Hey Everybody, Justin and I have been late on the next full episode of the Distro1 Podcast, but until then, enjoy our review for the British Sci-Fi film "Attack the Block"!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo this weekend!
This weekend is the 2nd annual Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo and I'll be there, with my co-Hort in sequential crime Shawn Atkins! So stop on by and say hello.
October 8th and 9th from 10am to 5pm at the Guardian Storage Facility on 2839 Liberty Avenue in the Strip District!!
Be There!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Book Signing and other Musings
The staff at Eljay's Used Books are either crazy, awesome or both. But I'm leaning towards awesome!
Why awesome you ask? Because on August 20th at 3PM, Eljay's is hosting a book signing with the creators of the sci-fi,paranormal, adventure comic Explorers of the Unknown, and since I'm the co-writer of the book with my partner in sequential crime and series creator, Shawn Atkins, I'll be there to meet and greet with all the store patrons, EOTU fans and bibliophiles who will be in attendance for those 60 minutes of unbridled full frontal nerdity! (the event is 3-4PM)
So stop on by, say hello, pick up a book if you're so inclined, and did I mention Shawn is dishing out FREE SKETCHES!?! Oh yeah, sketches will be dished...dished out good!
And now for something completely different...
My good friend Justin, you know, that computer whiz/photographer/kung-fu master that he is and yours truly have started a podcast we're calling the Distro1 Podcast. It deals with, but isn't limited to, pop culture, art, photography, living in Pittsburgh, events around Pittsburgh, music, comic books, anime, t-shirts, role-playing games and beer...gotta have the brew am I right?
Episode #2 is in the works and it's coming along nicely. The big news around the Steel City is a little movie being shot dealing with the adventures of a certain popular caped crusader. So we'd be remiss if we didn't touch on that for the next show. Consider that your one and only "spoiler". (although Justin hates that term)
That's it for now...take care everybody.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Distro1 Podcast Trailer
So, a few weeks back, my good friend Justin had this idea for a Podcast and he needed to a co-host. Needless to say, I was the guy he had in mind.He wanted to put together a show to talk about anything and everything two 30 something pop culture geeks would talk about. We came up with the Distro1 Podcast, available at Random Distribution dot Com. Below is the "Teaser Trailer" for the first show available August 1st. Enjoy!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sequential Underground Episode #16
Last Thursday, I sat in on episode 16 of the Sequential Underground Podcast. We're talking about writer's block and some other things. Give it a listen!
CLICK HERE!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Creating the Unknown
I thought for this post I'd explore (no pun intended) how Shawn and I create an Explorers of the Unknown story.
Early on, Shawn and I decided to work Plot First (a.k.a. "Marvel Style"). The formula is as follows:
Plot Synopsis+Art+Dialogue = Comic Book
On every EOTU story we collaborated on, we use this method. Looking at the current EOTU story, "My Coma Vacation", here is an example from the plot synopsis...
"The Fire Goddess hovers over her! Jane panics, she bursts into flames and flies away from the Goddess. As she flies away, the Goddess reaches out with an open hand and then makes a fist."
From these couple of sentences, here's what Shawn comes up with...
All the panels with description "N/A" refer to silent panels obviously. When Shawn's art is telling the story, I make sure to get out of the way...less is more!
After Shawn receives the dialogue script, he letters the page, does some Photoshop magic and posts the page. Here's the finished product...
Early on, Shawn and I decided to work Plot First (a.k.a. "Marvel Style"). The formula is as follows:
Plot Synopsis+Art+Dialogue = Comic Book
On every EOTU story we collaborated on, we use this method. Looking at the current EOTU story, "My Coma Vacation", here is an example from the plot synopsis...
"The Fire Goddess hovers over her! Jane panics, she bursts into flames and flies away from the Goddess. As she flies away, the Goddess reaches out with an open hand and then makes a fist."
From these couple of sentences, here's what Shawn comes up with...
Shawn then emails me the penciled pages and now it's onto the dialogue script. Here's the dialogue for this page...
PAGE 13:
PANEL 1: JANE – It can’t be.
PANEL 2: N/A
PANEL 3: SFX (Jane’s flame trail) – FFWWOOOSSSHHHH
PANEL 4: FIRE GODDESS -- illegible demonic speech
All the panels with description "N/A" refer to silent panels obviously. When Shawn's art is telling the story, I make sure to get out of the way...less is more!
After Shawn receives the dialogue script, he letters the page, does some Photoshop magic and posts the page. Here's the finished product...
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