Thursday, January 21, 2010

Hello Corporate Feudalism

As expected, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, opened the floodgates for unfettered corporate money into federal elections. With this radical ruling, the SCOTUS has made the corporate feudal nightmare presciently portrayed in the 1975 version of "Rollerball," a much more possible reality. The "Great Lurch Backwards" to redux of the Robber Baron era, initiated by Grandpa Caligula (Ronald Reagan) and continued in one way or another to varying extents by every administration since, is for all intents and purposes, now here.
If this is not addressed and challenged immediately and effectively, the "We the People" of the USA will become "We the Corporations." In fact, the rest of the would do well to be on their guard, as the prospect of a corporate dominated government controlling the US military is truly scary -- think the Iraq fiasco done worldwide. It would not surprise that in my old age, the rest of the world gangs up on the USA to prevent a similar corporate take-over in their own countries. If that happens, I plan to be of aid of those fighting the corporations in any way possible. The last thing this planet needs is rule by a small oligarchy of greedy elites who's psychopathic tendencies makes the Mafia look like choir boys.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

More stuff

Hola All!
While it has been a sort-of while since I wrote last on this forum, I have not been idle. In addition to the two web comics I put out: E.I. (www.wunderman-comics.com) & Time Corps (www.time-corps.com), I had been adapting a screenplay by my personal trainer, Nate Noggle, into a comic book script at his request. I brokered the artwork, and later this week, the first four page web episode will make it's debut on the WEB. Of course, the journey from the typed words to images was not instant.
First was adapting the screenplay. I initially recommended after reading the source screenplay (which was 109 pages), that the comic be 48 pages. That did not occur as Noggle could only afford a 32 page comic, which triggered much storytelling sausage making. The comic script was written with a serial structure in mind (four page web episodes released every other week), which obviates a final image that has a degree of cliff hanger in it. Also required was the mashing up of separate dialogues into one (encounters between characters as well). Several other story tweeks happened as well (framing device at start and end of story, fleshing out the character of a couple of the baddies, etc.), and we have a script ready to send to the art team.

Next time: the experimental art method for Indestructible Will.