Zeros 2 Heroes - The People's Publisher

Okay.  I have checked everywhere I can think of.  I have done everything short of systematically clicking every link and reading every page on this site, the blog, and the undying website itself.  I've checked back every couple of months to see if it becomes more obvious.  So forgive me for this really newbie question.  How do i read chapter 2?  All i can find is a script for chapters 2 through 5.  Is the comic not drawn yet?  How do i get access to comics 2 through latest?  I've looked for torrents of the comics, i've even looked for a way to buy the comics.  Which I will if given a link to where I can.  Hell, I will pay 100 dollars by credit card if i can read JUST chapter 2(the finished comic, not the script). 

This is just a bit of a throw-away blog, a venting, a rant if you will.
Pertaining to that always mysterious and oft-debated MacGuffin, the Meat Heater. Er, Heat Meter.

Why, why does it make no sense to me!?!

Hm. That was a short rant, all in all.

Maybe I will explain further my confusion. How can Paramour have what was the lowest Heat of any property, even of those not updated for, like, a year? It can't be ratings or reviews, 'cause it seemed to be decent on that front. Perhaps it's simply views that drive it. I have no clue. It's not community presence. Or, maybe, it is, but that sort of heat builds and cools extremely rapidly. Alma cracked the top 5 at one point, like magic heading into the creamy 90s, and then, like magic and with dizzying speed, rocketed back down into the milky mid-70s. Whereas Blake [not to disparage the property, honest*] has sat somewhere between 95 and 100 for the past few months, despite Mr. Cook's almost total absence from the clubhouse [where IS that guy, anyways? I sort of miss him]. So maybe the high heat properties just have more readers? But it must be new readers, as Blake hasn't been updated in a very long time, so I can't imagine it's returning people re-reading the comic... can it? Maybe!

Gah! I dunno. Someone will mention squirrels, and it seems most logical right now, but why do the squirrels pick on me?! I went so far as to delete the Paramour property entirely, because that 27 degrees was embarrassing. Who's gonna read something with that kind of crappy score?

Okay, I've mellowed now. I'll return to playing with my Transformers and enjoying the cold weather while it lasts. And maybe, MAYBE, do some work today.

Thank you and good night!!

*I tagged the blog with Blake out of fairness, as if, by some strange chance, this creates a discussion, my man J should get his share of the Heat. If this kind of stuff even generates it...

Congrats on hitting 100 degrees on the heat meter!  I wonder how hot the heat meter can get.  You should celebrate by posting the end of Chapter 5!

I haven't seen Maim around these parts in a while, I think the squirrels are trying to entice him back. 

The new avatar of Blake reminds me of Prince Zuko of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Air Bender, haha.

Nice work! Keep them coming!

Apparently the question has been raised as to whether or not Blake Undying is too bleak to be a screenplay(movie)(there was a blog by Cristian-Fett but it seems to be absent when I returned to the blogs, maybe it is back now). Like so many things, it all depends.
To me the biggest thing that it depends on is where Jason is going in the movie. He has done an excellent job giving a feel of where he would go if Blake were to be an ongoing comic, but a film is a different animal. So what is the plot of Blake as a film? Well I don't know, Jason hasn't shared that with me, but here's what I feel it needs to be. It needs to be a contained story. There must be a plot that offers some sort of conclusion/closure to it, there is no guarantee there will be a second film so it must be self contained. That is not to say Jason can't leave it open to sequels or continuations but it has to have that element of containment. Take Star Wars for ex. When George made the first one(episode iv) there was no plan, for anyone but George, to make a sequel, in fact it only opened on like 32 screens(which even then translates to you are at your budget limit we shall give you your release in hopes of cutting our loses but dont call us we'll call you). So ep iv was written as a self contained story. They rescued the princess and blew up the death star. Did the defeat the Empire, no. Did they kill Vader, no. Did they leave it open for the continuing story, duh. But ep iv, if no other Star Wars tales were told could have survived as a self contained, stand alone tale. That is what Blake needs to be.
Now with all that said, Blake can be as bleak as Jason wants it to be, partly because he has a dark humor through out that breaks the downer, as long as it ends with a glimmer of hope(ie Blake does a heroic act and saves the day, or hints that things "could" be looking up). It doesn't have to be a lot of hope, just enough the audience can justify enjoying some dudes misery for two hours.
One other thing that question of too bleak hinges on is timing. Sociologically speaking, is the movie going flavor still leaning dark(ie The Dark Knight, tell me that wasn't a bleak movie) or does the recent success of something as inane as Mall Cop show that people want something a little lighter right now(again Jason's dark sense of humor could save him in either case)? Does the world want something dark and synical right now?
Sorry Jason i can't answer that. And I am sure Hollywood has a ton of overpaid people trying to figure that out for the marketing teams as we speak(and they don't know the answer either).
Best I can offer, be true to what you feel Blake is, not what you think maybe it should be. Not everyone is going to like your choices(no matter which choice you make) so make sure YOU do.

Later
Greg-mekikas

Though I'm new here (and am still trying to figure out how things work), I want to congratulate Cook on such achievement.

Bask in the glory of having your own dark-humor-morbidly-eccentric flavored vision materialized in both comic and film form.

Oh yes...and know that other gamers-writers-artists alike enjoy that as well.

Our works are what make us immortal.

So TK Jr. decided it was time to earn a few more fridge magnets to expand his set, so he came up with this, the third installment in the eagerly anticipated, always exciting, wacky and wonderful "Invasion of the Zeds" courtesy of his fridge magnet art.  Enjoy!

It can be a little hard to take it all in at that size, so he has broken it down into panels for you.


And here is the chapter and title.


Panel one of the action, featuring Deutschmaschine.


And the final panel featuring Blake and a dragon!

Is issue 1 of blake undying the only one that is finished?

I keep finding the transcripts of 2-5, but don't want to read them If there are finished versions somewhere. Message me with their location if there are. thanks!

Space + Aliens + Zombies = Awesome

...that is all.

(a response to Jimmymcwicked's blog "please.... do it....")

Jimmy, the goal for this site was and always has been the promotion of a property, in any number of different media streams. Be it comics, television, video games, etc. If a comics studio woke up one morning (got themselves a gun), came to Zeros 2 Heroes and said "Hey, we want to put Blake Undying into full production as a comic", I would say fantastic. I have a few years worth of scripts to fall back on. (I'd probably even enlist you, your stuff is awesome.)

The problem at this point is visibility. Z2H is still promoting the property to stuidos and execs, and now they'll have one more item to shop around. I have a plan in place for either a comic, a television series or movie. All that remains now is for someone to take notice. Personally, I truly do want Blake Undying to have a comic one day. The plan is in place, all I need now is a studio willing to put their name on it, and for that to happen they need to see Blake as a viable property. Self-sustaining.

This is essentially the first year of a embryonic experiment in social networking and collaboration. Even if I'd not won the contest, the people I've met and the connections I'd made here have made it more than worthwhile. I will do everything I can to bring my idea to fruition not only for myself, but for everyone else here at Zeros 2 Heroes. There are so many ideas here that deserve their time in the sun, and if I can help make that happen then I would be proud to do so. I want to see Hero High on Teletoon, or Deutschmaschine the anime, or Slaughter Inc the video game.

...Goddamn would I play Slaughter Inc the video game. I can see it now: Equal parts Dead Rising, Mercenaries, and Civilization. I had no idea how good a game that would be until this very moment. But I digress...

There are 15 properties that have proven themselves, and more coming up through the ranks every day. If I can help that process along with a screenplay, I'll do it. Does it make me want a comic less? Not remotely. Just have to move one step at a time.

More than 6 months have passed since a pitch of mine got selected to become a comic as part of C:CCN. We were 12. Added to that were the 3 Beta Books, as well as another underground-developped book. All of those involved in the process of creating those books have worked tirelessly, endured, even sometimes suffered. As we know, the whole thing culminated in the contest for the Harold Greenberg Fund.

When my own pitch was first selected by the community o become one of CCN's comics, I wrote an entry, thanking the community for its support and faith. And to this day, I still remember the first comment that this entry received. The comment came from Jason Cook, and I am here today to mirror it in light of yesterday's announcement:

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

However this time I need to add:
Provided nice guys also drink, curse, swear, are delightfully perverse, swear oaths to Yog-Sothoth and eat kittens.

As you know Jason, I wouldn't have said no to a grant (heck, who would?), but from the get-go my money was on you. Too bad it was Monopoly money, but hey, I'll know better next time :)

So now you only have to do the same thing you did back in the days, as the first winner of CCN: keep us in the loop. Tell us what's happening. Give us a heads-up!

And to all the writers on the site, I say this: the floodgates are now open!! The sky's the limit.

Hail to the King, baby!

- Christian

Hello folks,

Long time, no talk: we've been cooking up a lot of fanboy goodness behind the scenes here at Z2H. You've seen the launch of our Comix 101 program, which is awesomeness incarnate. And there are few things we can't quite talk about yet... but we know you will appreciate.

But I had to take some time to announce/congratulate the comic selected to go to screenplay through the good offices of the Harold Greenberg Fund. It was a tough call for those folks and we had more than one consultation with them as they wrestled with their choice.

But, at the end of the day, they went with Blake Undying. Jason Cook will be receiving a $15,000 grant to turn that comic into a feature length screenplay. I don't know about him, but I am freakin' excited.

More importantly, though, this signals the start of what we hope will be a long-standing relationship with the Fund... something that can only mean more opportunities for Z2H creators. So keep sharpening those quills and honing those ideas... it could be your turn next.

- ChiefZero

Just a random update in the pre/post Harold Greenberg Fund caesura we find ourselves in, huddled amongst the rocks watching the eye of the storm whirl above us... hm, maybe it's just me... Anyhow, a few more webcomics have plugged Blake Undying, despite being slightly late to the party. ;)

I've included links to the related posts on The Zombie Hunters and a personal favorite of mine, Schlock Mercenary. For anyone who hasn't checked out Shlock, they have done themselves a disservice which should be rectified immediately. Go now. Read the entire archive. Go on, I'll wait.

On another note, I will announce the winner of the Open Season contest tomorrow on Ye Olde Blakeday of yore, and hopefully also have the conclusion of "Escalation" to post as well.

Until then, I shall return to the banks of the tumid river to huddle together with the other hollow men and avoid speech.

(...oh, and on that note, I fixed "The Hollow Men" too while I was away. I'll relaunch that in the near future as well.)


UPDATE: Well that was apparently a lie. My apologies for the incorrect time frame. Real life has once again conspired to mess with my schedule. I will post the results this weekend.