…if I may so bold as to quote the title of Graham Roumieu’s poignant and soul achingly profound book about Bigfoot.

Close call though.

So, I’ve been out of touch with the interwebs for over a year now. It was a time of moving and renovations and family stuff and frame by frame covering up Emilie’s goddamn tan lines for Magellan. I learned alot about the wonders of After Effects and the unfortunate reality of limitations.

I made a Star Wars fanfilm.

I knew it’d be fun and I’d kinda like more than just the folks on my Facelurk friends list to see the upcoming chapters of Magellan and Meridian. As it turned out, entering the George Lucas Fanfilm Challenge (the winner of which is chosen by George hisself), became a true homage to Lucas. He nearly died making A New Hope, and so did I making just a ten minute fanfilm. Like most of my stories, this one has lots of amusing bits at my own expense. Over the next week, I’ll share the sorrid tale. Maybe there’s a lesson to be learned. I dunno.

So, I’m back at it and have a good deal of stuff to share with you over the next little while. Stuff like…

Star Wars: Myth & Legends

A slicer and her droid companion find themselves on a holonet run gone all kinds of wrong.  The first 7 or so minutes became our entry into the 2010 Fanfilm Challenge. The action sequence conclusion is done and will appear here on this site, and maybe Atom.com. I’m not sure.

The Magellan Affair

Our retro sci-fi noir. More Bogart than Blade Runner, and more Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid than anything else. Did some changes to Part One and have Part Two ready to go (damn tan lines). I promised myself I wouldn’t shoot any other projects until Parts Three through Seven were finished.

Meridian

A supernatural comedy set in the Canadian prairies. Corner Gas meets X-files. Filmed as a 22 minute pilot to be released in three bite sized chunks.

There’s other stuff (although there really shouldn’t be). Maybe a new script for a full length feature once Magellan’s done. Maybe a webcomic based on the Teen Titans comics of the 80s. Maybe even some more Mosquito. I sure did appreciate the few kind words I got asking for more when I kinda crapped out there.

Here’s a few more crew backgrounds.

You know what I hate?   Winter.

Just a couple of weeks ago it was still as cold as -40 around here (celsius or fahrenheit, take yer pick). This has been the harshest winter I can remember, and it’s certainly had an effect. We basically forced ourselves to go tobogganing a couple of times, but didn’t venture out skating or fort building or anything else the whole bloody winter. I’ve permanently scarred my 4 year old son ’cause it’s been so ass-bitingly cold. 

Just as important is the effect it’s had emotionally. You hear about SAD or other seasonal influences, but you never expect them to hit you. This year it not only hit me, but proceeded to kick me in the junk while I was down. Just regular day to day stuff ends up being a chore, let alone movie or webcomic goodies. Anyway, this isn’t supposed to be the sob story it’s become. The point is, for those of you that winter has pushed around, I get it.  It sucks.

Get with it, Spring. I’ve got stuff to do.

There’s a little bit of insight and Serenity RPG Character Sheets in “Crew Backgrounds.” Bit of a cop out as a strip, but it should certainly lend some depth to all the cast over the next couple of weeks.

In other news, there’s an updated version of Chapter One on the website and YouTube.  It fixes a couple of small problems and one inexcusable, glaring error. 

10 points to whoever can guess what it was.

We’re currently putting Wainwright’s ballroom together, and removing Roxie’s out-of-control tanlines. 

On a final note, I just wanna extend some love (as filthy as that sounds) to the crew of ‘the Signal.’  They’ve been fantastic supporters of everything I’ve done, and their Magellan shout out warmed my cold and bitter heart.

The comic strip has certainly taken a hit since the holidays. Susan gets us started again with “A Brief and Violent Word from our Sponsor.”

Move over Catherine Zeta Jones! Daisy’s making repairs in “Let’s Call it an Array… Condensing… Modulator.”

With the wind chill, it’s -41° C here, which is pretty much the same thing in Fahrenheit.

What’s worse is that it’s supposed to be colder tomorrow.  That kind of cold leads to hate. And hate leads to… well, you know the rest.

Mosquito’s gonna be pretty sporadic around these parts over the holidays.  I’ve got lots of family stuff on the go, and a mighty serious desire to get the first episode of Magellan out before the New Year. I’m hoping my unfortunate and exceedingly time consuming habit of Whedonesque distractions will allow that to happen. 

Howdy all.

I’m a big jerk and should have mentioned this nearly a month ago.  Lynn Lefey, who was such a big help with the strip, is the featured author and artist  for the new Serenity RPG expansion Six-shooters & Spaceships (she wrote and did art for about half the book). Check it out! Buy it! Ships galore!

That is fantastically cool and I am crazy jealous of anyone who’s done work for Margaret Weis Productions as I am about the biggest Tanis Half-Elven fan there is.

Chloe and Tome square off “Like Two Samurai at a Bridge.”

I’m serious. Who the heck made it on the DVD?

Sorry, gang. It’s late, but here’s “Questionable Bargaining Skills.” I was experimenting with different styles on and off the computer this week, and got a little caught up in it all.

Hey, who the heck made it on the Dr.Horrible DVD?

Money starts becoming an issue in “Shaking the Cookie Jar.”