DWAP Productions

OK - so - yeah, we’ve been out of touch for a while. Little communication. And we have a thousand excuses for this but we will skip them to tell you about new FREE online comics at
http://www.DWAPproductions.com/
http://www.OnBecomingaMonster.com/
http://www.MagnificentCreatures.com/
http://www.OnceUponaTimeintheDark.net/

So - about the comics - things are winding down on all of them to some degree which means new stories on all of them.

Once Upon a Time in the Dark will have another new short story written by me and drawn by Sojj - it launches on the 16th of April - I saw the first page today and looks sweet!

For On Becoming a Monster, a new story will rock out with a new artist, Alvah on the 23rd of April - I again have the writes on this one and should be seeing the first page for this later today!

Big Ships on Caffeine Dreams Online will be ending soon and we will start posting The Assassination, drawn by Mulele and written by me again. Now - don’t fret about this being late because all of the pages are already drawn and loaded into the system so Mulele can’t be late!

Last and by no means least, Magnificent Creatures has the last Butterfly Industrial panel up today (beautiful) by Mulele and since he has been so dang busy, we are bringing in a new artist who actually has 2 names: Patrik Washburn! Easy Demons will be written by me and drawn by Pat and will start going live April 23rd with a special inbetween image on the 16th.

Please be nice to us and go take a look at all of our Free Online Comics at

http://www.DWAPproductions.com/
http://www.OnBecomingaMonster.com/
http://www.MagnificentCreatures.com/
http://www.OnceUponaTimeintheDark.net/

-dale @ DWAP Productions

Working for the Weekend by Mark Waldman

OK – so, inspiration and discovery are a huge part of what Big Ships is all about. And writers are always asked where do story ideas come from? Where do we get inspiration? Unlike many other stories I’ve written, with Big Ships I have a pretty good idea about the origins of the story, the early seeds and what caused them to grow.

I am a Skinny Puppy audiophile – I own all of their major releases and most of their singles. Listening to Skinny Puppy led me to listen to their side projects, one of which is Doubting Thomas. Doubting Thomas has an amazing track called COME IN PEACE on their album THE INFIDEL. This beautiful song has several samples from the movie, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (the original classic). Being an obsessive audiophile, I had to find out where these samples came from, what might have lead Doubting Tomas to create this song from these samples.

So I watched THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, which lead me to watch lots of other films from the same era. And at about the same time I was watching tons of amazing Science Fiction films from the 40s and 50s, I watched WHAT THE #$*! DO WE KNOW?! – another film about inspiration and discovery. In this movie, they tell a story about what people living in North America might have experienced when they first saw ships off the coast. All of these things come together in my brain to make me think about a modern take on the Native American story but with a bit of a 40s science fiction feel.

So the whole time I’m listening to this music and watching all of these movies, I’m meeting the incredibly talented Todd “Brocasso” Harris and he and I are trying to figure out a short comic story for us to collaborate on. One long night at a coffee house, I pitch him the idea for Big Ships, kinda telling him where the concept has come from and he looks up from his tablet to say, “That would be a challenge to make look interesting, let’s do it.”

And so, several years later, there it is: Big Ships. First printed in Caffeine Dreams issue 01 and later published online for your enjoyment. We hope that you have liked it and that maybe it inspires you to do something even more creative. Thank you for reading and don’t fear squeegeeing your third eye.

-dale @ DWAP Productions

Early First Panel of Big Ships by Brocasso and dale @ DWAP Productions

hey all -

Just wanted to point out that Horror Society gave us a very positive review.

“With the Caffeine Dreams series, DWAP Productions proves their devotion to independent talent and originality is a boon not only to the comics’ industry but to all science fiction and horror lovers as well.”

Many thanks for Horror Society!

Horror Society Gives Caffeine Dreams Positive Nods

hey all -

just wanted to announce that Robert Roach of Hometown Prods - The Roach, Menthu - has begun lettering several projects for DWAP Productions. He’ll be doing at least one story for On Becoming a Monster and two for Once Upon a Time in the Dark!

Many thanks to Mr Roach - go check out his VERY hot work and come back here to see more updates on when/where his work is uploaded and when it goes to print.

http://www.HomeTownProds.com/

Buy O’s – Free Online Comic Book Creator Documentation or Further Exploration of Inspiration

So as a way of looking further at what inspires people and how they respond to that question – I asked several of the creators associated with DWAP Productions to answer a few questions and respond to a few statements. I got some interesting reactions and will be posting them here over the next few weeks.

And to start it all off, here is my example that I sent to the creators.

*Name (s)
dale wilson
dale
elad
DW
dale @ DWAP Productions

Where You Live
LA CA

One Sentence Life Story
I migrated from PA to LA via MO where I met AP, then Vienna where I stepped up & SF where I stepped around.

*Website
http://www.DWAPproductions.com/
http://www.MagnificentCreatures.com/
http://www.OnBecomingaMonster.com/
http://www.OnceUponaTimeintheDark.net/

Contact Information
dale@DWAPproductions.com

Creative Endeavors
I am a writer, artist (though I can’t draw) and publisher.

How You Are Connected to DWAP Productions
I co-own it with AP - I write a lot of stories that we publish.

*What Inspires You?
• Music – Particularly Tool, Ministry, Skinny Puppy (And Related Projects), Heavy, Quirky, New, Industrial, Jazz, Drum –N- Bass, Experimental – There Is So Much More Than I Can Really List Here.
• Movies – Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Foreign – Yeah, Kinda Typical But Generally Well Made And Edgy Films.
• My Wife and Dog
• Showers
• Long Walks
• Anger, Frustration – The Need To Vent
• Competition
• The Desire To Inspire Or Open Other People’s Eyes
• The Want To Not Be Part Of The Problem
• Other People’s Work/Art

dale wilson, DW, dale @ DWAP Productions