Celebrating the Punksters.net Two Year Anniversary - Blog Entry # 56

About two years ago, the first Punksters.net Comic strip was released. That was January 25th 2015. Since then, countless people have been annoyed and irritated by the strip. Many characters were introduced and a number of plot twists and turns, well, twisted and turned. Maybe even a few stomachs may have turned as well.

But seriously folks, I do enjoy doing the strip and intend to keep it going for a bit longer. The most recently released comic strip is strip number 278. It won't be long before we hit that wonderfully magical milestone of 300.

As far as what may be in the works, let's just say that the superhero team known as the Dysfunctionals will start to play a bigger part in the strip as certain other story lines are resolved. Those things to be resolved will reveal themselves by strip number 306 (hint).

I have begun to display some of the old strips which I now refer to as being "From The Archives" on the various social networking pages for the comic strip. Once you near 300 strips, you actually have enough old ones laying around that could be referred to as "archives." In fact, we will soon get to the point where we could post a different one every day of the year and not repeat ourselves. At least once we get to that magical number of 365. Of course it would be 366 for leap year.

At this point there are several e-books available with each having a collection of 50 strips. You can see them displayed on the right hand side of this blog.

I am also working on some animation with the characters from the comic strip series. One theme will be sci-fi. I've included a picture of some of what has been in the works. This is something I was working on in iClone for the animation.

Eventually, I plan on releasing some animated shorts. I make no promises regarding the timeline for the release of them because I have a lot of things I am currently working on. I don't want to make any promises that I can't keep. But, in any case, that's pretty much what lies ahead for the guys from the Punksters.net Comic Strip series.

So I continue on with my third year of doing the strip and look forward to my plans eventually coming to fruition. I hope you will be there when they do. Thanks to all of you who have been there so far.

R. L Crepeau

Working on Punkster Videos - Blog Entry # 55

I know, it's been a while since the last blog post but I have been pretty busy. So I thought I might let you in on what I have been busy with. I have been working on what will eventually be a series of video shorts, featuring the characters from the Punksters.net Comic strip series.

I plan to do a variety of shorts, consisting of different scenarios and subject matter. My first one will actually be a parody of Star Trek and Sci-fi related television shows and movies. I plan on calling it "Punkster Trek, the Next Degeneration."

So far, as a test, I began working on the opening credits for it. I have included the video with this post.

I initially created the characters in Daz Studio and then converted them for use in iClone, using iClone 3DXchange. I created the spaceship from scratch in iClone. The backgrounds I used in the video were created in Daz Studio and later imported into iClone to create some of the video clips.

The sound was done in Cakewalk Music Creator, exported as a Wav file and mastered in Cakewalk Audio Creator, which was exported as another Wav file and imported into PowerDirector, where I did the final video editing and added the credits.

So please check it out and I will let you all know when the first short is finished. Thanks.
Bob Craypoe, also known as R. L. Crepeau

The Presidential Election Results are In - Blog Entry # 54

The presidential election results are in and the winner is Colonel Cornball. Now that he is president, watch as he almost single-handedly destroys a country. the economy will tank, personal freedoms will be taken away and personal property will be confiscated. there will be cronyism, re-education camps and more.

Nobody will be safe from his evil grasp. watch as our most beloved characters in the strip are affected by his policies. but have no fear, at some point the people will get fed up with him and overthrow him,. But how many evil acts will he commit before then? For that, you will have to wait and see.

One thing I can promise you is that that a lot will happen in the next 50 comic strips or so, so stay tuned. below is the somic strip where the election results come in and he is announced the winner. just click on the image to view it at its full size.

Celebrating Our First 100,000 Blog Views - Blog entry # 53

The Punksters.net Blog is celebrating over 100,000 blog views. Yeah, sure, some people might not be impressed by that but we still think of it as a pretty good milestone of sorts. We have been doing the blog for about a year and a half now, so it took a while but, never-the-less we eventually got there.

Most of what we cover in the blog are character introductions, the release of new e-books and other merchandise and the celebration of our various milestones such as this one. The blog deosn’t get as many visitors that the website itself gets but we still appreciate each and every visit.

Some of you may not be aware that you can also view the comic strip’s archives while you are here. Along the right side of this page you can see the options to view the strips in blocks of ten, all the way back from the first strip released right up until the most recent strip released. So, since you are here already, feel free to check out the archives.

In closing, we just want to thank each and every visitor to not only this blog site but those who have also visited the Punksters.net website. You can sign up for e-mail alerts for each blog entry as it is published. That option is also on the right hand side of this page. Just as the option to follow us on Facebook is as well. So thanks for visiting and we hope you keep coming back. We’ll leave the light on for ya.

Bob Craypoe, also known as R.L. Crepeau

The Punksters.net Comic Strip Collection Volume 5 Has Been Released - Blog Entry # 52

We have just released the Punksters.net Comic Strip Collection Volume 5. This volume features strips 201-250.

As usual, many of the strips within the release have not officially been released on the website yet. so you can see them here first.

More characters have been added since the last volume released and more crazy scenarios are depicted. just when you thought that we couldn't sink any lower in our humor, we prove you wrong.

The book is available as an e-book download in PDF file format.

So why not check it out? What would it hurt for you to simply take a look at it? Anyway, if you are interested, you can just click on THIS LINK to find out more.

Bob Craypoe, also known as R. L Crepeau 

Is This Really the End of Crystal Meth Man? - Blog Entry # 51

In the latest installment of the Punksters.net Comic Strip series, it appears as if Crytal Meth Man may have met a grisly demise at the hands of one of his arch enemies, Mister Evil Thug Guy.

Now before anyone starts to panic, there is a slight possibility that it only appears as if he may have met his end. Unfortunately, you will have to stay tuned for further developments.

In case you missed it, we have decided to include the strip with this blog post, just so you know what we are referring to. Just click on the image to view it at its full size. Enjoy.

© R. L. Crepeau

Punksters.net Celebrates the Release of It's 200th Comic Strip - Blog Entry # 50

Punksters.net just released comic strip number 200 on Sunday July 31st. we consider that to be a great milestone of sorts for us to reach. All of the comic strips up to that point are currently available as collections compiled for e-book downloads in PDF file format.

We have over 30 characters that now appear in the comic strip series and we are always coming up with ideas for more. We'd  lke to think they are good ideas but I suppose some may believe otherwise. After all, this planet has plenty of crab-asses living on it.

The subject matter has varied throughout the time span of the 200 strips and we enthusiastically look forward to what lies ahead. Although, we won't say right now as to what lies ahead because we really wouldn't want to spoil the surprise for anyone.However, you will always have the option to look back on the old archives because they are linked to from this blog in sets of ten. We have included strip number 200 hundred below. just click on the image to view it at its full size.

Writing this blog post also allows us to reach yet another milestone. This is Blog entry number 50.So that's 200 strips and 50 blog posts. Also, a few new features have been added over time to the website and we strongly encourage you to check out the site from time to time just to see what's new.
So without further ado, here is the 200th strip:

 

© R. L. Crepeau