Stage 32 Success Stories

Having reached a new milestone in my writing career with the direct Diamond Comics distribution of my comic series, Guinevere and the Divinity Factory, I wanted to give thanks for the direction I gained here on Stage 32.

Way back in 2017, I entered a screenplay of mine about the two deadliest female...

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Way back in 2017, I entered a screenplay of mine about the two deadliest female fighter pilots in history, White Lily, into a Stage 32 writing contest and ended up a finalist. From there, I started looking for how to develop it into a movie.

I did an interview with another Stage 32 creator, Jordan Barrel, who inspired me to take my screenplay and make it into a comic book. On his advice, White Lily became my first comic story.

I successfully Kickstarter each of the 5 issues raising $25k or so. I now print the trade paperback version of the story (which I invite you to read for yourself https://globalcomix.com/c/white-lily-graphic-novel/chapters/en/1/1/1) in the thousands and sell copies at conventions all over the southern United States.

Guinevere became my second screenplay to comic book project. As with White Lily, I crowd funded each issue on Kickstarter and ended up earning double what I did with White Lily. Guinevere will debut in your local comic store in the April issue of Previews.

I mentor other creators to go into comics. Some go on to great success, such as:

- Eric July, who raised $3.7 million dollars for Isom #1 (https://rippaverse.com/store/isom-1-campaign/isom-1-campaign/)

- Vito Gesualdi, who raised over $80k on Indiegogo for his comic, Superkiller. (https://superkiller.org/)

- John Lamont, a guy I meet in writing groups way back in 2015 who followed in my footsteps and just completed his 8th comic crowd fund to raise $17,500 for Spirit of the Dragon #4 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jtl2/spirit-of-the-dragon-4)

I feel I have a lot of offer to anyone curious about the process of making and selling comic books. I've done it for years on the internet and in person.

Also, I offer weekly script workshops on my YouTube channel. I would love it if I could somehow offer that to the Stage32 crowd. I've tried listing them as Stage32 meetups, but those requires a physical location as opposed to virtual.

I encourage everyone to signup for the launch of my comic book, Guinevere and the Divinity Factory over at my website. (https://landing.pocketjackscomics.com/guin) You will also find a link there for reading the work online.

Take care everyone!

I’m being honest when I say I’ve taken my eye off the ball recently. I’ve been focussing on working and performing as much as possible and pretty much put my writing on the back burner.

A few weeks ago I dusted off my pitch for a a TV show, rewrote a few bits, took a deep breath and submitted it to o...

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Sam Sokolow

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- Preston Poulter
- Maurice Vaughan
2 months ago

So cool! Looks amazing! I hope you have a runaway success on your hands, Preston Poulter!

Preston Poulter

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 months ago

Sam Sokolow Thank you.

Pat Alexander

Nicely done! Looks so cool :)

Kenneth Adrian Ellis

Congratulations; Making moves of proportions here!

Sam Rivera

So exciting Preston Poulter this looks awesome!

Kerry Kennard

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- Mark Palmer
- Maurice Vaughan
2 months ago

Congratulations!

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2 months ago

have a glass of water on hand and go to it when you need a moment to pause. take a sip, let the moment break, then proceed onto the next moment!

Sallie Olson

Congratulations! And many many good vibes! <3

Angela Lawrence

Congratulations Mark! Best wishes to you today! You got this! Sending positive vibes your way!!!!!!

Congratulations Mark Palmer! Glad to hear the great news!

Jim Cushinery

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- Robin Gregory
- Maurice Vaughan
2 months ago

Yes, Richard Buzzell. I've had a couple of meetings. One was more of a general, but it did provide me with valuable insights into that particular person's POV. The more active I am on this site, the m...

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Paul Sokal

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- Jim Cushinery
- Maurice Vaughan
2 months ago

That's awesome! I hate you... but I'm still excited for you!

Richard Buzzell

Jim - Thanks for your response. Just to clarify - have your meetings been the result of your OWA selections or from pitches or script evals?

Robin Gregory

Jim Cushinery , regarding research in advance, I applaud this and make it my practice. Blind, knee-jerk submissions rarely harvest fruit. It's the same for publishing novels, articles, and creative fi...

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- Richard Buzzell
2 months ago

Richard Buzzell It's been a combo plate. A couple from the OWAs, more from the pitches and reads. But the thing is, those OWAs take forever to process. I have several that were turned over to the requ...

Awesome job, with a really fun script -- like THE INVITATION meets MY DINNER WITH ANDRE!

Frank Van Der Meijden

Great achievement, congrats both!

Dianne Politud

Congratulations! I feel like I'm the target audience for that script.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing it onscreen.

Congratulations!!

Congrats to Tanya and Jim!

Steven Kamensky

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- Maurice Vaughan
3 months ago

Congrats

Really cool stuff!

Judy Prescott Marshall

Exciting news! Congratulations to everyone!

D.R. Lang

Best of luck, Lisa

John January Noble

Lisa Cole Congratulations to everyone involved in the film. Stage32 sailing through the universe. The work of cinematographer Jackson Warner Lewis capturing the expression of injustice, beautiful phot...