A Sky Full of Stars: Page 7

Written by Matthew J. Constantine
Art by S.A. McClung

A Sky Full of Stars: Page 6

Written by Matthew J. Constantine
Art by S.A. McClung

A Sky Full of Stars: Page 5

Written by Matthew J. Constantine
Art by S.A. McClung

A Sky Full of Stars: Page 3

By Matthew J. Constantine
Art by S.A. McClung

A Sky Full of Stars: Page 2

Written by Matthew J. Constantine
Illustrated by S.A. McClung

A Sky Full of Stars: Page 1

This starts the first full chapter of A Sky Full of Stars, the webcomic I wrote and S.A. McClung illustrated.  It was one of my first forays into comic style writing, so as you will see, it can be a bit wonky.  For example, the lead character comes off as an awful bitch in the first few pages, which was not intentional.  However, I learned a lot, not only on this project but on ProXy Fight (check it out at Warrior 27!), a comic I wrote around the same time, with Paul L. Petzrick on illustrations.

Chi and Sahr come out of the pages of a ...yes, yet unfinished novel (I'm still working on the denouement!!!).  I enjoyed them so much while writing that section of the book that when the opportunity came to develop a space opera comic came along, they were an obvious choice for me.  Here's hoping I can revisit them some time. 

-Matt

A Sky Full of Stars Introduction: Page 6

OK, so this is the last page of the introductory story for A Sky Full of Stars.  This was printed in the Warrior 27 anthology trade paperback, which you can buy over here at Indy Planet.  It's nifty. 

 

Coming up, the 20 page 'first chapter' of Chi and Sahr's continuing adventures.  Once again, any artists out there wishing to cut their teeth on some science fictiony fun, let me know.  In the meantime, here's a preview:

-Matt

A Sky Full of Stars Introduction: Page 5

The next to last page of the introductory story for A Sky Full of Stars written by myself and illustrated by S.A. McClung. 

-Matt

A Sky Full of Stars Introduction: Page 4

Here's the fourth page of the introductory story written by myself and illustrated by S.A. McClung. 

Once again, if anyone is enjoying the story, and is or knows an illustrator who might be interested in collaborating on further adventures of Chi and Sahr please let me know.  I'm very interested in picking the characters up again, and exploring more of their world.  I'm open to many art styles; it need not be the above computer rendered type.  Heck, it doesn't even need to be in color. 

-Matt

A Sky Full of Stars Introduction: Page 3

Here's page three of the webcomic I wrote, and S.A. McClung illustrated. 

-Matt

A Sky Full of Stars Introduction: Page 2

Here's the second page of A Sky Full of Stars, by myself and S.A. McClung.

-Matt

A Sky Full of Stars Introduction: Page 1

-Matt

A Sky Full of Stars Preview

So, it's no surprise that Brad and I are writers.  Why else would we write all this stuff?  And we're dorks.  So, it follows that we write about dorky things.  But, we don't just write about them, sometimes we write them.  A few years ago, I decided to try my hands at writing some comic scripts, to varying degrees of success.  Some were published by our friends over at Warrior 27.  Some have yet to be published at all.  I enjoyed the process of writing them, and of seeing my work envisioned by artists.  But, I have not enjoyed the process of trying to find artists, which has led me down several disappointing roads.  And collaborations have been a mixed bag, with some artists being nearly uncommunicative, and others being free and open to new ideas, and with new ideas.  One project I am especially excited about is A Sky Full of Stars.  It's a science fiction comic set in the distant future.  It's actually a spin-off of another project I'm still in very slow development on.  Along with artist S.A. McClung, I created 26 pages of what I had hoped would be an ongoing web comic.  Due to various reasons (not the artist, he was great), it did not continue after end of the first major story (though, I have outlines of the next 5 or 6 stories, ready to go).

So, here's a preview of the comic.  I plan to post a page a week for the next 26 weeks.  I hope you enjoy it.  I welcome feedback.  I learned a LOT while writing this, and would certainly do some things differently were I to get the chance.  But, I like it, in spite of the flaws.  And I still hope to revisit it.  In fact, if you're an artist and are interested in working on further adventures of Chi and Sahr, please don't hesitate to contact me.

-Matt