Archive for the ‘Press/News’ Category
FUBAR IS ABOUT TO DROP ::
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
I just love to gush about the f***king rad shit our people are working on in and outside of the Fictory. Well, look out! Because Jeff McComsey (Fictory Creative Director) has just dropped an gnarled and festering bomb on the world at large. Set in an alternate zombie infested World War II, FUBAR is McComsey’s latest zombie infested sequential entry. Now, if you’re about to say “oh great, another zombie story”, I humbly suggest that you shut the hell up.
Acting as creator and creative director, McComsey’s managed to assemble an international team of indie all-stars. Including 3 more of the Fictory’s frequent collaborators, Dominic Vivona (Production Director), Steve Becker (Production Artist), and Helaine Crawford (Creative and Animation Assistant). To learn all there is to know about FUBAR jump on over to McComsey’s FUBAR BLOG. And be sure to look for him at the Baltimore Comicon were you can get your hands on the Graphic Novel, hot off the Alterna Comics presses.
Also shoot over to GeekChicDaily or Battlemouth for some great external write ups.
Don’t forget to check out other titles by Jeff, Steve, and Dom over at theFictoryComics, for FREE!!! American Terrror (Jeff), Stabb Gunner (Steve), and Mutualism (Dominic).
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REFOCUSING ON COMEDY ::
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
This past Thursday, Damian Eby and Parker Lindstrom, long time friends of theFictory and Postage, Inc., sat down and recorded some tracks. We were working from a script based on a world we been trying to really dive into, on and off for the past few months. Well we got some great stuff and I look forward to getting some more voices down so we can really get cooking on the animation.
Here at the Fictory, working on comedic animation is very different from more narrative or commercial applications. Sure, at the end of the day, many of the same techniques are used, but the journey to get to a finished project vary dramatically (no pun intended, I swear!). With something like our American Terror: Company Man or our upcoming Atomic Robo short, we begin with a plan. We massage that plan, working out the kinks until it’s as perfect as we can make it. From that point we put on our production hats and get things done. But with comedy it’s a much more organic process. Comedy is all about timing and living in the moment. That’s why we never say we’re going to do anything for sure it’s a constantly changing animal.
I’m excited to see where the comedy carries us. While we wait, be sure to check out Parker and Damian’s podcast STICK IT IN YOUR EARHOLE.
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Introducing The Fictory Comics ::
Monday, July 5th, 2010
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. Presenting The Fictory Comics. Visit the site daily for updates from more then five creators. Bear with us as we work out the kinks! Oh and don’t forget to check out our friends at the NERDCAST. This weekend we all sat down and talked about the properties premeiring on the site. You can LISTEN HERE.
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STABB HAS ARRIVED ::
Monday, June 14th, 2010
Introducing Stabb Fisticuffs. One of two man characters from a graphic novel debuting this summer at theFictoryComics.com. The art shown is for Stabb Gunner, written by yours truly, Joseph W. Krzemienski, with pencils by Courtland Ellis and Inks by Steve Becker. This project is a dream come true for me. I’ve had this idea on the shelves for about 2 years now. With the production on animated projects siphoning all of my time, I couldn’t work on my other projects without some serious help. My most frequent collaborators, Jeff and Dom are up to their armpits in their own books (also premiering this summer), so asking them was out of the question. Well help has arrived! I find my self extremely fortunate to be working with the Lads and Lasses who make up the Fictory crew, and if those people spill over into other projects… well all the better.
We will also be featuring books by Jeff McComsey (American Terror: Eminent Domain), Dominic Vivona (Follies), Jeff Rummel (Space Bastard), and other guest contributors. I hope you’re ready to waste tons of time reading awesome content. Because with the line up we’ve got going on… it’s gonna happen.
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE DOMINIC VIVONA BY JET PENS ::
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Above: Promotional art for Dom's upcoming Webcomic to be published by theFictory; Follies.
This week, Jet Pens shined a shiny spot light on our own Dominic Vivona, AKA Production Director on Atomic Robo: Last Stop. Head on over to the JET PENS SITE to read a quick article and see some samples of his other work. Yes, like everyone else here at theFictory, Dom is involved in a plethora of other projects. For example check out EAST OF WARMAGGEDON.
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