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A New Comic Project

Monday, February 21st, 2011

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I’d hoped to have had this one ready for the 2011 MoCCA Fest in April, but we changed the name and well, you know how it is. Or do you? Inspiration comes and goes. Ideas seem great, then days later they don’t. Characters take time to develope – I found some notes for this story, and only one out of the original five names or characters survived.

Also, I’m collaborating on this with my wife, Judie Luszcz this time. It’s based on a concept she had many years ago. It made us laugh back then and we began noticing things and phrases that would go into here story. A few years ago, I was looking for an animated project to work on, so I started conceptualizing her story ( some of it was posted here about two years ago). A lot of it is based on our days in New Brunswick , NJ where we met.

So here’s the first page – I’ll put up a site for adventuresinnowhereland.com eventually, but first I’ll need to bang out a few more pages. One thing’s for certain — this is a lot easier than those damned Rat Bastard pages. Well, not easier, just simpler. After all, none of this is actually easy.

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Hayk Manukyan’s Shallow Lake

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Glendale, CA. animator Hayk Manukyan draws from his roots with his characters Abo and Karo, two Armenian brothers watching Beauty and The Beast. Abo is really touched by the film and decides he is going to find a girl like Belle who isn’t shallow like most girls, and judges him by his personality rather then …

Hayk Manukyan’s animation credits include The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

For more of his cartoons go to moolt.com

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Too Much Coffee Man Animated Opera

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Yup, that’s what I said. Just saw this on my ol’ comic convention pal Shannon Wheeler’s facebook page. His brilliant comic Too Much Coffee Man was always one of my favorites. Here, Too Much Coffee Man sings of his love of…what else? That’s right — coffee. Also, check out Shannon Wheeler’s site www.TMCM.com always good for a few laughs. And, if you notice on Roscoe’s kitchen counter on page 1 of Small Doses you might find a futuristic Too Much Coffee Man product.

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Rat Bastard Returns

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Roscoe Ring from the ruins of Crucial Comics

Roscoe rising from the ruins of Crucial Comics

Ten years ago the publishing of the Rat Bastard comic book went dark. We left the comics world just as soon as we got a development deal for the animated Rat Bastard series. We were signed to a joint venture between Buena Vista (yes, Disney) and Ron Howard’s Imagine Television.

Rat Bastard was produced by Robocop creator Ed Neumeier and Tony Krantz (now producer of “24” starring Kiefer Sutherland). Tim and I were to be co-producers or co-executive producers, whichever title had less meaning, power, and pay — but what the fuck, we were in the door. We were to be writers on the show, and  got to work with some incredibly talented people.

It was a blast, and then it was over in a heart beat. One minute we had our own TV show, the next minute we were bums. So, like the Beverly Hill Billies, we loaded up the truck (in this case my Ford Explorer) and moved to Southern California in hope of finding another deal. After four years and several false starts, I decided I missed the NY/NJ metro area, and came home. I settled in Red Bank , NJ, a funny little town, 3 miles from the beach and a zillion light years from the world of Los Angeles. I could tell you how retarded  Los Angeles was, how bad the air was, how few people read books or newspapers, how many gun shots we heard or how many police helicopters went over our deceptively pleasant suburban home. But I’ll just say it was not for us, my wife Judie and I. Tim opted to stay behind. He liked it there.  So as we launch the new Rat Bastard comic, I’ll be writing and drawing in New Jersey, and Tim will be writing in L.A.

Here’s the mini pilot that was directed by Kevin Altieri and written by Ed Neumeier, based on our comic series “Fix For A King”. It’s a little bit corny, but take it from me; so is Hollywood.

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