Oddly Normal

Oddlygrams

Aside from watching my webcast, a good way of following progress on the book is by following me on Instagram or Twitter. I will often post WIP photos of various projects there, including "Oddly Normal". Here are some photos from those feeds:

Here are links to my Twitter and Instagram feeds:

https://twitter.com/otisframpton
http://instagram.com/otisframpton

-Otis

Booger Bangs Returns

A little homage to one of my favorite comics of all time to celebrate the return of Oddly Normal!

Drawn and colored in Photoshop CS4 on a Cintiq 21UX.

-Otis

First Look: Oddly Normal 2.0

I thought it might be time to show some work on the new book...

More soon!

-Otis

 

Oddly Normal Returns

Hi, all! I know it's been some time since I've updated this site, but while I'm working on pages for the new book (which I'll show off VERY soon, I promise), I thought I'd share something I drew that will be used for general promotion purposes and may end up being the cover to the Kickstarter campaign edition of the final book:

Work on the book is coming along nicely. I've never before felt more comfortable or happy creating the world of Oddly Normal. Thanks so much to all of my Kickstarter baxkers for making my dream of bringing her back to the world of comics!

Okay, back to work for me!

-Otis

Oddly Normal 2.0 Funded . . . What's Next?

Thank you all for making my Kickstarter campaign a success!  How much of a success was it?  Here are the final numbers...

There was a surge of new pledges in the final few days of the campaign, pushing the total well past $9000!  Many thanks to Matt, Christine, Rhel, Bruce, Axel, Jessie, Ray, NN, Mika, Charles, Bruce, Cathy, Tracy, Chris, Daniel, Marina, Andre, Debra, Ashtara, Mindwarp Comics, Arik, Tim, Tawnly,Justin, Jennifer, Aaron, Jeff, Darren, Stephen, jayvs1, John, Miles, Michael, Veronika, Chazen, Vic, Daniel, Steven, Kelso, Matthew and Teik for their generous pledges!

Thanks also to Dan, Stormy, Miroatme, PJ, Harry, Christine, Janel, Heath_bar, Casey and Tom for increasing their pledges!

So...what's next?

Well, starting in March (after I finish up some freelance and commission work) I'll start work on the new "Oddly Normal" book full time. I'll be doing some of the work live on my Ustream artcast and will post a schedule for that work very soon.

I'll be organizing the list of rewards and start scheduling the production and distribution of them as soon as I can. For those receiving 7-7-Sunday style head sketches, I'll be contacting you and then scheduling them for a Ustream artcast so you can watch them being drawn live.

As for any non-Kickstarter "Oddly Normal" news...going forward all of that will be posted here on the official website and not on the Kickstarter page. If you'd like to follow along with the production of the book, this is now the best place to visit.

Thanks again and I look forward to getting started on the book!

-Otis

Final Kickstarter Campaign Update!

There are just three days left to the "Oddly Normal 2.0" Kickstarter campaign! I can't believe how fast the clock has run down. It really does feel like I was nervously launching this project yesterday.

I'd like to make one final push to get the word out about the campaign. I would ask everyone to please post a link to the project page on their Twitter, Facebook or blog pages: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/otisframpton/oddly-normal-20

Obviously I've already reached and exceeded my goal. I'm thrilled beyond words about that!  But I'd love to get as many books into people's hands as possible.... and remember, if you pledge $25.00 or more you get a special printed copy of the final book!

Thanks in advance for spreading the word!

One last thing...on Tuesday (the last day of the campaign) at 9:00AM CST, I'll be doing a 3 hour webcast to count down the final hours. I'll be finishing the poster I've been working on and maybe showing off some roughs for new pages. I hope to see some of you in the Ustream chat room: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/otis-frampton-live

Thanks for everything, folks. This has been a great experience for me and I can't wait to start showing off my work on the new book!

-Otis

One Week To Go!

Well, I was saddened to see that one of the bigger pledges was canceled this past week, but I understand that circumstances can change and I appreciate the thought behind the initial offering. But...thanks to other very generous pledges, the total amount has still gone UP!

With just one week left in the "Oddly Normal 2.0" campaign, the total amount pledged is $7704.00!:

Thanks so much to Rich, Stu, Alison, John and Riaz  for their generous pledges!

Thanks also to David for increasing his pledge amount!

And remember, if you have pledged less than $25, you have one week left to increase your pledge to get the book as a reward. There are currently 33 backers who can do this, just FYI. :)

I'll be doing some sketching for the project (working on the poster Kickstarter reward) live on my webcast tomorrow night (Wedneday) at 8PM CST: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/otis-frampton-live If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

I worked on the poster reward last week on my webcast. You can watch video of it here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/20161560

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc!

-Otis

Two Weeks To Go!

With exactly three weeks left in the "Oddly Normal 2.0" campaign, the total amount pledged is $7674.00!:

Thanks so much to Jenny, David, Patrick, Brandon, Linda, Movet and Amber for their generous pledges!

Thanks also to Daniel and Martha for increasing their pledge amounts!

And remember, if you have pledged less than $25, you can always do the same to get the book as a reward. There are currently 32 backers who can do this, just FYI. :)

I'll be doing some sketching for the project (working on the poster Kickstarter reward) live on my webcast tonight at 8PM CST: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/otis-frampton-live If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc!

-Otis

Three Weeks To Go...

With exactly three weeks left in the "Oddly Normal 2.0" campaign, the total amount pledged is $7399.00!:

Thanks so much to Stormy, chouck, Regi, Peter, Andrew, Harry, Evilgeniuslady, Mihir, Nicholas, PJ, GDM_online, Sacha, Daniel, JMJones, Bjorn, Stephen, Stuart and Jeffery for their generous pledges!

Thanks also to Paul for increasing hi pledge amount to qualify for the new $25+ pledge reward of the final printed book!

And remember, if you have pledged less than $25, you can always do the same to get the book as a reward. There are currently 31 backers who can do this, just FYI. :)

I did some sketching for the project live on my webcast last Thursday (I was unable to broadcast on Tuesday, my regular day for this). Here are the recordings from the show: 

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19874979

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19875663

Don't forget to join me on my Tuesday night "Oddly Normal 2.0" webcasts at 8PM CST: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/otis-frampton-live If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

I've been doing sketching off the webcast and I hope to start showing that to all of you very soon. Most of this sketching deals with new scenes, setting and ideas for the book.

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc!

-Otis

Kickstarter Update #9: One Month To Go!

Hello, again. I've decided to only do updates about the current pledge total every Monday from this point on.

Here's the current total:

Many thanks to our newest backers . . . Tim, Jeremie, Daniel, Dan, Ben, Shervyn, Ryan, Lisa, Miroatme, Christoph, Coolb, Ong, Jessica, Shannon, James, Rachel, Danielle, Daniel, sgllama, Susan, Kathryn, Zabuni, Matt and Stephen!

And thanks to Jimi for increasing his pledge to take advantage of the new reward!

Since hitting the $6000.00 level, the most popular reward option by far has been the $25.00 level, which means that people are interested in owning a copy of the book. And that's great! I hope to get as many copies out there as possible to Kickstarter backers.

Don't forget to join me on my Tuesday night "Oddly Normal 2.0" webcasts at 8PM CST: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/otis-frampton-live If you have questions about the project or just want to see me sketch characters from the book, I'll be LIVE from 8PM-9PM. Hope to see you there!

Thanks again and as always, if you like this project, please share a link to the Kickstarter page via Facebook, Twitter, etc!

-Otis