Nick Marino

One of my most popular products of the past few months is a bundle featuring Stick Cats #1-2 and a CD of the Stick Cats theme song.

Up until now, I've just tossed a few more random Nik Furious songs onto the CD, switching out tracks whenever I burned a new batch.

But those days are over! Now each Stick Cats bundle will come with an official homemade copy of The Nine Lives LP:

The tracklist for The Nine Lives LP is:

1. Stick Cats (vocal version)
2. Fresh Frunk
3. Remix the Phoenix
4. Purple Suite
5. Da Bounce
6. RAW
7. In Vert Head
8. Speechless
9. Stick Cats (instrumental)

In total, it's over 45 minutes of music ranging from funk to electronic to rock to experimental. Also, I submitted the CD's tracklist to the Gracenote database, which means your computer will recognize the track names when you play the album.

I'll have copies of it next weekend at the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair, and soon you'll be able to buy a physical copy of the disc from me over the internet.

Yesterday, I had to get some Stick Cats pages cut, and I decided to hunker down and fold them at the same place. Here's a serene shot of the folding in progress:

Later, on the way to my next destination, I passed by Pittsburgh's Stephen Foster statue... the same statue which is at the center of the plot of my Time Log comics. So I figured it'd be a great time for a photo op:

I left that copy of Time Log at the statue. I hope it's found a good home!

Then it was onto my final stop -- Phantom of the Attic Comics (Oakland) on Craig Street. I picked up some awesome comics (thx to Wayne for pulling those issues of Black Panther and Bill & Ted for me!). And I dropped off my newly packaged AudioShocker Comics Archives v1 digital comic cards (thx to Jimmy!):

I'll have all of these items and more at my upcoming appearances at STAPLE in Austin, TX on March 3-4 and the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair in Buffalo, NY on March 24.

And I'm sure I'll also have them in some form or another at SPX this Fall in Bethesda, MD (yes, I'm officially an exhibitor).

And that's a wrap!!! I hope you've enjoyed Stick Cats Act III. I know I had an awesome time drawing it.

Act II will be happening at some point in the future. You'll get to learn about all the crazy events that transpired between Stick Cats #20 and Stick Cats #22 (hint: Stick Cats #21 is a teaser of their journey). However, I don't think I'm going to post it one page at a time. Expect to read Act II in chapters instead.

In the meantime, start following Stick Cats on Facebook to stay up-to-date on the progress of Act II.

WAIT... this isn't the absolute end! There's still one more page due on Wednesday -- it's the epilogue, where we find out the fate of Marmalade and Alternate Steve. See you then.

Marmalade makes her decision! Friendship beats out revenge, as she leaves with Alternate Steve to go find her Steve and bring him home. So what's next for Amazonia and the Deco-Kitty? Find out on Monday!!

Will Marmalade kill Amazonia? Or will she dimension jump with Alternate Steve??? Find out on Friday!!!

Marmalade vs. Amazonia!!! This fight was so much fun to draw. I love it when the claws come out.

The confrontation begins! Finally, some action in Act III. Marmalade vs. Amazonia... the fight that's been brewing for ever since Stick Cats #5!!

This is one of my favorite pages from Act III because I tried a few different things here that were a lot of fun to draw. I hope you dig it, too!

The horizontal splash page! I miss these. In the late 80s and 90s, these used to be a staple of the hottest superhero comics. AND I'M BRINGING 'EM BACK! Granted, my comics are very different from Juggernaut vs. X-Force or the Bloodties crossover... but I'm forging foreward nonetheless. I previously used the horizontal splash in Stick Cats Act I and my Passage minicomic. And, yes, when you read the printed version of this, you have to turn the book. That's what makes it so fun!

Welcome to Steve's lab!