You're a Good Man, Malacai Brown

Malacai Brown, who has served as our resident cover artist for The Arcadia Anthology, will be stepping down from that position. Personal reasons will prevent him from supplying line-art for the remaining two issues of the series.

Our cover colorists (and creator/artist of Z-The Dream Warrior), Kyle Chaney Jr. will step in to fill the void left by Malacai's departure.

We all wish Malacai the best, and look forward to a time when he can return to The Arcadia Comics Collective.
-eric

If At First We Don't Succeed...

The cover of Arcadia Anthology #4 has undergone some revisions.

I felt that the original composition focused too much on the background elements when the focus of the image should have been Lucero. Also, Lucero's pose and posture really didn't reflect the dire situation she is in, surround by enemies from all sides.

I worked with our cover artist, Malacai Brown, in order to correct the cover, and shift the focus.

Lucero is now center stage(where she belongs)... and in a bit of a dilemma!

The final version of this image will grace the cover of issue #4 of The Arcadia Anthology in July.

Issues #1-3 are currently on sale at Indyplanet.com (keyword search: Arcadia)
-eric

Completely Covered

Here is the completed version of our cover for issue #2. The layout was inspired by comic book covers from The Golden Age. Compare it to the cover of Flash Comics #1 from 1940. I think the layout works just as well today, as it did 70 years ago!

Art by Malacai Brown, Colors by Kyle Chaney Jr, and Text/Graphics by Eric Lamont.

A Banner Bonanza!

In anticipation of our promotional blitz next month, The Collective artists have begun producing web banners. Here is a small sampling of what we have so far. These will certainly go a long way in helping us spread the word that The Age of Arcadia is upon us!
-eric

Let's Make It Thrice

As they say: "The third time is the charm." Our third attempt at a cover image has paid off! By combining Malacai's original line art and Kyle's color layers, we end up with an image that, in my opinion, allows the best of both previous covers to co-exist.

I made a few minor additions to the piece as well.
-eric

A Tale of Two Covers

This is the re-colored version of Malacai's cover art. He felt that the previous version overpowered his inks and crosshatching. His version, rightfully, restores the line art, but I think it suffers from a weaker background.

Ah, but there still remains a solution to our double cover dilemma...

Our First Cover

This was our first attempt at a cover for issue #1. Malacai Brown provided the drawing, and Kyle Chaney the color. Malacai was not fully satisfied with the final results, and will be submitting an alternate version of this cover. "Back to the drawing board", as they say.