New pages November 30th

Day late but, hey it's new page time

So it is Thursday and I am late with the pages. Sorry! :-S

But today there will be two pages instead of one.

So here they are... :-)

Tuesday, rain, and another page

Can you say RAIN? Boy was it ever raining this morning.

Anyway onto the page of the day from Lutu Warrior of the North Issue #4.

Have a good one and I hope your socks are dry...

Pages, pages and more pages!!

So the week begins again and here are some more pages from Lutu #4.

Have a good Monday :-)

Page of the day is here!

So this week has been a bit quiet on the Lutu front.
I have done some sketching for issue #5 and I also have a competed cover for issue #4.

The new pencil box, that I got on the weekend, is breaking in fine and is keeping things in order. So onto page 3 of Lutu issue #4.

Cheers!

Lutu #4 Page of the Day

So Lutu #4 is coming along quite well. Today was a very good day and I even secured a brand new pencil case that will be going on the road with me for my next coffee shop sketch session. So without further a do here is page 2 of Lutu #4....

And so we begin again....

Lutu #3 is now out and available online http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4275

And so now the work has begun and continues on issue #4 & 5 which have the subtitle Skeleton Island part one and two respectively. Over the coming weeks I will be posting some of the pencil artwork, and some surprises, as we head towards the completion of issue #4.

Here is today's page...

Oh, and if you like my art, check out my pinup art book at
http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4387

Oh YEAH!!!

Lutu Warrior of the North #3 is now out and available online at

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4275

My other stuff

Here are a couple of sample images from my upcoming Art Book

It's out the door!

Lutu Warrior of the North Issue 3 has now left the building.
It's on its merry way to the printers and is due out in October :-)

Lutu Artist News

I will be having a guest strip on the Legend of Bill Website.

It will be in the next few weeks and we'll give you a heads up when it goes live.


In the meantime you can check out Legend of Bill here:-

http://www.legendofbill.com/

Lutu Warrior of the North #3 cover preview

WOOHOO!!!

Lutu #3 is in the bag!!! Just some proofing and then it is off to press :-)

Friends of Lutu Competition

In the run up to the release of Lutu Warrior of the North #3 we'll be holding the Friends of Lutu Competion over on Facebook. More details to follow...

New Lutu Pinup

Here is another sneak peek at a pinup by David Reddick of Legend of Bill and Garfield fame. It will feature in Lutu Warrior of the North #3. You can check Legend of Bill out online here http://www.legendofbill.com.

Monday updates

Lutu #3 is now finished inking and I have moved into the colouring stage. I have about seven pages left to flat colour and then it's onto the shading etc. Also we have a another very cool artist that is doing a Lutu Pinup but that's all we can tell you at the moment. More news to follow on that one. Here is a look a page seven from Lutu #3.

In the meantime you can catch up on Lutu at:-

Issue one -http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2474

Issue two - http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3238

Lutu #3 page four

Here is another of the pages in production for Lutu #3.

And in other news Lutu #4 is 2 pages short of being finished in the pencils stage.

Have a good night, I'm off to get my Doctor Who on. :-)

Lutu Pinup

Here is a sneak peek at a fabulous pinup for Lutu #3.

At was done by the excellent DeAndre Truesdale creator of The Chronicles of a Bounty Hunter.

You can check out his comic book here
http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=915

Lutu #3 and new news

Lutu #3 : The Kingdom of Prince Valen is in the last stages of being completed.

I have 5 pages left to ink and colour and the rest are either coloured or are almost complete.

And in other news I have started on Lutu #4 which has the subtitle of Lutu Warrior of the North : Skeleton Island.

The story of Skeleton Island will be a two issue story that will bring us to #5. This will feature a giant killer worm, the un-dead, a wishing troll and bunch of marauding warrior bunny rabbits.

Lutu #3 More Colour Samples

Here is another colour page of Lutu #3 The Kingdom of Prince Valen.
Also, in other news, Lutu #4 is finished in the writing stage and now I am planning Lutu #5.

Thanks for stopping buy and looking :-)

Coloured Pages are coming :-)

I am proud to announce that Lutu #3 is about half done now.
Here is page one in flat colour, not shaded yet, sneak peek :-)

New Lutu #3 Page (Spoiler Alert)

Here is the new page of Lutu Warrior of the North #3.
And the words of the day are "Frying Pan Klonk"
Cheers
-Steve-

Lutu Page of the day

Lutu Goes Digital is in it's last week of showing starting today and I hope that everyone enjoyed it.

Issue three is coming along well and here is the latest pencilled page. Also in other news Lutu #4 is complete in the writing stage and I have begun to write #5 too.

Lutu Goes Digital Part 3 of 3 Goes Live

Lutu Goes Digital: Part 3 of 3 Now online at http://www.stevecoffin.com/lutu
Lutu Sword Swinging Action and some Sorcery too!!

Digital Delay

This Weeks Lutu Goes Digital has been delayed and will be posted on Wednesday.
Sorry for the delay........

Lutu Goes Digital: Part 2 of 3

Lutu Goes Digital:

Part 2 of 3 Now online at http://www.stevecoffin.com/lutu and later today on Facebook too.

Look out for the Mono Eye!!

Lutu #3 Page of the Day

Hello again. Here is the page of the day from Lutu #3.

Have a good Free Comic Book Day tomorrow.

Lutu Goes a Twittering

What's all that Tweeting?

Lutu Goes a Twittering at www.twitter.com/LutuWOTN.

Get Lutu on the go and find out other interesting things like "should you make eye contact with a Medusa at a Dinner Party?", "Are Gherkins a sufficient repellant for Grundak?"... :-)

Lutu #3 New Page of the Day

The production is going well for Lutu #3.

The pencil stage is now complete and I am working on the inking.

Here is the page of the day.

Updates a plenty

Thanks to everyone who supported Lutu Warrior of the North Goes Digital on the main website and on Facebook. We have had a great response so far to part one and, if you haven't checked it out yet, you view it at either http://www.stevecoffin.com/lutu and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Lutu-Warrior-of-the-North/107560603604. Part two will be online in Monday and later in the week it will also be on Facebook too.

I will be uploading some more pages from Lutu WOTN: The Kingdom of Prince Valen starting tomorrow, so stay tuned... :0)

One more Day until FREE COMIC

One more Day until FREE COMIC
If you haven't checked out the Lutu Warrior of the North Goes Digital yet.
Sign up for FREE COMICS at:-
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=116448948380589

And then Come check it out on the 26th April at http://www.stevecoffin.com/lutu

Lutu Goes Digital

On Monday the 26th April Lutu Warrior of the North Goes Digital.

We will be uploading issue #2 of Lutu Warrior of the North in 3 weekly installments and it's absolutely free.

You will be able to view the comic in pannel by pannel format on our brand new "islate" comic viewer.

Come check it out on the 26th April at www.stevecoffin.com/lutu

New day new page

Things are going ahead full steam with issue 3 of Lutu and is spurred on by the movie How To Train your Dragon. We saw it at the weekend and it was great. The animation, story, character design and the whole package was great.

I will be getting down to some new pages later on today and, spoiler alert, I have a battle to draw. :-)

So here is the latest page of Lutu Warrior of the North: The Kingdom of Prince Valen.

Progress update

Today was another good day for Lutu production. I have some more pages complete and it is turning out really well.

In other news Lutu: Skeleton Island is storming ahead with two more pages written last night.

So I leave off tonight with page three from The Kingdom of Prince Valen.

Lutu #3 page 2

Happy Easter Monday and here is the latest page from The Kingdom of Prince Valen Lutu Story. I hope that you enjoy.

Now, where has my Mr Crispy Chocolate Bunny gone?

Kingdom of Prince Valen Page One

So last week was a bit slow on the blog front and I didn't get too many pages done. Anyway here is the first page, in pencils, of Lutu Warrior of the North #3 - The Kingdom of Prince Valen.

I hope that you like it and I will be posting some more pages next week.

Cheers and thanks for looking.

Lutu: Kingdom of Prince Valen Update

So the pages are coming along nicely. I have managed to fit in a page a day so far this week.

I am taking today off but maybe I will do two pages tomorrow.
In the meantime here is a sketch that I cleaned up that will be in Lutu: Skeleton Island.

Lutu Official Merchandise Store

I am proud to announce that the Lutu Warrior of the North Official Merchandise Store is now online. Check it out at the link below.

http://www.cafepress.ca/Lutu

More Lutu than you can shake fish at

The production is going along well for Lutu Warrior of the North: The Kingdom of Prince Valen and I will be posting some of the pages over the next few days. I am slightly ahead of schedule at the moment with three pages complete so far.

In the meantime here is a sketch from Lutu Warrior of the North: Skeleton Island.

Double the trouble and double the comics

So Lutu #3 is going ahead but with the added bonus of Lutu #4 going ahead at the same time. I have decided that I like both stories so much that I am going to produce them in tandem.

I am in the pencil stage ready to go on one story but I still have to finish the other in the writing and page breakdown.

My aim is to do a pencil page a day and see how that turns out.

As for which story will come first and which will be second I have decided to put that aside until I have go a bit deeper in the project. So for the time being the stories will be named rather than numbered.

They are to be called Lutu Warrior of the North: Skeleton Island and Lutu Warrior of the North: The Kingdom of Prince Valen.

Lutu issue 3

Lutu issue three is now in the process of being created although at the moment there are two possible stories.

Plot line wise they can, with a little bit of adjustment, either follow or proceed the other.



Tale one is set on the high seas and partially in a sewer. Tale two, on the other hand, is set on a spooky island.

It remains to be seen which shall be first but both tales will be told in time....

Legend of Bill

The Pinup Illustration that I did for Legend of Bill Comic Book is now online. :-)

Check it out at the link..

http://www.legendofbill.com/2010/03/19/its-fan-art-friday-3/

Lutu Publicity on Showcase from Sizenet.com

Lutu Warrior of the North got a nice mention on ShowCase Big Girls passion for fashion and more from SizeNet.com.

You can check it out at the link below.
http://showcase.sizenet.com/showdoc.asp?id=1544

Lutu gets a menton on Crom the Ultimate Conan Fan Blog

Lutu Warrior of the North gets a mention on Crom the Ultimate Conan Fan Blog

Go check it out here:-
http://ultimateconanfan.blogspot.com/2010/02/conan-indy.html

Thanks Cromsblood for the support

Cheers

-Steve-

Nice Review in Self Publishers Magazine

Lutu Warrior of the North Issue 2
Rating 4 out of 5 stars...

Publishers Blurb: “Lutu is a sword and sorcery comedy adventure where the heroine is not a muscle bound barbarian but a plus size cook. She is thrown into the warrior world when her twin sister, the famous warrior, goes missing at the battle of Brantiok. With the help of sword master Han and the gastronomic dragon Mo, she takes on her sister’s identity in hopes of finding her.”

Reviewer Comments: “…And now something completely different…”—(Monty Python’s Flying Circus). This quote sums up my feelings about Steve Coffin’s “LUTU, WARRIOR OF THE NORTH” issue # 2. This book is an attempt to satirize the over-used genre of the legendary ‘barbarian warrior’. When Robert E. Howard created Conan The Barbarian I don’t think he envisioned Lutu following in Conan’s footfalls. But this plus size cook in a bikini made of furs and gold rings is on a mission to find her lost warrior sister. Lutu’s companions Han the sword master, and Mo the dragon that constantly talks about eating, set out with her on the road of adventure as barbarians often do. They encounter the typical strange ugly mythical creatures and confused sorcerers. Lutu is a stranger to hand-to-hand combat but with Han’s watchful eye and Mo’s fire –breath to back Lutu up in a fight, evil cannot gain an upper hand against her. This strange trio, brought together by fate, travel from land to land in constant search for clues about Lutu’s warrior sister’s whereabouts. Lutu faces each challenge bravely by barking such heroic quips as, “I eat doom pie for breakfast”, in the face of her enemies!

“LUTU, WARRIOR OF THE NORTH” issue # 2 is a cute book that can be enjoyed by younger readers as well as older ones. The characters are fun and all of them are almost always smiling. Each page will make the reader smile and smirk over its silly antics and goofy humor. The book has a strong, ‘what will happen next?’ feel. That is a good thing. Because, although the humor is present, it isn’t as strong as it should be. Artistically the artwork serves the book well but could use a more fluid animated style with better attention to perspective. The book’s coloring is bright and fun. The idea that will probably keep readers’ attention from issue to issue is the unfolding sense of clean, fun-spirited adventure as Lutu and her gang run into more odd characters, evil nasties, and twisted plots. There are so many ‘dark’ comics with angry characters on the comics market today that Lutu feels almost out of place. It harkens back to the days of reading ‘Richie Rich’, and ‘Little Lulu’, with a dash of Sergio Argonies ‘GROO The Wanderer’ thrown in for good measure. If you are looking for a good comic book that will have you smiling long after reading it, “LUTU, WARRIOR OF THE NORTH” issue # 2 is a book you shouldn’t be missing.

You can download the rest of this excellent magazine here http://www.selfpubmag.com/start.htm and the review is on page 59.

Lutu Gets a mention on Legend of Bill Webcomic

Lutu Warrior of the North got a nice plug on the Legend of Bill Webcomic Page. I did a pinup for them and you can go check it out at the link below. Thanks David for posting it. :-)

http://www.legendofbill.com/2010/01/22/

Lutu Warrior of the North #2 Out Now

Lutu Warrior of the North #2 is now out and available online from Indyplanet.com

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3238

Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible

Cheers

-Steve-