What the Zuda?!

Zuda is an online division of DC Comics. They hold a competition every month. 10 entrants, 8 pages... To the winner -- Mastery of the Universe!!! MWAHAHAHA!

Actually, the prize is nothing so grandiose... although I've been waiting for my mandate to rule the universe for a while now. Getting slightly impatient. I guess the mail is slow.

The powers that be Zuda handpick competitors from all the submissions they receive. The winner gets a year contract to continue their comic on the Zuda site at a rate of 1 page /week (paid of course)... Total 60 pages of comic goodness. Not bad. They sometimes also pick Instant Winners from the submissions. we were not so lucky, although we did make it into the January Competition!!! Woohooo!

An over-written, slow, but good-looking little stab at moderate fame and fortune called, get this... Hold you're breath for the cheesy goodness... Legacy of the Wanderer. Hoo boy... And I'm the one who came up with that! Ah well... certainly not my favorite of my own work (Those who know me know that I hate everything I do anyway), but it was an attempt at something. Next one will be better. I promise.

It's not doing that well in the competition, but what the hey! Its in there. AND we're doing okay, even without any 'marketing'... This doesn't count as marketing does it? I mean a readership of between 0 and 10... really.

Stay tuned for more updates.. and other stuff.

Runnin' Away Won't Save Ya!!!!

Getting restless!!! Looks like a long bike trek may be around the corner.

Frustration on the job-front, the writing-front, the life-front ;)... Well, they've conspired to give me a serious case of itchy-feet. No, not fungal. Maybe it's more a case of itchy-mind. Anyway... I'm sort of half-seriously, kind of into planning a partial cross-the-country jaunt... on a bike... alone... yeah, that's what I said, too.

Actually, this has been in the works for... Wait. Saying 'in the works' makes it sound like I've been 'planning' this for years. Anyone who knows me knows that's crap. More likely, if I do this at all, it will be a seat-of-the-pants, barely-survive, kind of endeavor. What I meant to say is that myself and a friend of mine used to tell each other that 'one day we should/would do this thing'. This was back when I was heavily into training and the outdoors. It didn't seem as daunting. What's a few thousand kilometers?

What it is, is crazy. Considering the shape of my bike and the shape of me, there should be no considering... Well, when has that ever stopped me? Turns out Mike (the afore-mentioned friend), lives in BC... Hmmm... sounds like a destination. How convenient.

Montreal to BC... Somewhere around 4000km's I think. I figure I can do that in a month. Yeah. I said that with a straight face. What of it?

Anyway, this is still pie-in-the-sky stuff, but don't be too surprised if one of these days I update from somewhere where I don't know where I am.

Cool Free Stuff

I've been using this software for a few months now. Its called Celtx. They call it an Integrated Media Pre-Production software, useful for Film, Theatre, Radio, AV, etc... AND I've found that it could be VERY useful for Game Dev., even as is. It could do with some changes particular to game dev. but what the hell.

I've been using it for everything from scripts, to straight prose, to game narrative stuff, to grocery lists! Well, okay that's a little exagerrated. No prose ;)

It's free. Developed in Canada (NFLD)... and works very well. They also have some great online features. Collaborative type stuff, peer review, and an active community. Check out their Project Central.

A bad, bad man

by Randy Humphries

Been working on a project (for too long a time), with a great artist friend of mine... Randy Humprhies.

I'd call it a graphic novel, but that term has been appropriated and mangled by another medium...

So I'll call it a novel with graphics ;).... Possibly some interactive elements included, if we can come up with something cool.

Above, concept of the main character. Randy's got a couple of other pieces relevant to this project (as well as other stuff) up on deviantart... http://rand1211.deviantart.com/gallery/