Storycomic Weekly Newsletter: July 23rd

Podcast Updates

I had three interviews this past week.

On Tuesday, I was honored to chat with the acclaimed and celebrated comic book writer and owner of Diebold Comics,  John Holland. John is a long-established writer who has been in the industry since the late 1980s. He talked about his latest works, A Girl and Her Dog and Alma. 

I was very impressed with all of his many projects and was excited to see his many stories continue.

On Thursday, It was a Zombie-themed night of conversations. I had two live stream interviews.  The first one was with the acclaimed and celebrated comic creator of  Avalon,  Brandon Starocci.  He had a very interesting twist on the post-apocalyptic zombie genre, by focusing on the dynamics of the drama of a family dealing with their own issues on top of the pressures of a chaotic world around them. Avalon #2 is available on Kickstarter

Then, I chatted with the energetic and inspirational young comic creator of Raze, Sam Willis.  His Zombie-related comic series went for a more ensemble action/horror feel that followed a group of 8 friends.  This series is full of fast-paced adventures that will keep the reader engaged from the first to the last page.  Issues 1 – 5 is available on Kickstarter.

Project Updates

This week, I brushed off my Toilet Paper Head outline and reworked it to fit the 8-Part Story Arc theme.  After doing this, I believe it is going to flow much better and will allow me to not get too lost with the story beats in this branching story novel concept.

I also did some raw video recording footage for my upcoming World of Warcraft/investment video that I plan on getting made.

What I’m reading

This past week I read to my girls, Minh Le’s story, ‘The Blur’ which was illustrated by the Caldecott Medalist, Dan Santat.  Granted, it is a children’s book, but this book is for parents.

The story follows the parents of a little girl who watch her grow up and go to college.  The title ‘The Blur’ has a twofold meaning.  The first one is making the reference, for the parent readers, to how quickly a child grows up.  In the second reference to the title, which will be for the benefit of the child reader, Minh Le makes humorous examples of how babies have superpowers, like the ability to be invisible, have elastic limbs, and so on.

I enjoyed this book much more than my kids, but I am so glad I read it with them.

Personal Updates

Here at the house there was a shift in daytime dynamics as the wife started her new job at a local dentistry office.  This has now given all adults the ability to be completely exhausted by the end of the day. 

My mother in law is an absolute champion for watching our 8, 6, and almost 2 year old all day while the mom and dad are off at their respective jobs each morning.

Also desperately working on decluttering my office so I can concentrate on not being distracted with things to play with while I am trying to work on projects.  One of these days, I give a video tour of my area.