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Mondo Atomic!

Wired just ran a write-up on my upcoming comic Mondo Atomic. It’s a retelling of Plan 9, Brain That Wouldn’t Die, and Robot Monster. The artists are all amazing, including Matt Timson (Impaler) who delivered an awesome cover! The interior guys are Steve Buccellato (Elephantmen), Zane DeGaine, and John Amor.  The comic is coming to [...]

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The Arcadian Cometh

We’re almost wrapped on principal photography for my first narrative feature, The Arcadian. It stars Lance Henriksen (Aliens Series, Apaloosa), J. LaRose (Saw Series, Repo),  Bill Cobbs (Night at the Museum, That Thing You Do), Sab Shimono (Waterworld, Southland Tales), Adam Sessler (G4), Deshja Driggs-Hall (Poundcake), Brian Thompson (X-Files, Buffy), Bonnie Morgan (Terminator: TSCC) and [...]

Asides

• I'm realizing there is no such thing as sleep. At least not in the quantities that other people tease me with. I'm working in post in Eastern time, working with a comic artist in the UK, having some mobile apps coded in Pakistan, and having SDCC promotional items manufactured in China. I'm literally getting urgent calls and emails at ALL HOURS and it's killing me. #
• Going to Japan 14th of May, radio silence. #
• I've been watching the trailer for Waking Sleeping Beauty over and over again. It might come as a surprise that my life's ambition used to be to work 2D animation at Disney. The first movie I ever saw in a theater was Fantasia. I visited Disney World on most major holidays growing up and I collected every scrap of paper I could scribble on to make cartoon. Who Framed Roger Rabbit became my obsession, fueling an interest in rotoscoping and live-action / animated effects. When I was about six I used to stay up until the early morning watching DTV on cable. Later, I would watch the Disney Afternoon cartoon block, carefully picking apart which episodes came from which production studios. My friends and I would storyboard original episodes as best we could. When Aladdin was released, so was a piece of software called Disney Animation Studio, which I spent months working with. I later went  to art school, still hoping to one day work in animated features. My instructors would frequently remind me that Ash Brannon (director of Toy Story 2 and Surf's Up) graduated my school just a few years before I did. It didn't help my morale much as 2D started to fall into the waste basket of popular entertainment. Some day I hope I can make an animated project, but until then this documentary helps me relive the days when animation was my true passion. #
• Yes, I really own firearms. The reasons are simple; In civil times they can be used as a deterrent to military authority seeking to institute unjust persecution. I'm not specifically talking about the US government or any current political body, but I wonder how differently the Jewish community would feel about WWII if their population had been armed. Prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. This is a scenario you hope will never come, but anything is possible and it is always a good idea to be prepared for all possible situations. In times of civil unrest or emergency your gun can be used to hunt game, protect yourself and your loved ones, and offer "protection as currency" for goods and services until order reasserts itself. Again, this may seem far-fetched but I have lived through hurricanes and watched society crumble in the aftermath. Looting was not uncommon, and although civil services were swiftly restored this may not always be the case. #
• Parasite has broken the top 100 in techno-thrillers on Amazon. :) #