Crazy Video Friday with Ice-T and Coco

From Crackle: Ice-T & Coco

It's got everythign you want in a crazy video. Enjoy!!!

Grand Theft Exodus - The NeoExodus: A House Divided Webcomic

So I thought I might start this one off with some REALLY good news. For those who didn't know I have been looking for a new artist to work with me on Grand Theft Exodus - The NeoExodus: A House Divided Webcomic. Well I few weeks back I found one that I liked with the art style that I was looking for. So we have been going back and forth on the desig of the main two characters: Niobe Mylona and Tahki Zitkata.

• Niobe Mylona: Niobe is a master their who will steal what ever she needs from who ever might have it. Niobe is an adventurer in every sense of the word. She feels high levels of energy, is always on the go, and loves the stoplight to prove she is the worlds greatest thief. She loves Tahki as a friend and a protector and always knows he will be their for her.
• Tahki Zitkata: Tahki is Niobe’s teacher, back up man and conscious. He has broken from the Cavian Hive Mind and is a loner. He finds comfort in solitude, rarely express anger, and appears to be cold. The only close friend he has seems to have is Niobe, who he would follow through hell to save her if needed.

The artist sent me the final artwork for the character design and now I am showing them to you. We will have more character design artwork coming in the future which will include Protectorate Peacekeepers, mechanical Arcane Intelligences, Khaynites and even Nysska of the Folding Circle. So if you are a fan of NeoExodus: A House Divided then you should be read Grand Theft Exodus. Coming soon. Talk to you later...

Left 4 Dead 2 - E3 Trailer

Video Games - E3 2009 - Video Game Trailers

Coming Soon - Races of NeoExodus: Prymidian for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

Is Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets Being Developed as an HBO Series?

Oh sweet baby Jesus tell me it is true! Read about it here!!!

Free Initiative Cards for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

Louis Porter Jr. Design will be releasing free Initiative Cards for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. The Initiative Cards have been created to help track combat and act as a mini character sheet, holding all the information a GM regularly needs about the characters and monsters to run a game without flipping through the books. There are the ultimate GM and player resource and best of all you get them for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game for free. The Free Initiative Cards for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game will be available and released on August 13th. Hope you enjoy!!!

Grand Theft Exodus

Well it looks like my other webcomic, Grand Theft Exodus, might be back on track. The artist has been given all the back group info and I hope to start seeing some art soon, which of course we will place up here for everyone to see. Just the waiting can be a bit of a pain. I hate waiting. Talk to you later...

I'm getting use to getting kicked in the nuts now...

Well it happened again, my artist for Suits just got an eight month gig from Oni Press. While I am happy for him (Congratulations! Good work!) this kind of kicks me in the nuts and now I am back to square one looking for an artist for Suits…again. I swear this webcomic is going to be the death of me. Oh well, back to looking for artists. Happy Fourth of July and talk to you later…

Weapons of Starship Destruction 3 - Now Available

This sourcebook in a continuation of Weapons of Starship Destruction and expands the ability and possibilities for individuals to create their own personalized starships for people’s individual and home based games for futuristic d20 Modern RPG games. The following items were created to enhance and augment those games and player’s choices. The following items were created to enhance and augment those games and player’s choices. Included in this PDF are such add-ons as:

• Nearly 10 New Starship Defense Systems including Phased Energy Shields (PL 7)


• Nearly 10 New Starship Engines including Teleport Drive (PL 9)


• Nearly 15 New Starship Miscellaneous Equipment including Biomechanical Subsystems (PL 8)


• Six New Starship Weapons including Hyper Accelerated Particle Beam Cannon (PL 7)


• Plus much more

Available now at RPGNow.com and soon at Paizo!!!

Adventure Planner for The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game -- DONE!!!

Well I finished the layout on the Adventure Planner for The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game under the Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game Compatibility License and if I do say so myself I think it looks FANTASTIC!!! I think The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game GM and fans will find this to be incredible useful for their games. This is just one of the several products we will have available for purchase to use with The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game when it releases on August 13th (make sure you get the PDF version for only $9.99. What a steal!!!) So stay tuned, we will be announcing more releases soon! Talk to you later...

Squarespace may change blogging as we know it...

The future of blogging? Maybe. Talk to you later...

Coming at webcomics backward via NeoExodus: Grand Theft Exodus

If you read my blog long enough you will notice that I do several things at the same time so it seems like I am constantly busy. Well I am, sort of. I like to start a lot of different projects, develop them to a point roughly 50% done and then I walk away from them and do something else. The reason is at 50% I have invested a lot of time in it but at the same time I just don't want to walk away from it. One of those projects that falls under this was the unreleased webcomic NeoExodus: Grand Theft Exodus. I first started the development of this roughly 18 months ago with Anthony Cournoyer doing the artwork. But of course as with any business other things became more important and NeoExodus: Grand Theft Exodus gets pushed to the sideline. Enter yesterday, after spending weeks looking for a new artist, I have secured one to do the artwork on the all new NeoExodus: Grand Theft Exodus project. As with Suits, this will be a weekly webcomic series that I hope to start relapsing in August. So stay tuned all you fans of the NeoExodus: A House Divided RPG, NeoExodus: Grand Theft Exodus plans to be just as exciting. Talk to you later...

Graphic Design 101: The Cover Design of Suits

Because I can't find an artist who is not busy getting ready for San Diego Comic Con or Gen Con, I have decided to spend my time working on the design and look of the Suits graphic novel/trade paperback cover. I want to go with a very simple image that will easy make you understand what this book might be about. While there is type on the page, font sytle is not right. I am just using it for "for placement only" to get the graphic balance of the cover right. Now while this might be a bit premature on my part (since I estimate the Suits GN/TPB will be 180 roughly and he have done only a few panels) it gets me thinking of what the final version will be and what the fans should expect. Talk to you later...

Real Life Rules to live by...

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

• Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
• Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
• Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
• Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
• Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
• Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
• Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
• Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished d failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest re semblance to ANYTHING in real life.
• Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
• Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
• Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Talk to you later...

Free Money from Project Wonderful!

You are in business to make money right? Well here is some free money, I have been using Project Wonderful since I first read about it in How to make Webcomics. But some of you people out there are not using it. Why? The ads you get from Project Wonderful are normally more comic, webcomic and gaming focused then what you would get from the big ad sites like Google. Do yourself a favor and sign up at Project Wonderful and stat making some free money. Talk to you later...

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS!!!!!

From Crackle: Star-ving Ep 1 feat Ed O’Neill & David Faustino

If you are a Married with Children fan or like just retarded childish humor then watch this video. WOW!! I almost pissed my pants over this. Talk to you later...

Paizo is selling the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook (OGL) PDF for $9.99

Talk about brilliant marketing: Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook (OGL) PDF for only $9.99 OR Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook (OGL) Hardcover for 49.99. Which one are you going to try first? Who doesn't have $10 to try out a 500+ page RPG? Now this makes me think, should I reduce the price of NeoExodus: A House Divided Campaign Setting to $4.99? Or even less? Got to think about that. You can read the comments about this over at EN World here and here. Enjoy and Talk to you later...

Must Watch: Awesome Blood-Sucking Daybreakers Trailer!

I think somebody must have been reading my blog about Obsidian Twilight. LOL!!! Talk to you later...

Books to Read: Tilting at Windmills

OK If you really want to get your product in retail locations then you need to understand what goes through the mind of retail owner. That is something that is not readily available. But you can still get that information. The best place to get that information in the Tilting at Windmills written by Brian Hibbs, owner of San Francisco's premier comic book store, Comix Experience. This book even though form roughly 15 years ago the lessons and knowledge is still absolute true and valuable today. Brian has a very interesting very of what the future should be and even 15 years later nothing has really changed and the same problems exist. If you have a retail store and your sales are going down the tubes, YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK. The reason I know using this book you can make a very successful retail store is because this book was given to me by Tate Ottait, owner of Tate’s Comic here in South Florida, who said he followed and did just about everything in this book. Using this book Tate went from a 1,000 sq.ft store in 1993 to an over 6,000 sq. ft main comic store with an additional a 2,000 sq. ft gaming retail store a few stores down from the main store in 2009. So understanding what retailers want will help you understand what you need to do to get your product into their stores. Tilting at Windmills is mandatory reading for those who are looking to be serious about specialty shop retail sales and selling. Talk to you later…

PDF Business Wednesday: Four questions that will change everything about your industry and help you succeed…

I don’t know where I even got this, but it was important enough for me to write down so here you go. If you really want to be the number one person/company in your industry than ask and answer the next four questions:

• Which of the factors that your industry takes for granted should be eliminated?
• Which factors should be reduced well below the industry standards?
• Which standards should be raised well above industry standards?
• Which factors should be created that the industry never offered?

Answers this four questions honestly and truthfully and you will take over that market. It is that simple. Talk to you later…

Graphic Design 101 – Understanding Fonts and Logos

Too many of you think you understand what a logo is, and you don’t. A logo is not just a bunch of word in a particular for you use as a title on your product. A logo should easily tell you what to expect from the product it is attached to. The logo is the first thing people are going to see to determine if they want to give you anymore of their valuable time. So instead of explaining what it means to have a good logo or describe to you what good font usage is, I thought it might be best to give you the book that I used to help understand the process for me. The Logo, Font & Lettering Bible by Leslie Cabarga is an EXCELLENT book for this topic. I have found it not to be just instructive, technically speaking, it is also visually innovative. I have not found a better book that covers this topic with such interest and knowledge. If you want to improve the look and design of your products (and many of you who read this really need to, for example Bad Baby Productions you need this book. You REALLY need this book!) go and get it. So instead of buying another RPG book for $30 dollars why don’t you take a second and get this book which will help you make a lot more money than the $30 you spent to purchase it. Talk to you later…

It is like waiting for a baby to come…

Right now I am in an interesting position. I have completed the first whole 25-page comic book issue (roughly 90+ issues/episodes of the webcomics) of Suits. I have started writing the second comic book issue of Suits (about half way through) and I am doing the outline for issue #3 & 4 to start writing ASAP. The only thing I am waiting on is the “potential” artist. We have a verbal agreement, contingent on this job he may or may not be offered. Now I have no issue with this, he told me upfront about this and since being a comic book artist is his full time job I know he has to go where the money is. I hope we can work this all out. I REALLY want to get Suits out there. This is one of those that I am really proud of. Plus I need to start working on Ghostwalkers again. Since Ghostwalker is my long tern “epic novel”, I am happy If I can do a solid page done in it a day. I plan Ghostwalkers to be a color book while Suits is going to be complete black and white with grayscale tones. But the waiting is killing me. Like Fort Minor said, “I am like a struggling doctor; I have no patience and I hate waiting”. Talk to you later…

Hot Artist of the Week - Raoxcrew

I have seen Raoxcrew work before and what I liked most what I saw. They have a cool "look" that is hard describe. I think they have a large select of art in there gallery, so you can look and what they do and what they do well. I hope they will release more art work to keep showing off their skills. Talk to you later...

Two issues/episodes of the webcomic, Suits...DONE

I just finished the lettering on the #2 issue/episode (What do you think sound better issue or episode? Let me know.) of Suits. I have to find the artwork for #3. It is somewhere on my computer but I can't remember where I placed it. It is also the final issue Alex García P. because he became too busy on other projects to continue working on this one. I am so glad for all of his work on this project and helping me get this off the ground. If everything turns out right (keeping fingers crossed) the new artist on this project will be Jeff Wamester. I plan to start the webcoming on August 26 (That date is not set in stone, so totally don't hold me to it) and we will release the first four issues/episodes and then have weekly updates after that. Once again thanks to everyone support on this project. Talk to you later...

Warren Ellis is not a great comic book writer and I will tell you why…

I like Warren Ellis’ work. I think he understands what makes a story interesting and what is needed to keep it moving. But the one thing that keeps him back from really being a GREAT comic book writer and that is …

He has the weakest ending for all of his stories.

What do I mean by this? I mean Warren Ellis ends his comic stories horribly. My god! A writer with all that talent, and he couldn’t end a story strong to save his life. I am always amazed when he gets more work from comic book companies. Do they actually read the product he produces? Forget get the persona. Forget the attitude. Forget all the bullshit. Just look at his actual writing skill. Look at the list of work he has done and just ask yourself this little question, “Did this story end with the some power and excitement that is started off with?” The issue that really revealed his inability to end a story strong was Planetary #26. While the concept and idea to create Planetary was excellent and brilliant, the execution of it was not. Global Frequency is another one. Great concepts. All of them innovative and new. How does the series end, like oatmeal bland and boring.

Now I know I am breaking the hearts of many of you out there. Your love affair with Warren Ellis is everything to you in your little world. But let’s get to reality and tell the truth, Warren Ellis is like an OK race horse; great out of the gate and horrible finish. I am sorry I have broken the hearts of some of you. Now I am not saying that Warren Ellis is a bad writer. He always brings innovation to the next level. I am just saying he is a bad closer and like David Mamet said, “Put that coffee down. Coffee is for closers only.” Talk to you later…