Dwight L. MacPherson's Blog, page 3

PIP'S MONSTER HOUSE LAUNCHING JULY 1ST ON KICKSTARTER!

I’m thrilled to announce that PIP’S MONSTER HOUSE Issue 1 will launch on Kickstarter July 1st! The first issue will feature a ton of extras, awesome perks, and the talents of animator and artist extraordinaire, David Hartman, Buz Hasson of the Corpse Crew, and many others! Feel free to connect with my Kickstarter page RIGHT HERE. Trust me: you DO NOT want to miss it!

-Dwight & Rebecca

Exclusive Pin-Up For Pip's Monster House!

We cannot tell you how excited we were to open our email and find a new illustration by our dear friend and animation legend, David Hartman, for PIP’S MONSTER HOUSE Issue 1! It is such a special piece of art, and it is inspiring us as we work toward completing the first arc of our crazy monster vs. monster story. We'll be announcing some exciting news about this project in the very near future, so keep your eyes pealed (misspelled intentionally)! Mwahahaha.

Read m...

Sock Puppets and a Monster Frenchie

Hello again, friends! Rebecca and I recorded a new episode of Imagination Fuel on our Youtube page. If you haven’t subscribed there yet, please click the link below the teaser video to do that now. We are really focusing on creating more content on the page , so please join us.

Teaser video:

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE RIGHT HERE!

As you can see from the teaser video, Pip is a super rambunctious fella! I swear, he can’t sit still for 2 seconds!

VOTE FOR PIP

If you think our little monster has a f...

Poe-It Like Poe Event Success

If you weren’t able to “attend” The Six Degrees of Poe’s 2nd Annual Poe-it Like Poe Live Poetry Reading Event this past Saturday, do we ever have a treat for you! The entire program is now available for your viewing (and listening) pleasure. Special thanks again to Carmen and Jeanie for inviting us to participate in this wonderful event. There were so many incredible guests and enthusiastic viewers that it made the afternoon affair a resounding success. I am going to link to the event in its ent...

Brand New Imagination Fuel!

JOIN US ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, FRIENDS!

-D&R

2nd Annual Poe-it Like Poe Live Poetry Reading

We are going to be joining the Six Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe group on Saturday, March 29, 11AM - 3PM, to help them celebrate their 2nd Poe-it Live Poetry Reading! Dwight will be reading a selected poem by Poe, and Rebecca will be reading an original poem she wrote which was inspired by the works of Poe.

Stay tuned for more of the scheduled readings on their podcast, Poe Unplugged, on their YouTube page and social media sites. Dwight’s segment is scheduled for 12:50PM, and Rebecca will join at 1...

First Livestream Friday, March 14th!

Hello, friends! We hope you are all well. We’ve been super busy here. I’ve finally got a handle on OBS (kind of), so we’re gonna start a livestream “show.” The first episode will be live Friday, March 14th, at 1PM EST. We sincerely hope you’ll join us. The more people who show up to chat, the better!

So please be sure to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube page and hit the notifications bell so you’ll know any and every time we are livestreaming. We’ll also be posting a lot of pre-recorded videos in the ver...

The Power of Narrative

The Importance of Narrative

I was recently rebuked by one of my all-time favorite writers for the use of narrative in my horror graphic novel, ELEVATOR. I was shocked by the criticism, honestly, and it prompted me to tweet (or whatever you call it now) this:

When I shared with Rebecca what I’d been told, she wrote the following:

Anyone who still thinks that narrative is bad in comics has not read a book that perfectly uses this essential writers tool. Believe it or not, there are times when you nee...

My Comic Obsession

I hesitate to use the word obsession because it’s been so overused in recent times that it has lost its gravitas. I’m sure you’ve heard things like, “I’m obsessed with this soap,” or, “I’m obsessed with this song,” and on and on. By definition, obsessed means, “unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or worried about something,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary.

When I think back to my teenage years, I must admit that I was obsessed—in the truest sense of the word—with th...

HUGE Things Are Coming!

Salutations to our brand new subscribers, and welcome back to our amazing longtime supporters! We haven’t been idle since we last spoke. Oh, no! We’ve been busy researching, writing, producing, and negotiating.

First off, we are thrilled to announce that Hocus Pocus Comics is merging with Comicker Press, LLC! This exciting news has been making the rounds via social media and the indie comics interwebs, to include Comic Crusaders and Tripwire Magazine.

Here is the official news on Comicker Press’...