Well, I finally made my last few quick typo-check corrections, and printed ten loaner copies for friends, family, interested readers, editors, and of course — anyone at all interested in publishing it. Lulu.com’s do-it-yourself printing (without truly publishing, like a vanity press) allows me to print a small number of private copies and enjoy the book like a real paperback, which is quite nice (though at 525 pages, also quite...
Here’s a first pass on the opening titles to “Unexplored Wonderland,” a short film I wrote and planned to direct before American McGee’s Alice came along and stole my thunder. Carl Kaphan (a talented animator and general nice guy) helped me with the 3D for this sequence. I’ve entertained returning to this original concept and re-developing it, but its just one of many projects competing for my time these days,...
Well, there’s the official film website as well, but here’s a high-quality version of the trailer for my first feature-length film. Shot in 16mm back in ’93 (right before the DV revolution), and then finished with those Firewire-inspired desktop editing and effects tools (over a long four years that followed), Hell is Texas was basically film school for me. Learned a lot, made some pretty images, and eventually got it...