Our first Secrets of the Sire Podcast available now! Diversity is a hot button topic in Hollywood - most notably the latest online movement #OscarsSoWhite dominating the entertainment headlines. But are the politics behind the scenes actually taking away from the movies themselves? And is it the moviegoers responsibility to care? Click here to listen [...]
Diversity is a hot button topic in Hollywood - most notably the latest online movement #OscarsSoWhite dominating the entertainment headlines. But are the politics behind the scenes actually taking away from the movies themselves? And is it the moviegoers responsibility to care? So it was two months ago when my Dad and I made our [...]
South Park Asks: Are artists relevant anymore? Or are they just conversation pieces? Anyone still watching South Park? Twenty years in and it's they're still spot on. From the latest episode #REHASH the villain tells Lorde (aka Randy Marsh) the following: "An artist nowadays is a conversation piece. Just something for people 2 [...]
So you want to launch a successful Kickstarter do you? Well, having just completed my second successful campaign in one year, I'm happy to share what I learned. Here are a few of the 'Goods' I picked up during this experience: 1) Kickstarter Is The New Diamond Sorry Diamond, you FINALLY have some real competition [...]
So as I'm writing this I'm back from Honeymoon. Married my best friend and all is as it should be :) Now that of course counts as one of those BIG things in life that we look back on with joy and inspiration. A couple LITTLE things happened recently that have helped motivate me ARTISTICALLY: [...]
I'll see YOU at Comic-Con...next year. Yep, that's right. Another San Diego Comic-Con is upon us and for the second year in a row, I'll be missing out. Bummer. But San Diego Comic-Con is so friggin huge - Really. Friggin. Huge - that to be honest, the only way if anyone would know if you [...]
Seriously folks, you know it's true. It's good for you. It keeps you (or for this metaphor your career) healthy and sustained. It also gets overlooked when you get super busy. That's me right now. And though it's all good stuff: Undone Comic Book, Freelance Writing for amNew York & Inquistr.com, Sire #9...it still gets [...]
Hey everyone, nice to be back on the mikebooks.com blog. This one is a relative short one though. Just going to list the upcoming awesomeness I've got in store over the coming weeks: New York Comic Con: I just got back from @ny_comic_con Special Edition. A bit quiet compared to the big one come October [...]
Whew! How about that guys, it's been a month or so since my Kickstarter for the Undone was fully funded. And it's taken me about that long to recuperate and grind some of the work out. Here are 4 things I've been up to since then: 1) Writing the darn script! I had a basic [...]
So I'm happy to report that we have reached our funding goal! But does that mean the campaign is over? Heck, no! Let's talk Stretch Goals and (shudder) Dropped Backers. First things first: Mo' money mo' pages. I think a cool way to keep folks into the campaign is to truly give them something to [...]