Writing, reading, movies, comic books, anime/cartoons (some, but definitely not all), cosmology, physics, walking bloody everywhere.
Music
Oingo Boingo, Rufus Wainwright, Bjork, Barenaked Ladies, George Michael, Weezer, Matchbox 20, Queen, Richard Cheese, Michael Jackson, Goober and the Peas, Elton John, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Alien Ant Farm, A3, Blues Traveler, Genesis, Harry Connick, Jr., Robbie Wiliams, Silverchair, Metallica, Elvis Costello, Adam Ant, XTC, Scissor Sisters
Movies
Primer, Hard Boiled, Die Hard 2, Alien 3, Heathers, Aragami: The Raging God of Battle, Fudoh: The New Generation, Audition, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Frailty, Big Trouble in Little China, The Stuff, The Thing, They Live, Face/Off, The Ring, Ravenous, The Professional, Seven, Suspiria, Time Bandits, Terminator 2, anything with Van Damme, Total Recall, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jurassic Park, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut, In the Mouth of Madness, Event Horizon, Pitch Black, Predator, Dirty Dancing, Moulin Rouge
Television
Haven't watched a single second of it in 11 years and counting....
Books
Books: The Thousandfold Thought, City of Pearl, Cat's Eye (Margaret Atwood, not King, though speaking of King), It, Herland, Otherland, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel, White Noise, Grass, anything by Michael Moorcock, Jane Eyre, Jurassic Park, Hyperion, Ghost Story, The List of 7, Book of the New Sun, The Seer King, Imposture: A Novel, the list goes on.... COMICS and MANGA: Preacher, Darkhawk, Dr. Strange, Sleepwalker, Silver Surfer, Runners: Bad Goods, Cemetery Blues, Chumble Spuzz, Dragon Knights, Berserk, Priest, Punisher, Ghost Rider, Usagi Yojimbo, TMNT, Armageddonquest, Boneyard, Amazing Spider-Girl, Moon Knight, Hellblazer, Blue Beetle, Green Lantern Corps
Heroes
Al Gore, Theodor W. Adorno, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Bruce Campbell, Christpher Reeve, Mel Brooks, Alan Moore, John Carpenter, George Romero, Wes Craven
Dave Baxter's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Body type:
5' 11" / Average
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Atheist
Zodiac Sign:
Cancer
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Children:
Undecided
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Writer
Dave Baxter's Schools
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Theater
Minor: None
Clubs: Theater, Theater, Theater
1996 to 2000
West Springfield High
Springfield, VA
Graduated: 1996
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Theater, Juggling Club (can you believe it? It was great!)
1992 to 1996
Dave Baxter's Companies
Broken Frontier BE Reviewer
02/06-Present
Dave Baxter Valentine: One Original Mobile Comic, One Dozen Different Languages http://lnk.ms/3MxbNPosted at 12:13 AM Dec 10 from Ping.fm view more
My novel (for those of you who knew of it), is currently 100% stalled. My artist seems to have bailed, which is how these things sometimes go, and I now have to bide my time until I have the funds to hire another.
Furthermore, I recently began (and am nearly finished) reading a book that has become my all-time favorite, the world over - WINTER'S TALE by Mark Helprin.
You can read a review of the book that doesn't give anything away, plus lots of juicy quotes from the book itself that will either electrify or utterly turn you off, and so you'll know whether you want to pursue this one or not. One Amazon.com review put it perfectly: "Sheer Insanity and Gorgeous Magic". That's this book in a form-fitting nutshell.
Basically, Helprin tries to do a lot of what my own novel vied to achieve, and now I feel there are certain changes that would benefit the story tremendously. Rarely does the influence of reading inspire one to go back and alter what's already compelte, but now that I've got some time on my hands before I see the book through to its on-the-shelf end, and because WINTER'S TALE affected me THAT bloody much, I am indeed going to make some serious alterations, and I'm excited to see how they'll re-color my story. Yippee!
Co-written with my girlfriend, Gillian Horvat, our first print-published work will be a part of the Love-themed anthology, "LESS THAN THREE", edited by Len N. Wallace, the writer of the upcoming ONI GN "LOVE BUZZ"
Our story is an 8-pager titled "Gillian's Heart: Diamonds are a West African Warlord's Best Friend", art by "SHADES OF BLUE" and "GOTHAM GIRLS'" Cal Slayton, introducing a super-heroine concept we plan to persue into its/her own mini-series.
Let's take a moment to go 100% Info-mercial and scam website and show you guys a "true" (we swear!) testamonial:
Here's what the anthology's super-star editor, Len Wallace, had to say on his own blog about our little yarn (click on his pic to go to said blog and see the proof! We never lie! We only omit!):
"Dave and Gillian gave me everything I asked for in a superhero story. It's different, it's fun and flighty and has some pretty great dialogue to it. It reminds me of some of the best aspects of Dan Slott's She-Hulk run"
NICE!!! Compared to Slott's SHE-HULK!!!
Whoo-hoo, baby.
Oh, and that costumed squirrel there in the Myspace background is the sidekick!!! Rendered by none other than the insanely talented Rick Worley, who you haven't heard of yet, but oh, you will.
"Diamond's are a West African..." is the first GILLIAN'S HEART story, to be followed by an 8-page short in the upcoming HERO INITIATIVE/RONIN STUDIOS HOPE ANTHOLOGY, starring Gillian's nemesis...MR. RIGHT! That second short will feature Mr. Worley's first work with us, though we hope to keep him on board for more, but you can never (legally) jam a syringe full of Scopolamine into an artist's neck to create your own zombie art-making sla...uh...hmmmmm.
Okay, let's say he's with us. Until, oh, you know, the bitter end ;)
Here's a sneak peek at the art on the first 8-page Gillian's Heart story (copyright Me and Cal Slayton):
Beyond that? I'm also:
Continuing the in-depth comic book coverage concept of the right here and now:
SAMURAI ELF VOLUME 2: BULL'S EYE by Miguel Guerra and Suzy Dias - From the popular translator for Heavy Metal and NBM comes a period Japanese style anime-fantasy vs. Sci-fi villains epic. Awesome, awesome stuff.
KID HOUDINI AND THE SILVER DOLLAR MISFITS by Dwight MacPherson and Worth Gowell - In the spirit of The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, the Mystery Adventure Serial for young readers is BACK!!!
THE CHAIR OGN by Peter Simeti and Kevin Christensen. Dark psychological horror from Alterna Comics! (click on each image for a larger, readable view, except the cover, which will take you to the company website)
Rick Worley's first comic ever is coming to APE Con in Dan Fran this Nov 1st - 2nd. Funniest little comic ever, no joke!
Who I'd like to meet: People, I guess. No dogs. Not one. Keep them away or I'll break their fool necks. I'd say I want to meet other writers, and I do, but I'm terrified I won't like them.
Click here to read the Pulse's interview with the independent one-man creative team behind Defending Tavyr: An epic 200 page, full color fantasy graphic novel about standing up for democracy.
Hey Dave Baxter, hope you're having a great day! Say, do you believe in God? If so, do you think it comes with a tangible science we can hope to understand one day, or should it remain a mystical concept?
Hey, man! Dunno if you still check your BF e-mail but you've got some hanging around from me...
You know, because we're finally coming out...
Yeeeeeeeah, BOY! ----------------------------------- AWAKENING Volume One is now available for Pre-Order at your Local Comic Shop! Brought to you by the fine folks at Archaia, publishers of Mouse Guard, Artesia, Okko, The Killer, and so on…
”To Derrick’s disbelief, she utters one word:
Zombies. ”
All you have to do is print the pic, bring it to your local comic shop, and you get some sweet existential horror this June. Download link is at the top of the image once it loads.
“The coolest and most original zombie piece since The Walking Dead got under way…” – Broken Frontier.
“Derrick Peters is where Phillip Marlowe meets George Romero.” – Horrorview
In 2009, the Hollywood F.A.M.E. Awards will present ONLY four awards in the following categories for motion picture achievement to INDEPENDENT film makers and actors. The remainder of the awards will be presented to celebrity recipients.
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE FEATURE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCER
Click on this photo link to learn more about Grammy award winner and 2008 Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award celebrity recipient David Kershenbaum.
Defending Tavyr: Book 1: The Risk Worth Taking is now available for download at www. literatemachine. com. Fans may also purchase a copy of it on CD Rom at the following comic book conventions:
South Attleboro Comic, Card and Toy Show November 16, 2008 Location: South Attleboro, Mass. Knights of Columbus Hall. 304 Highland Ave. (Rt. 123) Comic, Toy, Nonsport Card, and Collectible Show. Hrs. 10am-3pm., Adm. $3.00, under 16 free (with paid adult). Sunday 10:00am - 3:00pm
Boston Super Megafest 2008 November 22 & 23, 2008 Location: Sheraton Framingham Hotel, 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701. (508) 879-7200 Saturday 10:30am - 6:00pm Sunday 10:30am - 5:00pm Be sure to mention SUPER Megafest for the special $99 per night room rate when phoning in your reservations! (Rate guaranteed until 11/12/08)
Defending Tavyr transports readers to another world in another time. There, three young adults set out to find the legendary wizard Askeland in order to save their nation of Tavyr from a ruthless tyrant!
:) yay it was there! tell me about it, we dropped almost 3 grand when we were there 2 years ago, i can't imagine how much it would be now or next year. Thank you for the belated Halloween comment. Get some coffee in you and you've got to tell me and mike how it went. Take care.
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