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December 9, 2013
Recently I noticed myself cringing when I heard these words: “backstory” and “reluctant hero”. It came as a surprise. I know backstories are important, and reluctant heroes can be engaging. But I’ve come to realize that after giving our protagonist a backstory (always tragic), and making them reluctant to resort to violence (until absolutely necessary),
November 25, 2013
Images from Seven Extraordinary Things.
November 18, 2013
In 1941 a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded the Blue Cross Medal for saving her owner’s life during an air raid by the Luftwaffe. Allegedly she accomplished this heroic act by urinating on an incendiary device that came through the roof. The bomb was defused and the day was saved. It was the first
November 11, 2013
Defining a writer should be easy. A writer is someone who writes. However, most of us learn to string words into sentences in grade school, so we all can claim to be writers. We could define a professional writer as someone paid to write. That narrows the field considerably. But within the entertainment industry, where
November 4, 2013
Part two of my story Nephilim, “A Bigger World” has just been released on the Scrollon app (available on the App Store). One night Will Oberon finds Avalon Lennox lying in an impact crater outside of his apartment. He learns the hard way that girls who fall out of the sky (and can rip apart
October 28, 2013
As All Hallows’ Eve draws nigh, I am thankful we have Ziggy to protect us from zombies, werewolves, vampires, space invaders and all manner of creatures that go bump in the night.
October 21, 2013
One of my favorite stories (currently on the back burner) is The Girl in the Moon. It started years ago, as a screenplay. In the early days of Scrollon I decided to draw it. But as the visual language of Scrollon developed I put this story aside until such time I could do it properly.
October 14, 2013
Last week I posted images of castles featured in projects I directed (or, in the case of Army of Darkness, 2nd Unit directed). Here’s some medieval backgrounds I’ve drawn. All of these are from the recent release of “The Curious Saga of No-One” pt 3 (now available on the Scrollon App for the iPhone and
October 7, 2013
Much of Army of Darkness was filmed on exterior set constructed in Acton, California. It was uncomfortably hot during the day and uncomfortably cold at night. Tippi Hedren’s Shambala Preserve was across the road and we could hear lions roaring when the sun went down. When it came time to leave most of the cast
September 30, 2013
“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow” was written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in July 1945. This song has become a Holiday classic despite the fact it was not intended as such (it contains no mention of Christmas) and was written in Los Angeles, California during one of the