Imy the Comic

Fine, 2011. You beat me. You win. But 2012 is MINE.

by Irma on December 12, 2011 at 12:00 am

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Well, THAT was fun. I’m pretty certain that the “zombie flu” I had was this mycoplasma thing that seems to be making the rounds around here (passed on to me by my husband who was knocked out for almost 2 weeks by it). Otherwise known as “walking pneumonia,” I believe. Never had a fever for so many days before, and the coughing… OH the coughing. I’m STILL coughing. But, thankfully it’s much milder. Finally. I’m still not up to full strength, and run ouf of breath very easily. But I’m thankful to be functional again.

Before this house got hit by disease, I had a good flow going with my strip, finally. But I got completely thrown off again. It’s so frustrating. 2011 has been a hard year for “Imy.” It all started back in June when I strained my drawing arm, and it all went chaotic from there. Having to take time off to heal, and then getting back into it while not quite ready. Then trying to finish the book on time for NYCC, and side work. It was all too much. I ended up losing a lot of time on “Imy,” especially when it came to my fall vacations. Because of everything else I never got a chance to build up comics for my vacations. and I had to take even MORE time off. I filled in whenever I could. But I could never catch up with myself. And now I FINALLY got a grasp on things, but it slipped out of my hands again. It’s extremely frustrating, since “Imy” is the most important thing to me. But this year has really fought me about it.

So after a long discussion with my good friend (and adopted editor/manager/personal art director), Tom Racine (Tall Tale Radio, GeekPapas, Webcomic Know-It-All), and based on his suggestions, I’ve decided that I need to get a head start on “Imy” 2012. I just have not been able to catch up the way I need to this year. I keep losing my grasp. In order to get my head start, I am going to use the rest of 2011 to work on “Imy” and build a good buffer. This buffer is the only way I will be able to take charge of my schedule again. It’s what I was trying to do when I got sick. But then 2011 beat me again.

So, I’m not taking a break. No way. I am going to be working my ass off. You just won’t see any of it until the re-launch. Which will be Monday, January 9th, 2012.

I am working on a winter/xmas desktop/iphone/ipad wallpaper for you guys. Which will come in both Xmas and winter-only versions. And that will be available within the next few days.

Otherwise, “Imy” will be back on JANUARY 9TH. Repeat after me… JANUARY 9TH! JANUARY 9TH! JANUARY 9TH! There, now it’s tattooed onto your brain. 🙂

Enjoy the holidays and the new year!!!

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Happy Birthday “Imy!” And… Can Zombies do comics?

by Irma on December 1, 2011 at 10:38 pm

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Well, thanks to reader TONI for reminding me, or I would have remembered months from now and would have felt terrible for it. But “Imy” (the strip) turned 4 years old on November 25th! Have I really been doing this for 4 years? Granted, this last year has been spotty due to my injury on my drawing arm. Which is getting much better, but is still something I have to watch out for.

It’s been wonderful to get back into everything full swing. It’s a shame though that I never got my buffer in good enough to be able to use now when I am feverishly ill. Yes, I got the flu from hell. In fact, I don’t think this is the flu. I think this is how the transformation to zombie begins.

Anyway, writing all of this has taken every bit of energy I have. Everyone around me who has had this flu has been nearly bedridden for 2 FLIPPIN’ WEEKS. It’s true that I feel like death right now, but I’m hoping it doesn’t take that long for me to recover.

I can officially not look at a computer screen anymore. And these chills must mean the next stage of the zombification process has begin. So I’ll go lay down now.

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Book for sale!! Books for sale!!

by Irma on November 16, 2011 at 8:14 pm

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Now that I’m back from my trip, and have dragged the remaining stock of books back with me, it’s time to start selling them! You can now head on over to the purchasing page and buy Volumes 1 & 2! Quantities are limited until I can order my next batch, and I have no idea when that will be. Probably next fall.

So head on over there and buy your books NOW!

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Second Fall Vacation Break Notice

by Irma on October 10, 2011 at 11:21 pm

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This should not come as a surprise since I already talked about this before I went to San Diego. But I’ll write about it once more in case people forgot 🙂

Tomorrow I jet off to NYC for NYCC! And then I’ll be in the US for another 2 weeks taking time to visit family, and I’ll return to Sweden at the very end of October. Like I’ve said before, because of the issues I’ve had with my hand, I have been taking it slow so I haven’t not been able to build a buffer to fill my vacation, so there will be no comics until I get back. But, you’ve seen that I can do my two updates a week again, as I’ve done since my return from San Diego, so there should be no change to that once I get back and start up again.

So the comic will return on October 31st! I wanted to take a week to build a small buffer so that I can be prepared for any hand issues in the futre, but I don’t want to miss a Halloween comic. So I will probably post on Halloween and then get back to my full schedule the week of the 7th of November.

I’m hoping to see some of you at NYCC! All my info on when and where to find me at NYCC is RIGHT HERE. So read that if you plan on stopping by. I’m so excited! And I’m excited to getting back to the full “Imy” schedule again when I get back!

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NYCC 2011: The Info Post! Come see me!

by Irma on October 8, 2011 at 8:19 pm

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Here we go! NYCC is only FIVE DAYS AWAY! SO it’s about time I give you my info so you know where and when to find me!

So let’s go….

WHERE?
Javits Convention Center, NYC, NY, USA, Planet Earth, Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha… If you hit Betelgeuse, you’ve gone to far.

I’ll be at table P5 in Artist’s Alley. I’ll be sitting with the folks over at Webcomics Alliance, and sharing my table with Antoine Gagnon of Drunken Fools. The other WA people are Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert & Fred and Ken Drab of Rick the Stick who’ll be at table P6 right next to us!

Here is a map with my table marked on it. The cool thing is that if you go into the NYCC website and look up the interactive map, you can actually put my name in the search and find me! So cool! But, anyway, click the image below to see it in full size.

WHEN?
NYCC weekend: October 13-16. I’ll be there Friday, Saturday & Sunday during public hours. I won’t be doing the preview day on Thursday. I can’t be more specific than that really. A few things though: I may be late to my table, or I may have to leave a little early on any of these days. I’m not saying I will be, I’m just saying it’s a possibility. So if you really plan on coming to my table, try to come in the earlier to mid portion of those days. If I’m not there, just ask Antoine, Dawn or Ken and they’ll tell you when I’ll be back. Or I’ll put up a sign about it on my part of the table.

If you’re coming to see me, drop me a line here, or in email or on FB or twitter and let me know around when you think you’ll make it.

But the plan is to be there as much as possible during all open hours.

WHAT AM I SELLING?
The most important items at my table are going to be Imy Vol 1.0 & the NEW Imy Vol 2.0 (You can buy yours now over HERE if you’re not going to NYCC).

I’ll also have with me a bunch of the stuff I’m selling over at the Etsy shop, including the buttons. And I’ll have bookmarks to give away.

ALSO: Sharing a part of my table will be Tom Racine of Tall Tale Radio and GeekPapas selling his hilarious BookSmarts book and possibly some other goodies!

I think that pretty much covers it. I really hope to see a bunch of you there! I’m so excited! And if you dont’ know my tablemates’ work, make sure you take a look at their sites as well. They are: Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert & Fred and Ken Drab of Rick the Stick

And now I leave you with this hilarious, yet slightly disturbing, cartoon drawn by Antoine (my tablemate) of Drunken Fools. Enjoy!

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