The Overwhelming Power of Wonder in Storytelling

There are several moments watching La Luna in the theater when I was actively fighting back tears. It sounds ridiculous, I know! It’s a PIXAR short. Nobody dies. Laur, you are an emotional wreck.

This is a post attempting to explain my emotional reaction to animated imagery, the efficacy of music set to it and the power of transcendent storytelling. Minor SPOILERS after the cut.

Polterguys CH5-12-29 to CH6-1-14 are up!

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Chapter 6 begins and we find out Simon’s story.

Six Seasons and a Movie Documentary Trailer

A quick reminder that the Six Seasons and a Movie art show will be this weekend June 23 and 24 at Monk Space in Los Angeles, CA. Above is the trailer for the documentary reward for backers of the art show’s Kickstarter campaign.

At 2:20 you can see my ‘Fistful of Paintballs’ piece that will be featured at the gallery. It flashes by as Megan Ganz, one of the brilliant writers on Community, is speaking. (Wee!)

And at 2:41, you get to see me saying stuff! 😀

Polterguys is a Xeric Grant 2012 Winner!

I am very pleased and humbled to announce that Polterguys Vol. 1 was awarded a $5,000 grant by the Xeric Foundation. We received a phone call on Friday afternoon and are awaiting the official letter by mail.