5 Things I’m Thankful For

Since today is Thanksgiving, I thought it would be nice to list 5 things I’m thankful for in a blog post.

#1: I’m Thankful For My Wacom Cintiq 21

Most of the comic book drawings were done with my Wacom Cintiq 21! I got it 3 years ago and drove three hours to get it. I got it from Facebook Marketplace, it was used, and costed me $300. It was SOOOOO worth it! I didn’t even know I’d make an entire comic book with it later on. I’m grateful to my mom who took me on a six-hour trip to get a Cintiq, which I wanted for YEARS.

#2: I’m Thankful For Living With Great People

I live with a couple named Libby and Steve. I met them at a church. Before moving in with them, I was in a terrible living situation with some very… “interesting” roommates. For the sake of their privacy, I will not go into the details. Just know that the living arrangements were BAD… I was one day venting to Libby and Steve on our way to church, and little did I know that they were discussing giving me the option to live in their spare bedroom.

They are AMAZING people! They have helped me more than just simply giving me an alternative place to live. They treat me like family and it makes me so thankful! ❤ They threw a celebration for my 24th birthday 😀

Libby and Steve both have a YouTube channel where they share how God restored their marriage and healed not just their hearts, but also Steve’s brain! If you are in a situation where your spouse has Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Asperger Syndrome, and communication with each other is very difficult, please listen to their story ❤

Libby is also a fellow artist! If you’d like to see her work and even interested in a commission, I included the link to her business website below.

Link to Their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@libsteve6971

Link to Libby’s Artist Website: http://www.momentmonuments.com

#3: I’m Thankful For My Comic Book Supporters

Even though I don’t have a big following right now, I am SO GRATEFUL for the followers I have now! I’ve even met some new people through publishing my comic book on Amazon 😀 I even got a wonderful fan email from someone named Greg H, who even has a BA in screenwriting! How cool is that!? I am also grateful to the people who helped me make the comic, whom I included in the “Special Thanks” section of my comic book Space Grind: House Havoc. Notice that on the page, I thanked my followers both present and future ^^

#4: I’m Thankful For Dunkin’ Donuts

It sounds funny, but I’m actually extremely thankful for Dunkin’ Donuts! I got SO MUCH of my comic book work done there. I even got the majority of the script for the next Space Grind comic at the local Dunkin’ that’s near me now. For the Dunkin’ near me in 2021, I was lucky to be within walking distance to a Dunkin’ that was open 24 hours! It was conjoined with a gas station, and they still served Dunkin’ food & coffee ALL night! 🙂 It was a perfect environment for me (except for the BLASTING AC Lol)

#5: I’m Thankful For Vision: Possible

Lastly, I am grateful to Vision: Possible! They gave me hope that my vision for Space Grind is POSSIBLE! It was at their first conference in Bolingbrook, IL that I got to meet Butch and Julieann Hartman, who are known for their Hollywood work. They gave me excellent advice while I was working on Space Grind! They are an amazing couple and I’m thankful for them ❤

That’s the end of this blog post, y’all!! I hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving this year ❤ 😀 🙂

Price Changes To Space Grind: House Havoc

I changed the Amazon prices to Space Grind: House Havoc and its censored version.

New Prices

e-Book: $7

Paperback: $11.50

Old Prices

e-Book: $9.99

Paperback: $14

If Amazon shows the Old Price, it may take a day or so for the new price to show up. Enjoy! 🙂

Links to the books are here: https://alexzendraw.wordpress.com/buy-comics/

Space Grind “Exposition Time!” Comic (New Font)

Here is the new font for the “Exposition Time!” Comic. It is called “Cinema Gothic NBP” and you can download it on fontspace.com. This will be in the next comic book Space Grind: Robot Takeover!

Please comment if you like the new font change! ❤ Here is the link to the original “Exposition Time!” comic (Bicubik font): https://alexzendraw.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/space-grind-exposition-comic/

Rough Idea Of My Progress So Far With The Next Comic Book

It’s been awhile since I’ve wrote a blog post for the website, but I still have been working on the next comic book. In fact, I had a hard time deciding what to write about, and wrote three unfinished scripts. The script that will be officially in the next comic book is going to be 30 pages long, and right now has 18 pages written (with a lot of time spent editing out unnecessary dialogue, as well).

I have also changed the robot dialogue font from “Bicubik” to “Cinema Gothic NBP.” In fact, the “Exposition Time!” comic will have a different font than it did in the first published comic book.

Comparison of the new font vs. the old font.

I have outlined how many pages are planned to be in this next comic book, and it will have 55 pages (a little less than last time). There will also be an “art gallery” section of the comic book, where you’ll see various artwork of planned Space Grind robot characters.

The title of the next comic book is Space Grind: Robot Takeover! I hope you enjoy reading it when it is ready 🙂

As a bonus, here is the front cover for the next comic book. As well as a screenshot of a snippet of the script that is being worked on 😀

How Many ‘Space Grind’ Characters Do I Have?

While trying to organize my story called ‘Space Grind,’ I decided it may be helpful to make a list of all the characters for the series idea, both big and small. Not just their names, but also their plot relevancy. I don’t even think I’m done yet, and I already listed 69 characters!! 😶 I know… nice

Granted, some of the characters are only for single episode ideas, but it’s still crazy to me how many I managed to come up with since Summer 2017 (which is when I first came up with Space Grind).

Also, so far I listed 16 characters that kick the bucket 💀

Writing Process for the Next Comic Book

The next comic book will be about when Radmu being discovered for the first time by the Space Grind gang. For the script, I got 15 pages of the first draft written. As I was doing research for how to write the script (written in an animated TV script format), I got confused on how to structure the next comic book. I was seeing contradicting answers, and I got confused on how to write a script and translate it into a comic book format. So I have decided to write two versions of the script: the TV version and the comic book version. The TV version will have 40-50 pages, while the comic book version will have 25 pages (so it’s the length of a traditional comic book issue). Plans may change depending on how I see fit.

A concept drawing from 6-17-2020 of Dimwit’s discovery of Radmu.

I hope this works out. I’ve been somewhat on a little hiatus since the release of Space Grind: House Havoc. I’m hoping that I can release the next comic relatively soon.

A snippet of the script.

Life Update After “Long Time, No See”

It’s been 5 months since the release of Space Grind: House Havoc. So far, it’s gotten a good reception. I got three 5-star reviews on Amazon, too 😀 I am very happy that I got the comic book done. Lots of things have been going on since then. The excitement I felt after publishing died down at this point, but the sense of achievement is still there ❤

Lots of things have been happening. I’ve been having trouble planning the next comic. I may be less ambitious and just do a classic, 25-page issue. I’m still trying to figure out how to structure my writing process.

I got Procreate on my new iPad Air. I may use that for comics. The old Cintiq 21 I’ve used for three years is having technical issues. It’s what I used for the majority of the making for the Space Grind comic book. The screen flickers badly.

I am grateful to all the readers who purchased and read Space Grind: House Havoc! 😀 Thank you for your support! ❤

The Next AZD Comic Book?

Now that Space Grind: House Havoc has been released, what’s the next comic book gonna be about? Even though I’m AlexZenDraw, I’m still figuring that out myself XD Even though not all the details have been set in stone, I have a few things figured out so far that I know I wanna do. First, let’s get these two questions out of the way —

  • Is the next book going to be about Space Grind again?
  • What are the stories that will be in the book?

For the next comic book, I thought it’d be good to showcase a different story that I created. After all, Alex Zen Draw Comics is supposed to encompass all my ideas. Even though I think it’d be really fun to show you guys more of Space Grind, I think it’d be good to make a comic book about a different story, too.

‘So what is the next comic book gonna be about,’ you say? It will be about a teenage vampire gal. I created this character back when I was 14 years old, which is also the age of the vampire girl. The story is called Rachel the Vampire. I can see teenagers really enjoying the story, as well as young adults 20-35 (like with Space Grind‘s audience). The genre this time would be a supernatural, dark comedy-drama story. Below is a description of what Rachel the Vampire is about.

A page from the Space Grind comic book.

As for what stories will be in the comic book, I have four out of five ideas relatively figured out. Of course, one of the comic books will be an “Exposition Comic” like in the first Space Grind book (you can read the free excerpt here: https://alexzendraw.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/space-grind-exposition-comic/). There will also be a full-length, 25-page story just like “Corona is a Cabrona” 🙂 Then a few short stories. I want you to be surprised by what stories will be in the comic, so I’ll keep those ideas a secret for now.

If you want to see more drawings of the character Rachel, here is a link to some artwork on this website: https://alexzendraw.wordpress.com/gate-city-art/

The reason why this art is in the Gate City category is because Rachel the Vampire is technically a planned spin-off prequel to Gate City. I’ll explain how in a future blog post.

Have an AWESOME day! 😀

Sorry, A, Space Grind will have to wait after Rachel the Vampire is done. I’ll try to get it done ASAP! ❤ I’m expecting the process to be faster now that I offically know how to publish a comic book thru Amazon.