It's come up in several blog posts recently that FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY turns 10 years old in 2011. What many people don't know is the webcomic almost didn't survive its first year. Not due to money, or time.
The comic almost came to a stop over September 11th.
Given the patriotic themes in this webcomic, one might think it a response to September 11th. It's not, not at all. FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY actually launched in June 2001 after Shannon Muir received an opportunity to appear on a fan-to-pro panel at the now discontinued GATHERING OF THE GARGOYLES convention when it was in Universal City, California, after learning about it from GARGOYLES series developer/creator Greg Weisman (who mentored Shannon previously in animation writing coursework). Shannon and Kevin talked a long time and decided this crowd had similar interests in the kind of stories and storytelling they did, and that this venue would be the one to test the waters for moving FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY from the movie and animated series development they'd been trying to a webcomic.
So, in June 2001, flyers were printed and mentions were made of the webcomic's debut coming that following week at http://www.flying-glory.com. The first content was a short full color four page piece published in its entirety called PRELUDE TO GLORY with the lyrics for "Keep on Fighting," still available as part of the Extras section which is full of various gems from the past ten years. Check it out!
There was no way to know then that those lyrics would become a theme to the webcomic's very continued existence.
A short time later, what is now known as Issue 1 began. However, work wasn't far into the comic when September 11th hit. The decision was made to put up a memorial drawing (currently not available while the gallery is being redone) and behind the scenes long talks were held as to whether FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY should even continue. Would it be considered somehow inappropriate given the country's climate, or perhaps it might have the opposite effect? In the end, it was decided that the call to tell a good story should rise above all, so the webcomic continued.
Here it is now, going into 2011, and FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is still here.
Thanks for being a part of it.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Vince are you alright?...
While Deb and Elsie spring into action, the Hounds of Glory are doing the best they can despite the odds. What happens next? Read the latest page of "Looking for a Love Song" at http://www.flying-glory.com/ to find out!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
One of you is Flying Glory right?
As the Hounds try to save the day, things come to a head between Deb, Elsie, and Ivy Grainger. Follow the latest page now at http://www.flying-glory.com/ !
WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING?, Charity Cookbook including FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY, Delayed to Early 2011
We're passing along this message to let you know that WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING? is delayed to Early 2011. This is the charity cookbook we've been telling you about that features an original recipe by Kevin Paul Shaw Broden and Shannon Muir, along with an exclusive FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY comic.
Read the latest news here: http://www.tgtmedia.com/. FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is still part of this project and appreciate all the hard work that has gone into it to date.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Celebrating Ten Years in Summer 2011... What Have You Been Missing?
Some of you visiting this blog followed the adventures of FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY since the beginning in the summer of 2001. Many others are just now finding us for the first.
We welcome you all to checking us out and finding out more of what FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is about.
In short, it's about a teenager who starts with aspirations of becoming a rock star along with her friends that make up her band. She's got a grandmother with superhero powers that belong to some past old glory and while interesting she sees as ancient history. However, when Debra Clay unexpectedly starts flying during a high school battle of the bands concert, her world changes forever along with her friends. Originally donning costumes to bring a superhero flair to their music performances, circumstances make them realize they need to become real superheroes and not just stage stars. During all of this, however, Debra and her friends are still teenagers caught up in the drama of growing up. This blend of superhero drama and teen angst makes FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY endure on a near-weekly publication schedule for what will be ten years in the summer of 2011.
So if you've been along for the ride, take time to go over for a second look as we are about to come to a major turning point in the story. If you're new to us, welcome, and take the time to get to know Flying Glory and her universe.
Come join us and find out what you have been missing...
We welcome you all to checking us out and finding out more of what FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is about.
In short, it's about a teenager who starts with aspirations of becoming a rock star along with her friends that make up her band. She's got a grandmother with superhero powers that belong to some past old glory and while interesting she sees as ancient history. However, when Debra Clay unexpectedly starts flying during a high school battle of the bands concert, her world changes forever along with her friends. Originally donning costumes to bring a superhero flair to their music performances, circumstances make them realize they need to become real superheroes and not just stage stars. During all of this, however, Debra and her friends are still teenagers caught up in the drama of growing up. This blend of superhero drama and teen angst makes FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY endure on a near-weekly publication schedule for what will be ten years in the summer of 2011.
So if you've been along for the ride, take time to go over for a second look as we are about to come to a major turning point in the story. If you're new to us, welcome, and take the time to get to know Flying Glory and her universe.
Come join us and find out what you have been missing...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Hounds, get these people to safety...
While Deb and Elsie talk to Ivy, the Hounds of Glory are doing what they can to save the day. Find out how things are going in the latest page of "Looking for a Love Song" at http://www.flying-glory.com !
Sunday, November 21, 2010
FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY Co-Writer Shannon Muir on being part of WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING?
Shannon Muir has felt touched by the issues surrounding the hungry and the homeless going back to her teenage years.
"The first time it really hit home for me was doing a Girl Scout canned food drive in an era where you still knocked door to door. My sister and I knocked on a door and encountered a woman with several young children and it was clear she didn't have much at all. We tried everything we could think of to apologize and go, but she insisted on coming back with this giant black and white labeled can of peaches. I've never forgotten that day."
Over the years that followed, hungry and homeless themes would show up as themes in her poetry and stories, including the webcomic FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY; one of the members of the band/superhero team, guitarist Lucy Alvarez, lived out of a car on the streets with her father as part of her character background.
"Lucy's time on the streets in downtown Los Angeles - where I myself lived for my first thirteen years in the area - makes her very sensitive to people hurting and in trouble. This bonds her very quickly to one of the perfomers chosen as part of their stage show villain counterparts and her young child, who struggle to get by from job to job before meeting Flying Glory and her friends. Their addition to the Villains of Vengeance team further opens the mind of everyone around them, including Flying Glory. Since this spirit always exists naturally in the webcomic, when we got the offer to be a part of WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING?, it just seemed a natural thing to be a part of."
WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING? is a cookbook featuring art from a variety of webcomic artists along with a variety of recipes. Proceeds from this book are going to Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest) and Food Banks of Canada. The book is a project of TGT Media.
To find out the full recipe for what was made, and to obtain exclusive FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY comic content, pre-order your copy of WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING? at http://tgtmedia.com/preorder. If you're not looking to order a cookbook but want to support webcomics creators, they are also looking for funding to cover fifty percent of the first 2000 copies printed from creative project funding platform Kickstarter at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tr1studios/webcomics-whats-cooking.
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KEVIN PAUL SHAW BRODEN is four names of creativity you need to remember. He is an animation and comic book writer, having spent more then 15 years in and around comics and animation. Kevin got his break into the comic book art side of things working as an art assistant, and you can see his special credit inside Image Comics' SUPREME #1. Also, through the California State University Summer Arts Program, he storyboarded the music videos for "Summer Single" by John Wesley Harding (Warner Bros.), "One" by BiGod20 (Warner Bros.), and "Beestung" by Kristin Hersch (Warner Bros.).
SHANNON MUIR is an author of animation scripts, fiction, poetry, and non-fiction books about the animation industry. She's also worked in the animation field in a production capacity for several major companies.
FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is a webcomic, with a new black and white page generally released weekly, that follows a story of a teenager named Debra Clay and her friends as they struggle with their newfound celebrity as musicians and superheroes when they discover Debra inherited her grandmother's powers. The webcomic will celebrate its tenth anniversary in the summer of 2011.
"The first time it really hit home for me was doing a Girl Scout canned food drive in an era where you still knocked door to door. My sister and I knocked on a door and encountered a woman with several young children and it was clear she didn't have much at all. We tried everything we could think of to apologize and go, but she insisted on coming back with this giant black and white labeled can of peaches. I've never forgotten that day."
Over the years that followed, hungry and homeless themes would show up as themes in her poetry and stories, including the webcomic FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY; one of the members of the band/superhero team, guitarist Lucy Alvarez, lived out of a car on the streets with her father as part of her character background.
"Lucy's time on the streets in downtown Los Angeles - where I myself lived for my first thirteen years in the area - makes her very sensitive to people hurting and in trouble. This bonds her very quickly to one of the perfomers chosen as part of their stage show villain counterparts and her young child, who struggle to get by from job to job before meeting Flying Glory and her friends. Their addition to the Villains of Vengeance team further opens the mind of everyone around them, including Flying Glory. Since this spirit always exists naturally in the webcomic, when we got the offer to be a part of WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING?, it just seemed a natural thing to be a part of."
WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING? is a cookbook featuring art from a variety of webcomic artists along with a variety of recipes. Proceeds from this book are going to Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest) and Food Banks of Canada. The book is a project of TGT Media.
To find out the full recipe for what was made, and to obtain exclusive FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY comic content, pre-order your copy of WEBCOMICS: WHAT'S COOKING? at http://tgtmedia.com/preorder. If you're not looking to order a cookbook but want to support webcomics creators, they are also looking for funding to cover fifty percent of the first 2000 copies printed from creative project funding platform Kickstarter at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tr1studios/webcomics-whats-cooking.
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KEVIN PAUL SHAW BRODEN is four names of creativity you need to remember. He is an animation and comic book writer, having spent more then 15 years in and around comics and animation. Kevin got his break into the comic book art side of things working as an art assistant, and you can see his special credit inside Image Comics' SUPREME #1. Also, through the California State University Summer Arts Program, he storyboarded the music videos for "Summer Single" by John Wesley Harding (Warner Bros.), "One" by BiGod20 (Warner Bros.), and "Beestung" by Kristin Hersch (Warner Bros.).
SHANNON MUIR is an author of animation scripts, fiction, poetry, and non-fiction books about the animation industry. She's also worked in the animation field in a production capacity for several major companies.
FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY is a webcomic, with a new black and white page generally released weekly, that follows a story of a teenager named Debra Clay and her friends as they struggle with their newfound celebrity as musicians and superheroes when they discover Debra inherited her grandmother's powers. The webcomic will celebrate its tenth anniversary in the summer of 2011.
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