Toybox Turmoil

Well, we’ve come to the end of the first Toybox Turmoil story, and I guess we’ve left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. Or is it a cliffhanger? I want to thank everyone who has dropped by to check out the site and I hope you enjoyed the work. Toybox will continue sometime in the future, probably late this year. The script for the next story is done and I’m hoping to start drawing it sometime next month. In the mean time, if you need something else to read, I’ve almost wrapped up the pages for the second Growing Up Enchanted book and the writer – - Jack Briglio – -has been posting the finished pages on his website. Check it out!

And while we’re on the topic of Growing Up Enchanted, I can now say that the second book is due for release this September. The solicitation for the book can be found in the next Previews catalogue and will be listed under AAM/Markosia. Check out the cover on their website!

Thanks again!!

I’m now 70 completed pages into the next Growing Up Enchanted trade. YEESH! So much work. But it’s been fun so far. Anyway, I’m wasting time posting this when I should be drawing, drawing, drawing!!

Yes, it’s true! There’s a Growing Up Enchanted iPhone game. It’s pretty cute. I’m not much of a gamer myself, but I guess I’d compare it to a Mario Bros. type set up where you’re moving Olianna through a series of levels. You can even get her to fly the dragon. If you’ve got kids they may have a lot of fun with it.

Check it out on iTunes

When I was a kid I was a huge Legion fan and a few years back I was fortunate enough to work on the Johnny DC version of the book which was based on the short-lived cartoon. Just for fun, I thought I’d try and put together a poster featuring the classic version of the team. I also threw in the Substitute Legion, the Super Pets, and a few other surprises. The colours are by Jason Millet.

Hey Everyone,

Several years ago I illustrated a four issue mini-series called Growing Up Enchanted which is now being collected into a trade that will be released through AAM/MARKOSIA. It’s an all-ages fantasy story that centres around a young girl called Olianna and her family. In the story Oli befriends a young dragon and is trying to keep it safe from her father – - a dragon hunter. She also has to deal with her troublesome baby bother, her first day of school and a bully who won’t stop picking on her. But she has one thing going for her – - magical abilities. Well, that and the help of her friend Bradley, a giant, and Thomas, a troll.

We’ve put up the cover of the trade here on the site, and you can also check out the latest Previews for some more info. It’s on page 186. It’s also a staff pick and is highlighted at the front of the catalogue. The original series was nominated for an Eisner when it was first released. It’s written by Jack Briglio who has worked on Scooby Doo and The Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century for DC, as well as writing a series called Digger for IDW.

-Alex

Toybox Turmoil was started over six years ago and was a project I worked on during my free time when I wasn’t doing paid work. The story was finally completed in 2008 and I’m happy to finally put it up for others to read. The story runs 70 pages and I’ll be updating once a week. Stefan Grambart has put together the website for me, and you can follow the Gone to Ground link to see Stef’s own comic strip. And thanks to Justin Stewart for lettering this story. It would have taken me another six years to finish it if I had to do it myself.

I hope you enjoy the story. It’s sort of my homage to those old issues of Marvel Team-Up and DC comics Presents, and to the fun we used to have as children when all we needed was a handful of action figures and our own imagination.