tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-349010352011-12-15T03:50:07.650+01:00Niels van Eekelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551521711237216838noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34901035.post-37429572702113167082007-10-25T14:26:00.000+02:002007-10-25T14:33:37.741+02:00

Okay, about time to make it official, I think.This blog is closed until further notice. Maybe I'll think of something to do with in the future, but for now, all updates will be coming on http://nielsvaneekelen.livejournal.com/Just posted some original fiction there, if you want to hop over. Might just be the first semi-autobiographical work I have ever deemed ready for public consumption.

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As if my lack of posts here wasn't embarrassing enough yet, I've just breathed life into the Journal function of my LifeJournal account and will be dividing what I have to say between here and there.Take a look at http://nielsvaneekelen.livejournal.com/ if you dare.Beware though--some tubes must be crossed somewhere in the Internet, because some kinda Space Monkey's post just turned up in my

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There is something fundamentally disturbing about turning off the light to go to bed after working late to make a deadline, only to realize that you could have turned the light of earlier. Y'know, what with the sun coming up already.

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Yay, I've got the links back in the right color, and underlined too.It's the little things in life that make you happy.

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Continued from the previous entry: The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing's open auditions for the position of evil henchman.The following Monday, no interview question was posted.Marvelous M.O.D.O.K.,There was no new application test this past Monday--please tell us this does not mean the position of henchman has already been filled? Surely, the casualty rates among your minions are high

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Over on his BLOGDOK (Blog Designed Only for Killing), M.O.D.O.K. (the Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) has been inviting applications for a position as henchman in the evil A.I.M. organisation--presumably to stock up on expendable soldiers for the Supervillain Team-Up: M.O.D.O.K.'s 11 series on sale in July.There is a series of five questions to measure the potential henchmen's

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This just in:I wish I was Warren Ellis.

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Sometimes Space Monkey actually has something to say about the issues.Lots of discussion about sexism in comic and other fiction lately. Posted in a discussion elsewhere but worth repeating:Treating female characters like they're made out of porcelain is just as sexist as the opposite extreme. Stories, by and large, are built out of bad things happening to characters and them dealing with it. And

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A Telltale Productions Production-Blog Production.One of the original purposes of this blog was to give updates on my various projects, but those projects are vast, and like wine, take time to... Well, "glacial" pretty much covers it in one word.Even on the translation side, I've been working on the same two novels for a couple of months now, so there's little to tell. The fact that I've gotten

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Behind on work, so just quickly putting an old piece online and running off again this week.Today's fear-inducing figment of my imagination is... Prairie Hounds, short horror story set in the Wild West. One of two stories, along with The Abandonment of Point Hope, originally written for a contest to be published in Arcana Studio's Sundown, Arizona.

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Meghan's Madness.So, for this week's presentation, I was planning on reworking the pitch for Meghan's Madness, my SPI project with Alejandro Aragón.Sadly, just this week Ale has had to leave the project in favor of actual paying comic work. I wish hiom the best, but that does mean I can no longer participate in the rest of the competition, and I haven't been feeling very inclined to rewrite the

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Updates & Please (be ready to) vote for Meghan's Madness!I really should update this thing more regularly. Mind you, the occasional blog update here is still a gargantuan improvement over any previous site I've had, but I want there to be a steady flow of at least some kind of content, so that you loyal readers who come by here so faithfully (you know who you are (me)) are rewarded.There's plenty

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New Comic Book Day!And at last, The Feat of Clay concludes with the final two pages!Or, start at the beginning.Starting next Wednesday, updates on Meghan's Madness, Telltale Productions' entry for Small Press Idol '07!

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New Comic Book Day!Pages 6 & 7, or start at the beginning. To be concluded next Wednesday!

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Comics: Afterlife Tales.I've decided to stretch my limited content a little, so just the one chilling new page of Afterlife Tales today.Page 5 of 'The Feat of Clay.' Join the fright here. Or, start at the beginning.The story continues next New Comic Book Day, i.e. Wednesday--two more two-page installments until the confounding conclusion!

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Comics: Afterlife Tales.Two more chilling pages of the (hopefully) first issue of Afterlife Tales today.Pages 3 and 4 of 'The Feat of Clay.' Join the fright here. Or, start at the beginning.The story continues next New Comic Book Day, i.e. Wednesday.In other news, I've hooked up with an artist for Small Press Idol 2007. His name is Alejandro Aragón, and he hails from Argentinia. Take a look at

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Small Press Idol 2007.I ran across Small Press Idol recently--I'd heard of the previous editions, but never really investigated. It seems like a pretty good deal, though. At the very least--for first round entries--you'll get exposure and criticism from judges who at first glance seem levelheaded and constructive.And five finalists get a zero issue published, so that's about as good a prize as I

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Comics: Afterlife Tales.In honor of International Singles Day, Telltale Productions is starting its very first webcomic today, and appropriately, it's a tale of love gone dreadfully wrong.Afterlife Tales is a series of interlocking sagas exploring death and life--sometimes in that order--and the meaning behind it all. It's horror, and it might just get nasty.The Feat of Clay is the first story in

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Site Update: Now with Linking.With the addition of the links page, the website is now mostly complete. (The Firefly link is still empty, but it will remain that way until I find a chance to finish writing that story. Then I'll put up the whole thing at once.)The list of links is still fairly short--I've asked a few more collaborators whether they have banners, and if so, they will be added.If

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Site Update: Comics & Stories.The 'Comics & Stories' page on the website is now live. It contains the Haiku House of Horror bits and the two comic scripts previously posted on the blog.And to celebrate the update, I've added a short prose story, 'The Abandonment of Point Hope.'Further updates will be mentioned here. Hopefully, we'll be getting an actual comic soon.Check it out here.

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Deadlines, Redux.Oh yeah, right. Well, it didn't happen quite on time, but the script is finished--and in the meantime even proofread and sent off.Let's see if I can start finishing my next writing project tomorrow.I've also added, or rather filled in, a section on the site. What used to link to 'Professional' now links to 'Translation Services,' which is a much more logical description of what

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Deadlines.The only thing worse than working on a tight deadline... is working without one.I've been needing to finish a short script for a while now, but I keep playing delaying tactics. I'm at a point in the script where I have notes on what should go in each panel, and a rough idea of what has to be said, or narrated, in this case. If I don't wrap it up shortly after that, the actual scripting

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A Guide to Buffy Comics Pre Season Eight.There seem to be a lot of people interested in Buffy comics now that Joss himself is bringing us a Season Eight. There also seems to be interest in the older comics, but many don't know where to look in the rather large backlist.This guide is an attempt to catalogue the very best of Dark Horse's Buffy comics, and those with a hook appealing to people just

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Spec Script: Ghost Rider: Vengeance of Wheels.Back in the day, Marvel restarted the Epic imprint and opened the floodgates for unsolicited script submissions. It seemed a great opportunity, and that's where I got my start sending serious submissions to comic publishers. I got three and a half scripts done before Epic collapsed, never publishing any of those unsolicited submissions.The first one

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Workblog January 2007.First off, been away from the blog for a bit longer than planned. Lunar Jim kept me pretty through December, and I needed a bit of a break after that. I just need to teach myself to tell the blog about breaks like that. (You know, for in the future, when I become famous and people actually start reading this stuff.)I probably won't return to regular Monday posts of new

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Workblog December 2006.After working (on the translation side) almost exclusively in the subtitling business for a long time, I'm currently working on the translation of Lunar Jim, an animated series for younger children that is being dubbed in Dutch.It's fun work. Subtitling is predominantly the art of cramming an overdose of information into as few words as possible, but a translation for

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Spec Script: X-Men--Anniversary.Something a little different this week.Writing, as a comic book writer with very little published work, is all about creating new opportunities. If a project even gets an artist attached, it generally still moves forward at a glacial pace.Thus, second-issue scripts are a rarity--almost every script I begin is a new project, and requires development of characters

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Haiku House of Horrors VI: HauntedNot far from this townThere's a house where no one goesInside, shadows roam

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Wallet say, "Ouch double feature!"Skipping a weekly trip to the comic shop can be useful: it keeps you from browsing and getting more than you planned the next week, because you've already got plenty.This and last week's comics:Ex Machina: March to War TPandY: The Last Man--Kimono Dragons TPEnough cannot be said about Brian K. Vaughan, but it still has all been said. I think I'm buying all of his

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Haiku House of Horrors V: The Hungry NightSilent is the nightOne scream rings out then is goneSilent is the night(Hush. It's still Monday in plenty of timezones.)

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This week, wallet no say "Ouch," but do Dance of Joy.So, this week I actually skipped my trip to the LCS because I'm pretty busy with money-paying work. (Not to worry, though, they're holding everything I was gonna get for me anyway. Sheesh, seriously--as if I'd risk missing anything.)But in lieu of new comics, some thoughts on older ones. A while back, I got a long run of the original New

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Haiku House of Horrors IV: The Ghost One life gone too soonNow and ever roaming lostNever to find peace

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Wallet say, "Ouch!"Ugh. My dollar/euro conversion price went up this week. Can't really complain much, since I was getting stuff pretty cheap, but still. This'll mean ordering less books down the line.This week's comics:TransFormers Spotlight: Hot RodI have to admit, ever since I first saw TransFormers: The Movie (where he immediately got turned into Wussimus Prime) on our old TV in the attic

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The Telltale Production Production Blog.Okay, I guess I should put something here about my writing, since this blog ostensibly exists to promote it (and, to a lesser degree, my translation work).I write both prose and comic book scripts. The goal is, of course, to eventually live of that, but I'll also just be posting some material here on the website. I've already started--every Monday, you can

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Haiku House of Horrors III: The Monster of FrankensteinOf sinew and boneIs dread monster made or manInside no soul rests

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Wallet say, "Ouch!"Or this week, wallet say, "Meh, I can handle it."This week's comics:Local #7Another week, another Brian Wood book? Local is a bit of a weird book. I've actually disliked issues on first reading, but then they just seem to grow on me, enough to keep me fascinated. Now if only the book had something resembling a schedule.Supermarket was excellent, by the way. Brian Wood's one of

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Haiku House of Horrors II: The VampireThe call of blood sweetLoose in a night-darkened streetA hunter awakes

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Welcome to Plot Hole City. Population: 5 Trillion and Growing.So I've been looking at some of the cartoons I watched back in the eighties, recently--TransFormers being the only franchise I've really kept up with.After the Inhumanoids-debacle, I've now watched the first few episodes of Voltron. It's really quite an eye-opener. Watching cartoons you liked as a kid means losing your self-respect. (

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Wallet Say, "Ouch!"This week's comics:Angel: MasksAlready heard good things about this one (it came out last week), but it's pretty pricey. I was at least expecting a perfect-bound book for that money, like the Spike oneshots, but no such luck.Supermarket TPBrian Wood has never quite been able to match Demo yet for me, but this one looks vewwy, vewwy good. And let's face it, how many books out

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Haiku House of Horrors I: The WerewolfTooth and fang and furIn the light of the full moonPrimal cries resound

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Website.My website--or at least the bare bones of it--is now online at http://www.telltaleproductions.nl/. You can read this blog on there, as well. So check it out.More features filled in as time permits--and eventually, I'll start posting some stories, too.

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Inhumanoids!God!I've literally been wondering for years what that cartoon that used to be aired after Robotech on the Super Channel was called, and now I finally know!And in my defense, I'll say that in my memory, that show looked really really cool. Strike one for Google image search.

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I wonder if I can get a banner up there at the top, instead of just boring letters.Let's give it a shot.Also, I see that in my last post, I was going to talk about the sorry state of my attention span, but then I got distracted by prolonging my joke. And I swear I didn't even do that on purpose.

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I have an attention span four year-olds laugh at.Seriously--that little dude was totally mocking me.I would have called him on it, but the way he was riding that tricycle, I was afraid he might know some bikers or something. Better safe than sorry, is what I say.

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So: Test post, image uploading post...Got a pretty good blog going already, don't you think? Let's not muck it up with any actual content.Eventually, when I get a few things off the ground, this blog will be integrated into my upcoming website, to promote, showcase and maybe even sell my writing. I intend to use the blog as a news page, listing updates.I also want to occasionally ramble about

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Me.

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Don't mind me, I'm just a test post.

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