Joshua Hale Fialkov

Purveyor of sheer awesomeness.

Joshua Hale Fialkov is the Harvey, Eisner, and Emmy Award nominated writer of graphic novels, animation, video games, film, and television, including:

THE LIFE AFTER, THE BUNKER, PUNKS, ELK'S RUN, TUMOR, ECHOES, KING, PACIFIC RIM, THE ULTIMATES, I, VAMPIRE, and JEFF STEINBERG CHAMPION OF EARTH. He's also written television including MAX’s YOUNG JUSTICE, NBC's CHICAGO MED and NETFLIX’s AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.

Damn

January 09, 2008  /  Joshua Fialkov

It feels good to get work done again.  Cranked out outlines for a couple of projects today.  The fifth Vampi, and something else that's not been announced yet.  It's actually a pretty huge challenge for me not to work... I have so much rattling around my head that if I don't get some of it out and on paper daily it can feel like I'm going to burst. On the recommendation of Gary Dauberman and Brian Reed, I tried out Scrievner for the new project.   It's pretty good, although I'm not wild about th idea that you can't just use it for everything, as you still need to use a traditional word processor for formatting.  I need to play with it some more.  Far and away the best feature, though, is that I can stretch the program between my two screens, letting me do some slightly more complicated split screening then you can do with any other program I've found.   I love the idea of being organized, but rarely take the effort needed with my writing to do it... in theory Scrievner'll do a lot of the organizing for me.  We'll see I guess.

As I mentioned yesterday, I submitted a comic to Zuda Comics the other day, but I'd be flabbergasted if it was selected.  It's a strange little piece of expressionistic nightmare photo collage that's probably a bit text heavier than most people think of when they think comics, but, y'know, I'm a writer, so, there you go.  Once it gets rejected, I'll post it here, and you guys can let me know if it's worth continuing it.

My back... hmm.  It's better, in the sense that it's not as bad as it was, but, after taking what was my usual daily walk today, I was left shakey and nauseous.  But, considering that and the 6 or so hours I spent at my desk, I'm actually not in THAT much pain.  Of course, it could just be the painkillers blocking it out.

And finally, Gary, Tony, and I have launched a new website.  It's still in the process of being built, but, y'know, set your bookmarks to http://www.thesandwichkings.com

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Stir Crazy and Fancy Free

January 07, 2008  /  Joshua Fialkov

I haven't left my house other than for doctor's appointments, a trip to blockbuster, or to the grocery store in about ten days, and I'm going insane.  I spend virtually every day cooped up in my office regularly, but there's something about knowing that I CAN'T go outside that makes it worse.  Pretty much any walking around or driving, for that matter, aggravates my back to such a point that I need to be loaded up on pain killers for the rest of the day, so I'm better off just staying inside, but, goddamn do I want to not be here right now. I usually get to go out to lunch with one of the gang once or twice a week, and then get out for a daily walk to the grocery store or the mall or whatever.  Those days are temporarily gone, and it's really driving me batty.

The constant pain killers probably contribute to that too.

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And so it begins

January 02, 2008  /  Joshua Fialkov

Welcome to the New Year.  My back is still pretty badly injured, although I did manage to get out of bed, showered, and dressed on my own.  Hooray for the little victories. I've got a bunch of stuff on the horizon this year, and I think it's going to be another banner year for me.  Between the Seven Seas Manga, the Dark Horse stuff, and the OGN with Guillory, I've got three projects I'm extremely proud of already on the horizon.  Over the break, it looks like I may have found artists for a few more projects I was really looking forward to as well, so, all engines are a go.

That's about all I can handle blogging right now (especially considering I've got another Princess Resurrection adaptation that needs to be finished ASAP) so, y'know, I'll be back later.

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Comics Should Be Good Likes Punks

December 29, 2007  /  Joshua Fialkov

Comics Should Be Good! » What I bought - 28 December 2007

Fialkov is obviously having a blast writing almost stream-of-consciousness stuff, and Chamberlain uses random pictures smashed together to give it a dream-like feel (check out the cover for an example). It’s a wild book, and I encourage you to hunt it down. Get to it!

Hooray for Jesus and CBR!

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Things Learned Whilst Crippled with a Back Injury

December 29, 2007  /  Joshua Fialkov

30 Rock is much better than I gave it credit for.  I watched the first few episodes as they aired, but, the quality goes through the roof not to long after where I quit.  I also had missed the pilot, which I think is infinitely better than the three or four that come afterwards. Veronica Mars Season 2, while not as good as Season 1, is equally as addicting.  The mini-mysteries from episode to episode really sing, and it's a big help.  Add a big helping of Ken "I Wanna Dip My Balls in It" Marino makes it that much better.  It really was one of the best shows of the decade, wasn't it?

Progresso's Wedding Soup is the shit.

The Blackberry is perfect for those unable to move ones arms and sit up straight.

I'm considerably more resilient than I was a few years ago.  I blew my back out five years ago, and I feel like it took a week or more before I was moving around.  This time, I'm already walking and sitting up within the first day.

And finally, my wife is amazing.   I've never had anyone be so attentive, caring, and ready to help.

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