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.

Probably the most unfunny book I ever read in my life was Sigmund Freud's Jokes and The Relationship To The Unconscious Mind.  Boy, that man knew how to kill a joke.  E.B. White said, "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog.  Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.""

Check out my new website:  http://hammcamcaricatures.com/.  I do caricatures either in person at parties or events, or via Skype, I can be a live virtual caricaturist at an event anywhere in the world.  Just plant your guest in front of a webcam.  I can see them and they can see the caricature seem to draw itself on your computer screen.  Since I'm only virtually at your party, you won't have to feed me.  And I don't have to drive.  It's a win-win!

COUNTDOWN: ONLY SIX DAYS LEFT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE INDIEGOGO "CREATED EQUAL" CAMPAIGN!
YOU THINK YOU HAVE PROBLEMS? Some of the artists in my inspiring documentary have autism, Down's Syndrome, or cerebral palsy and still complete their art. One of the artists is legally blind and wheelchair bound and completes her art. Some of the artists are born with mental and physical challenges. Others started out "normal" and were later to meet challenges. One choked on a peanut and was brain damaged. One was shot between the eyes. They still complete their art. Hear their incredible stories in their own words and see their incredible art. It's all narrated by JULIE NEWMAR (CATWOMAN), whose own son has Down's Syndrome. Last few days to contribute. (For a $20 contribution, you can get an exclusive Catwoman ringtone recorded by Julie Newmar herself.) http://www.indiegogo.com/created-equal