Pre-Halloween, Pre-Anniversary HIGH MOON

On Thursday, the HIGH MOON crew will celebrate it's 1-year anniversary running on ZudaComics.Com.

Celebrate by reading the latest installment of our second season, right here: http://www.highmooncomic.com

If you are a fan of HIGH MOON, be sure to check out this latest installment, leave a comment, and share it with your friends!
(And, don't forget about our HIGH MOON HALLOWEEN ART GIVEAWAY! )

If you haven't had the chance to catch up, now is the perfect opportunity to read the webcomic that the Webcomic Overlook says that "when compared to other webcomics, High Moon seems out of place. It's just so polished and professional looking. "

HIGH MOON, a joint venture between David Gallaher, Steve Ellis, Scott O. Brown. It runs every Tuesday night at Sundown on ZudaComics.Com!

Read it for free, in full screen mode, at: www.highmooncomic.com and visit our production blog at: http://www.thehighmoonrises.com

HIGH MOON: Radio Spot

When I'm not writing HIGH MOON, I write radio spots, this is the demo I made for HIGH MOON.

HIGH MOON: 10,000 views and growing

Last night, J. Longo, creator of THIS AMERICAN STRIFE, posted this about HIGH MOON:

Kicking ass, Gallaher! First competitor to pass 10,000 views! Hats off.

Hats off to all of readers and voters for making it possible.

If you'd like to see HIGH MOON continue, please feel free to vote, favorite, rate, and share the strip with your friends!

Expertologist on HIGH MOON

The well-noted Expertologist site had these awesome things to say about HIGH MOON on Zuda:

While a large number of comics seem caught up in the current one-note meme of “what if it had zombies/vikings/pirates/ninjas/mouseketeers”, High Moon has a more serious tone to it, creating the sense just from the first eight pages that the creators have a deeper sense of what horror can be beyond graphic imagery or whatever the latest cool cliche to toss in is. In the best horror it’s not the monsters you have to watch out for, it’s the people, and High moon already feels like it understands that.

So go read and vote already, yeah?

Kung Fu Rodeo on HIGH MOON

"Steve Ellis is producing the best art of his career."

Wouldn't that quote just look brilliant on a cover?

Molly Crabapple on HIGH MOON

The uber-talented Molly Crabapple had this to say about HIGH MOON on ZUDA.

"The art is breathtaking. If there's any justice in the universe, this has to win."

Be sure to check out Molly extraordinary Victorian murder mystery, BACKSTAGE, available only on ACT-I-VATE!

Zuda Launch Party Photos

THIS AMERICAN STRIFE creator (and Zuda contesant), J. Longo has some excellent photos from the Zuda Launch Party up on his blog, go take a look!

HIGH MOON on THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING

In the Halloween (the Moon edition), Mel Jean Brook wrote the following awesomeness about HIGH MOON:

Every once in a while, you come across a concept that is so freaking cool, that you bang your head and wonder why you didn’t think of it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is here!

Today, Steve and I got some treats from two fantastic webcomics:

Girls With Slingshots
&
In His Likeness

Go check them out!

A little today, I'll be posting some fantastic sketches, some links, and maybe a treat or two.

Your Mom's Basement on HIGH MOON

The fine gents over in Your Mom's Basement did a quick little LAST MINUTE INTERVIEW with me over at their site. Here's a snippet on how writing for ZUDA is different than writing regular ol' comics:

When you are writing a standard comic, every right-handed page is supposed to give the read incentive to turn the page. With Zuda, literally every screen has to give the readers an incentive to click further. As a writer you have to adapt your strip to the new reading rhythm of the format. I have 8 screens, or literally, 4 full-sized comic pages to get my readers' attention. How many comics can you name off hand that get a reader's attention, reveal essential plot and character information, and are enjoyable by page 4? It doesn't happen often in the era of decompressed storytelling.

Need Coffee on HIGH MOON

The fine folks at Need Coffee, wrote up a nice little piece about HIGH MOON.

From their article:

Prof. David Gallaher and Steve Ellis OBE are co-conspirators on a new webcomic that's blasting off shortly on the Zuda Comics website.... All you need to know is that it's a western involving six-shooters and werewolves. It's called High Moon. And really, what else do you need to know?

They also mention this important element:

Ah, there is one thing: apparently this project is like Webcomic Thunderdome. Eight pages enter, one comic leaves. If you want to see more of High Moon you have to go to the site and vote for it.

HIGH MOON debuts today - only on ZUDA.COM!

NEWS: C-NET on ZUDA

What's a Zuda? Major publisher leaps into the world of webcomics

And we get name dropped here:
Love and the first batch of 10 contestants are a mix of known and unknown writers and artists in the comics world, covering a range of genres from David Gallaher and Steve Ellis' Western ''High Moon,'' to J. Longo's slice-of-life satire, ''This American Strife,'' to superheroes in Matthew Humphreys' ''Battlefield Babysitter.''

And just below, you can see a teeny, tiny little screen shot of HIGH MOON:

Comic By Comic's Shameless Pimping

Rich, over at his awesome blog: Comic by Comic, does some exceptional pimping for HIGH MOON

Kleefeld on Comics: Thoughts On Zuda Comics

Sean Kleefeld posts his thoughts on the marketing of Zuda, so far:

At this point, based purely on the extremely limited material I've seen so far and my reasoning above, I think Alpha Monkey, The Dead Seas and High Moon have the best chances out of the gate.

About.Com Lists It's Picks on Zuda (so far)

Aaron Albert over at About.Com listed HIGH MOON among his initial picks - check out what he said below:

Best Premise: High Moon – Although the title was a little much, I could see this easily being a cool series.

And, Aaron hasn't even seen the art yet.