Michel De Rasbenek

Once a Cathloic priest my life spiralled out of control at the hands of the official papal legate, the Inquisitor, Arnaud Amalric. The year was 1209 and across the breadth of my beautiful France, community was turning against community. The black death of suspicion seeped into every cranny of our so-called civilised life until there was nothing left but fear, hatred, and revulsion. At the hand of a noble Crusader and his rampaging army christian souls were murdered by christian blades, and holy torches of fire. It was then, in a moment that some would call insanity, but I, for the greater power that was bestowed upon me, called clarity, that I committed a sin so heinous that even Christ himself was unlikely ever to grant me absolution. And so began my great journey into hell - into the darkness of my own creation, there to find neither comfort in the solace of others, nor the respite to accept what I had become. I was in turmoil, and so I remained for five hundred years....and where I remain to this day.

The Dark One

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A screenwiter still learning and honing craft after 15 years of study. The fruits of my labour are now beginning to taste truly sweet. I am always seeking new, commercially driven concepts that entertain worldwide audiences with themes and characters that resonate with reality and credibility.

Thursday, 5 June 2008

And so we begin...............

Welcome to the first blog in the epic journey that will hopefully chart the development of the new horror graphic novel "The Rasbenek Chronicles".

This is not a journey I will be making alone, however, though to be fair the writing side of the experience most definitely is. My fellow journeyman on this venture, is Steve Simmons, artist, designer extraordinaire, and most definitely a Samwise Gamgees to my Frodo.

We are, together, criminally insane (in a filmic way) and undoubtedly two of the most geeky, ambitious, and dedicated people in search of cinematic success I know.

And I know three!

So journey with us as we take the unusual step of creating a graphic novel from an existing film script in both the pursuit of literary success, and in a roundabout kind of way, of securing interest in the development of a feature film. Why not just pitch the script? I hear you ask. Well we could, to be fair. But how much better it will be to give investors and executives a graphic novel to read along side the script at bedtime. It's as though the movie is already made.

So, in the next blog I'll let you in on the history behind the creation of "The Rasbenek Chronicles".

Nick
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1 comment:

brandy said...

this sounds cool.

9 June 2008 at 09:02

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