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So many of you know that my graphic novel from Tokyopop, East Coast Rising, was canceled in 2008 after the first volume, despite it finding critical success and being fairly well-received, and also despite the fact that I was 3/4s of the way finished with the second volume.

As I was cleaning the other day I found the 120 or so pages that I had already drawn, and I thought man, what a shame, all that work. And the worst part, that volume 1 ended on a cliffhanger! Nobody will ever know if they defeat the Suffocating Death, or are consumed (that would have made a quick end to the series!) to quell it's seemingly endless appetite (it already ate Mr. Snuggles, the giant, flesh-eating turtle...)

I think a nice start to the new year would be to put an end to this cliff-hanger, so I've started posting 3 pages a day on my blog until the first 18 pages are up and the cliff-hanger is resolved. I'll feel a little better for it, even though this may not be the most ideal medium to read comics in (3 pages a day for six days? ugh.), I just want to get it out there. These pages are also unfinished, I took off the tones and it hasn't been lettered, but I think you can get the gist of what's happening. Feel free to fill in your own words if you have some time to kill!

See pages 1-3 HERE!
See pages 4-6 HERE!
See pages 7-9 HERE!
See pages 10-12 HERE!
See pages 13-15 HERE!
See pages 16-18 HERE!



I'd also like to give a shout-out to Anais, :iconlonelydays17: who got me a deviantart subscription this month! I'm gonna try to update a bit more now that I have it :) Thanks so much!

EDIT: added links to all of the pages! Check it out :3
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:iconyltraviole:
I just bought east coast rising at a manga con, without knowing anything about it (mainly just picked it up because it had a man with dreadlocks at the cover XD), but I actually really liked it! And I'm very sad to here it's just... gone. Know I will always wonder about that amazing treasure... Oh well, I'll at least figure out if they get killed or not XD
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:iconhell-kill:
~hell-kill Jul 1, 2011  Student General Artist
wow i was going through my stuff and found it and was reading again after i finished it i went on a hunt to find vol.2 but foud out there is now. you should try and get it out to the world again.
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:iconcarlpearce:
~CarlPearce Jan 26, 2011  Professional
Cool. What a shit situation to be put in though. All that hard work just to be shafted by the guys you're relying on. I'd WELL see my arse.

Can you hook us up with Pirates of Coney Island now too?
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:iconbrianna13:
*brianna13 Jan 10, 2011  Student Digital Artist
That is so not far! but really nice work!
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:iconace-ix:
I'm pretty sure it's a sin that tokyopoop canceled your bad-ass comic.

This is still awesome though, I get to see more pages of your rad artwork. yesssss
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:iconlonelydays17:
~lonelydays17 Jan 5, 2011  Student General Artist
Yes, now I can finally find out wtf happens. D:>

(haha, thanks for the shout out. XP I was feeling very generous [not to mention the fact that you're one of my fave. artists{done with the ass kissin' for today}])
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:iconthetoonologist:
WOW! I just bought volume one last week. No wonder I couldn't find any info on volume two. Who cares about the Suffocating Death, will they get that treasure!?!
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:iconroaldiswack:
~roaldiswack Jan 5, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
they are fools for canceling
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:iconladyvoid:
Man.. if I was almost finished with a comic, and I was told that the whole dealio was off, iI wouldn't be a happy camper...
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:iconthenizu:
You can't even imagine how much happy you made me...hell, you actually just made my day!

You're officially my favorite comic artist and ECR was a comic that in some ways helped me a lot...I still read it time to time (ok, yes, often. Ok, yes, I just read it again two days ago).

Ah, maybe this will sound stupid, but I wanted you to know that..I remember.

I Demo you wrote "I hope this collection brings back memories for everyone; the store that you bought a particular issue at, where you were when you read it, the people you lent your copies to and never got back". Well, I do remember all these things very well, because these issues are very kind to me and, who knows why, I always find something made by you when I need it. Or in special days.

Bah, sorry for the randomness and the bad English. ...BUT I STILL WAIT FOR YOU TO COME IN ITALY AGAIN DDD8
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