The Shark: November 2005 Archives

Digital Webbing used to be this dinky little site where owners of comic book fansites would go to announce updates so that there was one central location to go to in order to find out when your favorite websites had new content, plus it was a great way to get word out.

Now, it actually has its own line of comic books and is a major website in comic bookdom, and one of its titles is being made into an independent film slated for release in January ("Bloodrayne"). It's crazy to me that Ed Dukeshire has done so well for himself through his (once upon a time) dinky little website that I used to post updates to when I ran my old website, JLA Reborn! Good for him, though. Kind of makes me aspire to greater things with The Shark Byte....

What's even weirder is that I can remember when Comic Book Resources used to be "Jonah Weiland's Comic Book Resources" and emphasized its huge link database... Nowadays it has articles, interviews, etc. and is widely known amongst comic fans.

I was recently invited to the Utah premiere of "New York Doll", an independent film/documentary about Arthur "Killer" Kane, the bass player for the original hair band, The New York Dolls. The movie discusses his difficult life of alcoholism and depression after the downfall of the band and its short-lived fame, and then goes into the beautiful and amazing story of his recovery and finding out what is most important to him.

I seriously have never thought I'd get so emotionally involved with a film about a hair band, but when watching this you can't help but love Arthur and the dreams he has.

I'll openly admit that Mormonism is a theme in this film (Arthur joins the LDS church later in life), but for those of you who are paranoid about "Mormon propoganda," or who are like me and have a strong distaste for most LDS-genre film out there, I guarantee to you that this film doesn't attempt to preach Mormonism or shove any doctrines down your throat -- the religion is used only to look deeper into Arthur himself and understand the changes he has made.

An excellent documentary, I highly recommend it, and you should click on the above link to find out when it is showing near you! Support this film!

I already announced a couple months back that my website, The Shark Byte, is up and running with videos I've made posted for public viewing, but I recently added a blog to the site as well, viewable when clicking on the appropriate link on the side Java menu.

I'm still tweaking some of the color/layout stuff, but it's there.

Soon I should have an e-Comic up, even if I'm not in the habit of updating it regularly.