once upon a time in san francisco
THE BLACK HATCHET
scripts & COMICs PREVISION
CREATOR - WRITER - PRODUCER MICHAEL TRACHIOTIS
Michael Trachiotis, aka artist Michael X is an optioned screenwriter and an award winning short filmmaker for "Death Knocked 3 Times," a black and white horror film that featured stop motion animation that he wrote, produced, directed and edited. Additionally he has produced and edited 4K 2D/3D films and animations for Augmented Reality.
Michael was fortunate to have several mentors and influencers including John Sayles, Werner Herzog, David Webb Peoples, Penny Marshall and Stan Lee who shared insights into story, script and character development that have been woven into script narratives.
Michael worked for Penny Marshall and Parkway Productions in story, script and project development. As well he has been retained to consult and strengthen scripts, screenplays, comic books, graphic novels and novels that encompassed analysis, character development, dialog, story arc, editing, rewriting and generating original material.
He has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Advertising and PR), Bachelor of Arts in Cinema (San Francisco State University Screenwriting) and a Master of Fine Arts in Motion Pictures and Television (Academy of Art University, San Francisco Producing and Directing).
At AAU his thesis project screenplay and graphic novel prevision materials were featured two years in a row for outstanding achievement in the Spring Exhibitions. Several years later he returned to AAU and taught graduate and undergraduate students in the art of building compelling Hollywood stories and screenplays.
Furthermore, Michael is a successful and accomplished artist, illustrator and graphic designer and used these skills to create a very lucrative Augmented Reality (AR) consulting and apparel business; hand drawing and printing graphic T-shirts that projected films, animations and videos.
Additionally, he built a very lucrative boutique ad agency, PR and design firm that included art direction, copy writing, illustration, graphic design, script writing, plus Michael produced, directing and editing over 80 print, TV, AR, digital and radio commercials and campaigns.
COMIC 3 - COVER ARTIST MOTI FRIEDMAN
Moti Friedman is a writer and illustrator of comics, science fiction, and children's books. Currently, he is both writing and drawing Ancient Diary of Mars, an illustrated book published by Markosia. Earlier, he co-wrote, drew line art, and lettered for Tom Rasch's (ex-Marvel) Black Alpha comic book series. He has also worked on comics books with Dan Berger, the former Managing Editor of Heavy Metal and a former writer of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He co-created Upside-down World with his wife and partner, Dr. Noga Friedman, including co-writing and co-illustrating three children's books. In this world, children can take any creation and turn it upside-down to reveal other amazing characters and objects. As an artist, he has published illustrations in various journals, e.g., I&M and Maydaon, and created works of art that can be found all over the world.
BOOK 2 - ARTIST ALLAN JEFFERSON
Comic artist from Minas Gerais (Brazil), he started his career at the age of 14. He debuted with DC Comics in 2017, and has published comics for Marvel, Dark Horse, Ardden Entertainment, Image and IDW.