Graphic Novel & Other Book Finished

I have just now published a digital webcomic version of my first graphic novel, "Little Undead Riding Hood," and you can read all three parts at the Imgur links below:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

I hope you have fun reading it!

I will see in August about getting a print edition of this comic available on the Lulu store, but I will need to check the quality of the first editions for ink smears/etc. since I have not attempted using their services to print a comic before. I will post updates and photos once I have checked the product for quality assurance from their site.

Also, I have recently published my 5th written novel, entitled "Is This Ad Relevant to You?" and the paperback is available at the Lulu online store along with all of my other titles. The book can be found here:

Lulu Bookstore - "Is This Ad Relevant to You?"

 

This one is more of a crime/espionage dark comedy, so if you're a fan of cynical humor and outrageous satire, this might be just your cup o' tea.

As always, I appreciate feedback from anyone who has read or viewed my work, and I will continue working hard on other projects. Expect the premier issue of my full-color comic, "High School Demon Hunter," to be available early this fall and more music hopefully before the end of 2016.

-J.C.

Rodenhold, Book 2 Now Available & New Comic TBA

After a long hiatus working on other projects, I'm pleased to present you with Volume 2 of the "Rodenhold" series, entitled "Rising Tension."

 

This book takes place nearly three years after the first, where Ilyana (spoiler) is now fully-grown after traveling outside of time to train to become an Apex warrior, and she is now a member of the Dead Lotus, an all-female stealth unit. When being attacked by a stranger in red armor on a routine expedition, they discover quickly that none of their weapons can penetrate it save for Ilyana's Crimson weapon. Since Crimson can only be cut by purer Crimson and nothing else, this leads them to suspect that the enemy's entire suit of armor is made of Crimson, and judging from a unique attack it uses, Captain Lydia assumes their aggressor may be a rogue former female member of the Dead Lotus back for revenge.

Meanwhile, King Daedelus has been absent to work on an important project crucial to the war, leaving Princess Nadine and the 90 esteemed Councilmen of Rodenhold to supervise the city. When the princess suspects a traitor within the Council conspiring with a Zenith Lord to surrender the war to the Zenith and allow the humans to become wiped out completely, she sends the Dead Lotus members on a mission to retrieve the Zenith Lord that has been intercepted with an advanced new tracking system. On their way to intercept the conspirator, the Dead Lotus soon finds more trouble than they bargained for.

The High Zenith Priest Unduzi is one step away from resurrecting the Zenith god and sealing the fate of the world forever. All that is needed is a sacrifice: one who is part-human, part-Apex, and the champion of both worlds. Only one such person exists, the green-eyed girl with the Crimson blade, Vanguard Ilyana the Swift.

You can preview and/or buy the paperback at this link:

Rodenhold, Volume 2: Rising Tension

Cover art by Dibujante-Nocturno, from Spain.



Also in the works, I'm laboring at completing my first graphic novel, a dark comedy where all of your favorite childhood fables are facing a zombie apocalypse. The book contains coarse language and is intended only for "mature" audiences (haha, yeah right.) Not a set release date for this one, hopefully should be done in about a month but I've got a few college courses to finish up before I begin my career as an X-ray tech in addition to all of this other stuff and more. Lots of stuff to do before I die (and maybe afterward.)

-J.C.

Here are a few pages from "Little Undead Riding Hood" below for your enjoyment:

Update: New books and music album! I've been hard at work.

Wow, time to dust off this old page and let all of you (0 total people) know what's been going on in the wonderful world of J.C. lately!

So aside from the "Rodenhold" series, I've also published two stand-alone novels and I'm nearly done working on a short graphic novel as well.

"Inferno Application" is a sci-fi psychological thriller wherein the main character, Scott Peretti, is recovering from an experimental criminal rehabilitation program that places murderers and convicts in a chair to wear a virtual reality headset that fires impulses at specific areas of their brain to distort their perception of time, leading them to believe they've been captive inside of the "Inferno" program for years even though in reality the process only takes a few hours. Sean's virtual sentence was meant to seem like a millennium, and when he exits the console he begins struggling with what he and his wife suspect to be PTSD. Strange visions haunt him and clues are left at every turn, making him wonder if his son's cryptic warnings are somehow connected to something far worse.

The book is available on Lulu at this link:

Inferno Application (paperback) on Lulu

"The Sect" is also available on Lulu. If you're not into horror (and I mean horror, not that monotonous Hollywood junk) then you might as well steer clear. Roy and Jan Ackerman are a set of parents who move with their adopted daughter, Cheryl, to a small town in Iowa called Angel's Road. Upon settling in, however, strange things begin to happen. Scarecrows are found in places they wouldn't normally be. Peculiar warnings in black ink appear everywhere, and the townsfolk seem to know something but are reluctant to reveal it to the new movers. When Cheryl is abducted by a cult from the town's local church, her parents are forced to make an impossible decision: make her "walk through the fire" or watch her suffer The Martyr's Death, a fate far worse than death itself. Brace yourself for an intense read and find out if you can stomach your way through to the shocking twist at the end:

The Sect (paperback) on Lulu

I suppose I might as well mention this while I'm giving you all of these updates. Writing isn't the only thing I do, as I stated in my previous post I am also drawing and coloring comics, but I've also began dabbling (heavily) in music production and I've recently finished creating an album. It's a rap album so yeah, you might not like it, and it seems atypical for an author to spit mad bars, but you might be surprised when you hear it. This isn't the proper way to market to people since it's the first thing that'll turn you away, but I created and mastered all of the beats and performed all of the lyrics, even made the cover art from scratch. The album is on iTunes at the link below and plenty of songs are available on my YouTube channel as well. I use a variety of musical styles on the album and if you like dubstep & electronic, check out the song "White Kids Can't Rap" (with the green lightning and robot-head-thingy.) I figured I might as well mention it since this page is about my creative efforts as a whole, not just books.

DTR - "Over My Dead Body" full album on iTunes

Whew! So, I guess that about covers everything for the updates. Just know that with everything I do, I go hard at it. Yeah. Have a good year!


-J.C.