Legend of Zelda Fanfiction: The Edge and The Light – Chapter 7

Appearances: I’ll be at Supanova from the 22-23rd June, and at Melbourne Comic-Con from the 6-7th July! See the side bar for more website details. In Supanova, I’ll be on a panel with Kylie Chan too, so if you want a copy of “Small Shen” signed by the both of us, bring it along on the day (or buy it at the Dymocks stand there).

 

Zelda Fanfiction: This series is still being serialised until November, on DeviantArt, MangaFox, SmackJeeves, Archive Of Our Own, and Tumblr. It also got mirrored on MangaHere.

 

 
Here’s chapter 7 on Tumblr. It’s also on this site, but Tumblr makes it easier to read, so I redirect people there.


Click to read Chapter 7: Last of the Mighty Ones on Tumblr!

 

Chapter 8 starts ends 21st June. Hopefully the trailer for chapter 8 is done next week!

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Legend of Zelda Fanfiction: The Edge and The Light – Chapter 6

Update 6th May, 2013: I’ve taken down the “Legend of Zelda: The Edge and The Light” because Lulu doesn’t accept fanfiction. I’ll be looking into other possibilities for printing, but it’s not likely at this point. Thanks to all the people who bought a hard copy, by the way!

New stuff: New book pages, for “Small Shen” and “The Legend of Zelda: The Edge and The Light”. I’m also working on a pitch for an original series, which is going well, so we’ll see how things go in the second half of the year!

Small Shen Book Signing: Thanks to everyone who came to the Galaxy Bookshop signing on Tuesday (and brought a copy of “Small Shen”)! The turnout was great, and the signing took an hour and a half – the queue was pretty darned long! But glad that everyone got what they wanted, and thanks so much to Galaxy Books for hosting me and Kylie Chan! Some pics below:

 
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Zelda Fanfiction: Thanks to all who bought a copy of the book! It’s 334 pages long, and it’s currently at version 1.2! Anyway, as of now, this series is still being serialised until November, on DeviantArt, MangaFox, SmackJeeves, Archive Of Our Own, and Tumblr. It also got mirrored on MangaHere.

 

 
Here’s chapter 6 on Tumblr. It’s also on this site, but Tumblr makes it easier to read, so I redirect people there.


Click to read Chapter 6: Past and Present on Tumblr!

 

Chapter 6 ends 3rd May. Hopefully the trailer for chapter 7 is done by then!

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Legend of Zelda Fanfiction: The Edge and The Light – Chapter 5

Small Shen: The book is out, and here’s my post about it, which includes the book trailer and an extract of the first 50 pages!

Zelda Fanfiction: This series is being serialised on DeviantArt, MangaFox, SmackJeeves, Archive Of Our Own, and Tumblr.

 

 
Here’s chapter 5 on Tumblr. It’s also on this site, but Tumblr makes it easier to read, so I redirect people there.


Click to read Chapter 5: The Blood of the Beast on Tumblr!

 

Chapter 5 ends 22nd March, and this time, I’ll have the trailer for chapter 6 handy!

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Legend of Zelda Fanfiction: The Edge and The Light – Chapter 4

Small Shen: The book is out in bookstores, and here’s my post about it, which includes the book trailer and an extract of the first 50 pages! Happy Chinese New Year!!

Zelda Fanfiction: I’ve finished all 312 pages of this last week, and I’m toning chapter 8-11 these next few weeks. As of now, this series is being serialised on DeviantArt, MangaFox, SmackJeeves, Archive Of Our Own, and Tumblr. I’ll be posting chapter 5 up next week, since I finished chapter 4 this week.

 

 
Here’s the story, as displayed completely in one Tumblr post. It’s also on this site, but Tumblr makes it easier to read, so I redirect people there.


Click to read Chapter 4: The Golden Power on Tumblr!

 

Chapter 5 starts next Friday on the 15th Feb, 2013!

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Legend of Zelda Fanfiction: The Edge and The Light – Chapter 3

Small Shen: The book is out in bookstores, and here’s my post about it, which includes the book trailer and an extract of the first 50 pages! Hope everyone had a good New Year’s!

Zelda Fanfiction: Believe it or not, I have finished all 312 pages of my 11-chapter Zelda fanfiction, in the space of 7 months. Chapters 7-11 has yet to be toned, so I’ll be doing that in February, but it’s a startling improvement in speed compared to conventional manga/comics. Previously, I could only produce a 180-page book in 7 months in pure manga form, but I can double the output within the same period of time, while doubling the amount of story expressed with a prose/manga mix. If that 312 pages was in manga form (rather than a mix of manga and prose), I estimate the story would have taken at least 3 books (ie. 540 pages) to tell, and 3 years of actual work time.

I realise I haven’t posted chapter 3 on my blog yet, though I’m nearing the end of chapter 4. As of now, this series is being serialised on DeviantArt, MangaFox, SmackJeeves, Archive Of Our Own, and Tumblr. I’ll be posting chapter 4 up here shortly.

 

 
Here’s the story, as displayed completely in one Tumblr post. It’s also on this site, but Tumblr makes it easier to read, so I redirect people there.


Click to read Chapter 3: Paradise Lost on Tumblr!

 

Chapter 4 ends next weekend, so it’ll be Chapter 5 after that. I’ll post Chapter 4 up next Friday!

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Small Shen: Out in December 2012, with Book Trailer!

Update: Small Shen is an ideal Xmas present, and #4 on the SciFi Charts! You can also read a 50-page extra from the book here! Click the “Download” button to download onto your computer, or you can download it zipped from here. We also created a book trailer for it! Check it out!

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Hi everyone! My next book Small Shen (from Harper Collins Voyager), will be out in Australian bookstores this month! I was super-excited when I got this book – the art was printed on high quality paper, and it just looks fabulous. As you can see from these pictures below, the book is a mix between prose and comics.

This is a collaboration with best-selling author Kylie Chan, and includes a free song (book soundtrack!) by my friend and long-time collaborator Yunyu, called Butterflies, that can be downloaded from a link at the back of the book.

 
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The song ‘Butterflies’ by Yunyu will be delivered via QR tag, with instructions, at the back of the book.


 
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In Australian bookstores in December, 2012!
 
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Legend of Zelda Fanfiction: The Edge and The Light – Chapter 2

Small Shen: The book will be in bookstores next month (December 2012), so there’ll be some posts about that next. They did a pre-sale for Small Shen at Supanova Brisbane, and the book sold out in a single afternoon! Thanks to everyone who bought it! More copies will be available at the actual launch next month!

Zelda fanfic: I’ve posted all of Chapter 2 of my Legend of Zelda fanfiction up on Tumblr now, and also at DeviantArt and SmackJeeves! Chapter 2 is 34 pages and longer than Chapter 1. Once again it’s in a mix of prose and comics, which has been getting a lot of positive feedback! Here’s Yunyu’s chapter music too!

Here’s the actual story, at Tumblr. Though it’s also been uploaded at a number of sites, which I’ll list here when I get things sorted.

 


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Click to read Chapter 2: The Princess of Destinyon Tumblr!

 

I’m now starting Chapter 7, and things are looking good. Meanwhile Chapter 3 has 32 pages, and will be running from the 16th November 2012 to the 21st December 2012. Check out DeviantArt and SmackJeeves for the latest updates!

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Legend of Zelda Fanfiction: The Edge and The Light – Chapter 1

I finally got around to posting my long-promised “Legend of Zelda” fanfiction onto Tumblr! Chapter 1 is 17 pages, and it’s done in a mix of prose and comics, much like “We are the Pickwicks”, except this story is much longer. Since it’s so long, I got my friend Yunyu to compose some music for it, which is fun. You can see her music track down below, in Youtube form, which is her version of “Zora Domain” backgroundmusic.

 

 

Now onto the actual story itself. I’ve posted all 17 pages onto a single post for Tumblr, so you can go directly to the Tumblr page itself to read the thing if you click on the first page. Not the best way to present a comic strip (on Tumblr… but it does make it easier to read/load, in terms of the internet. Enjoy!

 


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Click to read Chapter 1: The Man in Green on Tumblr!

 

Here’s the Table of Contents on Tumblr.This whole thing is also being posted on my DeviantArt, and also on SmackJeeves, so the most up-to-date chapters are being run there. Chapter 2 is running on SmackJeeves until the 10th November, when Chapter 3 begins.

 

Thoughts: It’s interesting how incredibly fast writing/drawing in this prose+comics format is. I started doing this in late May, and by September has already written the whole thing, all 300 pages of it. As of this post, I’ve drawn 160 of those 300 pages, and is mid-way through Chapter 6 (so at the half-way mark). I’ll talk about my work processes for this format later, but if you compare my standard work rate in pure comics format, it’s 10 months for 160 pages, not including toning. In this format, I’ve reached 160 pages in 5 months, so twice the content in half the time. It’s interesting when you think about it.

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