After a little trepidation with the USPS/Canadian Postal Service, the drawing giveaway reached its destination yesterday safe and sound. PHEW! Once again, I not only got a confirmation email but photographic documentation to boot! Daniel Lafrance apparently didn’t let it rest for any period of time before it was up on his wall! He received it yesterday and in the same afternoon had this image fired off to me.

Thanks for the pic, Daniel! Once again, I am left with a warm feeling with the happiness that my art has brought someone else. You guys are the greatest. Thank you.

Now, you’re probably all wondering if I get such a warm fuzzy from showing you my art why I have been so stingy of late. Yes, I’ll admit that this project has suffered from neglect and I promise that will soon change. I am currently in the process of finishing up one project as I prepare to launch a couple more. My previous state of the webcomic address was before the Eisner Nomination and my opportunities have multiplied since then. It’s been a bit of a juggling act trying to keep all the balls in the air. But come early June, you will all have some more graphic storytelling from me. I’ve already hinted at it but I’ll have to say this. It is a future chapter of ‘the Process’ told out of sequence in searing four-color glory. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll be thrilled. That’s a promise. Once this project launches, I can then go back to a regular schedule of Borrowed Time 3, the Process and ‘PROJECT X’. Thank you for your patience and loyalty.

The emails were all printed out and placed in a hat (well, actually a Glad plastic container). A hush fell over the room (it was very late). The air was thick with suspense as my hand reached in and stirred the contents of the ‘hat’. Who’s email would I pull out? Who would win the drawing? My hand pulled the small piece of paper out of the throng of hopefuls each one crackling in protest at not being chosen. All eyes unblinking, anticipating, waiting as I unfolded the tiny chit that held the name of one whose destiny will be forever altered! And that email belonged to Daniel Lafrance of Toronto, ON, Canada! YAY! It really was that dramatic, people. I was alone but you’ll have to take my word that it was INTENSE!

Daniel, I’m prepping the drawing for shipping and I’ll send it out early next week. Now, for the rest of you email subscribers out there, I have a small consolation prize…desktop wallpaper! It’s a small thank you for your support of this project and with it comes a promise that there will be more giveaways in the coming months. Who knows, maybe it will be YOU next time!

Your link to the wallpaper will be in your email.

Once again, thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this a success. I’ll have updates coming soon, I promise.

Joe

As promised, I’m holding a drawing for a drawing! First off, what do entrants have a good chance of winning? Why this drawing, of course! As chosen by visitors to this blog, the prize most wanted was this piece of original art. It’s the unused art for page 23! This is a fully rendered, finished drawing and not a sketch. It’s the real deal, people. The media used are marker, ink, watercolor and colored pencil on watercolor paper. It measures 12″x16″, is signed by me and is ready for framing. This is a rare opportunity to own a piece of original art from this webcomic. I’ll not be parting with any until sometime after this project gets published (whenever that will be) so don’t let this drawing pass you by!

Best of all, it’s absolutely free to enter! The winner will receive the above drawing delivered right to his/her door at no cost. How can you win? That’s easy. Simply sign up for the email subscription service by clicking the little envelope above or the image below and it could be your name that I pull out of the hat on May 1st! Either way, you’re a winner! Email subscriptions are the best way to always stay up-to-date with the very latest content.

After you have entered your email address (I promise that it will not be sold or distributed in any way), don’t forget to check your spam filters for the confirmation email to activate your subscription. If your email subscription is not active, I’m sorry but I cannot include you in this drawing. Only active accounts count. If you are already a subscriber, you can rest easy. Your name is already included in the drawing. Now go on and sign up, already!

UPDATE: Entries for the drawing are now closed. You can always add your name for the email service to receive updates of the latest content. I’ll also be having future giveaways only open to email subscribers so thank you to all who have joined the email list. The winner of the drawing will be contacted by email and once I have a name, I’ll post the results. Thanks, everyone!

Below you will find the first ever the Process poll! I’ve been thinking that I would hold a draw for email subscribers and I wanted to find out what people would like the most as a prize. The following poll has six options for prizes. ANYONE CAN VOTE! Choose the prize(s) you would most like to see offered and click ‘vote’. Please participate, people! This will help me out in two ways. It will tell me what you, the reader, values most and it helps me prepare a drawing that offers the most wanted prize! This poll will be up until I feel I have a healthy number of votes from which I can truly draw a consensus. So c’mon people now, smile on your brother (me), everybody get together, try to love one another, VOTE NOW!
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UPDATE: The final hours! Only a few short hours remain before we’ll have our prize decided. It looks like the original art has a commanding lead but anything’s possible on this here internets. Stay tuned for the official announcement.