Seasoned Scripter looking for artist (Unpaid)
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:39 am
Hey Guys,
I'm a Fiction and script writer who's been around the block a few times with comics, as well as having published a couple short stories in the Avalon Press and Inwood Indiana lit journals if that counts for anything. I'd like to say that I specialize in fantastical worlds and surreal scenarios, but truthfully I've done a little of everything, from a superhero comic, a historical comic about Tod Browning (He directed the 1932 Dracula), a future comic about literally sexless and gender neutral human beings being discriminated in a way similar to with the gays early on in the Civil Rights movement...ect. You can find my work in various places on the net, such as for the photo comic Jay and the gun http://www.artificialcomix.com/jayandth ... deshow.htm the heist comic I'm working on kickstarting Hacking Human http://hackinghuman.blogspot.com/ to a time traveling alternate history comic involving Amelia Earhart http://theadventuresofameliaearhart.blogspot.com/
I'm willing to work not only on my own ideas, but also that of a prospective artists as well if they have any projects they want me to work on. I am very flexible and am capable of working in a variety of genre's and contexts. I prefer to do short comics to start out with and see how well we work together, especially since I'm putting together a collection of short comics that I'm producing, but if you are itching to a graphic novel or ongoing series I am willing to take a jab at it.
Here are a few of my ideas, but be warned! I have an uncanny ability of creating work that suits the artists I work with, both due to artistic style and personal preferences. So in short this list I'm proposing is not all you're getting if you contact me at robert-finch@comcast.net.
1. In the far future, Earth and her colonies have been conquered by the Monarchial and war-likel Volen empire. In recognition of his efforts to make peace, the president of the Earth Federation and his family are raised to noble status within the Volen nation of planets. Fast forward to the maturation of the now Lord of Earth's Sun, Ger, who sheltered from Volen ways is sent to a battle academy to learn Volen ways and to serve his mandatory millitary service required of all nobles. En route he is intercepted by a high ranking noble female in direct line for the throne named Nu who promptly marries the lad. Being that Nu is a strong, assertive, and dominating personality, Ger must not only adapt to a strange alien culture but also the strange woman bonded to him for life.
(Author's note: I already have a teaser chapter script for this finished. The aim of this piece is to show an actually benevolent and functional monarchic system as well as to play around with gender role with the woman being the dominating adventure and the male being more in touch with his feelings.)
2. A young teenage girl, while taking her SATs, is shot to death by her proctor due to her being a little too excited upon completion. Sent straight to heaven, she finds that Heaven is going to make her work for her keep due to her not doing enough good deeds in life (understandable since she died young) and so she is assigned the task of being a guardian angel to a young socially challenged boy. Her adventures as an angel, both on Earth and above, provide an adventure that is whimsical, comical, and at times philosophical
{Author's note: I have the first 20 pages already written for this. It combines situational supernatural comedy with a bit of introspection of the nature of being dead, communicating with the dead, as well as living in paradise. This comic concept works best with a style condusive to both comical and dramatic moments, like perhaps a cartoon or manga style
3.A girl grows up with a horrific scar like birth mark on the right side of her face. Throughout her life from childhood on she faces ridicule, ignorance, and even fear from her fellow peers. However despite her dis-figuration she meets a friend, a girl with a stutter who is similarly an outcast. Throughout the story she struggles to see herself as beautiful. However when she reaches high school she decides to adjust her clothing to a punk motif to complements her birth-mark. She suddenly finds herself attractive, meeting many new people and for the first time finding herself with admirers. But she finds that this sudden attention is superficial, that these people are only after her looks and not after who she is. She sticks to hanging out with the friends she already has. She meets a young, skinny bespectacled boy who is always ridiculed for his shortness and small figure. Feeling compassion and empathy for the boy, she asks him out to a school dance. The story ends with the two dressed up and waltzing together in the school gym amongst other couples.
(This is a piece designed to be a short comic, but on demand I can expand it to a graphic novel format if need be. No script for this one, but am able to produce one or work with you to create it)
4. On the planet ROCK in the far future a group of sportsmen sponsor war games as a spectator sport. Although the games are relatively unknown, the military world knows it well, using the games as a testing ground for cutting age weapons both biological and mechanical. Zei Chamb has lived on ROCK all her life as a mechanic. Trained by her father, she is an expert at bringing together unrelated parts and taking the best qualities of both to create new mechanisms. She is a self professed tinkerer, using her meager funds to create top class mechanical weapons. However the sunset of machines has begun, with more adaptable and longer lasting biological weapons becoming more and more popular, threatening to eclipse and overshadow the strength of metal and electricity. Attached to a small team of mercenaries looking to make a name for themselves, Zei strives to find a way to make mechanics competitive in the coming age of bio-technology and above all? Make lots of money.
(This comic has no script as of yet. This a comic that's pretty straight forward as it is a sci-fi based comic with a combination of far future technobable and strategic action.
5. A young man accidentally breaks a glass egg which hatches into a living cloud with eyes. Being that the cloud is a childish newborn eager to learn, the young man takes it upon himself to teach the cloud about the world, but as time goes on it is apparent that the teacher also has much to learn
{This comic has 20 pages already scripted revolving around comedic and introspecitve element. A definite inspiration is newspaper comics like calvin and hobbes, but this has a more persisitent story and character building element. Also would work best with a style that works well with a humor script.)
Do note that I can come up with new ideas on demand and am willing to hear anything that you can come up with. You can contact me via my e-mail at robert-finch@comcast.net. Please note that I will only accept artists that have sequential art samples to show, though if need be I can give you sample scripts to audition on.
Sincerely,
Robert/Kagaenod
I'm a Fiction and script writer who's been around the block a few times with comics, as well as having published a couple short stories in the Avalon Press and Inwood Indiana lit journals if that counts for anything. I'd like to say that I specialize in fantastical worlds and surreal scenarios, but truthfully I've done a little of everything, from a superhero comic, a historical comic about Tod Browning (He directed the 1932 Dracula), a future comic about literally sexless and gender neutral human beings being discriminated in a way similar to with the gays early on in the Civil Rights movement...ect. You can find my work in various places on the net, such as for the photo comic Jay and the gun http://www.artificialcomix.com/jayandth ... deshow.htm the heist comic I'm working on kickstarting Hacking Human http://hackinghuman.blogspot.com/ to a time traveling alternate history comic involving Amelia Earhart http://theadventuresofameliaearhart.blogspot.com/
I'm willing to work not only on my own ideas, but also that of a prospective artists as well if they have any projects they want me to work on. I am very flexible and am capable of working in a variety of genre's and contexts. I prefer to do short comics to start out with and see how well we work together, especially since I'm putting together a collection of short comics that I'm producing, but if you are itching to a graphic novel or ongoing series I am willing to take a jab at it.
Here are a few of my ideas, but be warned! I have an uncanny ability of creating work that suits the artists I work with, both due to artistic style and personal preferences. So in short this list I'm proposing is not all you're getting if you contact me at robert-finch@comcast.net.
1. In the far future, Earth and her colonies have been conquered by the Monarchial and war-likel Volen empire. In recognition of his efforts to make peace, the president of the Earth Federation and his family are raised to noble status within the Volen nation of planets. Fast forward to the maturation of the now Lord of Earth's Sun, Ger, who sheltered from Volen ways is sent to a battle academy to learn Volen ways and to serve his mandatory millitary service required of all nobles. En route he is intercepted by a high ranking noble female in direct line for the throne named Nu who promptly marries the lad. Being that Nu is a strong, assertive, and dominating personality, Ger must not only adapt to a strange alien culture but also the strange woman bonded to him for life.
(Author's note: I already have a teaser chapter script for this finished. The aim of this piece is to show an actually benevolent and functional monarchic system as well as to play around with gender role with the woman being the dominating adventure and the male being more in touch with his feelings.)
2. A young teenage girl, while taking her SATs, is shot to death by her proctor due to her being a little too excited upon completion. Sent straight to heaven, she finds that Heaven is going to make her work for her keep due to her not doing enough good deeds in life (understandable since she died young) and so she is assigned the task of being a guardian angel to a young socially challenged boy. Her adventures as an angel, both on Earth and above, provide an adventure that is whimsical, comical, and at times philosophical
{Author's note: I have the first 20 pages already written for this. It combines situational supernatural comedy with a bit of introspection of the nature of being dead, communicating with the dead, as well as living in paradise. This comic concept works best with a style condusive to both comical and dramatic moments, like perhaps a cartoon or manga style
3.A girl grows up with a horrific scar like birth mark on the right side of her face. Throughout her life from childhood on she faces ridicule, ignorance, and even fear from her fellow peers. However despite her dis-figuration she meets a friend, a girl with a stutter who is similarly an outcast. Throughout the story she struggles to see herself as beautiful. However when she reaches high school she decides to adjust her clothing to a punk motif to complements her birth-mark. She suddenly finds herself attractive, meeting many new people and for the first time finding herself with admirers. But she finds that this sudden attention is superficial, that these people are only after her looks and not after who she is. She sticks to hanging out with the friends she already has. She meets a young, skinny bespectacled boy who is always ridiculed for his shortness and small figure. Feeling compassion and empathy for the boy, she asks him out to a school dance. The story ends with the two dressed up and waltzing together in the school gym amongst other couples.
(This is a piece designed to be a short comic, but on demand I can expand it to a graphic novel format if need be. No script for this one, but am able to produce one or work with you to create it)
4. On the planet ROCK in the far future a group of sportsmen sponsor war games as a spectator sport. Although the games are relatively unknown, the military world knows it well, using the games as a testing ground for cutting age weapons both biological and mechanical. Zei Chamb has lived on ROCK all her life as a mechanic. Trained by her father, she is an expert at bringing together unrelated parts and taking the best qualities of both to create new mechanisms. She is a self professed tinkerer, using her meager funds to create top class mechanical weapons. However the sunset of machines has begun, with more adaptable and longer lasting biological weapons becoming more and more popular, threatening to eclipse and overshadow the strength of metal and electricity. Attached to a small team of mercenaries looking to make a name for themselves, Zei strives to find a way to make mechanics competitive in the coming age of bio-technology and above all? Make lots of money.
(This comic has no script as of yet. This a comic that's pretty straight forward as it is a sci-fi based comic with a combination of far future technobable and strategic action.
5. A young man accidentally breaks a glass egg which hatches into a living cloud with eyes. Being that the cloud is a childish newborn eager to learn, the young man takes it upon himself to teach the cloud about the world, but as time goes on it is apparent that the teacher also has much to learn
{This comic has 20 pages already scripted revolving around comedic and introspecitve element. A definite inspiration is newspaper comics like calvin and hobbes, but this has a more persisitent story and character building element. Also would work best with a style that works well with a humor script.)
Do note that I can come up with new ideas on demand and am willing to hear anything that you can come up with. You can contact me via my e-mail at robert-finch@comcast.net. Please note that I will only accept artists that have sequential art samples to show, though if need be I can give you sample scripts to audition on.
Sincerely,
Robert/Kagaenod