03.08.2012 -- EVENTS -- Angel 116 at The Schuykill Filmmakers Showcase on April 20! Dracula's Ball on May 5! There's a lot to look forward to!
02.11.11 -- EVENTS -- The Mazz Press documentary Driven By The Furies will screen at The Lazy Dog Coffeehouse in Minersville, Pa. at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6. No cover. Check it out!
02.11.11 -- MICE & MEN -- Meet the main characters of The Wild Damned in this very colorful section, featuring artwork by Norm Breyfogle. Ever wonder what Bedhead's pet peeves are? Well, now you'll know.
10.14.10 -- NOVELS -- THE BOOKS ARE IN! Order yours now! Just let us know if you want Cover A or Cover B...or BOTH!
10.04.10 -- NEWS -- The Web site for The Wild Damned is relaunched! While the entire site is not complete, take a tour. You'll see glimpses of new Breyfogle artwork here and there.05.31.10 -- NEWS -- Happy Memorial Day! It was also a big news day for Mazz Press. Stephen posted a music video for the live version of "Stick Around." You can see it by clicking HERE. Also Jodi Webb, co-author of Pennsylvania Trivia: Weird, Wacky and Wild, posted an interview she conducted with Stephen on Friday. To see it, click HERE.
03.15.2010 -- NEWS -- This week, we unveiled a second of Norm's sketches for The Wild Damned. Behold, "The Dreaded Mark of the Carrion Crow." Here are some comments from Breyfogle and Pytak recorded on the artist's Facebook page this week:
BREYFOGLE: This is my preliminary sketch of "The Dreaded Mark of the Carrion Crow," to be featured in Stephen Pytak's novel The Wild Damned. It's a spray-painted logo used by the novel's chief villain to mark his territory, so to speak. Stephen, you provide great reference and largely fully-realized illustration ideas. I just clean 'em up, add some dynamism and realism, and, voilà!
PYTAK: This one started out with a 'what if situation.' I wondered what it would be like if Carrion Crow had a symbol. For fun, did a draft of something. Becki, my wife, saw it and liked the basic idea. She thought I should persue it further. I worked it into the story. In the process I had to figure out how it would work. It decided it wouldn't be something simple, like in "V for Vendetta" or "Zorro," where the heavy can just draw a couple lines on a wall. I wanted it to be a stencil. I remember when I came up with the correct concept sketch. It was one afternoon after work. I was on the floor drawing in pencil while listening to director commentary over "I Spit on Your Grave." I wanted something tribal. And that's what we got! Norm really made it something special. The little touches he added really give it something. Sure, I do the concept work. But Norm's the miracle worker.
BREYFOGLE: I bet some folks would like to see the sketches that you do and provide for me, right next to my own finished versions.
03.10.2010 -- NEWS -- Norm Breyfogle, well-known "Batman" artist, talked a bit about his experience drawing the illustrations for Stephen Pytak's novel The Wild Damned on Episode 91 of "Where Monsters Dwell" broadcast on CHSR 97.9 FM. To read Norm's comments about working on the illustrations for the book click HERE.
