I know it’s been a while so I figured I would give you an update on things.  I am still working on King of the Unknown, and there are only about 8 pages left to do the linework on, and then I have to color those and finish coloring the 5 other pages I was doing colors on.  A number of things have kept me preoccupied from the King for a while, one of which was working on a few commissions for some extra cash.  Check em out:

I figured both of these would be appropriate to share for obvious reasons (KISS, the Walking Dead? Uh, yeah, Duh!), and you guys would get a kick out of them.  The Walking Dead one was actually done for Tom and Tara Alexander as a gift for Tom’s sister Laura (who is featured battling zombies alongside Daryl from the show).  If you have picked up a copy of the Once Upon a Time Machine anthology from Dark Horse Comics (and if you haven’t, you should, because it’s awesome!), you may recognize Tom and Tara’s names…because both have stories in said anthology (as do King of the Unknown peeps Andrew Carl and Marcus Muller!) and they’re just all around swell people.  Both commissions were a blast to work on, and I will definitely be doing more of these in the future.

Well, that about wraps things up, but I will definitely start running some full colored King pages soon. So be sure to keep checking back in as the plan is to get the comic back on schedule and start updating on a regular basis like it used to (remember that? Ahhhhh, good times).

-Marcus

The Sword and the Granny

Hey Gang,

I didn’t want to make you guys wait any longer than you already have to read new pages, so here’s a lettered black and white page.  Updated color pages coming soon!  I promise!

I had a bad case of the flu over the holidays, but things are getting back on track, I want to thank everyone who keeps coming back to the website for sticking with us while you wait for these meager updates.  I really appreciate all of your support and hanging in there with me while I get this comic back on track.

All the best, and have great New Year!

-Marcus

Yeah, I know it’s been a looooong time since I’ve posted a new King of the Unknown page up here (even longer since I posted a full color one), but work is still being done on the King, so I haven’t given up on it if that’s what you’re thinking. Quite the contrary actually – part of the reason I haven’t posted anything new in a while is I’ve been kind of hoping to find a print publisher for KotU, and I didn’t want to run the whole story online before a print version came out. So if there are any publishers reading this right now that are interested in the King, I would love to hear from ya!

Also, since it’s the holidays and I could use some extra cash, I’ve decided I will take on a small handful of commissions at a super cheap price! For anyone that is interested, you can contact me here.

Since we’re talking about the holidays, I also have a fine gift idea for the comic fan in your life, how about the Once Upon a Time Machine anthology from Dark Horse Comics?  With 25 different stories and weighing in at over 400 pages, this mutha has something for everyone in it!  Also, I may have done artwork on a 32 page story in it…and KotU editor extraordinaire Andrew Carl may have edited this beast of an anthology…just sayin’ is all.

Happy Holidays, everyone!  More King soon!  I’m workin’ on it!

-Marcus

Judo: An elderly person’s natural weakness!!! That and Werther’s Originals…

Hey Gang,

I’m still working on finishing up the linework for the rest of this story before I get into coloring these pages, but I didn’t want to keep you waiting so here is a black and white lettered page for you to read in the mean time.

Not too much is left of the story to finish illustrating, so I should have some finished colored pages for you to check out soon.

-Marcus

Sorry things have been dead around here lately, and hopefully everyone had a Happy Halloween.  Ever since I got back from New York Comic Con a few weeks ago I’ve been playing catch up on a lot of things and have just now been slowly getting back up to speed, so bare with me just a little bit longer here.  I’ll probably post a page of lettered linework some time during next week, so keep an eye out for that, in the mean time though, King of the Unknown was featured over at Comic Booked in their “Wednesday Webcomics” feature this week, so check it out here folks!

Alright, let’s get things rolling here and get this first King adventure over with already!  I’ve got so much more planned for the big guy that I want you guys to see!

-Marcus

You should make sure to stop by both our artist alley table and the Dark Horse booth for our signing, though, to meet all of the talented folks who worked on the Once Upon a Time Machine anthology. Everyone put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into that project and each is a talented son of a gun in their own right. These guys and gals will seriously make you cry at the awesomeness of their work!

Okay, now here’s that convention info!

SIGNING AT THE DARK HORSE BOOTH:
FRIDAY, 6:00 p.m. (1 hour) – ONCE UPON A TIME MACHINE: James Comey, Charles Fetherolf, Rob Woods, Jim Giar, Marcus Muller, Tara Alexander, Chris Stevens, Andrew Carl

ARTIST ALLEY:
Table X6

Hope to see ya all there!
-Marcus

King just got punched by a granny!

Hey Gang,

Before I head to the east coast next week for the New York Comic Con and the release party for the Once Upon a Time Machine anthology at Locust Moon Comics in Philly, I figured I would post up one more lettered page of King of the Unknown linework for you to read.  And if you’re at the New York Comic Con next week, stop on by and say “hi” to the other fine folks who worked on the Once Upon a Time Machine anthology at the Dark Horse Comics booth and in artist alley – TABLE X6.  They’ll be selling a print of my artwork from the book! And if you can find me there at the table, I’ll have some more prints on me to sell, too!  It’s an extremely limited run of prints though, so get them while you can!

-Marcus

Thanks for sticking around everyone, I have big things planned for the King and his crew so please stay tuned!

-Marcus

Some much needed good news after our rough patch of hosting troubles, Newsarama’s  Zack Smith interviewed me a little while ago about King of the Unknown and his granny troubles.  Check out that fun interview here and also learn a bit more about the back story that lead to the making of King of the Unknown.

A special thanks to Zack Smith for asking me to take part in his current run of webcomic creator interviews!  It was a pleasure, good sir!

-Marcus