May 16th, 2012
This is my take on Milo and company as the AIR-vengers. Genius inventor Lou Stark becomes The Invincible Iron Bird. Donald Nimbo, a mild-mannered grey cloud, becomes The Mighty Soar. Hank Banner, weather balloon gets hit by gamma radiation and becomes the Incredible Hunk. And, well, Milo doesn’t seem to think his character is all that good. I was really at a loss as to how to give him a shield.
I’m pretty much as big an Avengers fan as there is. Iron Man was my first comic, followed by Cap, and then Avengers. So I’ve been looking forward to the film with a bit of apprehension and a lot of hope. When they said Joss Whedon was directing it, I breathed a sigh of relief and took a deep breath and held it. Joss writes amazing groups. His Astonishing X-Men run was a classic from the word go, and I figured if anybody could handle it, Joss could. And did he ever deliver! Well within my top ten movies of all time. Can’t wait to see it again. If you want to check out my full review it’s here on Google+
March 21st, 2012
It has been way longer than I thought it would be, and I’m sorry for that. In the time since I signed off, I’ve had a baby, renovated a house, and finished illustrating the Milo book. And I’ve been horrible about keeping you informed about that. But it’s done. Right now I’m doing some final editing, and I’m about to start formatting for the ebook release. Haven’t set a day yet, but I’ll be letting you know soon.
But we’re BACK!! I have a small backlog of strips, and I’ve changed the format. I hope you dig it. I’m going to update the look of the site as well, hopefully this week. Drop me a line to let me know you’re around, and I’ll keep up with my posting. We’re going to start out with once a week on Wednesdays and make sure I can handle that before I go jumping in with any more upload days. Having a baby just means that there’s so much more to do than there used to be, and I’m still trying to come up with other forms of Milo fun for you than just the strip. We’ll talk more about the other fun as I can announce it, but trust me there’s really cool things about to pop.
Tell me about your life and what’s going on in it. And if you’re on Google+, drop me a line there. I’m starting to be really active in that community. Sean Archer
August 12th, 2010
So, real quick. I’m back from Ukraine, and my last four days there went like this: Mountain climbing! Awesomeness! Love this! Beautiful amazing view! Let’s go walking in the rain to see one last waterfall, okay? Great! Beautiful! I’m a bit cold…and wet…like real cold! Okay, I’ve taken a shower, but I’m still cold. And I kinda hurt. Like, really. Okay, should I have a fever this high? FEVER!! Heart racing. Is this how Jim Henson died? Fever’s gone. Sore THROAT! Soresoresoresorethroat. More-sore-throat. Hit it with ibuprofin. Lots. not a lot better, but some. Dinner party on a boat in Kiev. Really nice. Get on the plane to come home. Eat a sandwich. INSTANT EVIL NAUSEA! Want to die. Want to die. Going to get off the plane in Warsaw and die, then they can send my body back to the U.S. and reanimate me there. Warsaw. 20 minutes until plane boards. Bathroom ZUUKE!!!!! MORE ZUUUUUKE!! (at this point a couple of strangers outside are chuckling and saying something about Polish food poisoning) ZUKE!! Feel better. No more zuking. Then many trips to the bathroom on the 10 hour flight home.
So there. I’m going to write more at length about the rest of my trip, which was very nice, but not much in the way of a vacation. More of a visiting trip, which is important too.
In actual Milo news: This was posted on Aintitcool.com the other day, and is a very nice thing for someone to write about my strip.
Here’s an excerpt, but you can read the whole thing here. (you have to scroll down a ways)
“…I found MILO THE CLOUD’s preview book and remembered how enamored I was with the simple concept of a chipper little cloud and his rambunctious friends: a balloon, a cardinal, and an emo girl. Milo seems to always be in pretty high spirits and often gets somewhat metaphysical with his other airborne friends. Although this strip is cuter than all get out,… it is also smartly written and cleverly humorous… If the strips in this book are any indication, I’m definitely going to be seeking out the truly original, undeniably cute, and devilishly funny MILO THE CLOUD. …Sean Archer deserves all the recognition he can for this original concept and excellent execution MILO THE CLOUD. Archer says there’ll be Milo plush toys on the way too…and dammit if I can’t help but want one of those! Read the webcomic from the beginning here and if you’re not addicted after a few hits you have a heart as cold as ice.
Many thanks to AmbushBug for the kind words.
Soon. Comics. Promise.
July 26th, 2010
So, I had these plans of getting a backlog of strips and goodies together so that when I left for Ukraine, I’d not be leaving you in the lurch, without cloud, nor bird, nor surly balloon. And at the very least I’d not be leaving you hanging on a storyline for two weeks because I’d have finished the arc.
Ha.
All of these things hinged on the planets aligning, I guess because none of that happened. Instead, I painted two exterior walls of my new house, and I packed and packed, and then packed some more.
OH! and I painted more house.
I apologize profusely and promise that when we get back from our Ukraine trip, I’ll be able to focus more and draw more, and by fall, I’ll be putting out more toys and other goodies. Really sorry, folks. I know you know this is not my day-job, but that doesn’t mean that I feel it’s less important. I’m just living, and learning.
More to come after August 11th.
Much love and fluffy clouds,
s
