A couple of things to mention and I’ll let you enjoy your weekend.

We have a new sponsor at the top of the page – Pink Slipped. It’s a great comic and I really like the art style. Everyone be sure and check it out. You won’t be dissapointed!

The other link I wanted to fire your was was to an interview I did with Collective Inkwell. Forum member Abe. set it up and he asked some really good questions. If you’re interested in stripping away a little more of the Theater Hopper myth, this is the interview to read!

Real quick, I wanted to point you to an interview I did with a website called The Scienteers. They’re a collective of sorts. Several different webcomics and creators mingling about. It’s very ingenious of them to interview other creators and host their responses on their site.

At any rate, I thought these guys asked some really great questions – some of them almost personal. It’s clear they’re aware of Theater Hopper beyond a cursory glance, which felt nice. Because their line of questioning extended beyond the typical in these kind of situations.

Swing by their site and give it a read!

Holy crap! I almost forgot!

There’s an interview I did with Xaviar Xerxes up and running over at ComixTalk that I want all of you to check out!

http://comixtalk.com/an_interview_with_tom_brazelton

Xaviar asked me some really thoughtful questions and I think the final product turned our really good.

40 lashes with a wet noodle for me, though, because we literally started this interview by e-mail months ago. But then I got sidetracked by my father’s open heart surgery, then started prepping for Wizard World Chicago and everything else fell to the wayside.

At any rate, Xaviar was more than patient and you should reward him by visiting the site and reading the interview! Leave some comments if you like!

Later!

I almost forgot, but I wanted to share with you guys a link to an interview I did with Li Comics. It’s only a handful of questions and should probably only take you a few minutes to read, but you might find it informative.

You can read my interview with Li Comics here.

First, I just wanted to remind everyone to check out The Triple Feature tonight at 9:00 PM CST. Not sure what we’re going to talk about, although I know that Joe tweeted about seeing The Fantastic Mr. Fox over the weekend and I’m very eager to hear what he has to say about it.

Cami and I had a date night on Saturday and we saw Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol, so I plan to spend a little time talking about that. For the Cliff’s Notes version of my review, I can say that the motion capture animation that Zemeckis is advocating continues to advance, but I don’t much see the point of it.

I mean, it’s impressive that they can use the technology to allow Jim Carrey to play 8 different roles (like some kind of digital Eddie Murphy), but the film boats an amazing cast. Between Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Cary Elwes and Robin Write Penn I couldn’t help but think that I wanted to see the live-action version of this movie more.

I think this problem is compounded by the fact that the animators stay a little too close to the likeness of the flesh-and-blood actors and don’t push them far enough into caricature. Obviously Scrooge is an exaggeration of a contorted human face and the fact that you can still see Carrey’s mannerisms through the “digital makeup” is kind of revolutionary.

But it seems like they didn’t even bother to try and hide Oldman as Cratchit, Firth as Scrooge’s nephew Fred or Hoskins as Mr. Fezziwig. Granted, Oldman’s Cratchit is about two feet shorter than the actor in real life. But the faces are almost exactly the same. What’s the point?

At least in Beowulf, Zemeckis went to the effort of bulking up and tanning the other wise chubby and pasty Ray Winstone.

Anyway, check out The Triple Feature tonight at 9:00 PM CST for more of that.

CHANGING GEARS QUICKLY!

I wanted to point your attention to an interview I did with Andrew McDonald over at New-Gen that was posted over there this morning. It’s an audio recording and it’s a little over a half hour long, but I’m really pleased with how it turned out. If you have the time to listen to it, I think there are some particular insights that you will enjoy.

Andrew asked some very intelligent questions and I thought the conversation flowed naturally. We got beyond the boiler plate about Theater Hopper and my history with the comic and wandered into some really interesting territory regarding digital media, distribution models and webcomics in general. I strongly encourage you to check it out. It will be well worth your time.

Cheers!

Something I almost forgot to mention were a pair of interviews I recently conducted for two different web sites.

The first interview I did for Comic Related took place a while ago and was held up in the publication schedule, but it’s out there now and I encourage you to check it out. It’s a podcast and my segment comes in around the :15 minute mark.

The second interview I did for Comic Attack and it’s your standard Q&A. However, I thought the interviewer – Eli Anthony – asked a lot of really good questions. Not just about Theater Hopper but about webcomics in general. So if you want my opinion about how to establish yourself in this crazy business, swing over to Comic Attack and enjoy the interview!

I just wanted to say thanks to both Comic Related and Comic Attack for getting in touch with me to conduct these interviews. I love to hear myself talk, so if you have a web site or podcast that you’d like me to contribute an interview to, I’d be happy to help. Just send me an e-mail at theaterhopper@hotmail.com and we can work out the details!

For a list of my previous press appearances, be sure to check out the Press page under the About section here on the site.