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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