tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47216141581183557322024-03-14T09:12:24.051-07:00The UnprofessionalsA Sociopathic BromanceAlexis Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389094503404265153noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-81143995209982963982013-05-03T15:18:00.001-07:002015-02-17T08:32:14.902-08:00Free Comic Book Day & Alexis<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Alexis will be at Space Cadets Collection in Houston for FCBD this Saturday! Stop by and meet the man himself, and pick up a signed copy of The Unprofessionals!</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Space-Cadets-Collection-Collection/102324337811" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>pages/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>Space-Cadets-Collection-Col<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>lection/102324337811</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It's not fair, how good this guy is. Check it out, people, our new cover for Chapter 1! Eisner Winner & Emmy Nominated <strong>Bill Sienkiewicz</strong> is the cover artist for our new trade edition, which will be available to order from local comic shops across the country this month! Incredible addition to an already incredible team of creators! Story by <strong>Colin Rankine</strong>, interior art by <strong>Chris Moreno</strong>, colors by <strong>Kate Glasheen</strong> and letters by <strong>Troy Peteri</strong>. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-9411033682471111812013-03-02T09:24:00.001-08:002013-03-02T09:24:47.408-08:00Alexis Nerdin' Around<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Alexis Cruz was on Nerd Heard Podcast last week talking about The UnProfessionals and the big news of getting into Diamond Distributing. The episode is up! Check it out guys!</span><br />
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You can see Alexis Cruz, co-creator of <strong style="line-height: 1.4;">The Unprofessionals: A Sociopathic Bromance</strong>, at Emerald City Comic Con 2013! Signing with Talaria Press at table E-15 in artist alley! Don't miss!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-39676941479259982672012-12-18T14:11:00.002-08:002012-12-18T14:11:29.703-08:00Alexis Cruz Interview on WHR DecideHey all you wanna-be ninjas! We must have missed this little dandy, an interview with one of the big guy's himself, Alexis Cruz.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">While you're signing up, here's some fantastic news straight from the source. <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Red Stylo Media was accepted into the small press pavilion at </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">San Diego Comic Con</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and, and, and</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> movie star & The </span><a data-cke-saved-href="http://sociopathicbromance.com/" href="http://sociopathicbromance.com/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Unprofessionals Co-Creator </a><strong style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Alexis Cruz</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(Skaara from Stargate)</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> will be signing at their table! Huzzah!</span></span><br />
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<div><em>A: Jorge Luis Borges, William S. Burroughs, Eavesdropping, James Ellroy, Edward Gibbon, Robert Irwin, Ursula LeGuin, Robert Louis Stevenson, Television, Gene Wolfe...So many others...
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<div><em>A: I would be solid all the way through, like a potato, all of my biological processes occurring through a sort of biochemical diffusion; a huge hinged jaw like a snake's, with these sort of grabbers on the insides of my cheeks to keep my prey from wriggling loose; the ability to transmit memetic as well as genetic information to my offspring (transomatesis); and a telepathic rapport with a like-minded person of another species in a distant galaxy.</em></div>
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<a href="http://redstylo.bigcartel.com/category/the-unprofessionals-mythmaker-red-stylo">Don't forget to check out Chapter #2 of The Unprofessionals--A Sociopathic Bromance in the Red Stylo Media store!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-50493022471060554682012-11-02T15:08:00.001-07:002012-11-05T06:05:26.281-08:00The Unprofessionals Chapter 2: Spider Man<a href="http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/74426953/slice_ch2-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Unpro: teaser" border="0" class="alignleft" height="276" src="http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/74426953/slice_ch2-1.jpg" style="margin-top: 5px;" width="400" /></a>Remember remember the Fifth of November! Why? An overly dramatic revolution? No! <strong>The Unprofessionals - Chapter #2: Spider Man</strong> is released digitally!<br />
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They've already got one job under their belt: low-life gambler and Welfare cheat Benny Chow. But they've stepped on the toes of Bojack & Lugo, two vicious pros with sensitive egos, and their shenanigans have drawn the attention of the NYPD. Expect violent hijinx, criminal antics, and probably some bickering in the second installment of <em>The Unprofessionals! </em>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-45155737412492818222012-10-27T14:51:00.000-07:002012-10-27T16:44:15.818-07:00London never saw us coming!Series co-creator Alexis Cruz is at MCM Expo in London! Visit <a href="http://redstylo.com/ai1ec_event/mcm-expo-london-comic-con/?instance_id=54" target="_blank">Red Stylo</a> for more event details, and <a href="https://twitter.com/alexiscruz929" target="_blank">follow Alexis as he tweets</a> from the show! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-63052006756084314112012-10-24T08:57:00.004-07:002012-10-24T08:57:37.511-07:00Unpro Geeks out with Geek NationCheck out this interview from Geek Nation! We posted this interview on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/theunprofessionalsgraphicnovel" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> back in August when MissCR1xLee chatted with <strong><em>The Unprofessionals</em></strong> co-creators Alexis Cruz and Colin Rankine. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-231748854499475562012-10-17T14:44:00.000-07:002012-10-17T14:44:46.714-07:00Got Code?Folks who made it to the East Coast for New York Comic Con to see <b><i>The Unprofessionals</i></b> creators, Alexis Cruz and Colin Rankine, got a little something something in the Limited Edition Trade Paperback. Not only is this special edition signed and numbered by Alexis, but the purchase included a code for a FREE digital download of the upcoming <i>Chapter 2</i>! And...we still have copies!
<blockquote> Leo and his brother-from-another-mother Jake are a pair of homicidal nerds who dream of being awesome ninja assassins, and they've already got one job under their belt: low-life gambler and Welfare cheat Benny Chow. But they've stepped on the toes of Bojack & Lugo, two vicious pros with sensitive egos, and their shenanigans have drawn the attention of the NYPD.</blockquote>
The Unprofessionals--A Sociopathic Bromance, Chapter 2: Spider-Man, written by Colin Rankine, with art by Kate Glasheen, and lettered by the amazing Troy Peteri, has a hard-target release date of November 5! Couldn't make it? We *might* have a little something for you...
<a href="http://http://redstylo.bigcartel.com/product/nycc-codes-and-pre-orders-for-the-unprofessionals-chapter-2-digital-download">Pre-order The Unprofessionals, Chapter 2 in our online store.</a> **OR** <a href="http://redstylo.bigcartel.com/product/the-unprofessionals-limited-edition-signed-numbered-by-alexis-cruz">Pick up one of the last remaining copies of The Unprofessionals, Chapter 1 limited edition trade paperback, and get a code to download the comic, FREE!</a> These are convention specials and are a limited run. Get them now before they're gone forever!
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<blockquote>For me, however, the real standout of The Unprofessionals art team is colorist Kate Glasheen, whose beautiful, hand-painted watercolors bring to the surface underlying themes in the story that a lesser colorist might have glossed over in the face of a standard “gritty” look. Glasheen excels at making the pretty look slightly scary.</blockquote>
Excited to see some recognition for the whole crew! Read the full review here:
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-47363022085307426722012-08-07T14:10:00.000-07:002012-08-07T14:10:01.319-07:00Reviews are in--we're awesome!<blockquote>"Action panels that will make you drool and stare endlessly at how amazing it looks..."</blockquote>
Check out the latest and greatest review from Erick Castillo! More to come... but check out the latest from <a href="http://dmonkeystudios.squarespace.com/ericks-page/2012/8/6/its-all-about-the-attitude-the-unprofessional-chapter-1-the.html">Disciplined Monkey right here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-88658019608612718142012-08-01T06:53:00.000-07:002012-08-07T18:33:43.079-07:00The Unprofessionals Go ProSan Diego Comic Con was a runaway success for the special Limited Edition Trade Paperback of <em>Chapter 1: The Son-in-Law</em>. This book is packed with extras that include previews and script from upcoming chapters, and each copy must be certified numbered and signed by Alexis Cruz or Colin Rankine to be official.<br />
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Only 500 copies of this special book will ever exist, and over half of the remaining books have already been spoken for via our Kickstarter Backers and other VIP's, not to mention the lucky folks who snapped up copies at San Diego and may also pick up copies at upcoming events and signings in the next two months (specific dates and locations TBA this week!)<br />
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What was that? You didn't back us on Kickstarter? You couldn't make it to San Diego for Comic Con? You never leave your house and won't make it to another show this year? And you want a signed and numbered copy anyway? Crazy!<br />
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In the meantime, we're rolling right along. All of our operatives have their mission briefs, pages on 3 chapters are being cranked out, and Backer rewards are continuing to go out as they're produced.<br />
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We won that Kickstarter campaign, btw. In case you didn't know. Thanks to the loving hearts and generous support of the public, we nailed that seemingly impossible goal and we're in the top 10 most successful comics project on <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/comics/most-funded#p1" target="_blank">Kickstarter.com</a><br />
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"<u><a href="http://kck.st/rYCgtU" target="_blank">The Unprofessionals - A Sociopathic Bromance</a></u>" Written by <a href="http://www.colinrankine.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Colin Rankine</a>, Art by <a href="http://www.zombiedickheads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chris Moreno</a>, <a href="http://www.artache-artache.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Erik Reeves</a> & <a href="http://dibarizombi.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Christian DiBari</a>. With Colors by <a href="http://www.katiecrimespree.com/" target="_blank">Kate Glasheen</a> & Letters by <a href="http://www.topcow.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&Itemid=72&id=192:troy-peteri" target="_blank">Troy Peteri</a>. Editing, Design & Layouts by Cruz & Rankine. <span style="text-align: center;">Developed & Produced by <a href="http://www.929online.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Alexis Cruz</a> & <a href="http://www.themythmakergroup.com/" target="_blank">The Mythmaker Group™</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">© 2011 Colin Rankine & Alexis Cruz, 929 Entertainment. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">All Rights Reserved.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div></div></div>Alexis Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07389094503404265153noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721614158118355732.post-24537454096751759942011-11-02T18:49:00.001-07:002012-02-25T09:16:36.787-08:00The Unprofessionals - Press Release<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CONTACT: [<a href="mailto:info@themythmakergroup.com">info@themythmakergroup.com</a>]</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">November 1st, 2011</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actor</span><a href="http://www.imdb.me/alexiscruz"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alexis Cruz</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Stargate, Touched By An Angel, Shark) has teamed up with writer, </span><a href="http://colinrankine.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colin Rankine</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to create “</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theunprofessionalsgraphicnovel" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UNprofessionals</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a story of “sociopathic bromance,” which he formally announced at Long Beach Comic Con 2011. Cruz and Rankine will tease the graphic novel this month, making it available on</span><a href="http://kck.st/rYCgtU" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kickstarter.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the crowd-funding phenomenon that invites the public to “back” projects they like for incentive rewards and pride of participation. Fans can support “The UNprofessionals’” 30-day campaign on Kickstarter beginning</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> November 1st</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by visiting <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiscruz/the-unprofessionals-a-graphic-novel-of-sociopathic">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiscruz/the-unprofessionals-a-graphic-novel-of-sociopathic</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“The UNprofessionals” graphic novel is produced by Alexis Cruz and written by Colin Rankine with art by </span><a href="http://chrismoreno.org/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chris Moreno</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (creator of “<a href="http://zombiedickheads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Zombie Dickheads</a>”). Cruz describes the project as, “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pulp Fiction</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> meets </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Boondock Saints</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, set in NYC about two kids pursuing a dream and trying to learn the ropes of the murder-for-hire game.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We wanted to return creatively as storytellers to a medium we love with comics, Colin is a New York native, and Chris Moreno ‘Makes It Happen’”, says Cruz, in a nod to the artist’s website slogan, and adds that the intention is to “explore the perils we face when we decide to live out our dreams”. Says Moreno: “Coming up in an industry like comics that has no set playbook, I can relate to the main characters in, The UNprofessionals, without the whole ninja assassin thing of course. But Colin and Alexis have created the perfect environment to live out my hitman-for-hire fantasies."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cruz, who just wrapped the paranormal thriller, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sighting</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, in which he stars, intends to expand the property beyond the realm of graphic novels, by developing a film and possibly a video game. The plan is to create the multi-platform property in stages, with separate but complimentary story lines and self-publish a Limited Edition offering by Alexis’ company,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">929 Entertainment</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and their imprint,</span><a href="http://www.themythmakergroup.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Mythmaker Group</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Mythmaker Group</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is an intellectual property development company; a professional cooperative of writers, directors, animators, visual and performing artists, and other creative forces that draws and cultivates talent from many disciplines throughout the entertainment industry in order to develop the best, most innovative expressions for original content; specializing in trans-media story design ranging from film and television, to interactive web content and ARGs, to graphic novels.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Kickstarter campaign for “The UNprofessionals” can be found at <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiscruz/the-unprofessionals-a-graphic-novel-of-sociopathic">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexiscruz/the-unprofessionals-a-graphic-novel-of-sociopathic</a> and runs November 1st through November 31st. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: xx-small; white-space: normal;"> The Mythmaker Group™ & </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; white-space: normal;">"The Unprofessionals - A Sociopathic Bromance" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: normal;">© 2011 Colin Rankine & Alexis Cruz, 929 Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: normal;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br />
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