Cowtown and Beyond...

Creephouse had an outstanding Saturday at the Cowtown Indie Comix Fest.

We sold quite a few copies of our Horror Comics Grandfather Bones and Spirits in the Well and made some great contacts. It was fun to see such talents as Stan Yan, Robert Elrod, Dan Crosier, Leila Del Duca and Angry Faerie's creator Scott Springer. We did a some teasing for our next big project "Never Send a Monster" and did one of my favorite thing which was to talk shop with other creators.

Coming down the pipe we have, of course, "Never Send a Monster" which will contain the three stories in the Monster trilogy which contains "Never Send a Monster", "Monsters Never Prosper" and "Never Make a Monster." Kevin Gentilcore and I both feel that this will be Creephouse's break out piece done in hardcover and in color. T shirts for this will be available in a few weeks and we're really excited about the whole project.

Also in progress is scripting and design work on The October Watch. Ohio artist Steven Fisher (of Crea8tive Differences) has been showing me some beautiful character sketches and bringing some great ideas to the table. We hope to do this as an annual graphic novel to be released in conjunction with Halloween.

Rumblings at Bluewater Comics still reveal to me that my story "Spirit Radio" is coming down the pipe in "Vincent Price Presents" Comics but I don't have a month or an issue number yet. It's a tale I've been waiting a long time to tell and i think it will have some appealing twists to it.

Kevin Gentilcore and I are also going to be releasing "Grandfather Bones" and "Spirits in the Well" compiled through Creator's Edge comics which is doing a lot of exciting stuff. Chuck Messinger has been pulling some truly innovative rabbits out of his hat and it's a great opportunity to be working with him.

Beyond that there is another project that I am in talks with the artist to be on board with his original concept that sounds like a chance to really work my character skills.

Sunday the 29th Dane Bernhardt, Genine Mix (of Mix101 in Denver) and I will be shooting the first video project for Nightmares Tickle Theater channel on Youtube. Quickly thereafter we hope to shoot the second video with Veteran Actor and Oscar winner Barron Christian in a chilling tale of supernatural visitation.


So as you can see I have a lot of things coming at you in the relative near future. I am thrilled to be working on every single one of them and we'll keep you posted as they are closer to release.

Project Updates

As you may imagine I usually have a few irons in the fire at any given moment, so to let you folks know what to keep your eyes peeled for here is the short list.

Kevin just hit the halfway mark in The Terrible Revenance of Grandfather Bones. This is part two of the piece we're doing with Creator's Edge Publishing along with Spirits in the Well. We're both looking forward to getting this creator owned property on the shelves.

I am working on a graphic novel script for a project called "The October Watch" about a group of monster hunters who protect the city of Silver Cross during October when the veil between the living and dead is at its thinnest. Brick Hellsmith leads this group which consists of a Frankenstein style monster called Manhaus, a shyster wizard Wodenstein, the mad scientist Dr. Bacon and his assistant "Igorotron" who is a robot built around the brain of his dead college room mate. I'm having a lot of fun writing this and there are laughs as well as chills as they go up against Brick's ex wife and the teen age shirtless vampires who claimed her as one of the undead.

Mea Tulpa is another of those projects that's been going on for a while because its got meter and pacing structure that is extremely important to do properly. It is the third in my Tulpa Trilogy after Never Send a Monster and Monsters Never Prosper.

I am in the queue with Blue Water Comics to do one of the upcoming "Vincent Price Presents" comics titled "Spirit Radio." I'm really proud of this comic and its old school Twilight Zone feel. It's got great atmosphere and a twist I'm hoping no one will see coming. I am also working another piece for Blue Water called "Keys to the Kingdom" which is sort of a monkey's paw style tale. Both will be BPP releases and I'm excited to get them out there!

"A Haunt of Shadows" is a indie horror script I wrote for Modern American Cinema run by Kristian Day. It's a period piece set in a Chicago mansion in the 60's full of horror, sorcery and ghosts. We're still waiting on a production date but so far it's all a go!

Nightmares Tickle theatre is also a go for its first short piece on Youtube, but we're waiting on clearance for a location approval at Double Daughters Tavern at 17th and Market st. Local DJ Genine Mix from Mix 100 will be the dramatic lead of this chilling vignette of the supernatural and tale of a wife and mothers loss.

There are other pieces in the works coming out further down the road but these are the projects you can be looking out for.

Thanks for your time and attention.

Don't let the Nightmares Tickle.

Check out the teaser image of Grandfather Bones

Hot on the heels of having finished Creephouse's first piece "Spirits in the Well" Kevin is digging straight into our next piece "The Terrible Revenance of Grandfather Bones." Below is a link to the teaser image on his blog. Kevin has described his theme on this piece as "Old School EC Comics" homage to Creepshow.

Enjoy:

http://kevingentilcore.blogspot.com/