, and read the first release!  

Arktoons will be releasing a new episode of Bovodar and the Bears every Sunday.  On its debut, B&B was released alongside Chicago Typewriter (By Brandon Fiadino), AI Wars (Jon del Arroz), and Swan Knight Saga (John C. Wright).  And I was absolutely thrilled to see on our first day that our views and likes were just as competitive as the other works.  Not only that, but some of the online remarks were very heartening for our team:

- "I may be biased, but Bovodar & The Bears is my Sunday favorite. Surprisingly refreshing and colorful story.  Sunday has a very strong lineup."

- "Bovodar and the Bears - good, lighter approach to storytelling, with lovely drawing. Good, wholesome art work by [Mary MacArthur]."

- "Read it, very Bear-ish. I liked it."

- "Reading Bovodar and The Bears to my 3-year old seems like it will become a Sunday morning ritual for me."

- "This looks like it could be pretty good! We need more bear stories."

- "I did not expect Bovodar & The Bears to triumph over AI Wars, but there we go."

Thank you so much for these warm reviews as well as the hundreds of people who've viewed our work this past Sunday.  Thank you so very much to Bounding Into Comics for covering the release of our project.  And we would like to extend our most sincere gratitude to Vox Day and his team at Arkhaven for including our comic in the lineup for Arktoons' debut.  This was a very high honor for us.  

Our team is very happy to commit ourselves to providing something very special.  If you would like to help support us and ensure that the adventure of Bovodar and the Bears reaches its completion, please consider visiting our Patreon and making any kind of a donation.  Any kind of support is very meaningful for us.  Our current short-term goal is to produce enough content, that we could produce a physical omnibus.  As readers will see in coming weeks, we are well on our way to that goal.  So please join us in this effort to produce fresh, new fiction for all ages.

And again, if you would like to read this week's episode of the Bovodar and the Bears comic:

Visit Arktoons at this link, here!

You Can Now Sign Up To Our Newsletter

As things progress with the re-release and the graphic novel project, we've decided to roll out a newsletter this month.  That way, if you want to keep up with all of the new developments of Bovodar and the Bears and related projects, we can send you our monthly updates. 

Click here to sign up for the monthly newsletter!

Also, there will always be a form on the right side of this blog that you can fill out to subscribe.  (I may be adjusting the formatting and look of that form as we proceed.)

We'll be including goodies such as previews and bonuses in the newsletter that you just won't have access to through the blog alone.  So if you want to see some privileged, unreleased material, the newsletter is the place where you'll be seeing it.

We look forward to hearing from ya. 

Coming Into Focus

Today, we are releasing the new banner for Bovodar and the Bears.  Work on the Bovodar and the Bears graphic novel continues apace, courtesy of the fantastic artistic skill of Mary MacArthur, author of the blog, Snowflake Clockwork.  We've reached the stage to begin releasing some images for audiences.  And to top that off, we are preparing a newsletter that will provide updates on our project.  So, keep your eyes open for news on this and future projects, as we charge into the visual medium.

If you are a purist or a collector, now is the time to purchase the originally released, first Kindle edition of Bovodar and the Bears, as changes are a-coming.  These are good changes that will help the story resonate more clearly with audiences than ever before.  However, if you'd like to have a copy of this original work in its first form, now is the time to make that purchase.

And, as always, keep an eye out on this blog for more news, discussion, and updates.

The Heroes

Work on the Bovodar saga continues apace, hidden from public sight.  That said, we do have some reveals.

Finally, at last, people can now be treated to a visual concept of what Bovodar and his bears look like.  This fleshes out just what the story involves, as well as the tone and direction of the story.  Presentation is 9/10ths of the law, they say.

This would not be possible without Mary MacArthur, over at Snowflake Clockwork.  Her talent and enthusiasm for this project has been a huge boost for what I've been doing.  And it is largely thanks to her that this story project will exceed many expectations before all is said and done.

For now, you can purchase the original novel of Bovodar and the Bears over at Amazon for your Kindle.  So if you're interested in having the digital first edition, now is the time to act, read the story, and get an idea of what it's all about.  There is certainly more to come in the future.  Stay tuned. 

Getting the Train On Track

Other pursuits for the past few years have diverted my attention from my original passion, which was working on this fictional universe that I write about on this blog.  Those diversions have distracted me on a weekly basis from putting any energy into producing original, fictional content.  Home life, work, the world and its problems--it can all be a huge block for what a guy originally sets out to do.  I feel like the ever-procrastinating George R.R. Martin with this project. 

All that said, I've had a lot of thoughts about getting book two finished, sent to an actual publisher, rather than doing the Kindle-self-publishing thing, and perhaps even getting Bovodar and the Bears illustrated in some fashion.  I think that this story could be better told in a visual medium, truth be told. 

And with that, here is an illustration from a close friend who occasionally helps me along with this vision.  It is a scene in which the great owl, Gabbella, dived down to snatch away Bovodar's friend, Grep Humblemine, the little mole who served as his butler. 

His Story Could Be Sung

I have found that music, more than any other artistic expression, gives the artist the most immediate gratification.

I have found that working on writing has mostly been cerebral, gratification from peers has been limited at this stage, and the entire process has been isolating.  It is nice to be educated for this sort of thing.  Writing a book can be a noble task, I'm sure.  However, a person has to read all of the writer's work in order to come to a conclusion about it.  

A song, on the other hand, can be heard in a matter of minutes, and a great amount of expression can be put into that song.  

The past few years of genealogical research on my part have begun to reveal something about myself that I subconsciously suspected, but never fully realized.  That is, I apparently am made to express myself through music.  I have the ability to compose.  

But at this stage of my life, I have nothing but bookish knowledge.  I did not set out to be a musician as a young man.  And my ability to play an instrument is laughable.  

However, I'm learning.  And I'm learning how to write music.  

Therefore, I have begun to ponder the feasibility of expressing the story of Nobious and his world through musical means, as well as the novels I'm writing.  I do believe I would enjoy this story-telling task much more if I attempted this.