Hey Ravers and Brianites! If you haven’t noticed by now, we’ve updated the look of the Tales of the Dark Raven site. I’ll be tweaking the code over the next few days to get the look just right, but in the meantime I hope you enjoy this week’s page.

Excelsior!

(Oh wait, that’s Stan’s line. If you can think of a better catch-phrase for the ol’ Dark Raven, leave a comment below.)

Just for the record, I’ve never been arrested or done jail time. I’ve seen a couple episodes of the HBO series “Oz”, and let me tell you, it scared me so badly that I will never, ever, EVER willingly commit a crime. I’m way too pretty to go to prison…

Brian, on the other hand, who knows how many times he’s been arrested? (Ask him to show you his prison tatts.)

Hey friends! In case I don’t see ya in the next couple of days, have a great Thanksgiving!

I’ve got a lot to be thankful for this year. My family is healthy and happy. I’ve got a decent job where I get to do some cool creative work. And my buddy and I get to do this wacky comic-thing every week!

I’m a lucky son of a gun.

Later gators!

-R

How’s everyone doing this week? I’m doing alright. It’s a bit chilly here in Rochester, NY, but that’s to be expected this time of year.

I just read the next page of the series to my daughter April, and she said, I quote, “You really are a Batman rip-off, aren’t you?”

I wish I was cool as Batman. And had his money. And his gadgets. And his physique. And his car.

Hi friends,

I hope everyone is doing well. Today is my big brother Joe’s birthday, so Happy B-Day bro! I hope you have a good one! 

Also, we’re doing a bit of housecleaning here at TotDR, and as such, I’m updating pages here and there that needed new art and/or typos fixed. In the process, I accidentally deleted a post or two that had comments, so I apologize to anyone whose comments got nixed.

Hopefully in the next few weeks, we’ll have some new comic-booky goodness to post, including some new properties Brian and I have been developing. So stay tuned.

Until next Wednesday, I remain,
Ray

Hi everyone!

Sorry about this, but Brian insisted that we post a holiday-themed strip for this week’s page. I didn’t want to interrupt the flow of the story, but Brian thought it would be funny to make you wait another week for the big reveal. Send all hate mail to him.

Happy Holidays to all, and God bless us, every one! 

-R

So here it is! The big reveal! What do ya think?

Brian and I have been waiting a long time to share this new superhero with the world. We had it planned all the way since the beginning of the comic to have Brian’s character join Ray on his mad quest to impress Stan Lee.

If you look back to the first page of the first issue, when Ray is sitting on his throne, the carvings of the ravens in the top corners of the room have little blue birds underneath them. Go back in the archive and see.

We can’t wait for you to behold the superhero-ey goodness we’ve got lined up. Until then, spread the word; there’s a new dynamic duo in town.

DarkRaven and the Blue Tit!

I’m sure you noticed that Brian and I were a few hours late in posting today. And I’m sure you noticed that there’s something…different about today’s comic.

What happened was this: December was a hell of a month for Mr. Robbins and myself. I won’t go into details, but man, December sucked for both of us. As a result, we got a touch behind on the comic, but not too badly.

Brian and I thought it would be best not to break our winning streak of posting a page of content every Wednesday, so we’re giving you the black and white version for now. I’ll color the page after work tomorrow, and then re-post shortly thereafter. It’ll be like it never happened!

We’ll try to do better in the future, dear fans. DarkRaven and the Blue Tit humbly beg for your forgiveness.

**UPDATE: The new colored page is up and ready for your comments. Sorry it took so long. Later!

Hey gang,

Sorry for the black and white page again. Color page to come in the next few days. Things are just super busy around here. We’ll get a handle on things soon, I promise.

*UPDATE:
I’ve uploaded the colored AND corrected page 17 for your viewing pleasure. Brian and I felt the last panel needed to be tweaked, so we took the opportunity of our lateness to fix it. I’ll be working on the next page and should have a colored page up for you soon. 

-R

I feel today’s strip is much more enjoyable if you imagine the theme music from the television show “Cops” playing in the background. But that’s just me, and I’m kinda weird.

So here in Rochester, NY, we are expected to get about 10 inches of snow today. Someone needs to remind me why I moved here again. Hopefully the weather is much nicer where you are. At least this is good weather for staying in and playing with your Wii. At least that’s what I hear from Brian. He really LOVES playing with his Wii.

Warm regards,
-R