Sunday, August 29, 2010

Origins

The whole thing started as a short story. I have a hard time getting anything done if I don't have a deadline looming, a reason to do it -- so to speak. So, there was this zombie collection of short stories coming up, and I wrote the story in a couple weeks and sent it off -- they denied it -- but they denied Harry Potter for a while too! Okay, maybe it's not Harry Potter fame, but the point is -- one must never give up.

The idea of doing a comic again came after, guess what, a visit to the comic store. I hadn't been in a while, and I'd been floundering in the world of screenwriting. After a sobering article I read about the statistics of spec scripts getting bought, I decided to turn my eye to projects that I could finish -- things that were within my own power. It's one thing to write a screenplay and then say, hey you -- producer man -- go get five to twenty-five million (or more) dollars together and make my movie.

It's another thing to just get it up and done yourself. Sort of that independent filmmaker experience. So, I figure if Shakespeare had to put up is own plays (he had his troupe), then why should I be expected to do any less.

First Image from Dead on Arrival


Welcome to the "Dead On Arrival" Comic Blog

Here we'll track the development of the comic book from script to thumbnail, to the final page. We'll tease out samples as they go, and keep you up to date on all things DOA!

Stay tuned!