Ronin Illustrated volume 2 #1

[Diana Greenhalgh]

With a new start in a new year, Ronin Illustrated is coming back with stories from new Ronin creators and artists for volume 2 of the series!

With covers by:

Jonathan D. Gordon and Diana Greenhalgh:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/mechangel2002/roninstudios/preview-ri1cvrb.jpg

and "Dapper" Dan Schoening:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/mechangel2002/roninstudios/Ronin-Dan-Cvr-post.jpg

Here's a sneak peek at the 5 new, very interesting stories that are packing this entertaining 48 page issue:

See No Evil - by Joe Spicer and Dan Warschkow

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/mechangel2002/roninstudios/preview-sne1.jpg

Slightly Off - by Jonathan D. Gordon

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/mechangel2002/roninstudios/preview-so1.jpg

Gideon's Army: The Quick and The Undead - by Ben Avery, Joe Spicer, and Dan Prado

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/mechangel2002/roninstudios/preview-ga1.jpg

The Crusaders - by Boo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/mechangel2002/roninstudios/preview-tc1.jpg

The Venger: Dead Man's Revenge - by Matthew Spatola and Victor Cabanelas

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v218/mechangel2002/roninstudios/preview-tv1-1.jpg

[Eric Williams]

Wow! All the stories look great!

[Victor Cabanelas]

Great news! I`ll see if I can contribute with anything further down the road. :)

[Diana Greenhalgh]

Great news, the roster for #2 is almost full now too, so this series is getting off to a great start :)

Vic: That's awesome, you know where to find me :D

[matthew_spatola]

Great news, I might have a Venger story or something for another issue.

[ArtBell]

Hmm...there's alot of anthology books here...is it ok to submit part of your actual comic to one?

[matthew_spatola]

Art, you didn't start your reply with 'great news'.

But about your question, I think if you have a short story that is related to your title the answer is yes. For preview sort of stuff there is a rumbling of putting out a preview book for the whole studio.

[Diana Greenhalgh]

Great news, I might have a Venger story or something for another issue.

Great news indeed, that would be awesome to see :boogie

Hmm...there's alot of anthology books here...is it ok to submit part of your actual comic to one?

It is pretty much like Matthew said, if you have a short story that is a story under your series, then yes. But if you mean a preview of your full comic, no. But Eric Williams brought up the idea of a preview book for upcoming and newly released Ronin Studios titles.

[Victor Cabanelas]

Vic: That's awesome, you know where to find me :D

Well, don`t hold your breath, though ;) My current workload won`t let me take on a short story till june/july. I might be able to help with a cover or something like that, if you need any :)

[ArtBell]

Ok, cool! I might have to type up a brief short story that will tie into my mini.

[Diana Greenhalgh]

Well, don`t hold your breath, though ;) My current workload won`t let me take on a short story till june/july. I might be able to help with a cover or something like that, if you need any :)

Darn, well sometime :)

Ok, cool! I might have to type up a brief short story that will tie into my mini.

I think it was in another thread that I mentioned the stories must be stand alone stories, just to clarify :) They can be from an already ongoing series, but they can't be a continuation, or a part of, another story. However, I discovered that a short story prelude works as long as it doesn't leave a reader hanging :)

[Randy Stone]

slightly different looks particularly interesting!

now where's the cover?? :P

[Diana Greenhalgh]

First post updated with covers!

This issue will be going to print SOON. I wasn't expecting ComixPress to go down and we'll likely be going with KaBlam! for volume 2 of this series....

[Brant W. Fowler]

I saw that cover over at DW. Nice work!

[ArtBell]

I like the cover! What's the first issue story line up?

[Diana Greenhalgh]

The stories are listed under the covers :P

[Victor Cabanelas]

I like Dan`s cover the most. The other one`s good too, but I dunno, the other`s another version of Ronin`s logo...

[Neville Howard]

oooohh! So I'm here! First post! woohooh!
Can I paste like, a panel preview here of the story I'm working on for this?? Like to get some feedback, and well, create some hype, hopefully!!! :D

[Diana Greenhalgh]

Feel free to post it in the Artistic Artists (http://forums.ronin-studios.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36) section of the forums for feedback :)

[Neville Howard]

Thanks! Got some stuff there already. I will add one panel....ONE PANEL from me and Liz's short story on there! Hehe. I'm a cheap skate, lol.

[Thomas Mauer]

Vic, that's the best work I've seen from you yet!

[ArtBell]

Is this out yet?

[Diana Greenhalgh]

Hey guys, we did have a few small problems with some page files but I'm trying to get that fixed so that this issue can be printed and made available :) I will let everyone know when its been listed!

[Neville Howard]

You'll have mine ASAP!

[Diana Greenhalgh]

Well #1 *IS* now available but still hasn't made it onto the Indyplanet site --- apparently with so many new books, listings backed up over the summer.

[matthew_spatola]

Let us know when we can get copies etc Diana...

[Diana Greenhalgh]

Technically I can place orders for it now, Matt -- its just not listed on Indyplanet.

[Marc "Fletch" Fletcher]

Great news

[matthew_spatola]

So details please....how much for copies etc. Also I forget how many pages it is.

[Eric Williams]

Great to hear, Diana!
The first issue has some really great stories in it. :)

[Diana Greenhalgh]

I'm having a problem placing an order for it with KaBlam -- the order page just refreshes even tho the book is listed on my account lol. I'll let everyone know when its been fixed.

[Eric Williams]

Ronin Illustrated (vol. 2) #1 is on sale at IndyPlanet! (http://www.indyplanet.com/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=37&products_id=596)! Whoo! :D

[ArtBell]

I'm ordering this on saturday!!!!

[ArtBell]

But, there's no preview images someone should contact kablam about this..what happened to the over cover ???

[Eric Williams]

But, there's no preview images someone should contact kablam about this..what happened to the over cover ???
I'll ask Barry about it, but I assume they're coming - Ka-Blam/IndyPlanet's had a busy summer, so there's bound to be a glitch here and there on their site.

[matthew_spatola]

Still waiting to hear from Diana about the creator copies.

[rgrzela]

Those are great!
I look forward to seeing it in print.

[Diana Greenhalgh]

There was definitely a glitch and only one of the two covers was posted, but I'm trying to get that fixed.

Due to internet issues I haven't been able to place orders for the contributors from this issue YET ^_^;;

[ArtBell]

I love the other cover!!!

[Diana Greenhalgh]

I did get the proof copy of each cover in the mail the other day. They both look great. Jonathan's painted cover was really really high contrast.

[Dustin Archibald]

How'd that logo turn out?

[Eric Williams]

I did get the proof copy of each cover in the mail the other day. They both look great. Jonathan's painted cover was really really high contrast.
Awesome! :) Once I upload some funds to the ol' Paypal account, I'll be getting myself an issue of this. Any word from Barry on adding the alternate cover and preview pages?

[Diana Greenhalgh]

The alternate cover is now available but they need to check the cropping of the pages before they print the contributor orders :)

[matthew_spatola]

Any word on the contributor copies? I want to get some since there is that Venger story in there.

[Diana Greenhalgh]

I'm still waiting for word on the fix for the cropping issues. For some reason the proof copies printed only being cropped on the upper and left sides of the pages O_o

[matthew_spatola]

Well that's weird. It is available for sale though on Indyplanet. Does that mean if someone is ordering a copy they are getting a screwed up copy?

[Diana Greenhalgh]

I know, but I have no idea until they get back to me about it :(

[Diana Greenhalgh]

The issue was a programming error --- its been fixed so I can now place the contributor orders!