New merchandise available

Have a whole heap of new designs and merchandise available at the From Above Red Bubble store! You can check em out at: 
http://www.redbubble.com/people/craigbruyn/collections/215506-from-above-comic-book

Supanova Expo - Melbourne

Table has been booked for Melbourne Supanova smile emoticon Look forward to seeing you all there in April. # comics

Issue 7 pencilling

Starting to sketch out the pages for Issue 7 #comics

Why we make comics

This is why we make comics smile emoticon Recently got this letter from young fan Sebastian, and his own From Above comic (which he calls From Above: Hilarious Edition). Seeing stuff like this is what makes creating comics such a rewarding experience. I am a particular fan of Gabe sitting down to a candlelit lunch with his nemesis. A massive thank you to Sebastian for his wonderful letter and comic, and also A big thanks to his parents for allowing us to post it up here.

Melbourne Comics Quarterly launches January 25

Melbourne Comics Quarterly, an anthology publication in the vein of Dark Horse Presents and 2000AD, that features a glimpse into some of the Australian titles out at the moment.
From Above Issue 1 gets reprinted over the first four Issues of MCQ and shares the pages with some other stellar aussie titles.
Book Launch is being held at Gasolina (South Wharf, Melbourne), with Live bands and folks hanging around to party afterwards.
https://www.facebook.com/events/383539785153129/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Issue 7 layouts done

Just finished the story and page layouts for Issue 7. Now its on to the pencils. #comics

Favourite Cover (as voted by readers)

We recently asked the question on our official Facebook page, which cover is your favourite of the series to date. And the result is in. By a landslide margin, Issue 4: Shards cover is the one that has most taken readers' eye to date. A big thank you to all who voted.

Issue 7 cover

Finalised the cover for Issue 7. Ended up going with a slightly more desaturated look with the blue hue so that it sits in line more with the rest of the series covers. #comics

Ad space for Local Aussie indie books

With development commenced on issue 7, we wanted to throw the offer out to Australian Indie comic creators. Since Issue 4 we have been running ads for local books for free in print copies of From Above and would like to do the same in issue 7. If you have a book come out anywhere around April and would like to put in an ad for your book shoot us through an email to fromabovecomic@outlook.com

Aussie Comics in 2015!

It's amazing the output of local books that will coming out in 2015! 2014 was an impressive year for locally produced content and already 2015 is shaping up to blow that out of the water.
Check out this article from those crazy cats at Behind the Panels for a sample of the local material you can expect to see this year!
http://behindthepanels.net/australian-comics-graphic-novels-and-events-that-excite-us-in-2015-part-2/

http://behindthepanels.net/australian-comics-graphic-novels-and-events-that-excite-us-in-2015-part-1/

Reworked pages

I think Issue 6 marks the first time I've gone and totally re-inked a page before release of the print edition. Page 2 got the overhaul as I felt the inking didn't match the other pages. #makingcomics

Melbourne Comics Quarterly

Very cool initiative by Melbourne Comics! In a similar vein to what 2000AD and Dark Horse Presents have done, they are putting together a quarterly released preview showcase book of ongoing Australian titles.
Their first issue will feature the first five revamped Graphic Novel pages of From Above Issue 1.
Its a great idea and hopefully will continue for a long time showcase the many and varied books that are being produced in the Australian scene. Serious kudos to Neville Howard - Gaining Velocity - who came up with the idea!