So, so, so. The other project I'm working on has it's own little page up over at www.worldsend-thecomic.com. There you'll find some concept stuff, info about the book, and, the World's End Working Blog. This is where Keating, J-Rod, and Myself are hoping to portray exactyl what it's like to make a comic, from conceptian to final publishing. So, go by, bookmark, and keep an eye out. We'll be putting up most everything we do, as we do it.|W|P|113856107206931332|W|P|World's End|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
See?
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Noel Fantasizes About Me a Bit Too Much, I Think...
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|W|P|i told you he was good...didja watch the whole HBO thing he's got on there? great stuff.
Written by me, Art by Kody Chamberlain
Script's all set, and Kody's commencing art.
Still figuring out our publishing plan, and any interested publisher folks, can e-mail me at josh@hoarseandbuggy.com.|W|P|113816602456478204|W|P|Coming Soon|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
Mark Fossen|W|P|Thought I'd linkblog this quicker than I did, but .... I'm reeeeeal interested.No idea what the seriesw could possibly be, but I'm waiting for it.
Which is the point of a teaser, innit? :)
Dr.'s Apptmt w. View
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So, after much goading, I finally sat down and watched a few episodes of The Boondocks. It's pretty goddamn great. I think it's a bit more inventive than the comic strip, and the characters seem to really come alive when you see them in an extended dose. They really extended the basic feel of the characters, totally preserving what makes the strip work, and expounded upon it. They manage to be political, topical, and extremely fucking funny.
There's something unsettling with the anime style art work, but, overall, I really think it works perfectly. It even has the creepy anime style pacing which makes it have this sort of distant feel that really drives the comedy home. It's almost a meta-theatrical style device commenting on the show being so African-American Centric, while being programmed around shows for white twenty-somethings.
Aside from all that, it's really just fantastcally done.|W|P|113798981514660737|W|P|The Boondocks|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
Lo-Fi Magazine has a big ol' interview with me in the issue that just came out. If you've never heard of Lo-Fi, you're missing out. Think of it as Wizard meets Maxim, minus the fanboy bullshit and naked chicks. It's really and truly excellently done.
So, go and check it out. You're local comics retailer should be able to order it for you.|W|P|113795367482745928|W|P||W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com"ELK’S RUN #4 Speakeasy Comics I first heard about this book after reading Vroom Socko’s excellent review of issue #3 last summer. Since then, I have digested every issue of this series and found it to be one of the most spine-tingling reads I have read in ages. Never have I been more invested in the outcome of a story than I am with this one. The secluded town of Elk’s Run is threatened with interference from the outside world. Recognizing that their parents are a little bit of bat-shit crazy, four kids decide that they need to get out of town…and fast. This book has a tempo, a heartbeat that is ever-present. And as each issue goes by, the beat gets faster. Search out the first three issues of this series and buy issue #4 released last week. You won’t be sorry. - Ambush Bug "Thanks for the love guys.|W|P|113763716228017481|W|P|AICN on Elk's Run #4|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
"Now that Speakeasy has released a “bumper edition” of the first three issues (and you can read number three for free online - check the Hoarse and Buggy website for details), there’s no excuse not to pick this up. And you should, because it’s comics like this that give me hope for the medium. "Thanks for the kind words, Andy!|W|P|113756021283338065|W|P|ELK'S RUN #4 REVIEW - comiXtreme|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
JJ Kahrs|W|P|Good interview. At the risk of sounding like a newb though, I'd like to counter the idea of not writing a script until you have an artist. I would agree that a final draft shouldn't be finished and considered holy scripture. A first draft I think would help everyone involved. It provides a baseline so once you bring an artist in you can hand it to them and they can start commenting on it. If you start hearing "I can't draw hands" in your 72 page epic about the life of hand puppets, then maybe you need to find another artist. If you're hearing "My gothic cathedral drawings are a bit dodgey" or "This is freaking undrawable" then you need to go back and start tweaking.
Is this thinking naive?
Fialkov|W|P|No, you're right. I'm saying you need to re-write for your artist. Adjust your paneling, your angles, your character design, all that stuff to match up with what your artist can actually do. Jason Copland|W|P|But SOME artists can do it all!;)
Fialkov|W|P|We'll see once you ditch that ADL guy, and come hang out with me. :D"ELK'S RUN: Let's set the record straight. There are no elk in this comic. If there were, they would not run, unless it was to escape from the pseudo-moral militia who are building up to unleash tragedy in a tiny American town in this tense, slow-burning series. Fialkov, Tuazon and Keating have created a story that's genuinely foreboding, chilling and creepy. It is most assuredly not a funny animal book."|W|P|113754248453475599|W|P|Ninth Art Lighthouse Awards 2005 - Best Debut|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
"Elk's Run (Speakeasy Comics) This is a title that had to jump from one publisher to another, but well worth it to find (or ask your retailer). This is quite simply a story of town which has drawn back away from the rest of society. In the hills of West Virginia, this sleepy town is on the verge of an uprising. Joshua Fialkov keeps the story moving with each issue being told from a different character's perspective. Instead of ‘rehashing' events, this style of story telling actually opens up the story more than I expected it too. Motivations, ideas, dreams, and hopes are all expressed by these characters who find themselves in a town like no other. The age old battle of the younger generations ideals vs. their parents ideals gets a whole new spin, as some of the local children realize that what their parents are doing ‘for their protection' seems to do more harm than good. Check out this book for a tale of a town slowly realizing that their way of life is about to get turned on its ear. "|W|P|113648598928148796|W|P|Cellar Door Reviews Calls Elk's Run One of the Best of '05|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
Haircut
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Jason Copland|W|P|that was a great read..... except the part about "Man-boobies". That wasn't very nice.....
Ghoul
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"ELK’S RUN, by Joshua Hale Fialkov, Noel Tuazon and Scott A. Keating (Hoarse & Buggy/Speakeasy): Imagine a compelling combination of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' and Stephen King's 'The Body,' with a healthy dose of M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, and you'll have a good idea of the overall tone of Elk's Run, the critically acclaimed mini-series from writer/creator Joshua Hale Fialkov that you're most likely not currently reading. Then, imagine the resultant story being told from multiple viewpoints, Rashomon-style, and you'll realize that you're missing out on THE sleeper hit of the year. Noel Tuazon's art is perfectly suited for the eerie but grounded tone of Fialkov's story, reminiscent of Craig Thompson's impressionistic work in the way he excels at making the ordinary interesting and distinctive, while Scott A. Keating's coloring complements him with a simple, but subtly varied palette. A suspenseful blend of familiar genre elements whose sum is far greater than its individual parts, Fialkov has crafted the kind of story that stretches the definition of 'comic book' and is deserving of the superlative tagline: Instant Classic. – Guy LeCharles Gonzalez"|W|P|113627630095880245|W|P|They Did It Before, but This Time for Real!|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com
|W|P|Yay!!While each issue of the series provides an interesting read, I’m glad I read the first three issues in this collected edition, as it let me better appreciate the unusual structure Fialkov’s chosen to tell this story. Even though the first story page cleverly foreshadows the plot’s progression, read on its own, the first issue could give a misleading impression of what the book’s about--it appears to be a story of teenage rebellion. While that element is certainly a part of the tapestry ELK’S RUN’s creators are weaving, the story is much larger than that. It’s only by the end of the third issue that we get a sense of exactly how bad things are going to get for everyone in Elk’s Ridge.|W|P|113624191991377033|W|P|Andrew Foley on Elk's Run!|W|P|joshfialkov@gmail.com