Mar
09
2010
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Hello. If you haven’t seen my comic book’s five sample pages already, please check them out here and sign up for a chance to win a free signed copy when it comes out. Thanks! Having more interested readers will help me get published and I really appreciate your time.
Feb
14
2010
The Taxman Must Die is a wacky mix of an office comedy and a police thriller. Two unlikely investigators –an accountant and a mutant alligator–have to save the world. From themselves, mostly. Here’s the scene where the two main characters first meet! If you like the pages, please sign up for the raffle for a chance to win a free, signed copy when it comes out.

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Jan
29
2010
Hello. I’d appreciate if you’d take 3-5 minutes to sign up for my mailing list, if you haven’t already done so. Everyone on the list gets a chance to win a free, signed copy of SN #1 when it comes out. Also, having many interested readers will hopefully help me get published. Thanks for your support!
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Nov
24
2009
Since it would be really annoying for me to keep e-mailing people whenever I have a new version ready, I’ll post the versions online. HOWEVER, for security reasons I have to use a password– to open the document, the password is my first name (no capitals). If you don’t know what my first name is, please e-mail me and I’ll tell you. Alternately, you could just try guessing male names that begin with b– it would probably be faster.
This is a hassle for everyone, and I apologize, but this helps me avoid the nightmare scenario of a complete script going viral before people have a chance to buy it.
Script version 1.1, pages 1-37.
A summary of changes from 1.0 to 1.1:
- I removed about two pages worth of material, including most of the side-scene with the cabbie and the page where he signs a legal contract.
- The “Jebediah Whateley” tangent is completely gone. It was convoluted and didn’t add anything.
- I’ve started sharpening a few of the scenes, mainly Gary-Orange and Gary-Felix.
Nov
24
2009
The first draft of my first issue is done at 36 pages. If you’d like me to send you a copy, please let me know.
Nov
23
2009
So far I’m up to 34 pages on my first comic book issue. I think the first draft will be ~40 pages and then I’ll edit that down to a final draft of 32 pages. I terribly underestimated the amount of space I would need for each scene. For example, in my original outline, I estimated the two main characters would meet on page 8. As actually written, they meet on page 28.
Anyway, if you’d like to review the first draft, I will have that ready by Friday. If you’re interested, please let me know so that I can e-mail it to you.