Thursday, December 20, 2012

Public Mo Fo Announcement - Support these comic projects on Pozible!

Hello... is this thing on... testing... testing... ahem...

This is an official Public Mo Fo Announcement. We're asking everyone to get behind three fantastic comic projects currently seeking funding through Pozible (fyi - it's like Kickstarter).

1) Sebastian Hawks - Creature Hunter.
It's an action /adventure series based around a turn-of-the-century professional adventurer and creature hunter being created by Greg Mclean (Wolf Creek & Rogue), Tristan Jones (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and Christian DiBari (Deadpool).



2) Grand City Tales (Digital Comic)
Grand City is a 1940s crime fiction setting overflowing with gritty characters, tense stories and a bloody history, presented in a digital form inspired by Mark Waid’s Thrillbent and Ryan Woodward’s Bottom of the Ninth by Anthony Sweet and Richard Kong.



3) Wynter Dark (Digital Comic)
Wynter Dark is an epic post apocalyptic adventure set in the Kingdom of New York that is deep in the throes of the next great Ice Age by Natalia Pizzey and Pete Ford.



Follow the links. Have a look at each project. If you like what you see as we have, then do yourself a favor and PLEDGE to support the efforts of these amazing writers, artists and creators.

Here endeth the announcement.
The Mo Fos.

Monday, December 17, 2012

The making of 'A momentary bout of questionably-inspired creativity'

Howdy all,
The silly season is almost upon us (that's Xmas for the non-understanding folks (that's Christmas for the even more non-understanding folks)), and Dave and I have been busy doing many non-Mo Fo related things. Yes. We do have lives outside of the Mo Fo. That said, we've been doing our bit to keep the Mo Fo buzz alive, and it seems that one such momentary bout of questionably-inspired creativity turned out to be a good idea. And what was this 'good idea'? It was this photo -
Whatcha doing? Oh, just doodling a plan for the Mo Fo...
And it was the winner of Whatcha Podcast's, Be An All Star Competition, with a swag of prizes provided by All Star Comics in Melbourne.

Your dose of all things Geek, podcasting every week.
The basics of the challenge is to send a picture of yourself to the podcast showing- 'Whatcha doing? Whatcha reading" Whatcha watching? etc". 

Supplying the swag!
It all started when I read Whatcha Podcast's call on Facebook for last-day, creative entries into the competition... and so, I got creative. The theme for my entry? Well, to paraphrase a couple of well known lab mice, "Whatcha doing tonight, Pat?" - "Same thing I do every night... plotting the Mo Fo's path to world domination!"
My template for the winning pic, was a time previously where I had used a wall in my former office to break down the characters and plot for a TV pilot I was working on.
Here's one I prepared earlier...
Now, if you're going to plan world domination, you need to think big. I mean, REALLY BIG! And, my first thought was to create a 'Plan' so big, I would need a Drive-In screen as the drawing board. Unfortunately, I didn't have a Drive-In screen handy, and my photoshop skills aren't that good  - so I had to settle for my office wall again.
The Wall before Photoshop...
I still needed a suitably 'global domination' looking plan... that I could create in a couple of hours. Can you say, "Hello Google Image Search?"
Ten minutes later, and I had a starting point...
I know, it's kinda small... but, you have to start somewhere...
Two hours later and the plan was ready...
Strangely enough... in having to fake the global domination plan, I had to come up with the plan for global domination. Mmm... I can't wait to ride the Bad Kitty Rollercoaster at the MoFoVerse Theme Park. 
And then, after a bit of overlaying, and cutting, and multiplying, and skewing perspective, and marker pen texture filtering - well, it's 2am, and you get this... again...
Whatcha Doin' at 2am while the city slumbers and the crickets chirp? Same thing I do every night... plotting the Mo Fo's path to world domination! Mwahhahahaha!!! *sidenote ...may have also consumed too much coffee.
Not a bad bit of Mo Fo promotion if I don't say so myself.
You can hear Nath, Dean and Mike (the Who's of Whatcha Podcast) announce the winner on Episode 8 here - http://whatchapodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2012-12-15T15_49_20-08_00
On a personal note, thanks guys for validating the idea :)...  'cause it's not so strange to question one's sanity when it's 1.45am and you find yourself standing on a foot stool that is precariously perched on two wheeled cabinets while staring at the ceiling as you wait for a camera timer to count down...
And, I'd also like to thank Troy and Mitch at All Star Comics in Melbourne for their generous and awesome prizes! I don't get over to Melbourne as often as I'd like, but Dave and I did make the journey for Armageddon Expo in 2011 to promote the Mo Fo, and we stopped by the shop and met Mitch and Troy.
Mitch, Troy and the Mo Fos. Awesome shop guys!
And there you have it. Mission Accomplished! The Mo Fo's taken another step along the path to world domination.
Cheers All,
Pat

"The Legend of Spacelord Mo Fo is an ass-kickingly kick-ass post-apocalyptic, space-western dramedy, with anime influences and a bit of that dark and sexy HBO stuff... but really, it's a love story... No... Really! Oh, and as an Advisory Warning ... it's for a more mature audience... well, not for 'kids' anyway... not really sure about the 'mature' part."
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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Episode 1 Collector's CD - Now Available

Howdy All,
After the thrill of Supanova, we've been busy getting the next stage of the Mo Fo ready - yes, the mighty Mo Fo marketing campaign has begun!
Episode 1 is of course still available for FREE, online and for download from the Mo Fo website in Standard Definition (1024 x 576) - with no questions asked. EPISODE 1
We hope you like it, and you keep coming back to read future Episodes as they are released. That said, if you REALLY liked it, and you'd like to experience the Mo Fo in the full Uncensored and High Definition (1920 x 1080) magnificence it was intended for, then that version is now available too - the catch is, we hope you'll support this version with a few real $$s.
We're in the process of setting up a Digital Download copy which will be available for purchase from one of the major online comic stores and will be posting the details once everything is in place. Until then, for those who still enjoy owning a physical collectible copy of their comics, then we have the Episode 1 Collector's CD, which was launched at Supanova Adelaide.
Copies are now available to order from our website, or, if you'd like to support your local bricks and mortar comic store, then we're working on getting copies out to them too. As far as we're concerned, developing a Digital Comic for the digital medium, doesn't mean abandoning the comic store world we came from and love. The Episode 1 Collectible CD is our attempt to ensure that our Digital Comic (and hopefully others will follow suit), have a commercially feasible place in the real world, and is not simply limited to the realm of the digital download.
For the moment, the three stores stocking the Mo Fo are limited to the geographic region of Earth known as Adelaide.
Available now at the Adelaide Comics Centre, Pulp Fiction Comics & Justice Comics
The Mo Fo sighted at the Adelaide Comics Centre
Adelaide Comics Centre, 141 Citi Centre Arcade, Shop 15, Rundle Mall, South Australia 5000
The Mo Fo sighted at Pulp Fiction Comics
Pulp Fiction Comics - 34a KING WILLIAM ST ADELAIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5000 - 08 8231 3433
Justice Comics - Shop 14B Station Arcade, 19 Bank Street Adelaide, South Australia 5000

If you would like your local store to order a copy of the Episode 1 Collectors CD on your behalf, please have them contact us at themofos@ironcladimagineers.com and we'll do our best to arrange it.
If you are a store and you would like to have copies of the Mo Fo available in your store, then please contact us at the same email address.
Cheers All,
Pat and Dave

"The Legend of Spacelord Mo Fo is an ass-kickingly kick-ass post-apocalyptic, space-western dramedy, with anime influences and a bit of that dark and sexy HBO stuff... but really, it's a love story... No... Really! Oh, and as an Advisory Warning ... it's for a more mature audience... well, not for 'kids' anyway... not really sure about the 'mature' part."
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