I’m excited to announce that on February 10th, I will be releasing a new online serial novel, Don't Feed The Dark (under my alter-ego name Scott Scherr).
It's a free online zombie novel that will run every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until the entire novel is posted. To find out more, please feel free to click the link in the sidebar.
I will be frequenting the site with zombie related visual pieces surrounding the book and zombie theme in general when they become available.
Due to my involvement with Don't Feed The Dark, I won't be around at Eckovision as much, but I will continue to post any new visual pieces for both Inn Situ and Don't Feed The Dark projects when they become available.
I hope you have time to stop over and read the book and I would love to hear your comments about it.
-ecko
“Java Zombie” Copyright © 2013 John Ecko. All rights reserved.
One of my favorite shows, The Walking Dead, is back for more high-octane action and drama. I’ve been wanting to do a tribute piece for a while and this little bit of humor was all that I could come up with. I often have to stay up late on Sundays to watch Walking Dead, then the Talking Dead live show. Unfortunately, I pay the price having to get up at four am the following morning to do the dayshift thing. When the coffee bean is no more, I will know beyond a doubt that the end of the world has truly come…lol.
-ecko
“Let it Ride” Copyright © 2013 John Ecko. All rights reserved.
Here is my second piece from the Inn Situ Chronicles visual series centered around a character named Eddie Crenshaw from Michael’s story, “You, Me and James Dean”. This piece takes another look at Eddie and is directly influenced by Michael’s story. Michael does a great job of describing Eddie here:
“Allow me to paint a visual picture of Eddie for you. Eddie stands about 5’5″ and is perpetually dressed in a menacing scowl framed by a black leather coat replete with zippers, straps and buckles in excess. He likes his music loud, fast and chock full of screaming guitars competing with screaming vocals. His conversation is what my grandfather might have called “colorful” and my mother… well, let’s just say that my mother never approved would have never approved of Eddie.
Eddie’s story, You, Me & James Dean, appears relatively early on in Volume I, in a section designated as L’Chayim: To Life! A character in Eddie’s story, whom I named only as Brenda, makes her own starring appearance in Scott’s two part story The Road Has Spoken featuring Brenda Alvarez, a young girl from Ohio in search of a new life. As is often the case, Brenda gets sidetracked on the road to discovering her new self. She and Eddie lived together briefly until Eddie passed on in a freak accident, forcing Brenda to move on.”
For more information about the Inn Situ project and to preview some of the stories please visit the Inn Situ main site at:
http://innsitu.michaelraymond.me/
Your encouragement and support for these tales by way of comments over there is greatly appreciated and will help us gain ground when seeking publication.
ecko.
“Demon on Watch” Copyright © 2013 John Ecko. All rights reserved.
Here is my first work from the Inn Situ Chronicles visual series. This piece takes a secondary look into the character of Kenny Marano, a Sedona police officer who is involved in an unfortunate incident involving the death of a kid while on patrol one night that changes his life forever. As a result of the death, Kenny becomes a regular nightly fixture in a shadowy corner of the Inn Situ. Kenny first appears in the story “Long Slow Train” written by Michael Raymond and is one of many stories slated for Inn Situ Volume One, nearing the end of the editing phase. This visual is directly inspired by Michael’s story.
For more information about the Inn Situ project and to preview some of the stories please visit the Inn Situ main site at:
http://innsitu.michaelraymond.me/
Your encouragement and support for these tales by way of comments over there is greatly appreciated and will help us gain ground when seeking publication.
ecko.
“A Temporary Snowman” Copyright © 2012 John Ecko. All rights reserved.
I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and especially to our brave men and women serving overseas that can’t be home with their loved ones for Christmas. This piece goes out especially for them.
-ecko.
This is Cathedral Rock located in Sedona, Arizona. Photograph by Tomas Castelazo
My apologies for my absence and lack of new visuals. I’ve been neck deep in a couple other projects. One being, the Inn Situ Chronicles, a collaborative collection of stories centered around a bar called the Inn Situ and the surrounding areas of Sedona, Arizona. This is a wonderful collection of stories first envisioned by author, Michael Raymond, who set the stage masterfully as the world of Inn Situ came to life. I later joined this project and together we’ve been exploring the mysteries of Sedona and coming to know the numerous characters that have frequented the Inn Situ bar as a sort of crossroads. We are currently in the final editing stages of Inn Situ Volume One and Volume Two is well underway. I encourage you visit Michael’s webpage for a more in depth look at Inn Situ and the tales which reside there.
I have already been given the green light to come up with a series of visuals for Inn Situ and I will be sharing them as they become available.
In the meantime, please come explore Inn Situ and find out what it’s all about. There are sample stories already posted.
I encourage you to leave your comments over there and add your support to this project.
Thanks,
ecko.
Inn Situ Link listed below:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
“Obnoxious Pumpkin” Copyright © 2010 John Ecko. All rights reserved. From the new book, “Madhouse Theater” by Scott Scherr and John Ecko.
From the collaborative madness of story teller and poet, Scott Scherr, and visual poet, John Ecko, comes this twisted collection of short stories, poetry, and visual nightmares from the darkest corners of their unbalanced minds. The stage is set, our props have been sharpened and our cast of characters are ready to perform their torture on you, fair reader. Within these pages wait a vast assortment of sickos, maniacs, boogeyman, monsters, myths, ghosts and much, much more. Please, take your seats and welcome to the theater. We hope you enjoy the show…although you’ve been here all along.
Madhouse Theater now available at a 20% Halloween discount from now through the end of October:
1 more days ’till Halloween, Halloween, Halloween…
“The Community” Copyright © 2010 John Ecko. All rights reserved. From the new book, “Madhouse Theater” by Scott Scherr and John Ecko.
From the collaborative madness of story teller and poet, Scott Scherr, and visual poet, John Ecko, comes this twisted collection of short stories, poetry, and visual nightmares from the darkest corners of their unbalanced minds. The stage is set, our props have been sharpened and our cast of characters are ready to perform their torture on you, fair reader. Within these pages wait a vast assortment of sickos, maniacs, boogeyman, monsters, myths, ghosts and much, much more. Please, take your seats and welcome to the theater. We hope you enjoy the show…although you’ve been here all along.
Madhouse Theater now available at a 20% Halloween discount from now through the end of October:
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