I hit the ground running when I came back from MoCCA, just now trying to gather my notes.I shot this little clip at a talk in Book Court in Brooklyn and promised to put it up here. It’s Harvey Pekar‘s widow Joyce Brabner and artist Joseph Remnant talking about Cleveland and Pekar’s working methods . You can […]
On the move: MoCCA NY
MoCCA is on! This is where you go in. This is where you meet the Danes. This is where you buy comics. This is where they sell coloring books. This is where Jason is signing. This is where Dean Haspiel and Becky Cloonan are signing. This is where some guy is painting. This is where […]
On the move: THE DEAD AND THE DUTCH
Got a local tour of Willamsburg and Green Point yesterday from a native Brooklynite. Chris Miskiewicz and I are working together on a few things, one of them the story of New York magician and occult detective Thomas Alsop – see the pilot comic episode on Trip City. We visited the Alsop family lot at […]
On the move: NEW YORK DAY 2
Compared to the shenanigans of my first night here, yesterday seemed very quiet in comparison. Did some research and location scouting in the morning, trying to get the feel of my main character’s environment – the script I’m working on at film school takes place partly on Manhattan. One place I visited was the Strand […]
On the move: NAKED IN NEW YORK
Landed in Newark yesterday, the first thing I see out the window is a giant IKEA store. Just like home! I’m in New York for the annual MoCCA festival which takes place this weekend at the Lexington Armory in Manhattan. Last year was my first, but I was here again in October for a lenghty […]
Film School Confidential: ANGER THERAPY
“What makes you angry?” the teacher asked. My immediate response: “How much time do I have” Of course all of us have things we’re angry about. I never thought it would make it into film studies, but I understand the notion of writing from emotion, dragging something you feel strongly about into your storytelling. Each […]