Pariah, Missouri: The Graphic Novel
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Local Man Uses Kickstarter to
Realize His Hollywood Dreams
Ventura, California –
December 7, 2012 – Doing something
creative that you love is a challenge. Finding an audience for your work
and getting paid for it is even harder.
Andres Salazar understands those
struggles. Andres is a stand-up
comedian, has directed and
produced short films, written screenplays even sells his paintings at craft
fairs. Most recently Andres has turned
to the crowdfunding website, Kickstarter.com to find an audience and realize
his dream of being a creator.
His latest project is a graphic novel titled Pariah, Missouri--a
supernatural story set in pre-civil war.
He wrote it originally as a television pilot script in hopes to get
attention from the cable networks.
“I pitched it as Deadwood meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but nowadays
you gotta have the script, a cast and director attached and half of it shot
before they will look at you, and that’s only if you have an agent, manager and
have previously worked on three shows,” says Andres.
So instead of beating his head against Hollywood’s doors, he turned to
other mediums to tell the tale. “When
I conceived Pariah, I wanted something that I could tell graphically since
comics have been my love as a kid.
It’s much cheaper of course to generate a comic and this is a good way
to build a fan-base and that is always something that Hollywood wants to see,”
says Andres. Turning an hour drama
script into a comic book is not without it’s challenges. An artist needed to be found so Andres
turned to sites such as Deviantart.com to find affordable and dependable
artists.
“That was a challenge. I
mean, I could have drawn it myself, but comic book art takes an incredible
amount of time, plus there is value in adding others creative juices to the
mix. I was lucky to find a great
artist like Jose,” says Andres.
Jose Luis Pescador is no stranger to the comic book world. He studied at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico and has worked on a number of independent graphic novels
and has shown fine art in galleries across the country.
His super-team was assembled, but Andres still needed funding. Enter Kickstarter.com Kickstarter is a new phenomenon in what
is dubbed crowdfunding which gives creators a chance realize their ambitions by
asking others to “back” their project.
From films, music albums to food, Kickstarter generates hundreds of
projects daily in the hopes that they meet their funding goal. If the goal is achieved, backers then
receive rewards according to their pledge amount.
Having worked for Howard Chaykin as an assistant, Andres learned much of
the business from his mentor.
Andres also wrote and directed SAG short film After Cheri and stated , “We
are very excited about our Kickstarter for Pariah, Missouri! It will be an exciting story for the
next 30 days to see how we progress through the campaign. I will be posting videos and updates
often so backers really get a sense of the “behind the scenes” of what it takes
to make a comic book. Please check
us out.”
For a 23 page preview of Pariah, Missouri- go HERE.
To see the Pariah, Missouri Kickstarter campaign to go: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andresjsalazar/pariah-missouri-the-graphic-novel
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If you’d like more
information about the Pariah, MO graphic novel or to schedule interviews with
Andres
Salazar please email andresjsalazar@gmail.com or call
805-746-6884
