New Interview With The Comics Journal

I did an interview with The Comics Journal last week and it's been posted today. Learn much more about me and my views on stuff than you ever wanted to know! 

Seriously,Tim Hodler is a great interviewer and re-reading it, I can see that I'm at a point in my life where I'm less about trying to "sell myself" (never my strength anyway) and maybe more introspective about it all. 

Anyway -- read it if you want to know how I once made a little kid cry. (It's got a great "click-bait" title, too!)

Read it HERE!

THE BLOODY CARDINAL ~ Webcomic Serial - Pages 19, 20, 21 and 22

To read the story so far from the beginning, click here!

THE BLOODY CARDINAL ~ Webcomic Serial ~ First 18 Pages

Here are the first 18 pages of my new serial webcomic THE BLOODY CARDINAL ~ a tale of madness, mystery and mayhem. I'm posting this update here on my blog because The Comics Reporter has linked to it. I will be updating the story here ~ but please note that the official site, where you will be able to read the story as a webcomic one page at a time, is here: http://thebloodycardinalbyrichardsala.tumblr.com/
Simply click on the button for "first" and you can read the strip from the beginning.
Thanks for reading!

New web-comic THE BLOODY CARDINAL debuts!

DEBUT: My new on-going web-comic serial THE BLOODY CARDINAL begins today.
I will be posting the updates here and on my regular Tumblr. I’ll post two to four pages at a time, once or twice a week. 
But you can also read the first 14 pages from the beginning right now on the THE BLOODY CARDINAL site in web-comic format:
http://thebloodycardinalbyrichardsala.tumblr.com/page/18

The first 14 pages includes the entire PART ONE - which is the depiction of excerpts from a diary, plus the first two pages of PART TWO,  where story begins in earnest in comic strip format. The web-comic format is one page at a time, with clicking forward or back. While here you can scroll through them as usual.

The story is about a missing (and possibly dead) super criminal who has left his mad ramblings in a diary, which also contains secrets which are highly sought after by certain dangerous and nasty types. I  promise it will all “make sense” eventually (more or less) - unless I’m hit by a bus before I can finish it. In that case, feel free to make up your own ending! And thanks to all my loyal readers who made it this far and a special thanks to those who have bought my books!

(Please note: due to someone having already trademarked my original title “The Cardinal” for their superhero character, this story (about a master criminal who may or may not be dead) is now called THE BLOODY CARDINAL. You may have to update your bookmarks and I may need to do some additional tweaking to some pages already posted. Thanks to all my loyal readers for your patience!)

Commission Information ~ By Request

COMMISSION INFORMATION

Thanks to all who have asked about commissions.   

I do accept commissions and I enjoy doing them, actually - if the timing happens to be right (that is, if I'm not on a particularly tight deadline). 

Above are some samples of commissions I've done over the last few years. One of the reasons I enjoy doing them is that it gives me the opportunity to create work that not only pleases the buyer, but will be something I can use myself - to show off on my Tumblr and Blog, and eventually perhaps be published in a book of my artwork (one of the above commissions appears in my latest book).  I also use this fact to reassure buyers that they will be getting something special and not a mere sketch or something that looks as though it was done in my spare time.  I always do a professional job -- and I'm often much more proud of commissions than illustration assignments.  

Prices can be flexible/negotiable, but I usually go by the following guide:

1) Black & white art --  

All black & white drawings done on commission are finished, professional drawings -- not sketches.  I don't accept commissions for sketches, because I don't like to charge for sketches.

Small (9"x12" or so) black & white line drawing of a single figure without a (detailed) background --  $80.
Small (9"x12" or so) to large (11" x 14") black & white line drawing of more than one figure, or of figures with a moderately detailed background -- prices range from $120. -- $250.  The price depends on the size, how many figures there are, how detailed the background is and what the figures are doing.  

NOTE:  I don't do black & white ink commissions larger than 11" x 14".  

2) Color art --

Small (9"x12" or so) full color watercolor & ink art of a single figure with simple "wash" background -- prices range from $100. -- $120.
Small (9"x12" or so) full color watercolor & ink art of more than one figure or of figures with a detailed background -- prices range from $120 -- $220.

Larger (11"x14" or so) full color watercolor & ink art of one of two figures with a simple background --  $175. - $250.
Larger (11"x14" or so) full color watercolor & ink art -- of whatever you may imagine -- prices range from $250 -- $600.
Any larger color artwork -- $500. - on up ----

 Please use the above price list as a rough guide. If you have an idea in mind we can discuss how best to do it and what the appropriate price would be. I always do my best to be as fair as possible with prices. When telling me your idea(s), please feel free to be either as detailed or as vague as you like. Either way is fine with me.

Commissions must be paid for up front, before the work can begin. After payment is made you will usually have your art in one to two months. You can feel free to keep in touch with me while you are waiting -- I don't mind giving progress reports at all. 

Please let me know if you have any questions. I've tried to cover just about all the usual questions above, but I know there are often more that need to be asked in regards to the art you wish to have done. Also, this info has been cut & pasted a few times, so my apologies if it seems repetitive. If  I've left anything out, don't hesitate to let me know.

Thanks again for asking!
Richard Sala
you can write to me at:  rsala3130@att.net

It's Here! ~ The new book: VIOLENZIA & Other Deadly Amusements

In some stores DECEMBER 2 ~ then available everywhere by DECEMBER 7.

HALLOWEEN 2015