It’s October friends, time for monsters,falling leaves and pumpkins. Ok I like Monsters all year round, but it’s cool to see them everywhere this month. Let’s begin with our monster, our vampire The Blood Rider…

Free Lunch Comics is just days away from completing The Blood Rider Comic Book. It’s an introduction to the character written by myself and illustrated by Matt Ryan. We wanted to show folks how The Blood Rider began and how he became who he is. It’s pretty brutal. Matt did a wicked job with it. He did not hold back. This is not for kids, very violent, dark, and powerful.  In the back we added a short story, Tales from the Trail, starring the vampire anti hero. I like the idea of comics mixed with short stories, give the reader more. It should be avalible in a couple weeks online and a few other places here in New England. Check back for more info on the website in a couple weeks. Speaking of a couple weeks, BOSTON COMIC CON is here, and I will be there with books and the NEW comic book along with all the guys and girls from Free Lunch Comics. It should be fun. If you attend, stop over and say hello.

On the movie front, I finished the script, sent it to some folks and got some great feed back. I have taken some advice from a woman at a major studio and am taking a class to stregthen the work. A lot of folks like the concept and story, but it needs to be a great screenplay, not a good one to really get folks interested in it. All the comic book films have years of a character being out to the masses, big followings and The Blood Rider is an original work and is very new to fans, so it has to be really well written. I hope by next summer to be finished with it and back shopping it around to folks. If you are a film company, and like the concept, email me – I love to talk shop. I talked to a few folks at Rock and Shock last week including Brian Ohollaran from Clerks fame. This guy is positive and very into indie work.  I gave him a book and mini comic, he would make a great William Hamilton in my humble opinion. I also gave one to Tom Savini, make up guru, you never know maybe I will need to ask him if he is avalible to work on the film. This buisness is all about who you know, so you have to keep getting out there and networking with your idea. There are alot of folks I would love to get involved in a film, actors directors, people who do great work, so who knows, in time maybe it will happen, you have to keep plugging away and dream big.

 Jonah Hex is coming and so is Priest, and Gallowalker, all westerns with paranormal ties, I hope a studio will see a vampire gunslinger would be a great film too.

Book 2 is being edited as we speak. I do not know when it will be available other than 2009. I have 4 written, so it’s really cleaning up and editing to get them out to you guys. I don’t know if I will print them all, find a publisher, or do an Online book. Right now I have to focus on the comic book, some new short stories and a few suprises too. 

Also I want to mention a band called Ghoul Town. If you like Westerns and monsters, just fun great music and great lyrics, please check them out at www.ghoultown.com.  I just got thier newest CD last week and it’s very cool. It’s like Spaghetti western music, rock, with action and monsters telling stories around a camp fire, just so unique and done so well.

That is all for now, looking forward to Max Payne and Appaloosa, Gears of War 2 and the holidays. Hope you’re all well.

Mark