Gene Hamm will be reading his entire HELL TOUPEE graphic novel live at two events in July.  HIs reading will accompany a slide show of the graphic novel.  Copies of the book will be for sale in paperback and Kindle at the event.
These should be pretty entertaining events

Escapist Comics in Berkeley will host the event on Sunday July 13 at 5:00pm.  Escapist Comics are at:
3090 Claremont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 652-6642

The Cartoon Art Museum will host the event on Friday July 17 at 5:00pm.
The Cartoon Art Museum is at:

655 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 227-8666

"Hell Toupee" my graphic novel is now for sale right here.  Get a PDF for just $2.99 while the sale lasts.  After the sale, the price goes back up to $4.99  But at 434 pages with 868 drawings, either price is a bargain. Just click on the "buy" button and it will be emailed to you through WeTransfer.com.

When the world's first genetically engineered living toupee runs amok, can the local barber save the world from HELL TOUPEE?
HELL TOUPEE, my graphic novel, is now finished.  It will soon be available for sale on Hammination.  It turned out to be seventeen chapters long and 434 pages.  I am at work on a trailer for it that will appear on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.  You will soon be able to use PayPal to buy it here.  As soon as I get an email from PayPal, I will send you the PDF via WeTransfer.com.

My Kickstarter campaign for "Created Equal narrated by Julie Newmar" ended today.  I thank the people who pledged $220.  Since we didn't reach our goal of $6500, you will not be charged.  I really appreciate it.  It's the thought that counts.  

This film about how adult mentally and physically challenged artists see themselves and the world was originally envisioned as a feature somewhere between 70 and 90 minutes long.  Since we didn't raise the goal of $6500, I won't be shooting new interviews.  The film will still be made, but on a smaller scale.

This was the first year I was privileged to see all the shorts nominated for Oscars.  I saw the animated short category (PES' animated Fresh Guacamole was only 39 seconds long, the shortest film ever nominated), the live action short category and the documentary short category.  I was amazed to see that some of the "shorts" were nearly an hour long.

So "Created Equal" will be a "short".  When I get through assembling the interviews already filmed and animating some of their artwork, the film will be somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour.  This actually might be good news.  None of it will be filler.  It will be a lean movie with no fat.

Now to the editing process.  I will keep you posted on progress.  I need to cut it all together, and send it off to the wonderful Julie Newmar for her to record her voiceover. 

I was on Valerie Branch's radio show Something To Talk About last Sunday.  She is a bright funny hostess.  It was fun talking to her and Kells Lynch.  Here is the link:  http://www.fccfreeradio.com/?page_id=11715

A new Kickstarter campaign just launched today for Created Equal.  Just 30 days to raise $6500 to finish the film.  It's the documentary about mentally and physically challenged artists and how they see themselves and the world, told through their own words and shown through their art.  Here is the link to the Kickstarter campaign:  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/614160996/created-equal-narrated-by-julie-newmar

    I am completing Chapter 17 of HELL TOUPEE, my graphic novel.  It is the final chapter.  I've been seeing it in my head like a movie, and using that metaphor, it is like I am in the last five minutes of the movie and it is a roller coaster ride right to the end.
    Stay tuned more news about it.

My 18 minute short COOK FOR YOUR LIFE is now being distributed by New Zealand based IndieReign.com.  When Youngy Henman, Terry Bull, and Mack Swine wake up to find they are the only three farm animals left that the farmer haven't eaten, they hatch a desperate plan to turn the farmer into a vegetarian before lunchtime.  Part comedy/part cooking show, they are like the Three Stooges in the kitchen, but they do show you how to make a killer chili recipe.
The other characters are Farmer Mullet and his hound dog Elvis.
This is a pilot for a series with more episodes planned.

Do you have your own killer vegetarian recipes?  You can post them here in the comments.

About two weeks from launching the new Kickstarter campaign for my documentary CREATED EQUAL:  THE ARTISTS OF ALCHEMIA.  I have a new blurb for it:

I am currently putting together a Kickstarter campaign for CREATED EQUAL.  The Indiegogo campaign and I am getting perks out to the wonderful contributors.  The rewards for the Kickstarter campaign will have some nice surprises.  I am getting advice from friends who had successful Kickstarter campaigns.  Stay tuned for more information as it happens.  I will let you know when it launches.