The Man Who Bled Roses

MWBR: Merchandise

2012-01-23T09:04:00.000-08:00

The book version of the animation is being developed with a fully illustrated "wrap-around" cover.

Thanks to all the new subscribers to the site. I am very glad that you are aboard! Looking for fun, rock bands AND comics this Spring in Indy? I'm gonna be at Comic Rock III in at Locals Only Pub on 56th this April 7th 2012 with merchandise including stickers, posters, books and prints. There will be 10-12 other artists plus three bands playing - so, what are you waiting for?

Radical transformation as Herbert The Living Hedge finds himself ready for some pay-back.

A lot of this stuff will be available early at my Deviant Art Print Shop along with Roaches, Puppets and War Cry prints, mugs and magnets. Buy some of this exclusive merch from the books and animation and support indie graphic novels, yes?


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Animation Production Art: The Middle

2012-01-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

The concept for this animation began as sketches in 2006. In 2012, the project is getting fully rendered.

I am preparing a Demo for my dA comic artists' group #IndieGraphicNovels and this is the final product of the web comic/animation production. The effort went fairly quickly due to the incredible amount of professional hours I've spent as an Illustrator on projects that make "money". Have you heard of it?

Kinda hard to picture the narrative with just an image sequence? Maybe you should take a look at this Box.net file. The same file, seen below, is a story board panel/pencil page from a long scene in The Man's colossal corporate job. His building is a sprawling, over-crowded rat maze. One of many existential cross roads he finds himself inside of.

The pencils for the main scenes are re-scanned as whole pages. Now, I'm digitally inking them.

This story looks like it will be included in a larger book project and self-published printed as part of an anthology. As you can see above (I think), the art is slowly getting digitally re-inked for Print. Fun city, here I come, babies.


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WAR Cry

2011-11-02T17:04:00.001-07:00

This new book is all color soon WAR Cry by Paul Schmitt.

Hi-yo, Paul Schmitt here. WAR Cry is a web comic started as my October 2011 24 Hour Comic Challenge pencils. The first color pages are also over also at WAR Cry on Smack Jeeves. I've made and uploaded as post-Challenge colored pages. Five of these newer versions with these Star Trek setting/colors.

This material is 18+ Mature Horror. Rated R for boobage and blood. The short story is weird fiction like Robert E Howard with magic, slaves, assassination and exploding castles.

As the print editions of Roaches and Puppets are getting printed in black-and-white books it's great to use color in a story. "There are some exteriors for this book as self-published comics." Um - more like "Some of these pages are in the first edition of Roaches"! Jeez.


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The Man Who Bled Roses

2011-05-31T00:01:00.000-07:00

A web comic and animation about the strange curses of the city.

The Man Who Bled Roses is an independent animated film that was, regrettably, totally destroyed in a fire a few years ago in 2006. The original film has been lost but not forgotten.

Today, I'm in the in the very early stages of re-assembling the entire project. Currently, I'm in a second pre-production phase as I re-draw several scenes and re-digitize them.

The story follows a grown-up version of Charlie Brown as he bumbles around working in Corporate America and falling in love with a beautiful young woman. This woman has absolutely no interest in him unaware of his affection.

After visiting a strange flower store in a lame attempt to impress his love, The Man inexplicably begins to sprout roses, thorns and vines from his skin pores.

When I get some more of this film re-constructed I'll post some images and clips.


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Excuse me? Miss? Excuse me, please ...

2011-05-03T00:19:00.000-07:00

Some re-constructed production art of the main character.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.

The script is also getting a much needed re-tooling - I am adding some interesting bits to really emphasis the plant's explosive growth cycle.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.


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They were everywhere.

2011-05-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Some re-constructed production art of more characters.

These zombie characters are exaggerated versions of the Man's co-workers who appear to him as nightmarish caricatures - evil-minded zombies that block him from the Pretty Woman he has become infatuated with.

Working at a colossal corporation finding his office and cubicle in a murky, unhappy way.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.


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She was so close, but just out of reach.

2011-04-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

The love interest, The Very Pretty Woman is a bit off-put by our hero.

The Pretty Woman character is another sensitive person, like The Man, who is lost in a dimly lit maze of angry, confused people. If the poor dweeb just got it together enough they would really get along! Unfortunately for The Man, he doesn't ever have it quite together enough.

The Man Who Bled Roses character is a real square - a nebbish nerd who falls for a pretty young muchacha. The character has always reminded me of Pugsly Addams or Charlie Brown if Mr. Tim Burton imagined them.


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