It’s the same voice thought that … you’re standing at a precipice and you look down, there’s a voice, and it’s a little quiet voice that goes, ‘Jump…’” • Robin Williams Last week on Bleeding Cool someone posted a one-word comment meant as a commentary on my depression. Jump. I couple of years back I…
… who may have to choke a bitch. I met Wayne Brady in 2005 while head writer and segment producer on the Tom Joyner syndicated television show. That sounds like I had some sway but the real head writer and power on most TV shows is the Executive Producer. I was as far away from EP…
I was so stunned by the election I just couldn’t bring myself to write a damn thing for the last few weeks. Hell, in the case of Bleeding Cool it’s been months that I blame on my depression and trying to figure out how to fix a problem no one sees yet but with depression…
Did Jew Eat Yet? That’s not my line above; it’s from Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall. Allen told his friend he heard a television exec ask him that in a meeting. His friend said he was paranoid. August 1991 In the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, a Jewish man accidentally killed one black child and…
From last week: When I wrote about numerous other options there certainly are. The four I list are ones I can speak about from a personal perspective. Publishing Options: Find a major publisher Crowd Fund Fund Yourself Go outside the box. The vast majority of top tier creators in the industry use option number…
From last week: That, boys and girl, is called knowing the game. Those who don’t shouldn’t play. So despite being blackballed by one of the big two how was I able to thrive? Alternative means of finding distribution, budget and happiness. The vast majority of top tier creators in the industry use one option. There…
Please read the first two installments in the series if you have not done so. From Dream Killer 2: Full discloser: For two decades I was not welcome at DC. âWhat did you do?â Iâve gotten that question countless times. âWhat did they do?â Not as many have asked, but more than a few. Whatâs…
The Dream Killer series continues next week. I was attending The Pratt Institute and needed all the bank I could get. Pratt’s one of the world’s great art schools and cheap it was not. I had to come up with most of the tuition because no one talked to me about how financial aid went…
Last week I wrote how I return to a recurring theme every few years: real world advice for young creators. Please take a peek at that article before you read this one. From last week’s editorial: I’ll use examples of two deals that I’m working now. One project is a graphic novel I’m doing with a…
Every few years I write a real world advice article for young creators. My Bad Boy Studio mentor program has produced some exceptional graduates working in comics, television, illustration and related media. I’ve also taught and/or lectured at The Joe Kubert School, Pratt Institute, The School Of Visual Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, the…
America still has a problem with accepting comics as anything other than kid stuff. There may be millions of “regular” people hiding their comic book lifestyle. This cannot stand and has to stop. As you’re reading ComicMix, most likely this will not apply to you. Pass this on to a friend who you suspect may…
This was written for Bleeding Cool and a version of it will appear there. I decided a while ago not to run the same article on both Bleeding Cool and ComicMix. Two different audiences is not the reason I write individual articles for each website. My voice remains the same regardless. I write a different…
