The King is still on his brief hiatus for another week, while I work on building up the page buffer going into the last half of the first story. While you wait for more King and his climactic battle with an elderly woman, may I suggest you check out the Specialists? One of the great things about making a webcomic is the sense of community there is among creators and fans. Case in point: Mr. Shawn Gustafson (one half of the Specialists creative team) checking out and leaving comments on the King of the Unknown website, and both us sharing links on each other’s websites. There are few industries where you’ll find that kind of camaraderie. Anyway, here’s a brief rundown on the Specialists from their website:

“The Specialists is the story of what might have happened if the Nazis had developed their superhuman Übermenschen during World War II. How would this affect the war? How would the Allies respond?”

Anyway, the King will be back from his break soon, but I think you’ll dig the new pages we’re cookin’ up for ya. And who knows, we may have a few other surprises related to the comic for ya too

-Marcus

Hey everyone, welcome to King of the Unknown! In the weeks, months, and hopefully years to come, we’ll follow the many supernatural exploits and derring-do of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, from this very spot. I hope you’ll be with us every step of the way to witness it all.

First off, a big thank-you is in order to Michael Sisk for his amazing website design. It’s fun and pretty to look at!  If there is anyone out there looking for someone to design their website for them, I highly recommend Michael for the job.  Just check out his site for more info and some of the other work he has done:  http://mgsisk.com/webcomicms.net/

Next up I’ve just got to thank Andrew Carl for helping out with all the behind-the-scenes work editing my comic and fixing all of my horrible grammar, making it readable so that you won’t have to suffer through it. For all of those people who don’t think they need editors on their comics, I will fight you over this. If you want to make the best comics that you possibly can, then get an editor. They will see things you didn’t, give you the point of view of your reader, and most importantantly, keep you on track with your goals. Just listen to me and get an editor for your comic, okay?

One special thank yew very much goes out to my good friend Bernie Gonzalez, for taking my cover images and adding a special bit of magic to them with that cool aged-movie-poster texture you see. Do yourself a favour and mosey on down to the links section when you get a chance, and check out some of his awesome work on his blog.

A final thanks to my brother Michael Roanhaus – you’re a pain in my ass most of the time, but you supply me with what is probably illegal music that keeps me going, and you do a good job piecing together my scanned linework into pages I can then color, so I guess I’ll keep ya around awhile longer. Also, your endless supply of conspiracy theories is great fodder for future King of the Unknown stories.

Okay, now with all the kudos out of the way, I hope you’ll check out the site a bit. And if you have any feedback, e-mail me at kingoftheunknowncomics@yahoo.com

In the weeks to come you’ll slowly see some more features popping up around here…but in the meantime, enjoy the comics! New updates will go up on Tuesdays and Fridays. If you enjoy what you see, pass it along to anyone else you may know who’ll get a similar kick out of the King and his gang.

Thanks for stopping by – and rock on!

-Marcus