DHS Literary Represents Schiavino and Sergeant Zero

How does one start a post like this? The excitement is pouring from my finger tips as I punch out the keys one after another.

So let’s get on with it.

DHS Literary, Inc. run by agent David Hale Smith is now representing my work, and more to the point, Sergeant Zero. I’ll let David and his client list speak for themselves. What I will say is how very excited to be a part of the stable.

But I still need your help. Each and everyone of you. Sure, we’re going to be pitching this story to various companies in print and otherwise, but it’s up to you to help us get it noticed as well. If you’re following somebody on Twitter that works for a comic company, or on Facebook, or maybe you know somebody that works in movies…drop them a discreet message or email with a link here. Let them know why you like Sergeant Zero and why it would benefit them to take notice as well.

Ultimately you, all of you, are the ones reading this. If you want more you’ve got to step up and tell people. The story is there. It’s just waiting for you.

Special thanks go out to David, but also Shauyi his assistant, and Scott Phillips.

Anthony Schiavino can be found talking comics, movies, television and all things pulp on Facebook, and Twitter.

Casting Newsgirl Elizabeth Parker

Imogen Poots

It’s quite obvious at this point that I don’t watch movies like most people do. Maybe not. But the truth is unless I want to shut my brain completely off I watch a little more intently than most. I look at performances and expressions that take me far past the movie itself. That’s how I write anyway, and more importantly that’s how I wrote Sergeant Zero.

This weekend I watched 28 Weeks Later, and regardless how I felt about the movie (good in some cases and unfortunate decisions in others) there was an actress that I thought outshined the film.

Imogen Poots

Imogen Poots, playing the part of Tammy, screamed out Elizabeth Parker to me. You wouldn’t know her. She comes in a few issues into the comic. She’s a cabbie hat wearing newsgirl, without a father, hard on her luck and just trying to make enough money to pay for things like food and her mother’s medicine. Not the typical 1950s you’ve come to know and love throughout the years but hey that’s life.

I’ve had other actresses pictured in the park but Imogen is what I pictured when I sat down to write. This young, blonde, skinny girl full of life and a bit of sass that is pushed to the brink. She’s also got that classic Hollywood flare, without being too polished, that most seem to lack these days.

Like I said, when I watch a movie it goes beyond what the movie’s about. Regardless of the movie a good performance is a good performance. And if it takes a few years for the movie to get made, and she gets too old for the part, you can bet there will still be a part for her to play.

Anthony Schiavino can be found talking comics, movies, television and all things pulp on Facebook, and Twitter. Go buy his comic for people that don’t read comics, Sergeant Zero, right now.

Sergeant Zero Soldier Concept by Dave Flora

Anthony Schiavino can be found talking comics, movies, television and all things pulp on Facebook, and Twitter. Go buy his comic for people that don’t read comics, Sergeant Zero, right now.

Mike Henderson kills some Ratzis

Originally posted at The Art of Mike Henderson.

Sergeant Zero Trenches In Hell Digital Now Available

Sergeant Zero: Trenches In Hell and Dave Flora’s Ghost Zero: Ghosts with Guns are now available through Panelfly.

Trenches In Hell is $1.99 and contains the five page short that premiered online along with concept material from the first issue. 22 packed pages of Sergeant Zero greatness!

Ghosts with Guns is FREE and contains two tales of classic creepiness in The Sea of the Dead and The Fleshless Legion. It also contains behind the scenes concept material from sketches to the creation of the Ghost Zero sculpture. Did I mention this is FREE?

34 PAGES OF FREE!

Casting Kelsey Halliday . . . Elizabeth Banks?

Elizabeth Banks

In the course of writing Sergeant Zero I’ve talked at length with people as to who would play the various characters in the story. Sure Joseph Sinclair might be the main character of the story but just as much heart and soul come from the supporting cast. In some cases even more so.

One of my all time favorites, as mentioned in various interviews (see the PRESS page), is Kelsey Halliday. She’s the love interest in our story and is full of sass. She harkens back to the days of old time Hollywood with a layer of real life grit to her. Think Lauren Bacall and you’ve pretty much got it. We can’t turn back time. So who would play the modern day role if and when this story makes it to digital celluloid?

Kelsey Halliday

One of the names that comes to mind is Elizabeth Banks. Originally I thought Tricia Helfer would make a good Kelsey but discussion on Twitter sparked this post.

Why would I choose either of these women? Go and read the interviews and the comics and picture either of them. It’ll all make sense. But it seems like Elizabeth Banks actually fits the bill much closer. You decide.

And if not….well you’ve trusted me this far.

Anthony Schiavino can be found talking comics, movies, television and all things pulp on Facebook, and Twitter.

Blurb for Sergeant Zero by Wendy Shepherd

“I’ve read few comics in my lifetime but I can say that Sergeant Zero draws you in from the moment you start reading it. At first it seems like a tribute to a military war memory but you’re taken on a journey to view intense out of the ordinary sci-fi type circumstances that no war veteran wants to encounter, or see his men face. The imagery is intense and the grit pulls you along to see what’s in store page after page. I was very impressed and would love to see this comic turned into a movie so the experience can be enhanced through the visual and audio medium.”

—Wendy Shepherd, Online Media, Officially Plugged In

Jersey Journal Review

“What started as a military period piece descends into the realms of madness and horror, as creatures from fantasy and horror stalk the streets and shadows alongside Nazi soldiers and scientists. Readers aren’t just given a glimpse of the man behind the story. They also get an unadulterated view of the character’s core values and beliefs, setting us up for an eventual exploration of how he deals with life as a civilian…burdened with a past he doesn’t fully remember.”

—William Kulesa, Jersey Journal

Click here to read the full Jersey Journal review of the first issue.

New Trenches In Hell Cover

Trenches In Hell Cover. Photography by Andrea Doss.

Force of Geek Interview with Anthony Schiavino

All new interview with Anthony Schiavino by Stefan Blitz of Forces of Geek.