Wow! We've actually managed to keep a sort of cohesive story going for TWO entire comics! And a third to follow still!

I know that it's late but in all fairness it was my birthday yesterday so I wasn't working nearly as hard as I could have.

I'll admit now that this comic was really just a contrived way for me to introduce a new character that I designed a while ago and I wanted to see him get into the strip. So, yeah. That's what all this is. His name is Leonardo Harryhousen by the way. Just throwing that out there.

Who knows what silliness will follow this comic? Only myself and...well and Will since he tends to write them. But that's not too many! Tune in next week for the startling conclusion!

Regards,

-J

So, I know that everyone would agree that this has been a LONG time coming. When was the last one? November? Sheesh...I don't know what to say other than thank you to all the people that have continued to come and be disappointed for quite some time.

In regards to that what we have here today is a brand new comic and, get this, it's part one! That's right, some sort of crazy story arc? A new character? THE UNDEAD?!? Yeah we've got it all going on now.

I can't thank you all enough for your support and those that have come out to see us at the conventions and makers markets. You guys are the best. No question there.

As well as all the support we've received from the Facebook page and those that follow us on Twitter, again, thank you so much.

I also have to throw a thank you out to Bart from Yak and Shadow for doing the inks for me on this one while I get my new setup all...ummm...set up. *Ahem* So yeah, please go check out his comic, also written by our very own Will O'Donnell.

One final gushy "Thank you all so much" and I can tell that I'm totally rambling here so I'll stop.

WE'RE BACK BABY!

Later days,

-J

Wow, has it ever been a long time!

Faithful and fellow Downe and Owters rejoice, and be thanked! There is a new piece of work to look at over on the comics page. Not an actual comic mind you (although one will be up come Monday) but something...neat...to say the least.

Yes we were at CES in Calgary a week ago, and yes we had an awesome time and got no ACTUAL work done but we did certainly get the ball rolling on some other projects that I think you all are going to enjoy.

That being said I can't really impart anything else about it until we are a little closer to completion on some of it, but needless you say, y'all are gonna be pretty happy about this stuff.

Aside from battling every day life, and the search for a new tablet (which should be here in about 3 weeks, yay!) everything is par for the course.

As things develop you'll be the first to know!

Later days,

-J

Will has returned to Manitoba, Ben to Ontario. It was a swell time Alberta. We shall remember the good times and you'll remember us as the only two people who jaywalked in that entire city (seriously, they stared at us like we were 18' tall and on fire).

@jowte1 and @will_odonnell both have some scrumptious updates via Twitter you can read up on. We'll have pics on https://www.facebook.com/DowneAndOwte very soon.

Today is the last day for the WPG Expo (it's like a mini-comic con).

After you've met Adam West, Burt Ward and Yvonne Craig you can visit Downe and Owte in the Artist Alley

http://www.calgaryexpo.com/artist-alley/

Downe and Owte make their first official appearance at the Calgary Expo! Will, Devon(Phil) & J (Ben) will all be there!

When Ben visited Winnipeg to appear at C4, it meant our little clique from high school was reuniting for the first time in nearly a decade. Back in high school, four of us (Myself, Ben, Devon and Adrian, the latter being the only non-contributor to this comic) formed a rock/metal band called "Blind" (I think we were officially the 379th band to use that name)...but we, more often than not, went by "The Suspects." Why? Simple: whenever I told my father I was meeting with some friends he'd ask "The usual suspects?" and that implied the four of us from the band plus other honourary "suspects" that would gather to play D&D, street hockey, video games, and keep our virginities in MINT condition.
This moniker "The Usual Suspects" or "Suspects" became the name of the VERY first comic. Instead of paying attention in our first year biology class Ben , I would make silly drawings and jokes. As a rare treat, we are going to show you some of these comics. It should go without saying that these are the earliest stages of our learning to compose comics (we were probably 14 at the time) so PLEASE...judge them VERY harshly as we are way more proud of them than we have any right to be.

And maybe we'll share some stories about the Suspects...

W.O.D('d)

Hey yo, so we're back. Back in fullish force. And I don't really have much to say except for "Thank you all for sticking it out through our down time." We've got nothing but awesome planned forever onwards.

As you know we were at the C4 convention this year here in Winnipeg, and yes, I was there, I was the gentleman brooding behind Ben and the lovely and talented folks over at Yak and Shadow and Pixelated Toaster. It was an experience I haven't had before and I thank all of you for making it as awesome as it was. That goes for any of you fans, new or old, that made it out to the con as well. THANK YOU.

I'll be getting back into the full swing of things on my end here over the next couple of days and I'll have plenty of my shit for you to sort through. I've seen AND done a lot since my last update and I just can't imagine you guys not being familiar with every second of my life. For instance, right now I am guiding my ex through sending an online transfer of money to my account. See, this is something you did not know and now we're tighter for it.

Peace for frig's sake.