Exe - Pages 10-12

EXE: Pages 7-9

I got some feedback that a page a day 'makes it difficult to pick up the flow of the story'. That may be true. So today i'm posting 3 pages in a row that introduce us to our other protagonist, Officer Ewan Chase. Enjoy.

EXE - Page 6

We're getting to the close of the expository section. Up next. PATHOS

Exe - Page 5

EXE - Page 4

The EXE daily experiment continues. Here's the story synopsis in case you missed it:

Your internet has become a weapon of mass destruction. A deranged scientist has created a singular image that can drive men to madness. A simple email message can turn law abiding citizens into homicidal maniacs. Follow the digital descent of his latest victim, a morally conflicted Police Officer who tries to learn why he is becoming detached from reality. An action packed Science Fiction thriller. A darkly comic descent into madness and marketing.

Where have you gone, Don Draper?

Television ads confuse me, mainly because we've moved into this weird era where ad agencies feature really unlikable people to sell their wares. Take this Vonage commercial i saw the other day. It features this nice Italian girl who is supposed to be serving coffee to a line of eager, caffine deprived souls. Instead, she's on her phone talking to her mom while the hapless idiots sit there waiting for the crazy bitch to serve them an overpriced beverage. Here's the link, in case you're curious.

The Crazy Italian Waitress trying to sell you Vonage

I'm puzzled as to the appeal. Are there that many Italian expatriates who need unlimited long distance? Why is she talking to her mom when she's supposed to be working. Even the other characters in this fictional setup seem pissed off. Why would you create a commercial where even the other characters hate you?

And why is she spinning at the end? I don't know what's going on. I can't follow your narrative.

Remember when your pitch-men and pitch-women were designed to be likable. When did we start featuring the unlikable and socially awkward to sell products. Here's another one i see all the time that baffles me.

The Netflix Weirdo

No one will ever accuse Netflix of knowing how to run a company. Their commercials are strange and the characters in them are often the last person on Earth you would want to watch a movie with, which is probably why they're watching them on Netflix and not going out into the world. The series of ads has 'regular people' interacting with characters from a movie. There's one with some greasy, morbidly obese guy talking to some bank robbers who seem less puzzled by his ability to cross through the fourth wall and more annoyed by his fat smelliness. I realize it's a commercial, and therefore the sense of smell is not a factor. But he looks like a smelly bastard.

There's one with an old guy talking to some cartoon animals.

An Old Man and a Bunny Talk About Netflix

Why is the old guy so pissed off at the beginning? Why is a man so close to death wasting his time watching a movie about a cartoon tiger and a bunny? Why does he say "You're not going to make me cry, are you?" None of this makes any sense.

I understand the concept, but why wouldn't you cast someone likable?

You're selling a product. Cast someone likable. Use a premise that doesn't involve angry, awkward protagonists.

EXE - Page 3

Page 3 from the first volume of the Graphic Novel. Feedback is always welcome.

Exe: Executable File - Page 2

Page 2 of the first volume of EXE: Executable File.

EXE - One Page at a Time

In order to help get the word out about the existence of EXE: Executable File, i'm going to post a page every couple of days. All 85 pages of the first volume. Bookmark the page and check back. You can read the entire story from the comfort of the blog. And here's page one....

Steve Jobs was a visionary

Steve Jobs was a visionary.

Visionaries are people with big ideas. They are rarely the ones doing the heavy lifting. The pyramids were conceived by visionaries, but they were built by slaves.

Your iPhone and iPad was conceived by a visionary and is built and assembled by underpaid laborers far enough away where safety standards are low and the suicide rates are high. Your convenience (and mine) is a devil's bargain. For you to live in this technological nirvana, others have to toil in sub-human conditions.

I can't claim any high ground here. I'm as guilty as everyone else. Just remember, those who peddle great ideas still outsource their creation to third world countries.