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[Feb. 1st, 2009|10:46 pm] |
My biggest problem right now is that I am averaging 3,600 emails a month in my in box. Which is about 160 a day. Most of that is NOT junk. I currently have 150 emails stacked up from Dec. 22nd to Jan. 15th that I haven't sorted. And had to launch 2 huge comic premieres this month. And now have to do 2 of the bigger shows in February.
This isn't so bad.. except that I keep on logging into facebook and see that I have more email there.
WILL IT EVER END! |
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| Super-rare 1980 Volvo 262 Coupe for sale |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|08:57 pm] |
SOLD!
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Super-rare 1980 Volvo 262 Coupe for sale. The famous italian volvo with the chop top and italian leather - nothing volvo has ever done since matches this for style. No need to pimp your ride, this ride is pre-pimped!
I love this car and I want to sell it to someone who wants to restoreit and give it the TLC that I just cannot afford to do.
This is a black, manual transmission and is one of 1,920 that were made in 1980. The body is in GREAT condition for a 28 year old car with just one rust spot on the back side behind rear passenger window, a scratch on one side and a missing trim piece the driver's side.
The leather interior is a sight to behold and has been well taken care of. The only wear is really on the driver's side seat which needs to be restored.
The engine is shot with a crack in the engine block that is slowly leaking oil, water pump needs to be replaced, etc. Still drives, but needs babying. The odometer reads 191k+ miles, though the engine was replaced at 85k. I have all the receipts for maintenance on this car going back to that original engine replacement. The driver's side door handle is shot and needs to be replaced. ($100) and while I have owned it the car has never had working A/C.
A great project for someone who has the time, unfortunately that is not me. I have seen low milage versions of this car go for 30k and ones with more wear and tear on the body that drive okay go for 5.5k -7k. I am asking 2k o.b.o. for this truly unique Volvo.
More about the history can be found here: http://www.hemmings.com/hsx/stories/2006/01/01/hmn_feature10.html
Please contact me asap at SOLD! |
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| Entertainment Weekly gives LEFT ON MISSION a “B” - Hells Yeah! |
[Jan. 27th, 2008|05:03 pm] |
Most comics I like get a grade “C” or below at Entertainment Weekly. The reviewers there are hard to please, let me tell you. That said, I am excited to get a “B” from them. Here is an excerpt:
“FOR FANS OF Casino Royale... writer Mosher keeps matters zipping along at a furious pace, while the result is handsomely illustrated by Francesco Francavilla. Grade: B” - Entertainment Weekly |
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| LEFT ON MISSION TPB banner |
[Jan. 15th, 2008|12:02 pm] |
Here's the new banner I made in preparation for the TPB coming out. What do you think?
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| 3/4/73 meets 3/4/48 or Chip meets Ellroy |
[Dec. 29th, 2007|06:43 pm] |
Growing up I was always saddened that when it came to the "who has the same birthday" game, all I had to offer up was some lame country and western singers who I didn't admire. That said, you can imagine my shock when I found out* that my all time favorite living author, James Ellroy, shares the date of my birth.
Of course, he got there first. And he's a rat and I am an ox, but no matter. I spent today on a 4 hour tour of L.A. with ol' demon dog himself, James Ellroy.
Here's a pic of our momentous meeting:
Thanks goes out to Kim for getting me this great Christmas gift!
*I found this out by looking at Wikipedia one night. The funny thing about that is the pic of Ellroy on Wikipedia was taken by Roger Birnbaum, who I went to Cuba with in '97 on a humanitarian mission. Too weird. |
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| LEFT ON MISSION “... reminiscent of Le Carré or even Fleming...” |
[Dec. 8th, 2007|09:53 pm] |
 DOUBLE O SECTION, the online source for all things espionage, had this to say about LEFT ON MISSION:
“...reminiscent of Le Carré or even Fleming... but the action is more in keeping with Bourne or Bond...”
Another humbling review. I am a huge fan of both Le Carré and Fleming, and have a particular affinity with Le Carré's work. I really tried to make LEFT ON MISSION a thinking man's action-packed thriller. I really am floored to be compared to such people like Le Carré. A friend once told me he thought LEFT ON MISSION was THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD for the War-on-Terror generation. Which I thought was a very cool observation. One my ego won't let me argue too much with! ;)
Of course, the War-on-Terror generation is one that is as familiar with graphic novels as the Cold War generation was with novels - so I thought that was quite apt. And of course, Francesco Francavilla did an incredible job of realizing this tale graphically - aided in a sublime way by colorist Martin Thomas. With this many talented people on board, I couldn't really lose with this project, could I?
More to come...
Chip Mosher
Creator/Writer
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| Oh Lord... |
[Nov. 12th, 2007|03:45 pm] |
I am going to see CD 1334 tonight! Yes, if you grew up in Texas in the '80s and were slightly outside the norm - you would have dug them too!
C. |
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| Rita My Neighbor |
[Oct. 26th, 2007|08:15 pm] |
Rita Hayworth is buried down the street from where I live. Incredible in Gilda, sublime in Lady from Shanghai - she was one of the best actresses of her day.
Here is a photo:
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| Kim Krizan for Final Draft |
[Oct. 21st, 2007|09:10 am] |
The above ad has been running in a bunch of screenwriting magazines. I have been getting tons of email about it. The funniest was from a friend who said, "It's like the screenwriting industry's version of "Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit."
I is a lucky dude!
Chip |
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| Proofing Issue #5 -DONE! |
[Oct. 17th, 2007|02:15 pm] |
I just proofed issue #5. Martin is working hard to get the colors done ASAP. The issue looks to be in stores November 7th if all goes well. It's basically over for me. It's weird. I started writing this in 2001. Scribblings in a notebook. I scribbled on and off through 2002. That became the meat of issue #2. I then wrote a draft of the story in earnest in early 2003. 50 pages of script. Summer of 2004 I decided to complete the freaking thing. I did that October 2004. 160 pages of script. Done. Another two years would pass until I got a publishing deal. In that time I lost friends over this project. I gained new friends. And I re-gained others. Without going in to the gory details - I can't begin to describe the trauma that surrounded this project. The same thing happened when I got married. Single friends who knew me as single didn't want me to know me as married. People who knew me a certain way - didn't want to know me as a creative. Weird. Life. Whatever. Done. I am done. It is finished. The trade comes out Decemeber. Mass market - March. I will have a book in Barnes and Noble. Wow. When I was a teenager I would talk all the time about the stories I would write. Though I didn't have the confidence to write them. As I got older, I talked less about wanting to be a writer. In 1990, I spoke at length about writing with Grant Morrison at SDCC 1990. He admonished me to live a little and start writing in my '30s - so I would have something to say. My first published work happens at age 34. I guess I am doing okay by that standard.
In 1986, I met Martin Thomas at a Larry Taylor Con in Houston, Texas. I had him color all my original art pieces I bought. I have Willingham pieces, Rude pieces, Sakai pieces all colored by Martin. He was the best man at my wedding 13 years later. 20 years later he is coloring a story I wrote - making Francesco Francavilla's miraculous line work sing! Amazing how it all works out, eh?
Thank you to Kim, my wife, for supporting me through the ups and downs. And to people like Martin and Shannon Wheeler and Neal Shaffer and Miles Gunter who believe in me and this project and sustained me when things got bad. To Nye Wright, who supported this project early and before it had a publisher. His work on the mini-comic helped get LOM to where it is now. To Sam, Megan and Guus for their interest. To all my new found friends - Mark, Piere, Matty G, Abhay, and the rest of the OTHER LA comics dinner. Jason Shawn Alexander for his early support. And to everyone out there who had a kind word. Special thanks to Ross and Andy at BOOM! I appreciate their sincere interest in my project - even after I bugged them to death to read the whole 160 page manuscript. THANKS GUYS. Thank you for believing in me and this book. And...thanks for the marketing gig. I guess they thought I did SOMETHING right with this thing, eh?
- well we still have issue 5 to go. So I better save some thanks for you the reader and all the reviewers that championed this book. I guess proofing the last issue made me need to say some stuff...
Thanks for stopping by...
Chip
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| i like finding... |
[Oct. 15th, 2007|04:04 pm] |
...my wife on youtube and seeing people say - "if only girls talk like this more often." I am a lucky feller.
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Well, the TPB comes out tomorrow. Weird. It really is done, huh? Wow!