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Re:Active Comics
We love comics. We love them to tiny little bits. Cheap newsprint and color ink ignited the comics explosion in the early 20th Century, and now digital has sparked a new revolution. We believe that comics can harness the vast and ever-expanding power of the interactive world, without losing the qualities that made us love comics in the first place.
We have created these three short active comics to begin a conversation. Because this is just the beginning…
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Cement Suitcase
Cement Suitcase is the second feature film from Lead Balloon, and the first from writer-director Rick Castañeda. Shot in and around Rick’s hometown of Granger, Washington over two weeks in the summer of 2011, it’s a surreal comedy about finding the courage to let go and embrace how weird and wonderful life can be.
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Qualia
Qualia is the first of its kind: a crime procedural in 360 degrees.
Imagine a mystery where you can be in the middle of the action. You control the camera and have the chance to spot clues and solve crimes a step ahead of the show’s detectives. At the end of each episode we are left with a cliffhanger and a question: what is the crucial clue that will lead us to the next big discovery?
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The Echo Game
The Echo Game stars Alisha Seaton (THE FOURTH KIND) as a woman whose daughter is drawn unwittingly into a dark and dangerous world. The film is the first independent feature film from Lead Balloon and director Brian Feeney. Shot over 15 days in and around Los Angeles, the film is a dark, supernatural slasher filled with startling imagery and a haunting original score by Austin Wintory (GRACE).
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Coma, Period.
Coma, Period. is a darkly irreverent comedy about our inept hero, Dan, and the ways he torments and rewards himself in the stasis of being in a coma. Starring comedian and web celebrity Rob Delaney, this actively original web series is hilarious, funny, comical, and as many other synonyms as you can find on dictionary.com.
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Still Beating
Sara was the last survivor of a bloody massacre, and all she wants is to resume a normal life. But haunted by visions of violence, can she get through a date without hacking the poor boy to bits? Find out in this short that blurs the line between break-ups and blood baths.
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Rainbow
How do rainbows get their color? One distressed woman finds out the terrifying truth in this darkly comic short by Asa Shumskas-Tait.
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Dead Drop
How far would you go to get back the one you love? This dark and gritty suspense thriller wades into the dangerous world of industrial espionage and treason.
