Blog – As You're Up

As You’re Up: the Firts Etidion

on June 12, 2013 at 1:35 pm

It’s finally here! The first official collection of comics in print form, it’s As You’re Up: The Firts Etidion (subtitle: There may be one or two mitsakes)! And you can get it on Amazon.com and on Amazon UK!

Collecting more than 140 original strips, The Firts Etidion delivers the funny directly to your brain’s chuckle cortex via those big, beautiful eyes of yours. And if that’s not enough, there’s also an introduction from the authors, which touches on the origins of As You’re Up and inevitably goes off on numerous tangents.

Still not enough? Well GUESS WHAT! It also includes a bunch of strips which have been remastered or redrawn completely just for this book! Check it out!

I really wanted to make sure everyone who buys this book gets their money’s worth, and while that meant delaying its release a little longer, I’m glad I did it; I think the effort shows, and makes this book something I can be proud to put out there! But why take my word for it, when you can take (a look at) these pictures!

As You're Up: the Firts Etidion

Ooooh!

The Firts Etidion: Interior

Aaaaah!

The Firts Etidion: Interior

So fresh, ohmagawh!

The book itself is 158 pages, full colour, 7″ x 10″ (or approximately 18 x 24cm, if you’re into that sort of thing). and you can buy it from CreateSpace or Amazon (US) (UK)!

(Buying from CreateSpace will help better support the site, as Amazon takes more off the top of the book’s profits; I’m posting the Amazon link as well anyway, since I know it may be more convenient for some!)

Captain Manchester

on October 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm

Captain Manchester

The secret project I’ve been working on has finally been revealed!

I’ve recently been working with Smudge Jones of Tunafish Media, in conjunction with Forever Manchester, to create the Captain Manchester comic in order to raise money and awareness for the charity!

The comic itself — presented in a kind of hybrid comic book/short story format — still seems to be largely under wraps for now, but I should be able to post more details after its issue 1 launch next week, on the 9th October! I really think (and hope) people are going to enjoy it.

If you live in Manchester, you may already be aware of the real-life Captain Manchester who’s been going around the city for the past month or so, performing selfless acts and inspiring good will in others, and I have to say that his devotion to the role makes me all the gladder to have been involved in this project so far!

(And while the comic won’t be released until next week, you can still get the first print collection of my comics on Amazon for 30% off in the meantime!)

New: Facebook Page and Wallpaper

on August 6, 2012 at 3:16 pm

Hey, guess what, Facebook! Yep, I took a big ol’ internet shovel and carved out a patch of e-land on the Faceborks, and now As You’re Up has its own little page right there, just waiting for you to click buttons that are there, or post stuff, or stuff!

I’m kinda hoping to post some behind-the-scenes ~~stuff~~ things there whenever I can, as well as let people know when I’m going to be streaming a draw session once I start doing those again, as well as letting people post things and interact and all that jolly jazz* — and if anyone has any ideas for things they’d like to see on/done with the As You’re Up Facebook page, I’m all ears!

To mark this completely and utterly historic day filled with internet innovation and future-grabbing progress computersmanship, I made a new wallpaper! It is for your computer desktop and is made of pixels, and is available to download here via the tip jar! (Available in various different ratios to suit whichever size monitor you’re using)

*”jolly jazz,” what? What?!

Progress Report!

on June 19, 2012 at 4:10 pm

So here’s an update on where things stand in terms of replacing my old computer, and future comics:

First off, my shiny new computer is currently on its way to my doorstep! It should arrive by the end of the week, and hopefully won’t take too long to get it set up properly. And once that’s all sorted out…

The fires* of industry** shall burn again†, and the skies shall be blackened by the fumes of progress‡ as As You’re Up starts updating normally again!
Although “normally” might not be the most accurate word, because I’m planning on making a couple of changes to the schedule, for the time being at least. For starters, I’ll be new posting comics on Mondays as opposed to Fridays from here on out. Because… man, Fridays just were not a great idea…
Secondly, for as long as it takes to make up for the updates I missed due to this whole fiasco, I will be updating at least twice a week! I’ll also be keeping that pattern up for as long as I can afterward, which will hopefully be more than just 12 minutes.

So, that’s how everything’s looking right now. Sorry for the obscene lack of updates lately. I’ve been feeling all kinds of crappy about that, but hope to make it up to y’all as soon as I get the chance. Which shouldn’t be too far off, if the tracking page I keep feverishly refreshing and screaming at to go faster is to be believed.

*Metaphorical fires.
**Metaphorical industry.
†Metaphorically.
‡This is really all just metaphor, please nobody call any environmental protection services.

Expletive Deleted

on June 4, 2012 at 5:00 am

Well this is rather hilarious. First, I wasn’t able to finish up the comic because my monitor started going haywire and flickering like mad (a problem that apparently “just happens sometimes with LCD screens, and you’d better hope it’s still under warranty”) — and then, barely a few days later, my hard disk just dies without any warning, taking with it all the files I had yet to finish and/or backup (another problem that apparently “just happens sometimes with hard drives, and you’d better hope it’s still under warranty”).

Well, I’m pretty sure the latter is well out of its warranty period, but it turns out I’ve been paying monthly for an extended care plan or whatever it’s being called, so hopefully it won’t all turn out to be a complete shitstorm of loss.

Though since the next couple of days are bank holidays, because naturally everything needs to grind to a halt so everyone can celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee, I’m guessing I won’t be able to make any progress on that until Wednesday at the earliest.

Yay.