SCRIPT2COMIC 2020 WINNERS
Our first year was an incredible success. We expanded our prize pool to 5 prizes and had a tie for 3rd place, so will be making six scripts come to life as comics in the near future.
CGC® the place to go for grading comic books was our partner in designing and presenting the amazing award slabs that each of our winners will be receiving. The books inside the slab were printed by Comic Impressions with a cover design by Nicholas Ely.
Thank you to all of our entrants — and to all of our judges and sponsors. We could not have done this without you all. We are proud to introduce everyone to the 2020 Script2Comic Contest Prize Winners:
GRAND PRIZE
THE VAMPIRE'S BABYSITTER
by Heather Hale
A 134-year-old vampire, with the body of an 11-year-old girl forms an unlikely friendship with the awkward teenager she hires to be her babysitter.
Heather Hale was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, so she has the work ethic of a steel mill worker, and her body is composed of 79% pierogi. In her adult life, she has miraculously kept herself alive in New York City and Los Angeles by working as a content writer at Nickelodeon, IFC, FX, and most recently, NBC. Working closely with shows like Baskets, The Good Place, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, she has created award-winning content in everything from on-air promos to San Diego Comic-con activations. Most nights you can find her in her West Hollywood apartment, whiskey in hand, watching TV with her terrible cat.
1ST PRIZE
CHARM CITY
by Josh Eiserike
A serial killer stalks the streets of modern-day Baltimore -but what the police don't know is all of the victims are witches, part of an underground secret society living among us for centuries.
Josh is a writer/cartoonist living in LA who most recently staffed on LEGACIES (CW) and previously sold a television pilot to Pop TV. Additional writing credits include WARIGAMI (CW Seed), G.I. JOE: RENEGADES (The HUB) and MAD Magazine. Coming from the indie comics world, Josh’s first comic book CLASS OF ‘99 won an Ignatz award (the Independent Spirit Award of comics) and his subsequent graphic novel ANYONE BUT VIRGINIA was distributed by Alterna Comics. Originally from Maryland, Josh previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Washington, D.C. area, where he covered everything from Congress to the Warped Tour. Always writing, Josh is also currently working on his new graphic novel.
2ND PRIZE
THE WEST MOON CHRONICLES
by Frank J. Kim
Shortly after moving to a small town in the pine forests of east Texas, a Korean immigrant and his grandson must deal with a supernatural threat that emerges from the haunted woods near their home.
I was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1978. My parents, immigrants from Korea, moved to Houston, TX when I was but a year old. These days I call Austin my home. My experiences as a Korean-American boy raised in mostly white communities deeply influence me as a writer and a filmmaker. I'm perhaps a bit too obsessed with stories of people who live in strange places during unsettled times, people who have to overcome physical and mental hardship, and stories about what it means to live a life where inspiration and fulfillment are hard-won prizes in places that actively test one's capacity to achieve them. I also think martial arts action is pretty freakin' dope.
3RD PRIZE (TIE)
HEX
by Joey Capuana
While investigating his ex-lover’s disappearance amidst a string of murders in Savannah's gay community, a broken-hearted drag queen taps into the magic of his coven of queer witches only to uncover a powerful evil lurking closer than he ever imagined.
Joey Capuana is an award-winning screenwriter and a WGAE “MADE IN NY” TV Writing Fellow. After studying film at Northwestern University, Joey served as Writers’ PA on Netflix’s NARCOS and F IS FOR FAMILY and has since developed pilots and features under the mentorship of showrunner Soo Hugh (PACHINKO). Joey specializes in dark comedies and genre mysteries that mix raunch and shock with sincerity and heart, while exploring queer and provocative takes on identity and desire.
3RD PRIZE (TIE)
VECTORS
by Grant Fraggalosch & Timothy Bacon
A NASA capsule crashes back to Earth after having been presumed lost in space over 40 years ago. But its return raises more questions than answers when it’s revealed that its crew of three is not only alive, but haven’t aged since their launch.
An avid content creator who has produced work in virtually every medium, Grant began his career as an ad agency writer/creative director before creating a docudrama series produced by CTV and MTV Canada. He went on to develop a number of factual/reality series, and has served as showrunner on series that have aired on Canada’s three major networks, numerous specialty channels and Netflix. He has written scripts that have been finalists in major screenwriting competitions, and recently story edited two pilot scripts for showrunners that subsequently received series orders.
3RD PRIZE (TIE)
VECTORS
by Grant Fraggalosch & Timothy Bacon
A NASA capsule crashes back to Earth after having been presumed lost in space over 40 years ago. But its return raises more questions than answers when it’s revealed that its crew of three is not only alive, but haven’t aged since their launch.
Tim has worked in broadcast media, interactive media, advertising and branded entertainment as a writer and creative director. He has had screenplays and pilot scripts optioned and has been hired by numerous production companies for rewrite, development and commissioned work. For years, Tim served as lead writer at Fuel Industries, an advanced interactive agency and one of the largest “advergame” developers in North America. His clients included HBO, Discovery Channel, Starz, Nickelodeon, SyFy Channel, Fox Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Alliance Atlantis, Lions Gate, Microsoft, PlayStation, Marvel, and many more major brands. An avid comic reader, Tim recently achieved a lifelong dream of having his work featured in the legendary Heavy Metal magazine.
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
SANTA CLAUS, INCORPORATED
by Arun Narayanan
Idealistic office assistant elf Lucy Goodshoe tries to bring the Christmas spirit back to the now jaded and corporate world of the North Pole.
Arun Narayanan is the creator and star of the award-winning digital series ARUN CONSIDERS, the writer of the 2018 TV movie TIME CAPSULE, and a producer and video editor who has worked on independent feature films, music videos, corporate videos, short films and branded content for companies like Disney and Sephora. But he’s probably best known, at least to his friends from high school in Connecticut, for that one time he was on NEW GIRL. Arun began pursuing a career in screenwriting after receiving an MFA in Film & TV Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2014. He was selected for the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)'s Emerging Storytellers program in 2015. He currently works in Metadata Research & Development for Netflix in Los Angeles and is represented by Joel Millner at the Larchmont Literary Agency.
FINALISTS 2020
Title | Writer |
|---|---|
John Black Raven | Ali Imran Zaidi |
THE MOOR | Andrew Matthew-Goth |
The Anklebiter | Andy Jones |
Santa Claus Incorporated | Arun Narayanan |
Bitten | Brett Hauze |
The Assimilation | Chris Wiltz |
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY | Cinqué Lee |
OUTSIDERS | Dan Benamor |
The Coyote Codex | Don Hauka |
Lumbee Jones | Efrain Colon |
The West Moon Chronicle - Ep1: The Green & The White | Frank Kim |
The Halloween Club | Gerardo Maravilla |
KEVIN'S OTHER KEVINS | Gordie Hvolka |
Vectors | Grant Fraggalosch |
The Vampire's Babysitter | Heather Hale |
HEX | Joey Capuana |
Superseded | John Dorney |
Charm City | Josh Eiserike |
PSYCHOS | Joshua Sackheim |
VILLAINS INK | Karen Bryson |
DOG OF WAR | Katterina Powers |
The Uncanny Uncle Andy | Kyle More |
This Is How It Ends | Melia Gabriel |
WHITE OUT | Michael Lanahan & Ted Collins |
Novus Arcanum | Michael Maxwell |
Five Freaks in a Van | Patrick Guera & Thomas Cunningham |
Jane Not So Fantastic | Paul Amerigo Catalanotto |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
ALADDIN AND THE FOURTH WISH | Shawn deLoache |
Blue Veil | Shireen Alihaji |
Henry Tibel's Fork | Tal Klein |
Strings - Changing Time | TavieAnna Bee |
Wonderland | Ted Wilkes |
The Cabinet of Curios & Cryptids | Tory Smith |
SUPER-CRAZY MOM | Vanessa Every-Burns |
SEMI-FINALISTS 2020
Title | Writer |
|---|---|
Dynaforce Down | Aaron Pinchback |
Once Upon A Time in Little India | Aaron Powers |
Spruce Up the Holidays | Adam McDaniel |
Qualified Koala | Adam Rapp |
SLAYER | Alain Loubeau |
Disaloud | Alessio Franko |
The Engineer of Terracotta | Alexie Basil |
John Black Raven | Ali Imran Zaidi |
Ashes | Alicia Ocana |
THE MOOR | Andrew Matthew-Goth |
The Anklebiter | Andy Jones |
Pride City's Finest | Anthony Rivera Jr. |
Santa Claus Incorporated | Arun Narayanan |
Adonis | Ben Tedesco |
Oxygéne | Bernhard Pucher |
The Henchman | Brent Jordan |
Bitten | Brett Hauze |
The Assimilation | Chris Wiltz |
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY | Cinqué Lee |
The Dark Nowhere | Clay Fusco |
OUTSIDERS | Dan Benamor |
Simulation Theory | Danny Baram |
The Adventures of Darryl Springbornne | David Maddox |
The Coyote Codex | Don Hauka |
Fangs | Dustin Schmidt |
Lumbee Jones | Efrain Colon |
PRIME CARGO | Francisco Lorite |
The West Moon Chronicle - Ep1: The Green & The White | Frank Kim |
The Halloween Club | Gerardo Maravilla |
KEVIN'S OTHER KEVINS | Gordon Hvolka |
Vectors | Grant Fraggalosch |
Retreat | Grant Fraggalosch |
The Fall of Usher | Gregory Cohen |
Killing Santa | Heath Houseman |
The Vampire's Babysitter | Heather Hale |
SHE'S A DICK | JJ Wienkers-Alvendia |
SUMO | James Russell |
Floyd the Ninja | Jason Skorski |
The Conscription | Jennifer Milne |
Fallen | Jessica Chipley |
The Book of Crowns | Joan Cato |
HEX | Joey Capuana |
Superseded | John Dorney |
Crimelords | John Mahony |
The Path | Jon Smith |
Sleepwalker | Jormond Thompson |
Charm City | Josh Eiserike |
PSYCHOS | Joshua Sackheim |
Werewolves From Outer Space | Justin Nosler |
VILLAINS INK | Karen Bryson |
Alanna Grimm | Kari Mote |
DOG OF WAR | Katterina Powers |
The Uncanny Uncle Andy | Kyle More |
The Lamp | Mark Laing |
THE TIGRESS WHO CAME TO TOWN | Martin Keady |
This Is How It Ends | Melia Gabriel |
OPERATION PAPERCLIP | Michael Arnold |
WHITE OUT | Michael Lanahan |
Novus Arcanum | Michael Maxwell |
LIGHT | Michael Schilf |
The Necromancer's Guide to Success | Nathan D. Ludwig |
Apocalypse Pizza | Nathan Patton |
Blue Xmas | Nick Growall |
CRAWL AWAY TO DIE | Nick Pollack |
Ade Meets: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti | Oluwaseun Olowo-Ake |
Five Freaks in a Van | Patrick Guera |
Jane Not So Fantastic | Paul Amerigo Catalanotto |
Beyond The Rift | Peter Rivera |
Reclamation | Peter Rívera |
Sky Squadron | Robert Drusetta |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
Johnny Was A Gangster | Scott A. López & Jesus F. Jauregui |
Crimson | Shaun Gold |
Night Lights vs. Dust Bunnies | Shaun Radecki |
ALADDIN AND THE FOURTH WISH | Shawn deLoache |
Blue Veil | Shireen Alihaji |
Riparian | Spenser Querry |
Confirmed Bachelor | Steven Greenwood |
Inversion | Suzy Stein |
Henry Tibel's Fork | Tal Klein |
Strings - Changing Time | TavieAnna Bee |
Wonderland | Ted Wilkes |
Shattered Skies | Tom Levesque |
The Cabinet of Curios & Cryptids | Tory Smith |
PLASTIC | Tracy Grant |
SUPER-CRAZY MOM | Vanessa Every-Burns |
Freakquency | Zachary Grashin & Jonathan Dittman |
THIS FIRE IS OUT OF CONTROL | Zachary Wanerman |
The Legends Within | Zayda Exeliz |
QUARTER-FINALISTS 2020
Title | Writer |
|---|---|
THE MOOR | ANDREW MATTHEW-GOTH |
Project Genesis | Aaron Strongoni |
PEACHES - "Shook" | Aaron Gray |
Dynaforce Down | Aaron Pinchback |
Once Upon A Time in Little India | Aaron Powers |
In the Footsteps of Thaddeus Thackeray | Adam McDaniel |
Spruce Up the Holidays | Adam McDaniel |
Qualified Koala | Adam Rapp |
Puglisi | Adam Skrine |
SLAYER | Alain Loubeau |
JUDGEMENT HOUSE | Alan R. Baxter |
Metastasis | Alessandro Guarino |
Disaloud | Alessio Franko |
The Engineer of Terracotta | Alexie Basil |
John Black Raven | Ali Imran Zaidi |
Ashes | Alicia Ocana |
NOT ANOTHER MODEL SHOW | Anazia Leona |
I Am Sapphire | Andrew Gladman |
The Anklebiter | Andy Jones |
Black West | Anissa Morgan |
Pride City's Finest | Anthony Rivera Jr. |
Sirens Vendetta | Antoine Mizel |
Santa Claus Incorporated | Arun Narayanan |
Nu Tarantia | B. Jack Azadi |
Class Warfare | Barry Ambrose |
Claus | Barry Ambrose |
Adonis | Ben Tedesco |
Oxygéne | Bernhard Pucher |
Might and Magic | Branden Scruggs |
The Henchman | Brent Jordan |
Bitten | Brett Hauze |
DARK HORIZONS | CARLO and ERIN CARERE |
Enter Entropy ("Welcome to Slade Enterprises") | Candice Michelle Goodwin |
CLAUS ENCOUNTER | Carla Kanthak |
WERE | Carter Friend |
Found | Chad Briggs |
Demonic | Chris Drzewiecki |
The Devil You Know | Chris Weber |
The Assimilation | Chris Wiltz |
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY | Cinqué Lee |
The Dark Nowhere | Clay Fusco |
The Timbermen | Colin Dalvit |
Supermodels! | Colin Francis Costello |
The Realm | DC Raymond |
OUTSIDERS | Dan Benamor |
I-95 | Dan Taft |
Toxic | Daniel Turkewitz |
Simulation Theory | Danny Baram |
Halloween Team | Danny Baram |
Kindred Spirits | David Allen |
THE REDFERN CHRONICLES | David Dalessandro |
The Adventures of Darryl Springbornne | David Maddox |
Greetings from the Vortex | David Maddox |
Savage | David Schlow |
Hybrids | David Thorpe |
The Coyote Codex | Don Hauka |
FIRST LIGHT | Douglas Stark |
Fangs | Dustin Schmidt |
ORGANELLE | Edward James Anderson |
Lumbee Jones | Efrain Colon |
Good Die Young | Emily Ritcheson |
A Hitman's Tale | Erik Rivera |
Then and There, Here and Where ( Orabella the Oracle) | Esabella Anna Karena Strickland |
THE LOST COLONY | Eugene Rhee |
PRIME CARGO | Francisco Lorite |
The West Moon Chronicle - Ep1: The Green & The White | Frank Kim |
John The Angel Slayer | GW Freund |
Danger Inc. | George Agayoff |
The Halloween Club | Gerardo Maravilla |
KEVIN'S OTHER KEVINS | Gordon Hvolka |
Vectors | Grant Fraggalosch |
Retreat | Grant Fraggalosch |
The Fall of Usher | Gregory Cohen |
Killing Santa | Heath Houseman |
DNA | Heather Farlinger |
The Vampire's Babysitter | Heather Hale |
Scarlet Seas | JC Young |
SHE'S A DICK | JJ Wienkers-Alvendia |
Castle Itter | James Allen |
SUMO | James Russell |
THE GREAT SCOTT FAMILY REUNION | Janet Hetherington |
Floyd the Ninja | Jason Skorski |
Not Even Past | Jeffrey Howe |
The Conscription | Jennifer Milne |
Fallen | Jessica Chipley |
The Book of Crowns | Joan Cato |
Civil Warlords | Joe Kourieh |
HEX | Joey Capuana |
4/18 | John Chipman |
Booze Hounds | John Cicco |
Superseded | John Dorney |
Crimelords | John Mahony |
The Path | Jon Smith |
Badges & Bloodcraft | Jordan Petersen |
Sleepwalker | Jormond Thompson |
I Am Survival | Joseph Cataline |
At the Corner of Hitler and Goering | Joseph Kovler |
Zeroes | Josh Covitt |
Charm City | Josh Eiserike |
A P A R T | Josh Lee |
PSYCHOS | Joshua Sackheim |
Werewolves From Outer Space | Justin Nosler |
Valley Rats | Kalley Hoshaw |
VILLAINS INK | Karen Bryson |
Alanna Grimm | Kari Mote |
Free Spirits | Katharine Densmore |
DOG OF WAR | Katterina Powers |
Fate and Other Holes in the Fabric of the Universe | Kemmer Cope |
Leapfrog | Kevin Thomas |
K-Pop Dragon Slayers | Kevin Yee |
Cadence's | Kimmy O'Connell |
The Uncanny Uncle Andy | Kyle MORE |
Harvest | Lauren Rouse |
Treasure Road | Lauri Donahue |
SOLAMAT | Liam Allen-McGoran |
The Wizard's Unpaid Intern | Lindsay Gilman |
THE LION'S STORY | Lynn Esta Goldman |
EAST OF EARTH | Lynn Esta Goldman |
Remember, Jax | Malcolm Carter |
The Lamp | Mark Laing |
THE TIGRESS WHO CAME TO TOWN | Martin Keady |
Motel Kalifornia | Matt O'Connor |
Beast of Virginia | Matthew Corley |
This Is How It Ends | Melia Gabriel |
OPERATION PAPERCLIP | Michael Arnold |
Mustard Man and the Ketchup Queen | Michael Dunn |
Caligula: Dark Lord of Magic | Michael Karr |
WHITE OUT | Michael Lanahan |
Novus Arcanum | Michael Maxwell |
Here Lie Harry Houdini | Michael Pollock |
LIGHT: 1-Hour Pilot Script | Michael Schilf |
Dead on Our Feet | Nancy Duff |
The Keeper | Natasha Rodriguez |
The Necromancer's Guide to Success | Nathan D. Ludwig |
Dissolve | Nathan Dame |
Apocalypse Pizza | Nathan Patton |
Blue Xmas | Nick Growall |
CRAWL AWAY TO DIE | Nick Pollack |
The Fearheartz | Nolan Morgenstern |
Ade Meets: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti | Oluwaseun Olowo-Ake |
American Legends | Oscar Sifuentes |
MAX THE AX | Patricia Meyer |
Five Freaks in a Van | Patrick Guera & Thomas Cunningham |
Grave Crimes | Patrick Hackeling |
Jane Not So Fantastic | Paul Amerigo Catalanotto |
Nobody | Paul Catalanotto |
Edie | Paul Catalanotto |
Return To Me | Peter Buhl |
Beyond The Rift | Peter Rivera |
Reclamation | Peter Rívera |
The Stricken | Rob Pilkington |
Blood of the Manor | Robert Drusetta |
Sky Squadron | Robert Drusetta |
This Land is Your Land | Robert Rossetti |
Apples | Rodolfo Salas |
Nightstar: Pilot: Star light | Ronnie Thibodeaux |
Mandibles | Rudy Gray |
Time Janitors | Ryan Manns |
Aetria's Tale | Ryan Manns |
Joyless | Ryan Manns |
Johnny Was A Gangster | Scott A. López & Jesus F. Jauregui |
Crimson | Shaun Gold |
Night Lights vs. Dust Bunnies | Shaun Radecki |
Greg the Puddle | Shaun Radecki |
Big Shirt | Shaun Radecki |
ALADDIN AND THE FOURTH WISH | Shawn deLoache |
SUMMER SCHOOL | Sheila Barnes |
Blue Veil | Shireen Alihaji |
Riparian | Spenser Querry |
Super P.I. | Stephen Hoover |
Confirmed Bachelor | Steven Greenwood |
Inversion | Suzy Stein |
Henry Tibel's Fork | Tal Klein |
Strings - Changing Time | TavieAnna Bee |
Wonderland | Ted Wilkes |
Zeroes | Tedjo Imardjoko |
SHAOLIN WOLF-MAN | Tom Freyer |
Shattered Skies | Tom Levesque |
The Cabinet of Curios & Cryptids | Tory Smith |
PLASTIC | Tracy Grant |
Those Lead to Slaughter | Travis Williams |
Mission Appleseed - pilot | Trent Miller |
The Sea Bass | Tristram Lowe |
SUPER-CRAZY MOM | Vanessa Every-Burns |
Freakquency | Zachary Grashin & Jonathan Dittman |
THIS FIRE IS OUT OF CONTROL | Zachary Wanerman |
The Legends Within | Zayda Exeliz |