Deadless #0 available for sale

Another comic I colored is available online now. This one is being sold as a digital download from comiXology. Deadless #0 is the setup for an epic story about demons, witches, ghosts, a possible anti-christ, and maybe even the end of the world! Matt O'Keefe is the writer behind this opus. He hopes to continue the stories that were started here with several series of books about the individual characters.

The Precious Few

A comic I colored a while back was recently posted on the site FanBros. They have been posting a series of creator owned comics. The story "The Precious Few" was written and illustrated by Derek Fridolfs and Kenneth Elliot Jones. You can check it out here.

Way to go Will!

I am very proud of my big brother Will Turnbull tonight. He was featured on WGAL News in Lancaster County this evening for his efforts to raise money for restoring Speedwell Lake. Will has been selling chocolate covered pretzels he makes to raise $500 for the lake that was damaged during a flood two years ago. Speedwell is one of Will's favorite places to go, even since the lake has been drained due to a damaged dam. The Save Speedwell Organization thanked Will by planting a tree in his honor this morning. You can see the video on WGAL's website here.

Harryhausen

We lost a great yesterday with the passing of Ray Harryhausen. Ray's stop motion work influenced a whole generation of filmmakers and his onscreen magic is still very potent today. Here are a couple videos. The first is a collection of his scenes from classic science fiction and fantasy films.

The next is an interview with effects guru Phil Tippett talking with Harry Knowles about Harryhausen's influence on his work.  

If you are interested in Ray, The Art of Ray Harryhausen book is a great companion piece to his film work. It shows off his preproduction artwork as well as his beautiful models.

Working with distractions

I usually have music or podcasts going while I am working. Today as I was painting I watched this Simpson's writer's reunion on Conan's long form interview web show, Jibber-Jabber.
He has had some really interesting guests on in the past. I really enjoyed the Jack White interview.

I also listened to a Marc Maron WTF podcast replay interview with Johnathan Winters. Winters passed away recently; this was a great tribute to his storytelling and comedic talents.

Puppet for M'aidez

I'm starting to work on a new section of the movie. It is going to have a different look (obviously). Hopefully everything will mesh together alright in the end.

Write up about M'aidez

Down With Film wrote a really flattering post about M'aidez back in February. I missed it initially, but here are the kind words:

"Not many short films can be described as an experience but Jesse Turnbull's incredible ‘M’aidez’ definitely falls into that catagory. Its one of the most expertly crafted 3 minutes of indepent film your likely to see, we can’t recommend it highly enough."

Thanks guys!

I have been hard at work on an expanded version of the short, and hope to get it done in the next month or two.