EDDIE MCMULLEN: Famous People Who Don't Know Me

EDDIE MCMULLEN'S
BIOGRAPHY

FEATURING

FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ME!

6 years Navy (Honorable Discharge), largely stationed aboard the now retired USS RANGER, CV-61 (a Forrestal class Aircraft Carrier [Diesel]). Starting out in Deck Department, I worked my way up to Broadcast Journalist (OJT).

Clive Barker, Eddie McMullen, and Todd McFarlane.

IT SEEMS THAT VISITORS TO FEOAMANTE.COM THINK THAT, JUST BECAUSE I POSE WITH SOMEONE FAMOUS, I ACTUALLY KNOW THESE PEOPLE! HA! DREAM ON! I JUST WENT TO A SIGNING AT MELTDOWN COMICS IN HOLLYWOOD WHERE I WAS ALLOWED TO POSE FOR A PHOTO WITH CLIVE BARKER (HELLRAISER, NIGHTBREED, CANDYMAN) AND TODD MCFARLANE (SPAWN, COMICS, LOTS OF TOYS). YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE? THEY AIN'T AS FAMOUS AS I THOUGHT THEN.

I moved to Tucson after the Navy and attended the University of Arizona, taking Cinematography as my major and Radio & Television (RTV) as my minor. RTV as a minor was cancelled after my first semester so I changed my minor to graphic Art (I should have changed it to Business - whatever your major, take business as your minor! Learn from my experience!)

I quit the art classes when I discovered that I was making more money in a few months as a freelance artist, than my teacher had ever made off of his art in his whole professional life. That was a chin scratcher.

After the bar lost its liquor license I did a number of different things. In addition to the travelling (I was also a mechanic. I loved to constantly sketch cars), I did a few local television commercials. I produced a concert in Reid Park for the Muscular Dystrophy Association; A Father's Day at Old Tucson event for the local chapter of the National Jaycees (I was Community Development Vice-president); did Art Direction and Production Design on various annual Haunted Houses, and a Comedy Night at Gargoyles Coffee House to name a few out of the many. I soon discovered that I could do pretty much anything I set my mind to, which was a revelation.

I WENT TO THE SCREENWRITER'S EXPO WHERE I MET FRANK DARABONT. FRANK WRITES AND DIRECTS MOVIES. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS? THAT'S OKAY, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN HIS MOVIES: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3, THE GREEN MILE, THE MIST, THE WALKING DEAD. OH! NOW YOU KNOW WHO HE IS? NO YOU DON'T! AND HE DOESN'T KNOW ME EITHER!

I tried my hand at Professional Stand-up Comedy and became a paid opener after doing only 3 months of Open Mikes. I did a number of Hell-gigs and went on a few brief tours before I decided that the smoke of about 500+ cigarettes a night, two shows a night, 4 nights a week, was not my thing.

I wrote a fiction story called RATTLESNAKE TIE and sent it to EASY RIDER magazine. They published it in their sister edition, BIKER MAGAZINE. It was my first fiction sale.

I soon made Houston, Texas my home base. It was there I realized that I was a Texan at heart. No group of strangers ever felt more like "My people", than Texans. Everybody should find such a place where their heart feels good.

I trickled off of comedy and local television commercials and tried my hand at writing again. I worked at a regular job while I pursued my new dream. I fell in love a few times before finding the Right One, and got married.

I created a website on a whim, flipped a coin on the two types of fiction that I love, made a Horror Thriller site, and the thing took off. Before I knew it I was meeting people whose work I'd admired all my life.

In 2006, I moved to Pasadena, California to try my hand at film making while I learned the business of film distribution. That same year I sold two comic book scripts to Jim Smith (Ren & Stimpy fame) and worked as an SFX Make-up artist on the feature film, PRIMITIVE RECALL.

THIS IS MY WIFE LUZ. YEAH, SHE KNOWS ME.

Today I'm a published writer and working Graphic Artist, which I use as a catch-all phrase. For example, as a Freelance Artist I've designed book covers (DECADENCE ONE, RANDOM ACTS OF WEIRDNESS, DECADENCE TWO) for various publishers, as well as T-shirts, magazine ads, billboards, and so on.

I've worked on three different feature films. Two as a Special Effects make-up artist (PRIMITIVE RECALL, THE SORROW), and one as a Production Designer (MINE GAMES). I've also worked on two series (THE CRUSADER, UNIVERSAL DEAD) as a Production Designer/Art Director. I've also wrote and directed my own short film (LAST CALL).

As well, I've done some minor acting in THE CRUSADER (as reoccurring character, Rodney), UNIVERSAL DEAD (as a zombie), and THE APP (as The Biker)

I am currently working on my fifth screenplay and sixth novel.

My wife and I are doing pretty good. Love is great.