Where are we now?

There are now two book apps of 'Willoughby the Dragon from Suburbia' up on iTunes

There are more episodes waiting to be published. But before they can be published, we must see how well they sell.

Please spread the word about Willoughby the Dragon from Suburbia. Write reviews; recommend it to your friends. And link to it.

Willoughby on iTunes

Willoughby on iTunes

'Willoughby The Dragon from Suburbia' is finally available on iTunes! Good things come to those who wait. And so it is with our 'Willoughby' book series. Our first two chapters are available for download on itunes in the app store under 'books'. A bargain at $1.99 and (we hope) something you will enjoy. Here is a direct link to the iTunes page:

Willoughby on iTunes

And a link to our site:

Willoughby the Dragon From Suburbiia

Let us know what you think.

Close to publishing books one and two!

We are getting close to publishing the first installments of the Willoughby series. Animation and development are being done right now and it is our hope that this will be available for download from Apple by Christmas.
Keep checking back as things are really starting to happen.

Sneak Peak

Here is a peek at one of the pages from our first story about Willoughby.

First cover

Here is the current version of our cover for the first story in the Willoughby series.

Update from J. T. Smithwick

I have now written a total of five stories for the series about Willoughby: the Dragon from Suburbia. Of these five stories two are being readied by Dahl with illustrations for publication. 
In the fourth story there is a meeting with a council of dragons to determine the fate of Willoughby. What will his fate be? Will the background of Willoughby enter into the decision? Do the dragons have to contend with the situations that are present in the series, Game of Thrones ? And how might these situations impact Willoughby? And what would be the effect on Clarence's life as he finds himself drawn into world that he could not imagine exists?
In the fifth story the return of Willoughby to Clarence's neighborhood causes comedy.
Let us know what you think of this so far.
 

J. T. Smithwick

Thoughts from the author

The question often asked is “Where do you get your ideas?”

The answer can range from whimsical to factual to bewilderment.

I tend toward bewilderment.  However in the case of “Willoughby: The Dragon from Suburbia” I can state that it was a television program from the 1960's.  That program had stuck in my mind due to the fact that I thought it was so bad.  I am referring to “Mr. Ed”.  The program, for whose who do not know about the program, was about a man who had a talking horse in the barn behind his house.  But in thinking about “Mr. Ed”, I thought that it might be a better idea to have a story about a man who had a dragon in his barn.  At least I liked the idea.

So “Willoughby: The Dragon from Suburbia” was born.  I originally wrote it as a short story and submitted it to a small magazine devoted to fantasy.  After a two or three month wait, I received the short story back with a rejection form.  I was not certain how to proceed when I had the thought.  I had seen graphic novels and was impressed by them.  Why not do this short story as a graphic short story?

I contacted Dahl and asked him if he were interested.  He said “Yes” and started to work on the look of the series.

Hopefully soon we have the first in the series up and then you can decide whether or not it is a good idea.

J.T. Smithwick