Base14

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I’ve been trying to release new comics on Fridays, but since this one is holiday-related, I thought I could deliver it a day earlier. In hindsight, I find it odd I wrote a Thanksgiving comic with no reference to turkeys… because those are dang funny birds. Ah, well… enjoy!

“Look at you, you’re nothing but skin and bones! Better make that four.”

I can’t stop reading the news these days. It’s just too readily available. So naturally many of my ideas pop out of what’s going down in Washington. This comic has a lot of Rightfield in it… in the character’s poses and expressions. That and the kid looks an awful like a young version of “The Guy Who Comes to Every Meeting but Never Contributes Anything” from this Rightfield strip. Haha, I love that.

Looks like no enchiritos today.

Is anything “leaked” these days actually unintentional? I suspect that advertisers are smarter than we think… and viral is the way to go. So to show I’m not one to miss the trend train, I’m officially leaking some concept art for a web series idea I pitched today in producing class. We’re not revealing the actual idea; I think it’s actually half-way viable. If a quarter million dollars lands in my lap sometime soon, you might then see the series become reality!

Sweet beans! While I was visiting home this weekend, I found a copy of the Fall 2008 Purdue Technology Magazine, featuring moi in the Student Involvement section. Looks like “Ara” is still making a few headlines these days. Maybe we can use this to help push it into imdb, eh? C’mon Amazon, I buy your books all the time. Why not do me a favor?

Click the thumbnail above to see the whole article.

I wanted to mention some slight additions to the site today. With all this business card distribution, I was looking over the Base14 site and decided it needed some updates. First and foremost, I realized that the information on the About Page was slightly outdated. So I updated the content and altered the focus a bit to be more about the general history of the company, not just the name.

Also, I realized that Ara came out on DVD two months ago, but still is not featured in the Base14tv library! So the film in its entirety, along with the unofficial trailer, has been added for your viewing pleasure. If you haven’t seen yet, jump on over and check it out!

How did everyone’s election night turn out? Man, it was like New Years, Christmas and the Fourth of July smashed together in a flurry of numbing statistical figures and political pundits. Well, here’s my little salute of such a historical night.

No Recount Needed.

Well, this whole week has been a blast down here at SCAD, as we celebrate the 2008 Savannah Film Festival, an event full of proud producers, witty directors, talented actors and wide-eyed students. And of course if you’re going to make the most of all the movers and shakers running around, you need to carpet bomb the place with business cards.

Good thing I just got in a shipment of brand new Base14 mini cards this Monday, thanks to our good friends at Moo Printing. Their mini cards are half the size of standard business cards and can have as many different designs as you’d like. So I made two varieties: the official corporate brand Base14 card, and the cuter cartoon design. Who is that small blue character you might ask? Well, we’ll be revealing that in the not-too-distant future. Consider this an early viral marketing campaign. Continue Reading »