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First of all, to any new readers, welcome. I hope you're enjoying both the comic and the site. Take a look around, read all the back episodes starting with the first. Let us know what you think by commenting on the comics or sending us email. If you really enjoy what you're reading, please consider buying the first issue of the paper comic in the Hellcats bookstore. It's not just what you see here, it's a completely new story featuring the girls and even some of their real photos. Like the one to the right.
Why are there new readers? Well, Max and I made the decision to start advertising. That's brought a lot of new visitors to the site in the last 24 hours and hopefully even more to come in the coming days.
We're advertising through Project Wonderful. We've also decided to start selling ad space through them. There are now ad blocks available on this site Three square blocks in the ad sidebar all the way to the right of this page, eight button blocks across the very bottom of the page and one featured banner that appears throughout the site. Project Wonderful has a very interesting auction business plan approach to selling advertising. Rather than rotate ads, they're constant until you're outbid or you don't want to pay anymore. It's a pretty good system that I've been pretty happy with. So if you've got a website that you want to promote, please by all means, bid on one of our blocks there and you'll be advertising here in no time.
And on to the "sexy stuff". I had been meaning to put some shots of the girls "out of costume" up here on the site, but I hadn't gotten around to it. It was always our intent to have this site be a little different by featuring pinups of the real girls to go along with their characters, so I decided to add a few today. That's the real Amaya Solace above and below we have pics of the real Sarah Prankha, Chaste and Damsel Reed.
Again, I welcome all the new viewers, and I say thank you to everyone who's been with us since the beginning or anywhere in between. We've got a lot of cool stuff planned so keep coming back.
-Mav
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I created the Cosmic Hellcats fanpics section, because I thought it would be cool to see some interpretations of the characters from other artists. And by interpretations, I was kind of expecting drawings.
It really never dawned on me that we'd have people submitting photographs. But I think it's great that they do. It seems everyone wants to be a Hellcat.
I couldn't be happier.
This is from Lrayholly who has informed us that the one thing the Cosmic Hellcats team is missing is an older member. So she has created the character of Mz. Kittie, an elderly but feisty felinoid from back in the old days. I actually think the idea shows some promise. What do you think? Could Mz. Kittie be a Hellcat?
We'd love to see more people's Hellcat creations, either photos or drawings and your interpretations of the official characters, or just any other comments about the comic or the site you happen to have. Please write us at feedback@cosmichellcats.com. We look forward to it.
-Mav
∑8x)
Steph felt that there needed to be more fan art pictures of Damsel and Amaya, so she sent this in.
We've been quite pleased with all the submissions for the fan art section. Thank you all for participating.
We're always looking for more. So if you have any Hellcats pictures and would like them posted here, we'd love it if you'd send them in to feedback@cosmichellcats.com.
-Mav
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In some ways, posting fanpics is more fun than working on comic itself. Don't get me wrong. I love writing the comic, and without the comic there's nothing for people to send in fan pics for. But it's always nice to see that there are people out there who like the strip.
This one was sent in from Like_Shipwrecks. She says that she tried to draw a hellcat, but it wasn't working out so she decided to just dressup as one. Her original drawing is below. I don't know, as good as the drawing is, seeing her is even better.
What do you think? Have we found the next Cosmic Hellcat?
If you have fan art, or you've dressed up as a character from the strip, send it to us at feedback@cosmichellcats.com.
-Mav
∑8x)
I love it when I can just ask for something and it happens.
I asked for more fan art of the girls and we received this sketch from another of my Flickr peeps, Helder.
Helder did a sketch of all four girls, which is awesome because now they're all represented in the fanart section at least once. But more importantly I like that he used a very different style from what we normally do here. It's always nice to see different interpretations of the characters.
Of course we still want more fan art as well, so if you feel like drawing any, or if you just want to tell us what you think of the strip or the book, please email us at feedback@cosmichellcats.com.
-Mav
∑8x)
Sometimes Max and I like to throw little in-jokes or sight gags in the comic. They're actually all over the first issue of the book if you care to look for them (still available, in two different versions, from the Hellcats Bookstore, order yours today! End Cheap Plug). There have been a couple in the webcomic as well. Sometimes they're really subtle or even really really inside and only we'd get them. Other times, they're there for anyone who cares to see them.
There was one we wanted to do today, but no one would ever notice it because we don't publish the webcomics at high enough resolution to make it legible, so I thought I'd point out the warning label on Chaste's giant gun in today's comic. Max actually came up with the text here, so full credit goes to him on this one. I just added it to the gun when I was doing the coloring and lettering. You can see the text more clearly by clicking on this image, but if you still can't read it, it says:
WARNING: The Federated Union of Confederated Kingdoms declaration 187352-97B has categorized the use of this weapon as a Class 3 War Crime except in extraordinary circumstances outlined in section 14b R7 of Federated Union of Confederated Kingdoms Declaration 165432-44D. Operators are advised to file request for Authorization of Excessive Destructive Force under code 6786453-J of the Transdimensional Interstellar Tranquility Squadron Charter
See, you always have to pay attention. We're so clever... or bored... I'm not sure which.
-Mav
∑8x)
For those who don't know, I co-host a podcast based on one of my other art projects (365 Days, a daily photographic, self-portrait journal) with a guy named Stephen Poff.
I made a comment on one of my 365s that I was looking for Hellcats fan art to add to the site, and Stephen was nice enough to draw one. So here are Damsel and Sarah.
Sarah, at two pics, now has more fan drawings than any of the other Hellcats, I'm sure they're jealous; especially Amaya, who has none. So now is your chance, draw your favorite Hellcat (or Hellcats) and send it to us at feedback@cosmichellcats.com, and we'll add it here on the site. And if Sarah is your favorite, feel free to draw her too. She loves bragging.
-Mav
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Chaste has not yet appeared in the webcomic, so she gets a little love here. The first drawing is from before it was decided she should have stripes. I was against the stripes initially, as I thought she was plenty badass without them. But eventually I had to concede they look great on her, and now it's strange seeing her without them.
Chaste fans would be well-advised to check out Issue 1, in which she PWNZ.
Also today we have the first drawings of Rigellian boss N'Ukul, one of his battledroid minions, Fluffy, and Amaya in stylish prison threads. Enjoy!
-Max
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Max and I are going to be appearing at the "Good and Evil" show at Pittsburgh's Creative Treehouse displaying photos from the Hellcats photoshoot as well as the comic.
If you're in Pittsburgh or near here, by all means stop by and buy a print or a signed book. Should be a blast.
This is an 18 and over show, and BYOB. There will be live bands. I've presented my photography at these shows before and they're generally quite fun. So if you're not busy Saturday night then please come on by.
And if you are busy. Well, cancel your plans. We're much cooler than whatever you were going to be doing anyway.
When: May 17, 2008
Where: Creative Treehouse
517 Lincoln Avenue
Bellevue, PA 15202
www.creativetreehousepgh.com
Time: 8pm to 12am
Cost: $5
18 and Over Show
BYOB w/proper ID
Where: Creative Treehouse
517 Lincoln Avenue
Bellevue, PA 15202
www.creativetreehousepgh.com
Time: 8pm to 12am
Cost: $5
18 and Over Show
BYOB w/proper ID
Hope to see you there.
-Mav
Since there's no update to the comic itself til Monday, and since so far in the current story, only Damsel and Amaya have appeared, I thought it might be a good time to post these sketches of Chaste and Sarah by Kristoffer Smith.
Kris is a local Pittsburgh artist and comic book creator and insanely talented. He's been "in the biz" since he was a teenager and had his own table at comicon. He stopped by our booth and saw the comic on the first day, and then came back a few hours later with this sketch of Chaste, simply because he liked the book.
The next day, Sarah asked him to do one of her, so he did that as well.
I love Kris's art and hopefully there'll be some future Hellcat project we can collaborate on.
If you have Hellcats fan art, please send them to us at feedback@cosmichellcats.com.
Flickr user Elston, who is a member of my 365 Project recognized me and approached me at the Con.
We spoke for a while about my 365 book and the Hellcats comic and he asked if it was ok if he took a picture with me and the team for his daily self-portrait. Being total camera whores, we of course obliged.
We spoke for a while about my 365 book and the Hellcats comic and he asked if it was ok if he took a picture with me and the team for his daily self-portrait. Being total camera whores, we of course obliged.
He also gave us a picture of Chaste that he took at the convention before he even knew that i was involved in the project.
Thanks to Elston, and if anyone else has any pics they'd like to share, please send them to feedback@cosmichellcats.com.
-Mav
The sketchbook now has sketches in it. (Click thumbnails for bigger pics). Feel free to perform the dance of joy.
-Max
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We had a great time at Comicon, of course. The book did really well and we met a lot of fans and even did a couple of interviews. The girls seem to have had a blast. I keep looking around Flickr and seeing Hellcat pictures popping up everywhere.
Took a lot of pictures out there of a lot of people in a lot of great outfits. Decided to add them here. In the future, any pics we have from fans, be they photos with max, the girls, and myself, or fanart that people have drawn will be added to the Fan Pics section of the website. I actually have a couple of really good sketches by Indy Comic artist Kristoffer Smith that I will be putting up as soon as I have time. But until then, enjoy these photos from the con. Even more pictures from comicon, including all those without the 'Cats, but with some great costumes nonetheless are on my flickr page. If you have your own pics with the 'Cats you'd like uploaded here or if you have any fan sketches, please send them to feedback@cosmichellcats.com.
Also, we're hard at work on issue 2 of Cosmic Hellcats IX. But until then, be sure to check out the website for the new Web Comics section of the site for the brand new Cosmic Hellcats Adventures webcomic that Max and I just started. We'll be updating it a couple times a week with further exploits of the 'Cats. These will probably even be sillier than what happens in the main book, which from now on is going to center more on story. Hopefully, we'll also be making Adventures into a published comic or manga as well, once we have enough of them. But that's off in the future. Until then, just enjoy them here.
The first issue of Cosmic Hellcats IX is also still available. So if you don't have it yet, head over to the Bookstore and grab a copy. The more we sell, the sooner issue 2 can come out.
Thank you to everyone who came out to visit us at Pittsburgh Comicon this last weekend. We all had a great time.
And a special thank you to everyone who supported us by buying the book and other merchandise. We look forward to many great Hellcat adventures in the future, and seeing the support makes us feel like it's all worth it.
If you didn't make it out to the show, or you did, but didn't get a chance to pick up the book, you can now do so on our new bookstore page. Mav is going to continue working on updating the site in the next few days, so keep coming back. More pics from the comicon will be posted here soon as well as some other news about the future of Cosmic Hellcats.
Again, thank you to everyone for all the support and we look forward to hearing from you soon. In fact, if you've read the book, please write us and let us know what you think. Send mail to Feedback@CosmicHellcats.com, or just comment on this entry and let us know what you think.
More cool stuff will be up very soon as the site grows and the comic continues. We hope you continue to join us.
-Fluffy
Meowww!
The first issue of Science Ninja Action Team: Cosmic Hellcats IX has shipped and is available for purchase. Mav and Max will be debuting the comic along with the Hellcats themselves at this years Pittsburgh Comicon. Stop by and visit, buy a copy, poster or a t-shirt and have it signed.Cosmic Hellcats IX is a comedic science fiction epic. The story of a four woman team of Felinoids on an intergalatic mission of scientific discovery and peacekeeping.
The characters are based on four gorgeous real life models, Chaste, Damsel Reed, Sarah Prankha and Amaya Solace. All four girls had worked with photographer, Chris Maverick, and inspired him to write a comic featuring him. Art is provided by Mav's longtime friend and collaborator, Maximilian.
Or order the comic online from IndyPlanet. If you'd like something really special order the Portfolio edition from Blurb.com. The Portfolio edition includes the first issue of the comic as well as a collection of pinups (both drawings by Max and Photographs by Mav) of each of the Hellcats as well as photos of each of the Hellcats from other photoshoots they've done with Mav.
Pick one or both up today. Then come back here, to CosmicHellcats.com for the debut of the Cosmic Hellcats webcomic.
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