For those of you who have been following this project all these years, please come and join us at the Javits Center for updates and a fun discussion about the movie. See you all there!
THE SCREENING PANEL…
•July 30, 2011 • 2 CommentsHere’s some clips showing what went down at SDCC last week. Overall the show was a success for us and people loved the excerpts from the movie, which included the Intro credits and a part of The Studio segment. Many thanks to Mark Bode, George Pratt, Rick Berry, Bill Sienkiewicz, Henry Mayo, Robert Wiener, and the ever so lovely Weezie Simonson for taking their time to share the panel discussion with me. And especially to John Butler, who served as moderator, the awesome force behind the talented team of people who are working with me on editing the movie, and making it all seem so flawless. Thanks also to Richard Quan (Producer), Pete Koob (Editor), and Tom Yaniv (VFX), for the great clips that made it in time for Comic con, and the rest of the gang back at Cleaver Editorial and BSSP.
OK, that was fun, back to work! 
http://bssp.com/2011/news/cleaver-edit-at-comic-con-international/
YouTube footage care of Joel Gaspar.
HELLO SAN DIEGO COMIC CON…Here comes BETTER THINGS.
•June 24, 2011 • 2 CommentsI am excited to announce that I was given an hour presentation panel at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con to talk about the documentary and to show some clips from the movie. I also have invited some of the “stars” in the movie to talk to the audience about Art, Comics and Jeffrey Catherine Jones. Hope to see you all there and thanks again for the continuing support from all you Jones’s fans out in the world.
Better Things Panel Description: Comic-Con International 2011
Thursday, July 21st
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Jeffrey Catherine Jones: The Documentary — Filmmaker Maria Cabardo is joined by artists Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra: Assassin), Mark Bode (Cobalt 60), Rick Berry (Double Memory), and George Pratt (Batman: Harvest Breed) for a preview and discussion of her upcoming documentary feature Better Things: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones. Using interviews with Jones and a wide range of family, friends and colleagues, the film explores the late artist’s fascinating, challenging life and unique journey through the worlds of comics, illustration and fine art. Room 4.
NEW TEASER featuring rough cut of the interviews
•September 20, 2010 • 30 CommentsThis footage was used and shown at a development meeting by the producer. It has been uploaded on this blogsite so it can be shared with friends and fans. I am very excited about the upcoming LA shoot (with Berni Wrightson and others) and decided to show some of the footages that have already been shot at previous locations. Some of the art and photos used are just placeholders. Music by Salon of Refuse. Thanks for watching this sampler and I hope you enjoy it.
WATCH THE NEW 2 MIN. TRAILER
•July 16, 2010 • 11 Comments
THANKS TO:
Sean Smith Photography
Donald R. Grant Publishing
Patrick Hill
Mark “Jacko” Jackson
Mark Garrett
Mike McKnight
Davey Kilpatrick
Will Simpson
From our friend, Jeffrey Catherine Jones…who will miss us all.
•May 29, 2009 • 22 Comments
THE FILM
DONATIONS GET A JEFF JONES POSTER!
I did not meet my Kickstarter funding goal deadline, however, you may still send money via paypal, or checks can be written and mailed to Maria Cabardo at 510 Monroe St. #102, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
Macab Films has joined with Glimmer Graphics Prints to offer those who are really into helping me out two different Jeff Jones art print options. Those donating $25 or more will receive a print of Vampire Mother. You can see the print at – www.glimmergraphicsprints.com/VampireMother.html
Those who make a donation of $75 or more will receive a limited edition print of only 100 copies signed and numbered by Jeff. This can be seen here – www.glimmergraphicsprints.com/NativeSon.html. There are very few of these remaining. Donate $100 or more and receive both of these.
You can make a donation of any amount by using the Paypal button on this page.
Thanks for your support!
TEASER #4: LIFE
I found this from the clips I sneaked out of the editing room. I hope my editor doesn’t see this.
Check out the TRAILER and OTHER TEASERS at the bottom of this post!!!
Music by Alabama 3.
TEASER #3: ART
My editor kicked me out of the studio, so I stole some footages. This one is for all the artists in the world!
More to come. Enjoy!
This is the first set of footage to be used as a guide for the trailer. I am aware of the technical issues/typos and will correct them on the final cut.
My apologies to Paul Pope for cutting off his credits.
Thanks to Alabama 3 for their music.
In his four decades as a painter and graphic artist, Jeffrey Jones has followed a unique path—one which began in the lowbrow realms of pulp novels and comic books in the early 1970s. In those lean years of economic stagnation and artistic experimentation, Jones and other pop culture visionaries helped to light the fuse for the creative explosion in American comics that would bring the world such classics as Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Sandman, 300 and Love and Rockets. In this new documentary, a host of comics industry pioneers shares their memories of this vital time with a focus on Jones and his work, which continues to inspire fellow artists and fans alike.
The documentary features not only comic book artists but other comics industry professionals as well. Jones’s life and work are the highlights, but the effects of art—on an individual, on society, and as a business—are also discussed. How important and influential is art? Can it really save a person’s life, as its practitioners claim? How did it evolve from pure decoration to a commercial commodity? All of these questions will be examined as we explore the world of Jeffrey Jones.
The story of art is, in the end, the story of artists, and the whole can also be seen
in its parts.
