brian's script and michael's pin-up!

okay...

there are two lead in's to this blog...

first; so i posted all of that stuff on the dump creature for all to see mostly 'cause it's one of those stories that really stuck with me after i read it, it's strange and different and creepy. our good blog-pal, brian mulcahy was fascinated by it too and, inspired by my comment that i wanted to work it into the perhapanauts at some point, let his imagination take off on the idea and shot me some notes he wrote for a possible story.
not one to get in the way of momentum or any one else's muse, i told brian to write his own damn story--he had it all down there and i thought it was really good! we would eventually have a section on this site for fan pictures/stories/pin-ups/etc. ...

(at this point let me mention that we ALREADY have a fully written and drawn perhapanauts adventure by my neighbor and friend, 13 year old, jj muste, that he sent in months ago! sorry, jj--as i've said, with all the plates craig has spinning ; stay-at-home dad with 2 year old johnny, re-doing their kitchen, and putting on a huge new addition to the house...oh, and in his spare time he draws the perhapanauts, he doesn't have a lot of time these days...)

where we could post the story either as a short story...or a SCRIPT! and maybe an interested up and coming artist would wanna draw it! or at least do some illustrations for it...! brian was psyched and wrote it. OVERNIGHT! (whoa. slow down, brian. you're makin' the rest of us look bad...)
i read it and it was wonderful! fun and full of great action and some great character moments! great job, bri!
it's called the perhapanauts "Down in the Dumps!"
so now he’s looking for an artist…

that's the first part.
here's part 2...

as i said a few posts back, i now have a page on myspace.
it's been fun--kind of an experiment--but i've happily 'met' some new people, re-connected with some old friends, and certainly heard from some of the 'other' people out there who have actually heard of--and in some cases, even READ!--the perhapanauts!
one of those people was mek71. he hit me with a very nice message when he saw myspace page ("myspage" as dani calls it...) and told me that, if it was okay, he'd like to do a pin-up of one of the perhapanauts. i said, absolutely! have fun!
well, he did and he sent me this great pin-up!




by the way, mek’s real name is michael kasinger. you can see more of his stuff at
www.fabricari.com/gallery/index.php?cat=10003

this was colored and inked by his friend, michael babinski.
i thought it was AWESOME and captured that shifting dimensions ability of mg's perfectly! the tentacles were cool too... though at the time, i didn't see the connection...

until he asked me if i knew of anyone looking for an artist…

and this wasn’t over the course of a couple weeks or days--or even ONE DAY--this was RIGHT AFTER I HAD JUST FINISHED READING BRIAN’S SCRIPT!! moments after! i clicked ‘send’ on my reply (and praise) to brian, and clicked on michael’s message…
synchronous symmetry indeed…

so that’s the story.
sometimes stuff like this happens.

we’ll post brian’s script and michael’s illustrations--and jj’s opus!!--soon!
until then…

smell ya later!

and see ya in baltimore!
todd