Christian Slade's Blog

Hello! To simplify things, I have decided to consolidate my two separate websites and blogs into one. Please check out my new website www.christianslade.com There is also a blog there that will cover all news in the world of Korgi as it is published. I am currently working on books 4-6. The best is yet to come. Thanks so much, Christian

Hi everyone! Yes, Korgi 3 has finally made it out into the world. Clocking in at 112 pages, this is the biggest book yet! It also features a map of the lands of Korgi and expanded character biographies. This book is a big accomplishment for me as it was completed during the first few years of being a father of twins. Life has never been fuller between a full time career as an illustrator, being a dad, a husband, and making time for my passion project, Korgi.

At this point I have this storyline running to 8 books and have the remaining story plotted out. Believe me when I say, the best is still yet to come!

Thank You to everyone who continues to follow my work and to those who have just discovered Korgi. I apologize for the large time period between blog posts, but I remain as dedicated to this wordless epic as ever before.

I'm looking forward to sharing more with everyone in the future.
Enjoy life and thanks for checking in!

-Christian Slade

Finally! It's been a long haul but at last it's finished. Clocking in at well over 100 pages is Korgi Book 3. The picture above is the neat pile of final art for the book. On top is the gratitude page and under that sticking out the side is Wart's introduction.

The book will be getting designed and then sent to the printer. It should be in stores this summer. I am looking forward to planning out my convention schedule as well. I'll be posting info on that soon.

I hope everyone is doing well this holiday season. It has been a very busy year. I appreciate all the nice emails I've received and I do apologize for the delay of Korgi 3. However, Korgi 3 will be released in 2011. I'll be sure to post more info when I have it. At this point I only have a handful of pages left. This is a big book and I want to do it right, and that takes time.

Happy holidays from our family to yours and see you in 2011!

Hello everyone! It's been quite a stretch since my last post. I apologize. Also I wanted to Thank everyone for all of the great emails I have received about the Korgi series and my Welsh Corgi related artwork. It's always great hearing from you!

2009 was very busy and we had a tough summer as our oldest girl, Penny went through surgery and radiation for an aggressive cancer that she was diagnosed with. She recovered well and we are waiting to see how everything worked out. Her doctors have be...

I'll be at the Top Shelf booth (#1620) at the NYC Comic Con this weekend (Feb 6-8).
Stop by if you are in the area. I will have original art from some of the first two Korgi books and will have copies of Book 1 and 2 available.

It's been a few years since Ann and I have been in good old New York! It will be a short trip, but hopefully lots of fun!

Korgi Book 2 is finally out in the world! In the photo are some of the copies we received modeled by Mr. Lee himself! Of course work is never done as you can see in the photo of my art desk this week.Here we've got the first rough drawings going for Korgi Book 3 as well as an acrylic painting in progress. This painting is one of many I will be bringing to this year's Pembroke National Specialty in Georgia this Novemeber.

Ann and I will be signing copies of Korgi at the Baltimore ComicCon Septemb

Ann and I will be signing books at Chicago Comics on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 from 12-2pm. It is our first trip to Chicago and we are glad to be able to make our first appearance at a Free Comic Book Day event too! Korgi will have an original 6 page story entitled, "Bathtime!" within Top Shelf's Free Comic. I will also have copies of Korgi Book 1 there as well as some original art. Hope to see you there!

Here is the final art for the wraparound cover of Korgi Book 2 which has been titled "The Cosmic Collector". The release for this will be in August 2008.

Summer was very hot down here in Florida and very busy. The twins, Kate and Nate, are getting along just fine with the corgis, Penny and Leo. At first the corgis were a little reserved of the twins, but they've finally come around and have started to count them as part of the pack, (especially now that we've moved onto solid foods! Oatmeal ...mmmmmm!)

My wife and my family were nice enough to handle the twinfants while I attended San Diego Comicon this summer. Thanks to everyone for stopping by