Thursday, August 14, 2008

DC Writers Group

For those of you in the DC area I am starting up a small work group for comic/scif/fantasy writers. We well be meeting in the Writers Center (https://writer.org/ ) in Bethesda MD from 7:00pm to 8:00pm on Thursday August 21th. If you have a script or manuscript or just an idea that you want input on come by and have the group look it over.

I am doing this under the auspicious of the DC conspiracy so we will be using their message board to organize for the time being:

http://artdc.org/forum/index.php?topic=9985.0

Directions to the Writer’s Center

The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, MD 20815
Phone: 301 654-8664


Google Map

Monday, August 4, 2008

Nostalgia

You know sometimes I think the commercialization of the web has taken a lot of the spark out of things. As soon as money can be made the cooperation siphon off all the talent for rap videos or movie promotions. A couple of years ago people were doing amazing things with flash. Now… well I haven’t found anything that made me go wow in the last couple of years.

But looking back there was some fun stuff:

CCC: Vinnie Veritas was with out a doubt a master of animation. Evocative and interesting stories without the use of words. He hasn’t done anything in a while but man his stuff was great. I would suggest “Days after those days”. Not his smoothest animation but man I have had days I felt like that

http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/ccccity.html
http://www.vinnieveritas.com/

Tedi: Next on my old time fav list is Tedi by Floating Pear Productions. Man that movie was amazing. The next episode was sadly never meant to be but I still enjoy episode one

http://www.tedionline.com/

Floating Hands: Last but certainly not least were the animation by Matt Gardner, one of the foremost comic genius of our time. The animation is not great but the jokes had me rolling in on the floor.

http://www.floatinghandsstudios.com

And for fun check out Matt comic It’s Gravy (it does have the insipid “lets start a webcomic beginning but it pick up after that):

http://itsgravy.comicgenesis.com

I don’t know. I have not found anything like the oldies in the last couple of years. Everyone is doing IPhone screen savers.

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