David Miller's "President Frankenstein" on YouTube

"I am "syndicating" my comic strip "President Frankenstein" on YouTube," David Miller's note to me today made me wonder if anyone else is distributing a non-animated comic strip via YouTube. Here's the description:

Greetings, All! Hey, are you as tired as I am of being brought down by the constant political discourse? If so, then welcome to President Frankenstein and the Monster Majority! In this new humor/horror comic strip we laugh at the political process. Because the political process is pretty laughable. In President Frankenstein all the world leaders are famous monsters. We have President Frankenstein of the US. President Dracula of Italy. President Wolfman of Russia. President Amen Hotep of Egypt. And many more you'll get to meet in President Frankenstein!

You can control the speed of this Daily comic strip with the youtube playback controls, making it an interactive experience. We hope you'll like President Frankenstein and will like, share and subscribe. Please let me know what you think of President Frankenstein in the comments.

President Frankenstein©™  and Monster Majority©™  is copyright and trademark by David Neal Miller and David Miller Studios. All rights reserved.

 

David has been interviewed or featured here before.

David Miller's Kickstarter Relaunched - Remastered Edition - The Writer's Block 2006

Remastered Edition - The Writer's Block 2006

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidmillerstudios/remastered-edition-the-writers-block-2006

A new way to read a comic book story with the talents of Peter David, Gail Simone and Fabian Nicieza. It's like a comic book game show.

Story

Do you think that there's only one way to read a comic story? Think again when three  of the comic's industry finest talents come together in "THE WRITER'S BLOCK, 2006 Remastered Edition." In this title, comic's greats Peter David (The Incredible Hulk, Spider-man, Star Trek), Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman, X-men) and Fabian Nicieza (The New Warriors, X-Men, Valiant), are given the same chapter of comic art to script without knowing anything about a plot or being allowed to speak to one another. The authors let their muses take them (and you) on a unique comics reading experience you won't find anywhere else! Each chapter is accompanied by an interview with the author to discuss how they approached this exercise in comics writing in particular and writing in general. Unlike "how to" books that talk about how to write comics, The Writer's Block shows how masters of the art form write comics. It's like a comic book gameshow where everyone wins!

New Kickstarter by David Miller showcasing comics creation

Check it out here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidmillerstudios/the-writers-block-2006-remastered-edition

From David's description:

Do you think that there's only one way to read a comic story? Think again when three  of the comic's industry finest talents come together in "THE WRITER'S BLOCK, 2006 Remastered Edition." In this title, comic's greats Peter David (The Incredible Hulk, Spider-man, Star Trek), Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman, X-men) and Fabian Nicieza (The New Warriors, X-Men, Valiant), are given the same chapter of comic art to script without knowing anything about a plot or being allowed to speak to one another. The authors let their muses take them (and you) on a unique comics reading experience you won't find anywhere else! Each chapter is accompanied by an interview with the author to discuss how they approached this exercise in comics writing in particular and writing in general. Unlike "how to" books that talk about how to write comics, The Writer's Block shows how masters of the art form write comics. It's like a comic book gameshow where everyone wins!

I love this idea. I'm a big fan of Matt Madden's opposite approach where he took the same script and drew it in 99 different styles. Comics! They're infinitely malleable!

I'm recommending this one especially to people who teach about comics - both the "practical how to make them", and the "theoretical what is a comic?" types of teachers.

David Miller's Kickstarter for a Star Trek animated fan film

 Dave Miller is a Virginia cartoonist, and he's funding a new animated film...

 

Star Trek: AMAZONS

An animated Star Trek fan film featuring an all-woman science survey crew.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidmillerstudios/star-trek-amazons#

David Miller's White Plague on Webtoons

Local cartoonist David Miller has let me know he's got a new webcomic out -

A mysterious disease wipes out the world's Anglo (white) population. Handing the reins of power to the black survivors as they try to carve a new society out of the carnage left from what they call the White Plague. Created, Written and Illustrated by David Neal Miller.

New Page Uploaded Every Monday

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/white-plague/white-plague-pilot/viewer?title_no=555890&episode_no=3

White Plague - White Plague: Pilot A mysterious disease wipes out the world's Anglo (white) population. Handing the reigns of power to the black survivors as they try to carve a new society out of the carnage left from what they call the White Plague. Created, Written and Illustrated by David Neal Miller www.webtoons.com

Miller interviews Rubenstein

 David Miller writes in, "I just did an interview with Joe Rubinstein on my new Comics Prisoner show." 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fgiiyjQ04Y&t=8s

Episode 11 - Incredible Inkers: A Talk With Joe Rubinstein - YouTube Today Joe Rubinstein drops by the paper prison to check out his wares and discovers the Comics Prisoner squatting in one of his pages. We have a nice talk and learn a lot. Drop by and enjoy! While ... www.youtube.com

PR: David Miller's The Comics Prisoner

David Miller writes in,

I'm announcing my new YouTube show: The Comics Prisoner! It's a review and commentary show about comic art and artists. It will be filled with OpEd pieces by yours truly and I hope you'll check it out and share feedback. Here's the link to the inaugural episode. Please watch, comment, hit like and subscribe. That's it for now! More news to come!

David Miller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrKuj-LnD90&t=8s

Episode 1 - Klaus-trophobia In the inaugural episode of the Comics Prisoner, he finds himself both incarcerated and enraptured by the epic pairing of penciler Bob Brown and inker extrao... www.youtube.com

Frankenstein Zombie launch page

From Springfield's David Miller: "Just thought I'd share the launch page for The Frankenstein Zombie on the Markosia site. It has links to where the Frankenstein Zombie can be bought and you can see a dramatic reading of the text by me if you wish. https://markosia.com/2019/10/21/the-frankenstein-zombie-out-now/ "

Update on David Miller's Frankenstein Zombie

From David Miller

I just wanted to let you know I've partnered with publisher Markosia to bring the further adventures of the Frankenstein Zombie to you. Issue #1 dropped on  comiXology yesterday. Here's the link:

https://www.comixology.com/The-Frankenstein-Zombie-1/digital-comic/704500?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZGVy

The Frankenstein Zombie #1 - Comics by comiXology The Frankenstein Zombie #1 - The Monster of Frankenstein finds himself in a world where he's no longer the scariest thing in the room when the dead rise to prey on the living. Will he join the zombies to exact his revenge on a cruel and fearful humanity? Or become an unlikely ally in mankind's war with the undead? We'll all find out in the premiere issue of The Frankenstein Zombie. www.comixology.com

Wayne's Comics Podcast #294: David Miller

Wayne Hall · August 13, 2017

http://majorspoilers.com/2017/08/13/waynes-comics-podcast-294-david-miller/
http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/WComics294.mp3

This week's episode #294 features the return of David Miller, who discusses his newest comic limited series The Frankenstein Zombie, among other things! His Indiegogo for this series ends in the next couple of days, so this is the perfect time to jump on board! David talks about the original classic story being his inspiration for the book as well as the various supporting characters in the series as well as what it took to bring this together! For more about The Frankenstein Zombie, go to this link! Time is of the essence, so once you've listened to this interview, be sure to head to the Indiegogo link above to support this great comic!

David Miller on his new children's book

by Mike Rhode

A few years back, I interviewed David Miller about his comic book work. He recently sent me a note saying that he has a new book out, so we did a new brief interview via email.

David Miller: I've just launched my first children's book and it can be ordered at Amazon. The title is The Headless Sister. It's about a young girl whose little sister gets all the attention because she has no head. You can see a 4 page preview of the book on its Facebook fan-page.

Mike Rhode: What's the book about? 

DM: It's basically a fantastical take on sibling rivalry. An older sister is jealous of the attention a younger sister gets. In this case the younger sister gets all the attention because she has no head.  And through it they learn timeless lessons like envy can't ruin love. That being different doesn't get in the way of being happy. And that they will always be sisters.

MR: Where did you get the rather macabre idea from?

DM: Macabre? I don't think it's any more creepy than the Addams Family. I always thought the Munsters were a typical TV family, while The Addams Family were GHOULS! (though hugely entertaining). As to the origins of the characters, I was just watching my daughters, who love each other dearly, fight like cats and dogs. And I would just go nuts and say "Will you stop?!? Will you stop treating your sister like a headless monster? Hmmmm. Headless Sister. That's an interesting image." And then the story just took on a life of it's own.

Harry Potter, in the beginning, was supposed to be children's literature and it was chock full of lurid elements. And the kids ate it up.

MR: Why did you decide to do it as a children's book rather than a comic book?

DM: I've wanted to do a children's book for years, but could never come up with a story that felt right.  I can only speak for myself, but I was never able to do a children's story until I had children of my own. I was the youngest of five kids, so I never looked down to see how little kids acted. I could only look up to the older kids. And they seemed to have very adult expectations leveled at them. Once I got to spend time with my own kids, I thought I came up with something that would be entertaining to children without talking down to them.

MR: Without having seen the book yet, I can't get past the 'headless' bit. Four of our five main senses are based in the head - how does she respond to life? She doesn't have a head somewhere else, does she? 

DM: This is a book about relationships. She responds to the world the same as any child who is different and has to adapt to the differences. In the next book, I show that she communicates with everyone through a language of interpretive dance that her family has developed a "vocabulary" for over the years. And while I don't necessarily mean for her condition to be a metaphor for a special needs child, I do think I've accidentally invented a metaphor, so new, that anyone can appropriate it. 
 

I don't describe the pseudo-science of her condition any more than Cousin It's condition was explained in The Addams Family. So, no, she doesn't have another head.

MR: How long did it take to do? Was there a long gestational period?

DM: The actual writing was completed rather quickly. As I said, the story kind of spun out with a life of it's own. The illustration took about 6 months from start to finish. That included studying children's illustrators, developing my own style for the children's market and then actually doing the interior art. 

MR: How did you do the art? Is it painted, drawn, or digital?

DM: I call the style for this book "controlled chaos." I drew on my 30 years in the cartooning industry and used whatever I thought would look best. I approached each page as its own individual piece of art. Whether it be hand-pulled, digital, dry medium, wet medium, whatever. I'm glad they all worked together under one cover. The foundation was my years in the comics industry where I learned my craft, combined with my study of children's illustration and balanced out with my caricaturing skills. Throw all that into a blender and an illustration style is born.MR: Is Amazon the only source for the book?

DM: Technically, that's where it all starts, but it's also on the createspace platform and their subsidiaries and available to public libraries through createspace.

Project Update #3: The Super-Shakespeare Series by David Miller

Ryan North's Shakespeare project is wildly over-funded - consider a local cartoonist's project!

Project Update #3: A Rose by Any Other Name by David Miller Greetings, Culture Vultures, I hope this update finds everyone well and enjoying the holiday spirit. Today's update is a preview of some of the characters that will be performing the immortal words of the Bard. Courtesy of my sketchbook.  I've included some bios so that you can see how I've put some thought to matching up these characters to their Shakespearean counterparts. I know it's a bit obsessive to cast the appropriate super-person to the appropriated cast member. Especially since none of the super-folks' personality will come through. But I just thought it would be more fun this way. So feel free to scroll down and meet the visual cast of Much Ado About Nothing:

David Miller's Super-Shakespeare on Kickstarter

Just a reminder that local cartoonist David Miller has a Shakespeare comics project at Kickstarter. He's got 15 days left.

Kickstarter The Super-Shakespeare Series by David Miller.

This is by a Northern Virginia cartoonist. I've pledged to it. Here's an interview I did with him last winter.

The Super-Shakespeare Series by David Miller

Oct 2: Capicons Comic Book & Pop Culture Con

Time	Sunday, October 2 · 10:00am - 3:00pm
Location	Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department 2148 Gallows Rd, Dunn Loring, VA
Created By	Capicons Comic Book & Pop Culture Con
More Info	Admission: $3, Kids FREE!! We feature 50+ tables with Gold/Silver Age, Modern & Indie Comics, Publishers, Creators, Non-sport Cards, TV/Movie, Star Wars, Star Trek, Horror, Sci-Fi. DVDs & MORE!! Featuring: Tim Dzon, Comic Book Artist. DC, Marvel, Small Press. The Realm, Megaton Man, Ex-Mutants, The Flash, Doom Patrol, Suicide Squad, Avengers West Coast, Spiderman Unlimited, Fantastic Four Unplugged, What If?, Ironman, War-Machine, Hawkeye M.S., Northstar M.S. Marvel Comics Presents, etc. K. Michael Crawford, has been creating magical art and whimsical writing for Children's Books since 1991. Michael's latest drawing books, The Mystery of Journey Crowne, The Island of Zadu, Batty Malgoony's Mystic Carnivale and Professor Horton Hogwash's Museum of Ridiculous are part of a drawing series that get children to use their imagination, to teach them how to figure things out and lets them make choices. For more about the magical art and books by K. Michael Crawford, visit: www.happilyeverart.com Dan Nokes, 21st Century Sandshark ADAM AND EVE: BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE IN THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE VOL 1 Curtis Prather & the Spooky Movie Crew, Director of the Spooky Movie Festival James Rambo, Gluten-Free Comic Chris Flick, Capes and Babes Michael Munshaw, M Squared Studios Bill McKay, Zombies Vs. Cheerleaders David Miller, Writer's Block, Avatar of the Futurians Dale Rawlings Ali G, Artist ...and MORE!!