Classic country, Eagles, Aerosmith, 80's rock, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams
Movies
Bladerunner, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dark City, The Cell, Citizen Kane, Jurassic Park, Harryhausen films, Final Destination 2
Television
Family Guy, Simpsons, Classic Twilight Zone, Star Trek: Next Generation, X-Files, Millennium, Carnivale, Mythbusters, House, Food Network, In Plain Sight
Books
Replay, Chronicles of Amber, Snow Crash, Diamond Age, Neuromancer, anything by Lawrence Block, William Gibson, Keith Laumer, Roger Zelazney, Harry Harrison. How to's on movies, FX, comics.
Heroes
Realworld heroes-- firemen, policemen, teachers... and anyone who strives to be and contribute more.
About me: Husband for nearly 25 years. Father for almost as long.
I'm a storyteller who began working in comics, then moved into television and film.
I've written and or drawn somewhere around 200 comic books, most notably during my run at Valiant Comics where I co-created BLOODSHOT. I was able to write the Flash Gordon Sunday Comic Strip for King Features (a childhood dream) and have created visual effects for major motion pictures like, I, ROBOT, DAREDEVIL, MISS CONGENIALITY and HART'S WAR. I currently create visual effects for TV shows like Law and Order and Royal Pains.
In recent years, I've wrtten, directed and edited a number of films that have premiered on SCI FI CHANNEL-- THE FALLEN ONES, VOODOO MOON, SLAYER and DEATH ROW (TV TITLE: Haunted Prison) All are available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
I'm writing comics again-- this time for DC (Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves! and ORACLE: The Cure) and IDW (GI JOE: Snake Eyes with the real-life actor who plays Snake-Eyes in this Summer's movie-- Ray Park)
My official site is: www.kevinvanhook.com
Here is my son Cameron's Film School Thesis film:
Who I'd like to meet: Frank Frazetta, George Lucas, Steven Speilberg, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis,
A few of my heroes/idols I have gotten to meet or talk to (and in some cases, work with): Al Williamson, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Joe Sinnott, Barry Windsor-Smith, Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, John Dykstra, Doug Trumbull, Ken Ralston, Stan Winston, Steranko, George Perez, Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, Will Eisner, Frank Miller, Sam Raimi, Guillermo Del Toro, Bruce Campbell, Ray Park, Casper Van Dien, Lee Majors, Ray Harryhausen, Ray Bradbury, Jeffrey Combs, John Amos, Linda Carter, Stacey Keach, Robert Wagner, Geoffrey Lewis, George Kennedy, John Byrne, Paul Gulacy, Doug Moench, Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Lawrence Fishburne, George Romero, Mick Garris, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger, Tom Savini, John Landis, Dick Smith, Frank Darabont, Joe Dante, Dee Wallace, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and many others...
It was nice, we stayed in a really nice cabin that was pretty far out in the woods. At night you could hear this huge creek and it was really relaxing. It rained 3/4 days we were there though so we spent most of our time in Gatlinburg at shops & the aquarium and we were only able to go hiking one day.
It's okay, kind of too easy though haha I'm worried that where it's community college whenver i transfer in a year or two to a university i'll be in shock because of the different levels of expectations/work haha or maybe it's just all that easy, I don't know.
Chicks dig scars, everyone knows that, right? Meet Severence DeSnappio, a man who creates ‘fake’ injuries for desperate clients. He’ll get you a stab wound, shot gun blast, snowboarding injury - but a bite from a great white shark?
Set in Miami, Chicks Dig scars is a lyrical, Lynchian mix of dream logic and hard boiled detection.