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Contest Reminder

B. McKenzie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:18:21 +0000

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.

“The Taxman Must Die” sample pages

B. McKenzie — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:26:22 +0000

The Taxman Must Die is a wacky mix of an office comedy and a national security thriller. Two unlikely secret agents– an accountant and a mutant alligator– have to save the world. From themselves, mostly. If you’ve ever wondered why it’s so easy for supervillains to break out of prison or why black heroes die so quickly, you will probably enjoy it. Here’s the scene where the two main characters first meet! (PS: If you like the pages, please sign up for the raffle for a chance to win a free, signed copy when it comes out).

As always, if you’re interested in the story, please sign up for the raffle and you may win a free signed copy when it eventually comes out. (The more people sign up, the easier it will be for me to show publishers that many readers are interested in the story).

Version 1.3 of my script is ready!

B. McKenzie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:05:44 +0000

Version 1.3 of my script is ready! As before, the password is my first name (no capitals). My first name is the most common name for American guys that starts with a ‘b.‘ If you’re still not sure what it is, please feel free to e-mail me at superheronation-at-gmail-dot-com. I’m sorry to inflict a password on you, particularly one so pathetic, but it’ll reduce the chances that bots will pirate the script before you have a chance to buy it. As the French say, that would be le suck.

Please let me know what you think about the script. Right now, it’s at 35 pages. For printing reasons, it’s much easier for a publisher to deal with 32 pages than 35, so I need to cut three pages out. If you can think about any scenes that can be shortened or removed, I’d really appreciate that.

Sign for my comic book mailing list!

B. McKenzie — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:49:05 +0000

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!

Fill out my Wufoo form!

Version 1.1 is ready!

B. McKenzie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:37:33 +0000

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.

My first draft is ready!

B. McKenzie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:19:11 +0000

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.

34 pages!

B. McKenzie — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:33:49 +0000

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.