Pulp Detective update1

Private Detective Henry Reed sits reading the newspaper's rising crime stats in his crummy little tenement office.  He's about to find a whole lotta bootlegging trouble that goes all the way to the crooked mayor of Baycity and other low-lifes on the take when he's hired by the voluptuous gangster's moll and wannabe movie-starlet Dorah Farr.

That's my opening pic to a well crafted short story titled: The Runaround (crime detective fiction aimed at boys reading age 9 to 16) and it was a most satisfying illustration job, not only for its detailed depictions of 1930's depression era America, but also for the minimal art direction from the editor who left me free to imagine which of the 12 key scenes required to make the plot pop off the pages - keeping in mind the appeal of the Horrible Histories series of books.  My loose pencil roughs were immediately approved before I worked them up in full colour at print size: A4 and uploaded the job in 3 parts as the work progressed.  He said "they're great, fantastic job and many thanks"  and promptly paid me in full with agreements in place, and also a firm promise of a 2nd assignment when this new venture is successful ( !.. Positive Mental Attitude.)
This project exceeded all my expectations, really it did (still does) and so now have a frustrating wait to see the first issue in print with my illustrations laid out on the pages.  I can't imagine exactly how they will look, no doubt they'll be re-sized with some cropping here and there.  Anyway, Pulp Detective issue 1 is expected sometime early in 2012.  I'll blog more when I know more.