Intro and FAQ

Hi Everyone, it's Daryn (Blue), the writer et cetera of the newest production from BlueFrost. In this blog Frost and I hope to let you in on the random thought processes which help create our works. From time to time we will also ramble on about things we've seen or stuff which tickles our fancies.

But first: Who are we? Well I teach high school in Cincinnati, Ohio at Diamond Oaks and a few years ago Frost was one of my students. At the time we often conversed about our love for comics and just this past Labor Day, I received a call saying, "Let's do it!". So we have.

How did we get started? Well, Frost told me he had an idea for a book and a main character in mind: September (he always had the most original names!). His idea was "A femaletattoist discovers she has cancer and must find the Tree of Life to survive." That was fairly much it. Thank God for Wikipedia! Without going into too much detail here, I came up with this mission for our heroine which should cover 6 books or issues, culminating in one graphic novel, title AXIS, based on the term axis mundi. Will there be another afterwards? Who knows.

How is the work broken up? Frost is a fantastic artist and I like to think I am a great idea man. Amazingly enough we are on the same wavelength. I'll mention an idea and he will describe what he sees and it will be exactly what I see. This is the trademark of a good team. I will write some stuff, put it into a program called Comic Life, then, after printing, sketch the layout. Most times the layouts are exactly what Frost has in mind as well. I am a very visual person and it is easier for me to sketch than write the particular angles or scenes. Frost will do the actual art and inking, then scan his work, send it to me, where I will color it. Fun.

How long until we publish? Right now we are looking at 6-9 months. The first issue (of 6, as we call them) is requiring a huge learning curve as far what we are to be doing. I hope it will become easier.

What isn't the site called AXIS? Well, both of us are very creative people and have many more works than just AXIS, so we hope to feature different examples of our stuff on the site.

That's all for now. I will add more to the FAQ later.

(Originally published on our first blog on oct 14 2007! So much for the 6-9 months, huh?)