Moxy through us

Yesterday, a gang of talented friends surrounded me with their awesome to create a mock up of a DORKS poster.

Jason was the real mastermind behind the whole endeavor, I was more of the straw boss, which I must say was a great position to be in. (Unlike laying on the ground with hands mere milimeters from our models crotch holding the blue coat so that he could heroically open it properly)
Jonah was our lovely torso model.
Jessica made sure the cape sat properly on his shoulders.
Art made with the photography (and Photoshop) magic.

All in all, a very successful endeavor.

What's Up by 1 Non-Blonde

John and I turned in our trailer pitches for TSLOD yesterday.
Apparently, the producers are taking a trailer to Cannes to show around.
I say that casually, but inside I'm screaming "Woot!"

Director's cut done.

Hoping to see it in the next couple weeks or so.


Also, Roger Ebert added my Tweet to his list of potential Webby Award speeches.

Now if only I could get the finished version of TSLOD for his review -- a perfect storm.

I realize April Fools is a bad day to make that kind of statement

But, on the plus side, people won't have high expectations and will be surprised when we actually deliver on them.

F-- You Joeboo, I do this myself.

Currently pulling together an A team to turn a horror script I co-wrote into a movie.
We have a first pass at a budget and quality worker bees interested.

Hopefully more in this space soon.

my time with the LDB

My friend created, writes and colours (yes, he prefers that spelling) this lovely strip called Lil Depressed Boy.

We met through mutual friends in the comic book community. I'm his faux editor, periodically, and sometimes a cheerleader (in spirit, if not uniform).

He recently had two weeks of guest writers and I leapt at the chance to add my pen to the cause.

I was a bit hesitant to play in someone else's sandbox (hence a sandbox being in my first strip), but I think I have a decent familiarity with the character to stay true to the comic and yet add a dash of my voice. I think I more than succeeded when people assumed he'd ghostwritten my first one.

This was my first time working with an artist and let me just say, not only did Scott Arnold take my scripts and bring them beautifully to life, we found a common love -- Canadian music -- that will hopefully keep us friends for ages.


Ergo and hence, Lil LDB --
(including the about the authors notes because no one ever reads the bottom).


Strip #1

"I have no clue who Vaughn Mason is. He is an enigma, wrapped in a cypher, boxed in a conundrum and covered in secret sauce. He's apparently 6'3" and I know he doesn't do a good Texan accent. However, he wrote today's strip for me. Also, I suspect he may not even exist. Which is good, because he can't claim to have created Little LDB. Bwahahahaha."

Strip #2

"Thanks to Leo Burke, Zach Trover, Travis Fox, Chris Fenoglio, Raul Rodarte and Kat Cahill for helping out. And double thanks to Scott Arnold and Nick Brandt for starting the fortnight off, and now ending it. Aw crap, not Nick Brandt. Vaughn Mason. Why do I always confuse Nick Brandt and Vaughn Mason? All you guys did a great job, and it was fun to see all those other interpretations. Thanks so much."

Honestly

When someone isn't instantly blown away by my creative mastery, my first response is a lingering "F%#$!" (Sometimes voiced, sometimes kept inside)

After that minute or so, it's quickly followed by, "well, I'll just have to win them over then, won't I?"

Thankfully, generally speaking, people seem to vibe with what I put out.
But I want 100% approval.
It's a lofty goal, but I'm willing to work.

Stolen from an IM today

[15:07] nicofopolous: so the development person looked me up on Studio System and asked how long I'd been rep'd by ICM
[15:07] nicofopolous: to which I said, "I'm repped by ICM???"
[15:07] nicofopolous: (I'm not repped by ICM, btw)