Hi there! Happy #INDIEpendence! #INDIEpendence is a thing happening in July to celebrate indie artistic endeavors– such as indie comics!
As such, we’re helping bring attention to a couple of Kickstarters for indie comics that are running RIGHT NOW by doing mini-interviews! (Why, yes, most of the questions ARE from the Bernard Pivot Questionnaire that James Lipton always asked at the end of Inside the Actors Studio, thank you for noticing!)
First up: Winston Gambro, creator of HAUNTED HOUSE: A LOVE STORY:
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1. What is your favorite word?
–Lush
2. What is your least favorite word?
–Pneumonia
3. What sound or noise do you love?
–Machine Whirring
4. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
–Stunt Man
5. Please talk about your current project for 4 or 5 sentences…!
–A beautiful house is cursed with the gift of life– it soon falls in love with its sole occupant, its own architect. Unfortunately for the house, the architect is oblivious to the house’s sentience, and finds forbidden romance with his doctor. The house acts out in vengeance, setting off a tragic chain of events that ripple through the next century, entrapping a diverse assortment of couples, each seeking their own romance. As each pair of lovers grapples with their own romance, the house’s grief warps their journey into horrific ends.
If you’re interested in seeing what happens next, the entire horror/romance graphic novel is on Kickstarter here!
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Next up: David Doub of DUSK: LOVE BITES!
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1. What is your favorite word?
–Onomatopoeia
2. What is your least favorite word?
–Dave (David is the only true term!)
3. What sound or noise do you love?
–SHRRAKADOOM
(Now I am at work just going Shrrakadoom everywhere…)
4. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
–Be a comic book artist. I have a mad dream to make a comic complete myself, from making the paper, to binding the book, to doing it all!
5. Please talk about your current project for 4 or 5 sentences…!
–Dusk: Love Bites plays off of the unrequited love the female lead has for her Vampire Lord. So her unwilling paramour shows her how dark a Vampire Lord can be when it comes to their thralls. Little did either of them know this particular thrall only joined the dark ranks of the supernatural to escape the turmoil and persecution as a young gay man in the ’80s…
If you’re interested in seeing what happens next, here’s where you can sign up to get notified when this indie graphic novel’s campaign begins on Kickstarter!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/demonsinthedarkness/dusk-love-bites-0
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And THESE NEXT two links are about how if you’re one of the first 100 followers of David’s Kickstarter, you’ll get a huge bundle of indie comics– a bundle which also contains the entire graphic novel of HUNGRY GHOSTS by Barb and me (Park)!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLWER8jRkNK
As of the instant I am writing this, there’s room for 37 more! One of those people could be you!
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Okay, that’s it for this time– See you again soon!