Alien Irwin Studios

Annnnd Lift-Off. We have lift-off.

For your pleasure CCU has docked Its space ship with:

Alien Irwin Studios

http://www.alien-irwin.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/irwinalien

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spacescape-Comic/230602186207

http://www.cafepress.com/spacescape

http://www.comicspace.com/irwinalien/

http://irwinalien.blogspot.com/2009/01/spacescape-page-0-1.html

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2290

or Google "Spacescape Alien Irwin"

Some years back, when Spacescape was a script and optioned to

 a production office in Hollywood, the development director

 informed me that I was to have it co-scripted by someone

 that the studios would feel comfortable with,

since I alone was an unknown entity. Dan O'Bannon immediately

 came to mind, and we arranged a creative meeting

with him to bring him on board to co-script.

http://danobannon.com/

I had enjoyed his work on Dark Star and Alien,

 and I was really looking forward to his input.

He wasn't much help as it turned out, and the project

 of course went into turn-around. To be fair, his health had

 been impairing him at the time, and apparently since.

It's too bad we weren't able to work together,

but I was lucky to be able to spend the few hours

we did have kicking around ideas.

Working with no budget I thought I'd try making some

animated shorts on my own,

which you can see on my YouTube channel.

 In this way I thought I would bring alive the Spacescape universe,

 which was essentially an urban environment of the

"contemporary future",

 set in orbit. As I was shopping Hollywood again this new version

 of the original script, a copyright lawyer representing

comic artist Doug Tennapel and many other properties

suggested making the story into a graphic novel.

 At first I was reluctant to do so, because I wasn't sure

 if my skills as a comic artist were up to snuff.

On the other hand, I had done some of my own production designs

 so I thought I'd knock out a few pages.

Because of Spacescape's franchise nature this seemed

 like a logical sequence or progression. Fortunately,

an upstart cultural publication saw the pages I had done

and we agreed to publish Spacescape on a serial basis.

 Maybe the property hadn't become languid after all.

 

28-plus pages later, Book One is finally out and available

through IndyPlanet. Book two is already well under way.

Once Book two is finished I intend to make the rounds

at the cons, shop the production offices again, etc.

I think the story should register with readers as the reality of

space tourism and travel begins to capture the public's imagination;

 outer space developers, real estate speculators, space bangers,

 massive orbital junkyards, rocket-powered shopping carts--

it's all there!

Thanks for having us aboard Irwin.

We all loved the "Rotel". What a view.

CCU would like to invite you down to our humble

 "station" whenever you're in the neighborhood.

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