Much like we had done with the making of our Tequila Vinyl figure, Wired Magazine has decided to let internet readers into the step-by-step process of an interview from conception to publication. In and of itself it's a wonderful concept. But when the interviewee is the fascinating Charlie Kaufman it's absolute magic.

I found tons of kernels of inspiration from the complete audio interview. I love Mr. Kaufman's honesty, analysis and commitment to his craft. I MUST watch his Directorial debut "Synecdoche, New York" ASAP.

CLICK HERE FOR A DIRECT LINK TO MP3 FILES OF THE COMPLETE 2.5 HOUR CHARLIE KAUFMAN CONVERSATION.

CLICK HERE FOR SUMMARY OF MAKING OF WIRED'S CHARLIE KAUFMAN'S PUBLISHED INTERVIEW.

The latest Spirit Posters and Trailer's have been revealled... and things are starting to shape up really nicely. The whole marketing campaign I've been following has been all kinds of crazy. At first it looked like Sin City 2. Then it was some live action Tom & Jerry cartoon. Now it's looking like a Sin City James Bond hybrid with some wacky slapstick. That I can go for.

The use of color is pretty nice. It looks to build off of what Sky Captain did... hopefully it will succeed in ways that Sky Captain failed.

As a longtime fan, I'm still rooting for Frank Miller!

If his writing wasn't so brilliant, you'd think Alan Moore was a loon. While most men's midlife crises equate to wanting a hot young dame and a sportscar... Alan Moore quit comics for a few years to explore and practice Magick by means of worshiping a snake sock puppet.

These days, he's shunned Hollywood pursuits at adapting his comics to film... so much so that he gives all the money he makes on them to his artistic collaborator. Now he's claiming that the current legal disputes over the Watchmen film may be the result over the Curse he place on the film.

You gotta love the man!

Check out the wonderful article from LA Times HERE.

Wow. Dragonball Trailer Screen Captures have been revealled and boy, that movie looks UGLY. Akira Toriyama may be happy with his Hollywood money... but I don't think he's happy with what they did to his wonderful Piccolo character design.

If it's bad, let's just hope it's b-movie cheeseball like that first Mortal Kombat film!

More screen captures can be found HERE.

Man, this Spirit Movie is one helluva a train wreck. And I still can't decide if I hate it or love it. Acting's about Showtime Porn quality. Visuals don't know if they should be hyper-real or b-movie cheese. Characters look super dull and monochromatic.

But I keep going back to watching bits of it. And the leaked fight scene from SDCC is so ridiculous that I like it.

Jerry accurately mentioned that comic book movies try to over compensate the silliness of the medium of inspiration by doing this pseudo-sophisticated look. Spirit feels like it's trying to embrace the comic-book wacky that other films fear... but is still holding onto some weird pretentious sense of sophistication.

Check out the youtube video soon, 'cause I'm sure they'll take it down in the next 24 hours.

You can also see a quicktime version of the new trailer HERE.

Mista Hippo informed me that the World Premiere of "Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe" will take place in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 26th at the Mann Festival Theatre. I doubt I'll be able to make it to the premiere, but I'm going to do my best to see one of the following showings during the subsequent weekend.

David Choe is amazing. His life is as interesting as his work. I had the pleasure of meeting him at the 1997 Wondercon (shortly after the release of his mind-fucking Xeric-grant "Slow Jams" comic). He was a super cool dude.

If you ever find a copy of "Slow Jams", read it. Best masturbation sequence ever captured on paper (any dude will appreciate Choe's authenticity!).

Since the release of "Slow Jams", Choe found plenty of well deserved attention and success. You can find many of his beautiful illustrations in older issues of Giant Robot magazine. His art has been circulating the fine art world for many, many years. You'll occasionaly find his mural work in various places around the world (his amazing redesign of The Kitchen on Sunset and Fountain is a walking distance from Jerry's house!).

I recall his crazy debacle with Marvel Comics when he had done preliminary work on NYX with Brian Wood. I was blown away to find out that Choe was arrested in Japan for stealing days before an art show and was stuck in a Japanese prison for months only to find God while doing art on napkins with his food and bodily fluids. It was a pleasure to find Choe backed away from his spiritual awakening to find the same thrills he found in stealing by gambling in Vegas and screwing The Man by winning hundreds of thousands in Black Jack. You'd think his life was a big fairy tale if it weren't for the pictures.

Oh yeah, and his art? Raw, honest, dirty, and fuckin' beautiful.

Here's the trailer for the film: