Part One: In case you missed it.
http://www.comicvine.com/myvine/inferiorego/a-long-sorted-tale-now-in-blog-form/87-39595/
Two months have gone by since the first part of this blog and things have really kicked up. A lot has changed since the last time I mentioned anything Bunch of Capes (BOC) related. It has been months since my dealings with Captain Douche of the S.S. Idontknowhowtorunapublishingcompany, and Matt and I thought we should try and sell this book on our own. (This takes place back at Wizard World Chicago 08). We brought the first 5 pages, all of which you've hopefully seen. We get to the hotel room and meet up with Matt Anderson, Eric Hutchins and Will Pfeifer. Matt & Eric are coming off of a high from White Picket Fences doing extremely well on the indy circuit and they were both signed up to do some more work for Ape Entertainment. Matt & Eric were going to meet with the guys at Ape and Eric, who was my drinking buddy after high school, decided to bring back the olden days by bringing up a handle of Jack to my room and essentially saying, "We're finishing this BEFORE we go to the bar." Crap... We pound it down, head back down to the bar, watch the fanboys harrass Azzerello and Johns who were sitting at the table next to us. Then we headed out to meet with Ape, at another bar. Needless to say, I made an ass out of myself by ripping into their golden boy Matt Anderson with cussing galore. Both the owners of that company who met me that night were ashamed to know me that night. After that, I didn't even try and sell the book, no way. I made casual conversation with the Ape guys the next two nights, trying to retain credibility by talking about a lot of Doctor Who and BSG. I supposedly was going to have a story in one of their anthologies (which as I look back after sending in a really good script, I think they were just trying to be nice) and more work again supposedly coming down the line for me.
WWC didn't go to well, obviously. Anderson and I planned on working on a few projects together for a website called "HoodWinc" I had written a few 8 page stories for the site and was going to write an article for them. (The article ended up being posted here & winning a blog contest, it was the one on Captain America and Death) Matt sent me to their production manager named #$ (I leave this guy's name out). #$ and I do NOT get along, and never have. The first time I met him he told my girlfriend to leave me for him, in which, I threatened him with violence. However, for the sake of the website, I put our B.S. aside and planned on being as professional as possible. #$ knocked me down a notch every chance he got. He was extremely nit-picky on stuff that didn't mattered and took pride in it. I couldn't work in that atmosphere and left the group.
Soon after, Matt Jordan left Bunch of Capes, and left me without an artist for any of my books. Back to square one. I checked a bunch of websites, most artists wanted to be paid upfront and were complete d!cks to me, even after I explained the awards I've won in writting (not just the one from CV) and that I have a BA in Screenwriting from one of the best film schools in the country. I almost stopped right there......
Part 3 later...
Mat Elfring
Person » Mat Elfring is credited in 2 issues.
Mat Elfring is a Chicago-born writer and teacher with a degree in film from Columbia College Chicago, and editor of Comic Vine!
A long sorted tale, now in blog form Part 2
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