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To all people who live within driving distance of Dallas (which I estimate to be a 173 mile radius), there are some events you need to attend.

Event #1. This Saturday, The Happy Bullets and Amo Joy are playing at the Amsterdam Bar. Favorite local band + another great band + favorite bar (that's not called "Lee Harvey's). Drive to 831 S. Exposition Ave.

Event #2. Friday, August 7th, Art Conspiracy's SEED at Sons of Hermann Hall. The money raised during the SEED event will be used to fund the operat

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You know you want to read this comic. To be featured in HOW TO LOSE BIG...

Logo by Paul Milligan. We're currently searching for an artist. Just emailed somebody awesome (if you're reading this... hi!), hopefully, we'll have some good news to share soon.

PANEL 1. On Princess Bella. She's wearing a beautiful puffy dress with lace and beads, etc. The dress is torn and dirty. Bella's beautiful done-up hair is falling in places. She has bruises and dirt on her face. She's running, looking behind her.

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As Brent mentioned on his blog, he finished the art for ASTRONAUT DAD a few days ago. The entire story is done, all 160 pages -- making it my largest comic book project thus far.


It's also the one I've been working on the longest. ASTRONAUT DAD was the second comic book script I ever wrote. Initially, I wrote a five issue series called THE INSIGHT, which will forever remain hidden away. It was part of my learning curve and never meant for human consumption. (Best advice to a new writers: throw aw

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I received the proof copy of my KARMA INCORPORATED SCRIPT BOOK. It looks great. I made a few minor changes to the interior -- not anything you would notice. I pushed in a few margins here and there. Nit picky stuff, which I'm somewhat known for. I was mostly concerned about the cover. The image on the Lulu store was a little grainy, but it printed very well. Also, the color looks perfect. See for yourself...


Thanks Paul for the cover design!

I ordered 25 copies for Dallas Comic Con. However, you c

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The script for HOW TO LOSE BIG is coming along. I finished chapter three yesterday and will start chapter four later tonight. This might be the best thing I've written, which is good -- considering it's the most recent thing I've written.

It's hard to judge from my point of view. ASTRONAUT DAD went through so many re-writes, and may be the closest I ever get to literary fiction (as opposed to popular or genre fiction). I felt most "at home" writing KARMA INCORPORATED. And EMILY EDISON was a lot

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Kennedy, April, and I came home from our trip. We returned to a broken A/C unit. It was 11 PM and inside the house it was 91 degrees. Outside? Much cooler. Rough night with little sleep, but the fine folks at Douglass Heat and Air are working on it right now.

April's twitter describes it perfectly: "only asks for a peaceful re-entry into society. Is that too much to request?"

The trip itself was about as perfect as you could hope for. We went to my cousin's wedding. April and I took a road trip up

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Mark Campos of Poopsheet Foundation wrote a review of MINE ALL MINE (click here).

It's a cool site. For anyone who likes mini-comics (and who doesn't like mini-comics?), I'd recommend checking it out.

From their website:

Here at the Poopsheet Foundation our intention is to be a central meeting place for mini-comics publishers, artists, writers, readers and collectors. It's a community-driven site that's also got social networking features built in.

Poopsheet, in one form or another, has been an ac

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I will have copies at Dallas Comic Con. But if you're just too darn excited to wait, the KARMA INCORPORATED SCRIPT BOOK is available on Lulu for $9.99 (click here). I ordered a proof copy, so it's possible you may get the book before I do. I'm almost 100% confident there won't be any print errors. I followed all the specs very carefully. Got some helpful feedback from A.C. Hall who uses Lulu a lot. Cover design by Paul Milligan.

This script book features the first series POOR MR. WILSON and the u

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I buy scriptwriting software for the same reasons why people buy a gym membership. First, I hope the purchase will obligate me to use it. In other words, I spent hundreds of dollars on a writing program, so I better write more often. This "need to write more often" is the greatest guilt. I stayed up until 2 AM last night finishing chapter 2 of HOW TO LOSE BIG, and I still feel like I didn't get enough done. Buying something, scriptwriting software or gym membership, will not magically shift prio

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Last night, I sent Brock Rizy the complete synopsis for EMILY EDISON VOL. 2. Can't give any details at this point. I love the first volume, but this follow-up is going to be so much better. 200% more awesome and possibly eligible for a Guinness World Record. (Not kidding. I'm going to look into it.)

Beyond that, I hope to finish scripting chapter 2 of HOW TO LOSE BIG by tomorrow.

Also, I'm thinking about which conventions I want to attend for 2010. Financially, I've been in no shape to pay for any

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