Oh, dear! I missed my update day. Cursed college homework!

Anyway, I apologize for missing and hope you enjoy the new page. I promise I will do my best to prevent this from happening again.

If you’d like to, please drop by Newsarama and read my new interview. It’s extremely raw and fun, so please take a few moments to check it out.

DO SO HERE.

And now, like the White Rabbit… I simply must run.

-D

It was one year ago yesterday that we all started this grand collaborative experiment in online comics. We’ve had some growing pains along the way, a lot of stops and starts, comings and goings… but also a lot of success.

Over the past year, the majority of our members have seen their work — ChemSet or otherwise — published in anthologies like NEGATIVE BURN (Chris Arrant, Jim Dougan with Eric Kim & Hyeondo Park and Elizabeth Genco with Sami Makkonen), the SLG Anthology: TOO STUPID TO QUIT, TOO MEAN TO DIE (Neil Kleid with Dan Warner), Image Comics’ 24SEVEN 2 anthology (Chris Arrant with Tom Williams) and the new Villard anthology series POSTCARDS: TRUE STORIES THAT NEVER HAPPENED (Neil Kleid). In the coming year, expect even bigger announcements.

By and large, we’ve been very successful, which can be both a blessing and a curse. As a result, several stories, STUCK and TODT HILL, are on indefinite hiatus, and some of our other stories are awaiting new artists.

But you know us: the chemistry between collaborators is irresistible, and starting in the fall, fresh new creators and wild new stories will be joining the fold here at the ChemSet.

• Andrew Foley, creator of PARTING WAYS and DONE TO DEATH, is bringing his new serial, AS REAL AS MONSTERS, to our lineup very soon;
• Stacey Garratt, a talented filmmaker and up-and-coming comic writer, will be starting a new project on the ChemSet in the coming months;
• Dwight MacPherson’s popular SURREAL ADVENTURES OF EDGAR ALLEN POO joins us starting next month;
• Vito Delsante will be unveiling THE DOBERMAN, a harrowing World War II-era adventure strip;
• Steven Goldman will be premiering new STYX TAXI stories as well as other new work;
• More of Elizabeth Genco’s SCHEHERAZADE, including the continuing Tattered Coat;
• And a few more creators we can’t announce just yet

We hope you’ll continue checking us out throughout our second year. Thanks for all of your support.

-Vito Delsante (co-founder)

Oh, crap. I am so late with this. If you forgot what was happening, catch up here. Of course, I’m sure someone has been thinking: “OH MY GOD? WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT? I CAN’T HARDLY STAND IT!!” So for you, all three of you, here’s Page Nine:

Page 10 next week - for real!

Do Not Adjust Your Computer Monitor. We are experiencing technical difficulties. New comics from me and a player to be named later, hopefully before next Tuesday. Until then, Please Stand By. Thank you for your patience.

And now: the pulse-pounding conclusion!!

Actually, it’s not intended to be pulse-pounding at all…but over time I’ve realized that this story is not well-suited for a page-per-week serialization. So why don’t you read the whole thing at once and let us know what you think? And please direct some lovely praise at my fantastic collaborator, Umberto Torricelli. Check out his LiveJournal for more great art and to keep tabs on what he’s up to.

Next week? Um, TBD. Watch this space!

One Way Ticket
By Chris Arrant and Daniel Warner

OK, so it’s a day late. I changed the time stamp so hopefully this won’t stomp on Steven’s entry.

If you’re like me, you’re all psyched for the Season Finale of Battlestar Galactica this weekend on the Sci-Fi Channel.  To get you ready, here’s a (almost too) short interview I did with Grace Park, one of the actors from the show.

And hey!  Look at me freelancing for MeeVee.com!  I have two more interviews coming up with Ben Browder of SG:1 and Feedback from Who Wants to be a Superhero, so bookmark and return often!

First time visiting? Catch up on the story so far.

Now for Page Four, where we catch a breather. Or do we?

Please come back next Tuesday, March 13 for Page 5!

Jim + Umberto

Like Kevin said…

I’ll be making the ChemSet presence known at STAPLE!, Austin’s answer to APE and SPX, as well as showing off copies of my books STYX TAXI and EVERYMAN. Drop by if you’re in town!

Hey cats and kittens, Vito from STUCK here. As you know by now, STUCK is the story of a train that is stuck on the Manhattan Bridge…specifically, a car at the back of the train…during a terrorist attack. If you haven’t read STUCK yet, by all means, check out Chapter One, Two and Three (which is on a short break as we try to catch up on art and scripts). As a small distraction, I was asked by site guru, Chris Arrant, to list my favorite movies that take place in NY. Seems he wanted me to make sure that you all know that I love this city. It’s where I keep my stuff, as the Tick once said. And I do love this city; there’s plenty to love. And these movies also love NY. So, get your NetFlix queue cued up and watch these movies (in no order):

1. Annie Hall - There are only two directors in the entire world of filmmaking that truly love New York, and one of them is Woody Allen. There are a bunch of movies I could have picked, but Annie Hall captures the zeitgeist of NY in the 70’s so perfectly, that there are no other choices. Bonus - I have a huge crush on Diane Keaton.

2. The 25th Hour - Spike Lee is another director that loves NY (but he’s not the other director alluded to above). I was half tempted to say Do The Right Thing, but that’s an ode to Brooklyn. The 25th Hour is an ode to post 9-11 NY, which is right up STUCK’s alley.

3. The Warriors - There is no better movie to show the true span of NY than this one. We start in NYC and have a long night ahead of us as we, with the Warriors, have to make it back to Coney Island (in Brooklyn) to prove our innocence. Walter Hill, who directed, also did The Getaway, which is a classic Steve McQueen movie…but it doesn’t take place in NYC.

4. A Bronx Tale - For all the recent attention that this movie has received, mostly negative, do not, DO NOT, underestimate this movie. Directed by New Yorker, Robert De Niro, based on actor Chazz Palminteri’s childhood, this is an amazing snapshot of NY in the 60’s…particularly, in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx. It’s the subtle details that make this movie a favorite.

5. GoodFellas - And here’s the other NY Director, alluded to in #1. Martin Scorcese is New York. And while GoodFellas takes place in Queens, the spectre of the big city is always in the background. Paired with A Bronx Tale, you have a great snapshot of the neighborhoods and outer boroughs that make NY what it is and made NY what it was. If you don’t already own this movie, then put this at the top of your list.

Other Favorites - Hair (hippies in Viet Nam era NY); Party Girl (Parker Posey is exactly every girl I knew at that time); Gangs of New York (Bill the Butcher rules); The Godfather (it’s so easy to forget that this is a NY movie because you become so engrossed in the Corleone’s lives); The Professional (Gary Oldman is the greatest actor of our time…quote me); Die Hard With A Vengeance (another movie that spans the entire city and shows the true size of NY); Taxi Driver (De Niro and Scorcese…’nuff said).

What about you? What are your favorite NY based films? Post ‘em here and let’s get to talkin’ ’bout ‘em.

That’s all from me. Check out THE SYSTEM by STUCK co-creator, Tom Williams, and writer, Tony Goins, this Monday!

-Vito