Category: Writer’s Blog

In a feature film I tend to believe that getting on with the story is job number one, since you’ve got a limited time window to tell (what should be) a complete tale. If you’re world building you drop just […]
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I don’t think I’d go so far as to say that the idea of zombies being “cold” made no sense to me, and that’s why I years ago decided the zeds of our particular settings wouldn’t go that route, at […]
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Well, last week I had my first surgery in years, or at least the most involved one I’ve had in years. Without getting into gory details, I do want to say that either my memory is faulty or I really […]
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As noted on this week’s comic page, we have some medical issues to attend to so are making do with a sketch week — and on my end, a blog that’s far less long-winded than usual. So until next week, […]
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Y’all are familiar with the uncanny valley, right? Well Dawn had to float this video across my radar, partly because it made her laugh and partly because it’s like ClearStream tried to do the worst possible replacement for a live […]
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Way back in the day when discussing my inspirations for Zombie Ranch I talked about an episode of the show Dirty Jobs where Mike Rowe went to an ostrich farm and was possibly the most terrified for his life he’d […]
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As we continue in the pages of the comic with our first ever rendition of the Zombie Ranch opening credits, the question did roil in my brain of if whether it still just represented needless redundancy. The audience knows all […]
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There are theme songs that are so widely recognized you can start humming them just about anywhere public and someone will know them. Star Wars is a great example, but not too far behind are the opening songs for certain famed television […]
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What Stan Lee situation, you ask? Well I’ve been hearing rumblings for awhile but The Hollywood Reporter has it all laid out for your perusal, if not necessarily your conclusion: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/stan-lee-needs-a-hero-elder-abuse-claims-a-battle-aging-marvel-creator-1101229 Long story short, there’s been a steadily worsening shitstorm […]
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I take you where you want to go  I give you all you need to know  I drag you down, I use you up  Mr. Self Destruct — Nine Inch Nails Have you ever had a strange thought in your […]
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There’s all sorts of things that can affect how well you do at a convention, and location is one of them. I mean, some of that’s just obvious. No one wants to be the booth stuck behind the pillar. And […]
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Well, continuing my tradition of Johnny-come-lately game experiences, I have finally started my delve into one of the more hyped AAA video game titles of the past three years: The Witcher 3. I picked up the Game of the Year […]
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This week’s comic was our end of Episode 15, also marking our (eventual) intended endpoint for a Volume 2 trade paperback, assuming we can get that funded successfully next year. I kept promising some reveals and I hope they satisfied, […]
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There’s a lot to complain about in our modern age, but damn if there isn’t some frickin’ awesome features as well. Anyone recall when I was talking excitedly about the potentials of on-demand 3D printing in terms of custom models? […]
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So as you might know if you’ve been following this blog, over President’s Day weekend Dawn and I got back into the convention groove with the Long Beach Comic Expo, with the holiday allowing us to take full advantage of […]
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So you might have heard of an obscure little indie film called Black Panther that opened this past week, and by indie I mean Marvel Studios/Disney and by obscure I mean a wide release that shattered all expectations to become […]
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No, don’t worry, that’s not code for a heroin habit. Interesting story behind that whole bit of slang, though. Means it’s time to get back on the convention circuit again after a few months of downtime. Dust off the storage […]
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I admit, sometimes I feel like I’m making all this up as I go. I’m not, believe me… but on the other hand, I do allow for a certain amount of malleability in getting from Idea A to Publication B. […]
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Somewhere in nearly nine years(!) of blog postings I’ve probably talked about this before, but it bears repeating for any of you aspiring scribes out there. There will come a time when even when you know exactly what you want […]
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I sort of was going to talk about this two weeks ago but went off on a tangent about the vagaries of the cosmos and our notions of the calendar, which felt more interesting. Probably still is. But anyhow, Dawn […]
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