January Progress Report (2021)

(Original Post Date: February 1st, 2021)

For the month of January, I got a lot of things done. Including making this website. Here is a list of stuff that got accomplished for Space Grind: House Havoc —

Created this Word Press blog
Created a YouTube channel (with an uploaded Time-lapse Drawing video)
Created an Instagram account
Created a Facebook page
Ordered a preview of my comic book using Barnes & Noble Press
Learned how to format a book using B&N Press
Did research on copyright, getting an ISBN code, formatting a book, potential self-publishing platforms (like Kindle Direct Publishing, Lulu, and others), becoming a verified vendor, and other important things
Finished all the introductory pages for each comic story (except for “The Thoughts of RSL – Robot Sexy Lady”)
Finished the back cover, back interior, and front interior of book
Made an account for Amazon KDP
Finished the YouTube trailer for the blog
Finished every introductory page for each of the stories in House Havoc (a brief description of the comic before the person reads the comic). The only exception for this is “The Thoughts of RSL – Robot Sexy Lady.” The script still needs to be finished.
Finished page 10 of “Corona is a Cabrona”
Resized speech bubbles that were too small, after reading the Preview comic
Almost done with the first draft of “The Thoughts of RSL” comic

I didn’t get very many pages done for the month of January. I only got page 10 of “Corona is a Cabrona” (Story Five) finished. That’s because most of my time was spent focusing on the marketing aspect of getting a comic book done. This isn’t something I’ve done very much since October 2020 (when I began working on Space Grind: House Havoc).

Because I didn’t want to spend so much money on getting a copy for everyone who asked, I just decided it would be easier if I just put it up for sale. Since I always wanted Space Grind to be public anyway, why not announce it to the world? It was a secret project for so long because I wanted it to be on TV one day. Only a handful of people knew about my idea. I thought it would be best to keep it private until its eventual TV premiere. However, a Hollywood producer told me that I should build up a following for my art. This is what convinced me to make this website.

For self-publishing, I looked into the website Ka-Blam for a bit, as well as print a preview using that, but that’s about it for research before January. Everything else until January has been drawing, drawing, drawing, drawing, and more drawing.

However, I aim to focus much more on completing pages of the comic for the month of February. Social media posts will still happen, but I plan to spend most of my time on getting drawings done.

I am also looking for jobs as a source of income. I’ve been jobless since mid-October of last year. I don’t know how this will affect my comic book goals for February. I will have to wait and see. I’ll update you guys as I get a feel for my new job schedule.

Here are my primary goals for February:

Complete (at minimum) five pages for “Corona is a Cabrona”
Finish the script for “The Thoughts of RSL: Robot Sexy Lady”

February Stretch Goals:

Make more than five pages
Draw at least one page for “The Thoughts of RSL: Robot Sexy Lady”
Finish some pages for the bonus comic

On March 1st, I will report to you guys everything I accomplished for the month of February. Just like I did in this blog post for January.

One More Announcement: I have officially decided that I will be using Amazon KDP for self-publishing the comic book. When it comes out, you can purchase it easily on Amazon 🙂 Fun fact: I used to work at Amazon as a packer. It’s interesting to think that Amazon packers may soon pack what I’m selling! Wow 😮 I wonder if my former coworkers would recognize my name lol

Some Pictures of my Progress + SG-related Links: