November 1, 2007
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Comics, Comics Everywhere!
I just got back from NYC this past weekend meeting with the other editors of “Secret Identities” to go over all the submissions that we’ve received. It was great to finally meet the other guys and put a face to the voices (we’ve been conference
calling for the past year). Basically all I had to go on were their comic rendered faces in the book’s bio!
After selecting the stories that gelled with the Universe we were creating, the fun part was pairing them up with artists. Our Editor-In-Chief set up a powerpoint slideshow of all the artists and samples of their work on his 42 inch LCD. It felt muy professional. It’s going to be an awesome book with 20+ different creative teams. It’ll be hard work logistically and creatively to pull together this 192 page project in the coming months but it’s cool to delve into a medium like this and at this level. I’m even more stoked that a few of my own stories were selected and paired with some kicka** artists! Once finished work starts coming in, I’ll post a sneak peek of a script page with a finished penciled/inked page for you all to see and compare.
And now that I’m knee deep in this world of drawn storytelling — it just seems to be following me everywhere I turn!
I found out a few months ago that “The Gene Generation” is going to be made into a comicbook that will be released in conjunction with the film. Although the artists made me look all bada** and hard in it.On the left is how I look in the movie. Now compare it to the images on the right of how I would normally look in comic form to how I’ll look rendered in the “GG” comic. Oh yeah, baby.
Then a few weeks ago, I shot a Guest Appearance for 
CBS’ “Criminal Minds” — and the storyline is rooted in… yep, the world of comicbooks. I play this Type-A Literary Agent of a young rising artist played by Frankie Muniz (“Malcolm in the Middle”, “Agent Cody Banks”). It’s a pretty cool episode and one of the largest roles I’ve ever had on television. The episode, ”True Night” is slated to air on Wed, November 28 at 9pm.
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I know I will definitely check out that episode! I’m sure you’ve heard this countless times but your acting career is just really inspiring to me! Especially how you work hard to break out of the Asian stereotypes. Keep on going! I know I will be supporting you! (:
Hey! That was the episode I met you on.
Criminal Mind is my favorite show. And it’s cool to see you on it!!!
P.S. I was reading UB alumni newsletter and I saw you in it…introducing UB alumni. COOL~~~~ so proud of you.
oh… you were in NYC? will I ever meet you? hMMm
Hey Parry, when are your films Hatchet and The Gene Generation going to come out?
i love criminal minds! can’t wait to see you in it!!!
That’s incredible! Not only are you leaving a mark in the film world, but now in INK as well. Congratulations.
I was gonna ask how everything is going, but I think it’s obvious that things are going quite well indeed.
This is great! I’ve always wanted to read an comic that had Asian/Asian American superheroes but not read manga. Oh, and I hope to see you and more Asian Americans in US movies and TV shows. It would be AWESOME if you could land a role on Heroes!