Through the Net 2
Jesus: Yo,
check it. We back wit a new jam. Got dis cra dig ‘bout da one and only Zombie
Attack.
Lil’ D: Dig.
Jesus: Last
night’s show was sick!
Lil’ D” Cra
sick, dig.
Jesus: So
check it. Nick done took his peeps to the old barn last season—
Lil’ D:
Lame.
Jesus: True.
But now they holed up in the old soda pop factory and they dying off one by one
every single episode, yo.
Lil’ D: Ask
me, they all gonna die by the end of dis season. Ain’t gonna be no mo.
Jesus: Dat
ain’t make no sense, Lil’ D. How they gonna have a show if they all dead?
Lil’ D: I
just keep on reading da comics. They better anyway.
Jesus: Well
they two different things. In da comics Nick only talked to his dead wife for
like one issue. And his kid on da show is like stupid annoying.
Lil’ D: Know
dat.
Jesus: What
about da Judge?
Lil’ D:
Comics better.
Jesus: In da
comics he sick cra-cra. Does all kinds of cra on Nick.
Lil’ D: In
da comics da Judge raped Nick’s pregnant wife and then made his kid kill his
own moms.
Jesus: Yeah,
dat’s sick, yo. Cra sick, not cool sick.
Lil’ D:
Shooba.
Jesus: Now
in da comics the group already way past the old soda pop factory, and
Ninja-Girl just ‘bout runnin’ dat.
Lil’ D: She
ain’t waste no minute on Nick when he trippin’.
Jesus: But
in da new game Zombie Attack 4 they start out at the old soda pop factory and
Ninja-Girl da best character to bust out.
Lil’ D: She
a’ight. I like her in da comics but I like playin’ Nick’s son Carmen in da
game.
Jesus: Man,
Carmen ain’t got nuffin’ on Ninja-Girl. She got dat sword take out three
zombies at once, yo.
Lil’ D:
Carmen got his pop’s old cop hat give him plus 4 protection and da long barrel
.38 dat gives him dead-eye accuracy. He ain’t never miss. Dead shot in da
forehead every shot.
Jesus: True,
true. But he gotta reload every six shots.
Lil’ D: Take
less than a second. Ninja-Girl get all tired.
Jesus: Yeah,
but what ‘bout dat flamethrower? Cain’t neither of them carry it so you gotta
play Short Haired Vicki.
Lil’ D: Only
thing she good for.
Jesus: Check
it. Think we ever gonna see da flamethrower on da show?
Lil’ D: I’m
still waitin’ to see it in da comics.
Jesus: Been
in da comics.
Lil’ D: No
it ain’t.
Jesus: In da
Manga it has, yo.
Lil’ D: How
you gonna count da Manga?
Jesus: It
counts.
Lil’ D: In
Japan. They ain’t even got da show.
Jesus: Well
who you think make da game?
Lil’ D: I
ain’t even care.
Jesus: Yeah,
I just wanna see dat flamethrower.
Lil’ D: Da
judge might use it. Dat his swag.
Jesus: He
cra enough. Might even go into the old soda pop factory and burn da whole place
down.
<STATIC>
Lil’ D:
Dang. Check it. I just saw they gonna make a new RPG tabletop Zombie Attack
game.
Jesus: Lame.
Who gonna play dat?
<STATIC>
Lil’ D:
Let’s kick out here now.
Jesus: Yo,
dat’s it fo dis show. We out!
JOSEPH! Origins pt 3
Everything went well at InvestComics but after our failed attempts to get JOSEPH! into newspapers all across America I began to realize that strip humor was too limiting. I wanted to expand our story-telling and the best way to do that is in graphic novel format. There was some interest in this possibility from a potential publisher and I thought what the heck! Let's give it a try. I talked with Jay Katz and he encouraged me to pursue the endeavor. So Gary and I started production on "JOSEPH! The Family Album", an original 68 page graphic novel.
To start with I began writing the script. I found it liberating and burned through several pages a day. The difference between strip writing and long-form graphic novel writing is the fact that in strips the "joke" must be contained and the punchline delivered within three panels while at the same time maintaining a cohesive story-arc over the course of four weeks (shorter or longer in some cases). I'll have to admit here that while I wrote the strips during my tenure at InvestComics I sometimes struggled with the format. Writing JOSEPH! as a graphic novel does keep with some similarities. I attempt to deliver a joke (or at least some bit of humor) with each page, everything leading toward a big punchline at the very end of the book.
When production started this gave Gary a break in the workload. Previously he had been turning out two to three strips each week. The schedule now frees him to make only one page a week. This is in addition to everything else he does, including work on his own original series Mazscara.
NEXT: IndieComiX and the future of the series!
JOSEPH! Origins pt 2
Having worked with numerous artists, writers, etc. in comics it didn't take long before people began to express their positive feelings for "JOSEPH!" After writing numerous artists and telling them all about the idea (which came from a dream!) it seemed like everyone wanted to render their own take on the characters. But it was Gary who took the idea and ran with it. When he sent back the very first character studies I realized the dream was coming true.
Things began to move fast after that. Gary and I began work on our submission kit to King Features and I continued to share "JOSEPH!" with everyone I had worked with up to that time, including the writer Robert Heske (Heske Horror) who encouraged me to contact Jay Katz at InvestComics, thinking it would make a great addition as an original comic series to the site. Long story short, Jay loved "JOSEPH!" and the series started a successful limited run.
NEXT: "The Family Album" begins.
JOSEPH! Origins pt 1
THIS is how it all began. "JOSEPH! Origins" is a four part serial to give new readers some perspective on how it all started. For the readers who have been with us since the beginning you will now be brought in on a little secret.
Each installment of this series features six original black and white JOSEPH! strips, for a total of 24. If that number seems familiar it should. That is the total number of strips for a weekly cartoon strip syndicated in newspapers all across America per month. Accept for those extra long months.
These first 24 strips were part of a submission kit to King Features in the hopes Gary and I would be picked up. Needless to say that did not happen. In fact it was rejected. We attempted submissions to all known strip syndicates (of which there are now very few) and these were also met with rejections. The only thing I really learned from the experience is that the submission process to newspaper syndicates is incredibly outdated.
Coming up in part 2: learn how JOSEPH! found a home at InvestComics.
Ruthie's parTAY! 1
That's right. If that lame creep-o brother of mine can have his own show then so can I 'cause mommy said so. I'm here with my best bestie forever Teresa 'cause her mommy said she can help me have my own show and Jesus can just deal with it. So there.
Today we saw the funniest video and I'm gonna show it to you right now.
I think it would be funny if the two kitties met and the little kitty jumped on the back of the big kitty and they danced on the judges table on American Idol and Niki Minaj was like, "O0o0o, dahling you so fine. Ima make you mine." And then Randy said, "Yo, where my dog? Help!" And uhm, that one cute country guy protected Mariah and was like, "Don't worry, ma'am. Kitties are playful. Don't be scared." Then Mariah said, "You know that's right."
And then the kitties smacked all the really bad singers and yawned and stretched and went to sleep on the judges table and they had to do the rest of the show with two sleeping kitties on their table, one big and one small.
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