Carols on TV

For all of you that couldn't make it down to Carols By Twilight. Don't worry because it'll be airing on TV in Australia and New Zealand!

Australia:

Foxtel's Aurora Ch.183:
Saturday 17th of December at 7:30pm
Sunday 18th of December at 8:30pm
Saturday 24th of December at 1:30pm and 5:30pm
Sunday 25th of December at 11:30am and 5:30pm (Christmas Day)

WTV Perth:
Saturday 24th of December at 2pm

New Zealand:

Stratos TV:
Sunday 25th of December at 5pm (Christmas Day)

Triangle TV:
Sunday 25th of December at 8:30pm (Christmas Day)

Merry Christmas everyone!

Carols By Twilight

Are you looking for christmas fun for the whole family?
Then come on down to Hello Music's Carols by Twilight.
A fun-filled christmas sing-a-long concert.

When: Friday 9th December at 6.30pm til 8pm
Where: BMW Edge at Federation Square

For more information and tickets, click on the link below

Carols By Twilight

No More Mo

Movember's gone for another year and so is my mo.

I'd like to thank Jess, Adam, Jane, Glenn, Ben, Fiona, Nin, Trish, Video Ezy Essendon and Caroline Springs, Express Cuts Airport West, Seventh Art and The Campus Bookstore ACU for donating to my movember fund.

BUT did I beat last years effort of $202?

Drum roll please...........

Yes! We raised $242.90

Thanks again to everyone who helped out.

14 X 14 Auction

Last night, the incredibly talented Katie Houghton-Ward had a preview exhibition for her latest achievement.

Her mission was to complete 14 pieces of art in 14 consecutive days. Hence the name, 14 X 14. And the result really speaks for itself.

All the pieces are up for sale with a starting bid of only $100. So click the link below and make your bid NOW because the auction closes on the 24th of November.

14 X 14 Auction Here

Movember - DONATE NOW!

Movember's back!
Which also means my 70's porno mo is back!!
I'll admit it isn't a thing of beauty but it's worth every embarrassing day.
Support Beyond Blue and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia by clicking on the link below and donating some $.

I'm trying to beat last year's effort of $202.

So every dollar counts.

http://mobro.co/dalemaccanti

Hungry Love at Fling Fest

The final screening for my horror comedy Hungry Love is at Fling Fest 2011 Film Festival. This will most likely be the last screening for it. Details below:

Thursday 27th October at 7pm
Clocktower Centre - 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds.

more info at Fling Fest 2011

See you there!

Hungry Love at Short Cut

The second screening for my horror comedy Hungry Love is at the Short Cut Film Festival. So if you like burlesque, booze and b-grade horror then get your butts down there!

Tuesday 25th October at 8.30pm
Red Bennies - Level 1/373 Chapel Street, 

South Yarra.
more info at http://www.shortcut.org.au/

I'll blog soon about the last screening.

See you there!

Hungry Love at Comfortable Shorts

For those of you that couldn't make it to my fundraiser Hilarity For Charity and see the premiere screening of my zomedy Hungry Love, you're in luck. It's screening not once, not twice but three times over the next two weeks.

The first screening is at the Comfortable Shorts. I'll be doing a Q&A after the film.

Tuesday 18th October at 7pm
Loop Bar - 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne
more info at www.comfortableshorts.com

I'll blog soon about the other two screenings.

See you there!

Tubed

It's not always giant space worms and wise talking marsupials. Occasionally I write something a little lighter. 

But then again this comic is for Yuck! And if you haven't picked up a copy of Yuck! before then you've got a lot to learn about the world!   

Here's an early draft of the first page by Nikolas Leuthold. Trust me, a lot happens over the next 3 pages.

FYI: Yuck! Issues 5 and 6 just came out, which you can purchase at the link below. 

http://www.milkshadowbooks.com/shop//

The Vessel

If you like big monsters kicking arse and taking names, then you'll definitely like my story for Decay Magazine. It's a horror sci-fi comic called 'The Vessel'. To the right is some concept art by John Stewart.

http://www.darkoz.com.au/

Mind's Eye on Dark Carnival

I know what you're thinking but I do NOT work for Dark Carnival. They just like playing my films and we'll leave it at that. Tune in to check out my short film 'Mind's Eye'. I promise it only has a few spoilers for the graphic novel I'm writing.  

Monday 12th September at 11:30pm on Foxtel's Aurora, Channel 183.

Killeroo Inks

Back in June I showed you a preview for my Killeroo: Stranded story, inked by Killeroo creator Darren Close. But the preview I've got for you today is by Nathan Garcia, who'll be taking over and completing the inking and lettering.

Dark Carnival

Dark Carnival is having a special double episode with a double dose of Dale. 

They're showing my short film 'Wonderland Is Lewis' and music clip 'Killing You'. 

Monday 5th September at 11:30pm on Foxtel's Aurora, Channel 183. 

Katie Houghton-Ward on Aurora

It's your last chance to catch my interview with Katie Houghton-Ward on TV.

It'll be repeated on Foxtel's Aurora, channel 183, 24th August at 7pm.

Enjoy.

Peter Pumpkinhead Preview

Here's the first preview of a completed page by Tennille Owens for my story The Misadventures of Peter Pumpkinhead.
She originally started painting the first page in acrylic but scrapped it, to go with this ink and watercolour version. It's a big improvement and I can't wait to see the 9 other pages to come.

Witches Win!

Thanks to everyone that came last night and helped celebrate my win at the Short Cut Film Festival. My film 'Witches' tied for first place with Aaron Swann's film 'Locked Up'.
The bright lights on stage helped shake the nerves during my Q&A... because I couldn't see anyone. Thank God for that.

And thanks to festivals like Short Cut, Westside Shorts and Comfortable Shorts for playing Witches over the last year.

Witches at Short Cut Film Festival

A film I wrote and directed with Harrison Murray is playing at the Short Cut Film Festival on Tuesday night. We're doing a quick Q&A after our film 'Witches' plays, so come down and listen to me pretend like I have important things to say.

When: 26th July, 8pm.
Where: Red Bennies
373 Chapel St, South Yarra

http://www.shortcut.org.au/

Killing You on Aurora

Make sure you tune in to Foxtel's Aurora, Channel 183 tonight (18th July) at 11.30pm.

A music clip I directed and edited will be airing on the program Dark Carnival. 

Band: Broadway

Track: Killing You (Killawatt Mix)

Broadway on Facebook

Katie Houghton-Ward Interview Online

For everyone that missed Katie's interview on Inspiration. You can check it out here: inspiration: episode 6 part 3

It'll also be repeated on Foxtel's Aurora, channel 183, 24th August at 7pm.

Enjoy.

Katie Houghton-Ward on Inspiration

Make sure you check out the interview I directed and edited with Australia's own Katie Houghton-Ward. It’ll be airing on the program Inspiration on Channel 31 Melbourne, 9.30pm Sunday 10^th July.

Big thanks to Karen from Inspiration, Mitch and Troy from All Star Comics for letting me film in their beautiful store on the busiest day of the year and finally to Katie for allowing me to pick her brain. 

http://www.katiehoughton-ward.com.au/
http://www.inspirationalwomen.tv/
http://www.allstarcomics.com.au/

Mind's Eye

“You look like my son’s friend. Did you know my son Adam?”

“Sorry, I’m not from around here.”

“That’s a shame. He died about a year ago.”…

That conversation seriously happened to me a few years ago. How do you respond to something like that? But that conversation sparked an idea, which I turned into a short film called Mind’s Eye.

It played at a few small film festivals; West Side Shorts, Hardiman’s Film Festival and South West Film Festival. And in May/June this year it played on the program Dark Carnival on Foxtel’s Aurora Channel and Anthology of Interest on Channel 31. Which was pretty exciting but I wanted to do something more with the idea.

That’s when I started developing my short film into a 200+ page OGN. I’m currently writing the 2^nd draft which is taking a lot longer then I first thought, but hopefully it’ll be finished in a month or two so I can start approaching potential artists. Fingers crossed. 

The Misadventures of Peter Pumpkinhead

Now I'm very excited about this next project. It's a 10 page submission for Velocity Graphic Anthology: Issue 2. The first issue was launched by Neville Howard in Melbourne at All Star Comics and is an absolute gem. The book features work from Australian and South African artists. So go into All Star and pick it up, if only just to read Enormous, Darker Forces and Half Past Dead (but then you'l look like that guy who thinks comic book stores are libraries. So you better just buy it).

I'm working with the very talented Tennille Owens on The Misadventures of Peter Pumpkinhead and it'll be finished at the end of this year. The two panels above are just test panels, so you can imagine how good the final product is going to look. Check out her blogspot for more info on Peter Pumpkinhead.

www.gaining-velocity.com
www.tennilleowens.blogspot.com
www.allstarcomics.com.au

Killeroo: Stranded

Back in December 2009, I wrote my first comic after being inspired by one of my favourite Aussie films 'Wake in Fright'. The result was a 10 page web-comic for Killeroo. After a few script notes from Killeroo creator Darren Close and some concept sketches by Timothy Clark, the project was under way. A few road bumps were hit on the way, going back and forth to Darren's house to approve the 10 pages but finally they were finished. Killeroo: Stranded is in the final process of getting inked and lettered. Hopefully it'll be finished in a couple of months.

The preview above is inked and lettered by Darren Close but the final piece will be inked and lettered by Nathan Garcia. So when it's finally completed, it'll be up on www.killeroo.com for all to see.

So stay tuned.

Welcome!!!

Hi guys,

Instead of just hearing all my crazy rants about what I'm up to these days, you can now read it all in my new blog. I'll be putting up previews of a few things I'm working on in the next few weeks, so make sure to come back and check it out.

Dale