One SMOL Step for the Small Press...
The Eagle has landed! Starting today, DrunkSkull Books is proud to take part, once again, in the SMOL FAIR — a truly independent, free-to-all book fair that puts small presses on display for all to discover. The are so many places, reading, and events to check out, that you probably can’t see them all — but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying all you can!
To celebrate, here at the HQ we’re doing a couple things:
1) As you may have seen from that annoying pop-up (I know, I know, but hear me out!) we’re giving away free digital stuff. And it ain’t nothing to slouch at either! You can get a free copy of the CICADA ebook (over at Smashwords) or you can get a free download code for the A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST - UNABRIDGED AUDIO (at Author’s Direct). That’s just for stopping by (while the digital supplies last)!
2) We’re offering a sale here at our own store. Just enter the code 20SMOL$AVINGS at checkout to receive 20% off your order. So it’s a great time to Cath up on any titles you might be missing (some of which are very near selling out).
3) Lastly, we’re hosting a DRUNK POEM ANIMATION WATCH PARTY to wrap up the SMOL festivities, on (DATE!). We’ll look at our most recent animation from start to finish (that’s storyboards to finished claymation), talk a bit about the DrunkSkull Philosophy of making stuff in the hopes that others might be inspired too, and close with as many animations as we can squeeze in between chats and questions. It should be a quick half-hour, and we’d love to see you there if your schedule allows.
SMOL: Drunk Poem Animation Virtual Watch Party! (Save the Date!)
In support of the terrific and truly independent SMOL FAIR, DrunkSkull Books and the Dead Bird Gang are proud to offer up a drunk poem animation watch party!
Saturday, March 26, 2022
2pm - 2:30pm Pacific
3pm - 3:30pm Mountain
4pm - 4:30pm Central
5pm - 5:30pm Eastern
(Apologies to our European friends for the late hour!)
Reserve your spot with the button below!
JOIN EVENT HERE!
It's an early salvo in what promises to be a years-long campaign to create animations for all of the poems from A DEEP & GORGEOUS THIRST. From rotoscoping to traditional 2D animation to claymation, the poems are brought to life by animators and narrators the world over!
We'll start with the PREMIER our latest animated poem, THIRST #125, followed by a deeper dive into the actual production of it -- to include sharing both the original storyboards and nuts-and-bolts of our basic process. With any luck, it might get fellow writers and presses dreaming bigger, and thinking further outside their promotions box when banging the drum for their own projects!
That will be followed by a handful of other animated drunk poems:
THIRST #3 - Tina LaTurner-McCreesh/Romana Vashtar (0:33)
THIRST #26 - Ben Tanzer/MusicAnimation (1:25)
THIRST #28 - Bastien Chiarini/stoniends (with music by the mighty Leeches of Lore!) (0:58)
THIRST #50 - Walevske Perez-Herrera/Tharinda Dharmasena (1:22)
THIRST #140 - Willy Vlautin/Mattia Adorni (1:45)
We'll close with a brief chat/Q&A.



