LOS ANGELES, CA- In the 1990s, perhaps no independent publisher partied as hard, shook the industry's foundations, or endured more public and private turmoil than Boneyard Press founder and president Hart D. Fisher. While the man Hero Illustrated dubbed 'The Most Dangerous Man In Comics' was interviewed in virtually every comics trade publication and on mainstream TV programs like Larry King Live, The Jerry Springer Show, and The Sally Jesse Raphael Show, Fisher always held back. Some subjects were too personal; too painful to broach. Living on the edge for the better part of a decade, there were stories behind the stories, skeletons in the closet, and bloody ghosts that continue to haunt him to this day.
Join Edgar Award winner Burl Barer and famed attorney Don Woldman as they grill Fisher like a swordfish! Yes, we will go for the tough stuff -- The murder of his first love & live in girlfriend during filming of his debut feature film, The Garbage Man; the legal battles fought over the publication of his Jeffrey Dahmer comics; the events which led to a threatened KKK protest march on his home in Illinois; what brought him out to Los Angeles and eventually led to him running the show at rock superstar Glenn Danzig's Verotik and the creation of the most controversial comic book in 50 years (Verotika #4’s “A Taste of Cherry”), the shut down of Planet Comics in Oklahoma City, the true story behind Hart D. Fisher’s “Death” in a 1998 April Fools Day prank gone wrong, discovering a young Gerard (My Chemical Romance Frontman) Way and taking the young artist (at the tender age of 15) under his wing, the decade long legal battle to keep the murderer of his first love in prison.
If Fisher kept a lid on some of the subjects in his life, which at the time had him on the brink, that lid has been ripped off and thrown aside in this shocking new documentary project helmed by Roger Scheck.
“What was going on in my life—the real story, the behind-the-scenes,” Fisher says, “is something only a few people really know. Some friends, my Dad (who passed away in 2005), Joe Monks…not a lot of people outside my inner circle had any idea what was going on. Both the good stuff and the things that made my life a living hell.”Not surprisingly, when Fisher began to consider revealing some of the details for his new television show,
American Horrors, even more spilled out than anticipated. Says longtime friend and frequent co-collaborator Joe Monks, whose own feature film (The Bunker) Fisher co-produced,
“What Hart's finally letting out will blow your mind. This is the kind of interview you'd see on 60 Minutes in its heyday, or in PLAYBOY--if they had the guts to print it just the way Hart tells it. It's funny, it's shocking, it's an emotional rollercoaster. Be prepared when this documentary is finished—it's not some fluff piece about a guy who's accomplished a lot. This is riveting story about a man who survived his worst nightmares and changed an entire industry. This is the real deal, warts and all.”Filmmaker, bouncer, post house CEO and perhaps the most controversial figure in comic books since William M. Gaines. Hart Fisher has the kind of stories roadies for the Rolling Stones envy. And he's finally telling them all.
To see the interview that started it all off, check out it out at the new
optimumwound.com site (with all new pictures and youtube clips):
http://www.optimumwound.com/hart-fisher-tells-us-crazy-stories-in-the-beginning.htm http://www.optimumwound.com/hart-fisher-tells-us-crazy-stories-about-the-boneyard-days.htmNobody Loves Alice director, Roger Scheck, grew up in McAlester Oklahoma where his interest in film was spawned by a close friend. While attending the North Carolina School of the Arts (Majoring in Cinematography) Scheck wrote, directed and produced his first feature film, Nobody Loves Alice. This film was shot on location in Winston-Salem, NC in 12 days over the winter break of his senior year of college. This film has since been picked up by Indie Pictures, a child of Warner, and is currently being re-mastered for it's television debut in 17 countries across Europe and Asia.
For more information on Roger Scheck Please check these links:
http://www.nobodylovesalice.com http://www.scheckmedia.comhttp://www.myspace.com/alicefilmFor more information on indy publishing legend Hart D. Fisher, visit:
http://www.boneyardpress.nethttp://www.crimepaysinc.comhttp://www.youtube.com/profile?user=crimepayshart
LOS ANGELES, CA- Crime Pays, Inc. founder and president,
Hart D. Fisher, has announced that
Christine Christian will be joining the American Horrors broadcast team as an on air correspondent and part of it’s talent pool.
Christine will be covering the
New York City Horror Film Festival as part of its’ ongoing coverage of the American Horror industry for European television audiences.
“Besides being a stunning beauty, Christine Christian brings a wealth of talent and ambition to American Horrors.” Said producer Hart D. Fisher. “Not only is she a SAG actress with numerous credits, she’s the lead singer for Death Before Dancing and a prominent member of the New York fetish scene. It’s my belief that Christine will be bringing numerous surprises to the show and our east coast machine.”
Mr. Fisher has made alliances with horror filmmakers around the country, including notable indie powerhouses like
John (Insaniac) Specht, Halfway House director and Emmy Nominee
Kenneth J. Hall, blind film director
Joseph M. Monks (The Bunker), Nobody Loves Alice’s
Roger Scheck, horror taste maker and Dark Delicacies co-owner
Del Howison, Mistress Macabre-Con 2008’s and burgeoning horror producer
Brooke Lewis, indie horror journalist
Eddie McMullen of
feoamante.com and many more. American Horrors is a proud sponsor of both, the 2008 Shriekfest in Los Angeles and the New York City Horror Film Festival and the Macabre Con 2008 in Pomona.
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LOS ANGELES, CA- Crime Pays, Inc. founder and president,
Hart D. Fisher, has announced that his American Horrors television show has thrown its’ support to another stellar horror film festival by becoming an official sponsor of the New York City Horror Film Festival. American Horrors will be covering the festival as part of its’ ongoing coverage of the American Horror industry for European television audiences and pounding the pavement looking for the next wave of bloody film makers.
“The New York City Horror Film Festival was one of the first festivals to screen my work.” Said producer Hart D. Fisher. “Now through American Horrors I’m looking forward to bringing our television spotlight to, what I consider to be one of the best horror film festivals in America, if not the world.”
LOS ANGELES, CA- Crime Pays, Inc. founder and president Hart D. Fisher has announced that longtime collaborator Joseph M. Monks' debut feature,
The Bunker, will air as the pilot episode of Fisher's
Flowers on the Razorwire television series for the Indiepix cable channel. Beginning this fall, Indiepix will broadcast the new fright showcase as part of the American Horrors line up of programming to 120 million households in 17 countries.
The distribution agreement with Carol Angela Davis, Inc. and Global Broadcasting & Syndication Inc., calls for 22 episodes of American Horrors, which will feature
Flowers on the Razorwire and other horror-related interviews, music videos & select horror features as part of it’s programming. Based on the 1990s
Boneyard Press comic book series of the same name, production on the Flowers on the Razor series is already underway.
“This television distribution agreement is a major leap forward for independent American horror creators, allowing them to find a vast untapped audience for their work.” says series producer Hart D. Fisher. “I'm looking forward to bringing quality horror product to European audiences, and I'm proud to begin that with The Bunker.” Monks, an independent comics groundbreaker for the past two decades, lost his eyesight in 2002 after a long battle with diabetic retinopathy. Faced with life-changing circumstances,
Monks stunned the comic book world by returning to a largely-visual medium, garnering rave reviews for his work on
Zacherley's Midnight Terrors, working with the legendary American horror host. But a return to the genre he enjoyed so much wasn't nearly the challenge he undertook next--becoming the world's first blind feature film director.
“Having written the screenplay for the first Flowers on the Razorwire episode, I was very familiar with the way Hart envisioned a full-on TV series,” says Monks.
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