Projects and Intellectual Properties
My Businesses
Denver Entertainment Art & Design Academy (D.E.A.D. Academy)
In January of 2012 I opened the Denver Entertainment Art & Design Academy (aka D.E.A.D. Academy), which teaches classes in the art side of movies, video games, comic books, FX makeup, and sculpting. We bring in teachers who are professionals in their industries to show our students what they can expect out there, as well as to help them create portfolios that will help them to get work. For more intensive information, visit the website at www.deadacademy.com
Lucid Dreamer Productions, LLC (2012 - 2015)
Lucid Dreamer Productions was a partnership with Jamie Katonic, created initially to produce the Miss Katonic Comic Series, and expanded to cover other media in which the Miss Katonic entity appeared. We were featured many times in the pages of Rock N Roll Industries Magazine, at conventions, and have interviewed GWAR, Nekrogoblicon, Band of Orcs, and more.
Biotoxic Studios (2011)
Biotoxic Studios was created prior to the founding of the D.E.A.D. Academy as a business focused on creating intellectual properties and collaborations with other talent. The first series, Cybertooth, can be seen in my Properties area. Biotoxic Studios was replaced by the D.E.A.D. Academy in 2012. Three or four digital issues of LAZARUS: The Many Reincarnations were published via Graphic.ly in 2011.
Creative Properties
Over the years I have created many intellectual properties, stories, characters, creatures, and much more. In elementary/middle school, I had a world with between 200-300 comic book characters, and dozens of stories on typing paper. And from there, it only got bigger. I'll be sharing some of those ideas here. Some are entirely mine, and a handful are collaborations with others. I will be sure to mention my collaborators on any shared projects.
While some of these properties are private and personal, others I would like to develop and release to the world, whether that be via comic book, movie, video game, toys, or whatever.
If you are looking for creative content, I can do that. If you are interested in one of my properties, feel free to contact me at zak@deadacademy.com
An unstoppable undead army marches out of the east, destroying all in its path. In their wake, rising from the ashes, are the Survivors - battered and beaten but refusing to die, they strike back at their foe. Meanwhile, across the continent, a secret cult of fanatics have found the Silver Skull of Lazarus, and attempt to bring him back to fight against the Lords of Death before darkness swallows the land.
This comic book series is a collaboration with Jamie Katonic about her otherworldly alter ego, "Miss Katonic." Dark things, tentacles, shadow vixens, and a powerful goddess from another dimension. The image to the left is from the series. You can see more at our website, www.misskatoniccomic.com
The Cybertooth Project is an episodic series that tells the tale of a futuristic Frankenstein's Robot thrust into a chaotic future where money is king, suffering is nearly universal, and the corporations rule the world. Through his newly opened eyes, he comes to see things through the filter of an electronic brain that desperately tries to make sense of the darkness around him.
. . . and more to come.
(Demons)
Untitled fantasy story filled with demons.
(Veils)
Untitled supernatural horror series.
(Immortals)
Untitled modern day mythological story about powerful forgotten religions.
Stories and Novels
Many years of writing.