Tuesday, April 29, 2014

"DORIAN" HITS THE TOP 10 ON AMAZON!!




I am very happy to announce that the graphic novel version of my animated film, "DORIAN" is currently in 7th place on the Amazon.com Top 10 Gay & Lesbian Graphic Novel List!

It took a year and a half to make the film (plus some months of pre-production planning), and it's great to see the work having a life beyond its initial incarnation and being so well received.

Thank you to all who have bought it. Enjoy ;)

"SUMMER BOYS" UPDATE



Nearly five months of silence on my part. I promise, I've been most busy.

While getting through this deplorably long, cold winter, my beacon of hope was "SUMMER BOYS". Though unfortunately I did have to face the harsh reality that: Animation takes a LONG time to complete... and to be done properly requires a staff, which requires a lot of money, which requires... I just had to admit my limitations.

Now that didn't mean scrapping the project entirely. I did play with the idea of releasing the episodes that I had worked out and storyboarded as a web comic series, and releasing new issues digitally every few weeks (beginning Memorial Day Weekend, when the Fire Island share season kicks off) but found that I didn't want to have to work keeping a "buzz" sustained throughout Labor Day.

At last, I decided to release all of the stories together in one complete package - a Graphic Novel; just as I did with "DORIAN" last year.

It is two thirds finished. I will soon be creating a Facebook page for it, and beginning to drop little teaser scenes from the work. Patience and perseverance are the pillars I push myself to climb daily as I near the finish line. My hope is that people will enjoy it. When I get frustrated and thoughts of giving up start to rear their ugly heads, I remember: I want people to enjoy it, and I keep going.