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THE RETURN OF THE
REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE


why are all these hipsters so disgruntled?
Here's a preview of what I've been up to all these months.  With a release date scheduled for sometime this summer, there's scant time to spill all the beans, but here's a quick peak at the inner workings behind putting together a comic book from start to finish.

The Tales of
the Really White Vigilante #2

story and art: Michael Schliefke
cover: Ian Shults
advertisements: Corey Goering

tentatively scheduled for release sometime in June 2008.

 
I've spent the past few months writing the stories that flesh out the larger, over-arching tale that will culminate at the end of volume four.  I'll be introducing a few characters and want to keep the tone and ideas of each book separate from each other. 

The second volume of the series picks up about four months after the first, as Austin gears up for SXSW.  Our hero is still in East Austin, finding himself in an unfamiliar situation and feeling a bit stifled by life.  He notices more and more hipsters in his neighborhood, and more than ever, feels there's nothing he can do about it.  Then a series of events takes place that gets his blood pumping and the surreal tale goes full throttle.

Below are some pictures of what I've been up to.  You can see some of the fanatical writings that now take up 30 pages in my trusty spiral bound notebook, along with a sketch from the comic that hasn't been finished yet, along with a bunch of studies of other panels and odds and ends from the unfinished project. 

Of course, I'll be updating The Really White Vigilante's website shortly with all the details of release date, locations to buy the book, and the opening night party.
 

 


some of the thirty plus pages of notes, writings and scribblings that have been by my side since December.

 


a look at the progress of one of the panels in the sequel.
 

 


some of the quick and dirty ink studies I've been fooling around with

THE LATEST STORIES...

SNEAK PREVIEW
at Tales of the Really White Vigilante #2

COMING SOON:

+  A TRIP TO KANSAS CITY
Thanksgiving with friends and the cold
+  NORTH(EAST)ERN EXPOSURE
My two month sabbatical in the North
+  THINGS TO DO IN DENVER
The splendor of Colorado

ALREADY THERE:
TALES OF THE
    REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE

the tale of one young man's attempts
to stop the gentrification of East Austin
a 62 page comic book.
 

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2008
MAY 10-11
Alter Ego Show
Gallery DV8 2300 East 16th, Austin, Texas

nearly thirty Austin artists explore their other sides

JUNE - JULY

Tales of the Really White Vigilante, Volume 2
our intrepid hero battles hipsters, SXSW and battles his own demons
NOVEMBER
Solo Painting Show

my first complete solo show since April, 2006 with all new works
 

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