Author: Ethan Nicolle

Well, I keep getting behind, and not able to get Kailey her page in time to color it, so then I have to do something else that does not require coloring so that there is new content.  I need to get back on track!  But, blessing in disguise, because I finally drew one of my favorite Axe Cop Presents tales… I have been excited to draw this one.  Of course Malachai named this character “Animal Man” and I added “the” the beginning because Animal Man exists already. Different enough?  We'll see.  He has given me partial material for a part two, so we might get more adventures of the Animal Man down the road.

If you want me to draw you a custom avatar AND help fight cancer, now is your chance.

Until next week…

Ethan

We're back with more DOGS, though, the dogs are now cat beasts and Axe Cop has taken over the story, which is good because the world needs him. 

In case you missed the 5 strips I posted over at PVP last week, Axe Cop teamed up with Scott Kurtz's LOLbat.

See you next week!

Ethan

Hey, if you have not already been over to PVP, go, now!.  Axe Cop has been starring in a series of strips with LOLbat, every day starting on Monday. 

Malachai had just about as much writing involvement in this series as he usually does.  Of course I wrote LOLbat's lines and Scott Kurtz gave some input as well.  It was a lot of fun to make, and Kailey did great on the colors as usual.

Thanks to everyone who came out to ECCC.  What an awesome show!  Did you see the announcement?

I'm hoping someone got video of our panel.  It was pretty much out of control.  Nobody puts a panel on like Malachai. 

Ethan

Oh man, two big announcements today!! 

OK, first I know that you probably noticed that THE DOGS is still on hold, but I drew you a brand new Ask Axe Cop, and I think we were way over due for a new one. 

Well, next week we will be taking off from THE DOGS as well.  In fact Axe Cop won't even be here, he will be over at www.PvPonline.com teaming up with LolBat for the entire week!

This will be a 5-part strip written mostly by Malachai, with input from Scott Kurtz and myself.

On top of all that, Axe Cop volume 3 is here!!  So please go pick yourself up a copy.  Foreword by Damon Lindelof, Pinups by greats like Rob Schrab, Jason Howard, Kris Straub and Mike Nelson (yes, Mike did me an MSPaint pin up). 

Wha else?  I will be at Emerald City Comic Con, and so will Malachai!  Come see us at the Topatoco booth.  Malachai will be there Saturday and Sunday.  We will also be doing a panel on Sunday in room 3AB at 1:00pm.  I will also be on Dark Horse's “Powered by Creators” panel at 4:00pm in room 4C1-2.

I think that is enough.  Next week… LolBat!

Ethan

We are back with the second installment of Mean Mr. Tree Face.  If you didn't do it last week, check out Greg and Kenny's comic the Ray Gun.

I thank Kenny and Greg for giving me a break.  I'm sorry the site, already moving so slow at one page a week, has needed these breaks.  It's making the Dogs really take a while to get through, but I guess the point is not always to blaze through a story.  Balancing three comic projects at once has proven to be a lot to take on, plus other things in my life.

Anyway, it is the end of a pretty exhausting day for me as I post this, so for now I'll just say… enjoy.

Ethan

Hey there,

My friends Gregory Weidman and Kenny Champman did a four-page guest episode which I am running this week and next to help me get caught up.  It seems like in both web comics I am working on a major apocalypse is taking place and those kinds of things are a lot of work to draw.  Anyway, I apologize for another break in “the Dogs”, but I need it!  Check out Greg and Kenny's comic the Ray Gun.

One of the coolest things I have ever seen is this Axe Cop cake made by an amazing Axe Cop fan/cake maker.  They had an Axe Cop themed party and went all out on this thing.  There are molded bad guy heads on this cake that are such minor bad guy characters I had to think for a second where they came from.  Really, really awesome.  And to make it all even more awesome, the robotic hands from in Axe Cop's face burst out of the cake holding a chocolate axe.  Here are a couple pics, but go to the site and check out the rest of the pics and the video they posted from the party,

Also, here is a short interview I did over at Crimson Monkey.

There you have it.  Be here next week for part two of “Mean Mr. Tree Face”.

Yep, so in reality March just started, but in the comic March just ended.  This was not planned it just happened.  Why is Axe Cop's birthday March 6th anyway?  Well… that's Malachai's birthday, and today is that day.  Malachai is now 8 years old.  Please feel free to leave him a birthday message here if you have enjoyed Axe Cop over the just over two years we've been doing it.  Happy birthday, I love you little brother!!

Also, I am going to be making these two pieces of art available on eBay today.  Probably in the evening around 7pm pacific time.  The auctions with their links will be poster at the Bearmageddon Auctions Page.

The second is the original middle panel from episode 130. 

Ethan

The bad guys appear to be winning in this story.  I love the opportunity to draw various sea creatures with cat legs and bat wings.  That simple alteration instantly creates some real apocalyptic hell beasts. 

Have you kept up with the Axe Cop Documentary?  Check them out on Facebook. Check out the Go to the website and check out the blog and pics.  They are putting together a very in depth story about the story of Axe Cop and they have been following us since our very first book signing.  It's going to be interesting to see where it goes.  I have shared this before, but below is a small clip with some of the earliest footage:

You are about to find out why this story was not just called “the Dogs” but “Axe Cop in: the Dogs”.  This whole time we have been fooling you.  The Dogs fail. 
You really think Axe Cop could just sleep for a month and nothing bad would happen?

If you get Comic Con's annual magazine, there is this awesome pucture of Malachai and me at Comic Con on our panel soaking up the glory:

That photo really does capture that panel well.  It was so memorable. 

That's all I have for now, thanks for stopping by!

Ethan

Hmmm what to say?  I could mention that the middle and last panels backgrounds were painted with real ink and brush if that is of any interest to you.  Other than that, I like this page because it shows that Malachai really loves the idea of setting traps.  Even though the cats have power that is much stronger, they are just excited to see the dogs walk into the traps they set up.  They take a lot of joy in their work.  I also have to say that Iggy and Willy have become the most pain-in-the-butt characters designs I think I have ever had to deal with besides maybe Wexter.   Hats off to Kailey for coloring them.  See you next week, same Axe time, same Axe channel.

Ethan