Merry Christmas from Warm Milk Productions!!!

Here's a little video Christmas card I whipped up over the weekend to wish everyone a good holiday season. It's in the style of the old skits we used to do . . . cheap, minidv, and no crew. I hope you like it.

Some other news bits:

• I'm brainstorming a project where myself and some other writers I know will write a series of monologues, and then I'll have actors I know perform them. Not for distribution or anything, but just for all-around practice, minor 'net exposure, and fun. I don't plan to spend a dime on this project, which right now I'm just calling "Monologues."
  
• I got the results of the second round of the NYC Midnight Screenwriting competition. I didn't do nearly as well as round one, where I did awesome. But since I still have a lot of points, I progressed to the third round which I wrote tonight. I had to write a fantasy that took place in an opera house and involved a bathtub.
  
• Right after the holidays I'm really going to dive into making a decent Purgatory Comics DVD. The DVD case work is almost done and it looks great. At the same time I'm trying to secure a screening.

Also, yesterday was this blog's two year anniversary! I just realized that this moment. That's really cool. Happy holidays, everybody.

Peter Whales Comic Book Documentary

Awhile back a really good documentary on comic books aired on cable. I happened to tape it and I put a snippet of it on youtube because it highlights comic book legend Peter Whales.



Okay well obviously that's not real. We made that pretty much exactly a year ago and I finally got around to editing it and putting it online. It's part of an intended viral marketing campaign to "expand" the universe of Purgatory Comics. Plus the backstory highlighted in this documentary ties very well into the plot of Purgatory Comics. I almost decided not to put it online, but there it is, so I hope you enjoy it.

It features a younger-looking me, next to my real-life brother Paul, Bob Socci reprising his role as Peter Whales, my cousin Steve as the fan club President, my friend Caleb as the historian, and my friend James narrating. Originally I wanted to do a LOT of expanded universe stuff but it's looking to be less and less likely as the movie itself seems to demand all of my attention. But I'm not ruling anything out yet!

Facebook Fan Page, Surgery

Okay bear with me, I'm very groggy right now. If you have a Facebook account, you can now become a fan of Purgatory Comics! It's got all the videos and pics, and will have some exclusive stuff in the near future. I'm not really sure how to direct link the page itself, but if you go to the fanpage section and search out "Purgatory Comics," you'll find it.

So yesterday I had a little surgery done. They worked on my nasal passage and also took out my tonsils. Even though the two surgeries were done together, they were unrelated. My tonsils used to get infected, and my nasal passage didn't allow much room for air. Anyways, today I'm trying to recover but between the pains and the drug side-effects, I'm a little out of it (definitely not good on the phone yet). I'll be back to 100% in no time; just wanted to give a heads up!

Purgatory Comics Small Posters Now Available!

Check out the official Purgatory Comics movie poster below. They're now available for order at cafepress.com, so order now! These posters go perfect with the silver or gold autograph pens, so if you're an autograph hound, grab a poster now so you'll have it in time for the screenings next year (TBA). As mentioned before, the photography here was done by Vanessa Zimmer Hidden Pixels Photography, and the design was done by Benn Fielding and myself.

Two Scenes on Youtube!

I put a couple of scenes on youtube tonight. I hope you dig them. If you don't, this probably isn't the movie for you. If you do, awesome! Give some youtube love! The first scene is, well, the first scene of the whole film in which Cola and Evan meet for the first time.

Now we move ahead a little in the film...it's months later, and Berner is hanging flyers for an upcoming sale at Purgatory Comics. Well really, he's stalking Mia, an old friend of his that he's also been recently crushing on. This is the first time she's seen him in awhile...

So hopefully that will help whet everyone's appetites until I get a screening going. Talk to you soon!