03 Jan, 2026

new-year-new-stories-2027?ref=ezspi9

Hi everyone! Today I want to talk about comics, and specifically about being an editor for a comic anthology, as New Year, New Stories 2026 is now live on Kickstarter...

01 Jan, 2026

New Year, New Stories 2026! – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/new-year-new-stories-2027?ref=djz3pg

Hi everyone! I'm pleased to announce that the latest issue of New Year, New Stories is now on Kickstarter! This is always an exciting time of year, because these amazing...

27 Dec, 2025

SoV Comics in 2025… and whispers of 2026!

Hi everyone! This year has marked the start of a new era for me in comics. Pun very much intended. Working on Demon Sword with Thinh has been unlike any...

14 Dec, 2025

Lettering… and why you might not want to do it yourself!

Hi everyone! Shortly after I started writing comics, I saw a comic strip that perfectly summed up a common indie mistake. A character says, “Don’t worry, anyone can do lettering!”...

30 Nov, 2025

Paying in Stages

Hi everyone! Today I want to talk about something practical and important: paying in stages. There is no universal rule for this, but over the years I have lost a...

23 Nov, 2025

What I look for in sketches!

Hi everyone! I’m currently sitting in front of the next four exciting pages for Demon Sword #2. Thinh and I work with fast, low-detail sketches that show movement, layout, and...

15 Nov, 2025

New Year, New Stories 2026-7

Hi everyone! I’ve now filled up New Year News Stories 2026: we’re at 14 stories and 108 pages. I was aiming to stay under 100 pages, but it just didn’t work...

08 Nov, 2025

Telling the Story Your Own Way

Most of the stories we love are someone else’s version of a story that inspired them. Sometimes it’s nearly an exact remake - Thanos and Darkseid, for example. Sometimes it’s...

01 Nov, 2025

When Writing – How I “Show, Don’t Tell” for Comics

Hi everyone! Today I want to talk about "Show, don’t tell" in comics. I was prompted to write about this because I'm in the process of putting together the majority of...

26 Oct, 2025

Expect Cascade #3 soon! For now… Cascade #2: https://era-games.com

Herkese merhaba! Cascade #3'ün son rötuşlarını yapıyorum. Bu çizgi romanı da #1 ve #2'de yaptığım gibi sizinle paylaşmak için sabırsızlanıyorum. #3, bu muhteşem destanı sonlandıracak! Bu özel projeyi tamamlamak gerçek...

19 Oct, 2025

Should you go on Podcasts to promote your comic?

Hi everyone! A rare occasion today! I’m going to talk about podcasts and why I think it’s worth appearing on them to tell more people about your book. I’ve said...

11 Oct, 2025

New Year, New Stories 2026 – Last Call for Submissions! – https://sovcomics.com/new-year-new-stories-2026

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to talk about "New Year, New Stories 2026"! Another year is coming, and as always, we’re approaching the point where "Make 100" goes live on...

04 Oct, 2025

Violete Will Return… Soon!

Hi everyone! Today I want to talk about my plans for Violete’s return to solo comics. It’s been a while since Violete #2: Backlash, which I still think is one...

28 Sep, 2025

It’s Important for Heroes to Fail! (and Demon Sword – https://sovcomics.com/product/demon-sword-issue-1/)

Hi everyone! It’s probably obvious when you think about it, but I believe that, far too often, we write infallible heroes. Whatever happens, they suffer a “setback” and then immediately...

24 Sep, 2025

Lobo: Dauntless is the martial arts comic you’re looking for! https://sovcomics.com/product/lobo-dauntless/

If you love martial arts, you're going to adore this comic. Every fight scene has been carefully choreographed and delivered by a team with a strong interest in making it...

25 Aug, 2025

The Turning Point: https://sovcomics.com/product/the-bug-war-volume-1-anthology/

To her peers, Hai-Xang Hayden was nothing more than a spoiled heiress, burning through wealth with no thought of tomorrow. To her mother’s rivals, she was the weakest link in...

21 Aug, 2025

Mind at Gunpoint: https://sovcomics.com/product/blue-shift-mindgames-digital/

Blue Shift thought the hardest battles were the ones you could see coming - the muggers, the bank robbers and especially the supervillains. This time, there’s no city under siege,...

18 Aug, 2025

SoV Offcuts Anthology 2025: https://sovcomics.com/product/sov-offcuts-anthology-2025/

Some stories never make it to the readers. They sit quietly in sketchbooks, on old hard drives, or in folders marked “someday.” In the ten years of SoV Comics, whole...

31 Jul, 2025

You only get one minute. What would you do with it?

They called them Deathseekers, long-limbed shadows with hollow eyes, always a step ahead of someone’s final breath. Only Kazuki Okitsu could see them. Only she knew what they meant. Diesel...

28 Jul, 2025

Built from Silence: https://erascapes.com/product/declaration-the-bug-war-1-audio-drama/

Hai-Xang Hayden? Yeah, I’ve heard the name. Everyone has. Depending on who you ask, she’s a playgirl, a visionary, or the spark that’s going to light the whole Consortium on...

23 Jul, 2025

The Ones You Don’t See: https://sovcomics.com/product/melqart-unity/

No names. No trail. Just legends. Some say the twins aren't even human, just a red shadow and a blue silence. You anticipate track them, you don't escape. You only...

11 Jun, 2025

Just Launched: Demon Sword! – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/demon-sword-a-post-apocalyptic-fantasy-comic?ref=3il8o4

The world ended. Then it got worse. Then Athena picked up a demon’s sword… and ended up with the demon in her head. Hi everyone! I’m excited to announce my...

08 Jun, 2025

The World of the Forbidden (Demon Sword)

Hi, everyone! I promised last week I was going to talk about the world of Era: Forbidden, so here we are! Imagine the modern world. Now imagine that angels and...

19 May, 2025

Why has Cascade #2 taken Two and a Half Years?

Hi everyone! This is an interesting situation. Honestly, I fell into a trap I usually try hard to avoid. Cascade has its roots all the way back in Lacuna, our...

10 May, 2025

How do I make a superhero real and compelling?

Hi everyone. The feedback about my comics has always been extremely positive, especially around characterisation. I'd like to believe it's deserved, when people say that the superheroes that I create...

13 Apr, 2025

What’s next for Empowered comics after Cascade Parts 2 and 3? The end of Phase 1, the start of Phase 2 and what sorts of stories we’re moving onto… And don’t forget Cascade, Part 2 on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=cm03si

Hi everyone! I suspect that it might have crossed the mind of you wonderful, clever people that the Cascade Event is a confluence of the stories that we have been...

06 Apr, 2025

Can I just read Cascade #2 and understand what’s happening? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=1e10wr

Hi everyone! Perhaps unsurprisingly, I'm still talking about Cascade #2, which is about halfway through its Kickstarter run now. We're a small distance off "Funded", so if you didn't check...

30 Mar, 2025

Cascade, Part Two on Kickstarter now — Everything is falling apart for our heroes! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=ept5e8)

Hi everyone! I'm incredibly pleased to tell you that I've launched Cascade, Part 2 on Kickstarter after 3 and a half years of perfecting it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sovcomics/cascade-part-2?ref=ept5e8 A lot has happened...

12 Feb, 2025

SoV Comics “OFFCUTS” Project

Hi everyone! I've just launched a new anthology of comics called "Offcuts"! Over the last 10 years, while we've been publishing comics, not everything has been completed. I mean, obviously!...

05 Jan, 2024

New Year, New Stories 2024 – on Kickstarter now!

Hi everyone! We believe that less-known creators across the world should be supported in their attempts to bring new stories to the world. New Year, New Stories is back for...

Blog