Bags and Boards Episode III: "A New Hope"

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Hey everyone. After the long wait, Bags and Boards Episode III: "A New Hope" is now in the can. Watch it in full HD above.

Bags and Boards is a web series created by Wesley Caldwell, Austin Caldwell, Jay Long and Dale Griffin that follows comic book store workers as they struggle with the daily grind, antagonistic customers, love and hard economic times. Despite all of this, they maintain a positive outlook on life, have fun and celebrate the wonderful lifestyle of the comic book world.

In this third episode entitled "A New Hope," the comic store has a movie night while Steven tries to build a relationship with Betty and Bruce deals with friend problems.

Bags and Boards is a non-profit web series made for fun and to celebrate the world of comics. No money has been made by the creation of this show.

More Stills and Updates on Episode III

So this past week I had a somewhat tragic event befall me. I was essentially done editing the majority of the footage for Episode III when my external hard drive fell off my desk and disconnected during an editing session. As a result of this, my Episode III file was erased and a week's worth of editing was shot down the drain. Although I managed to keep all of my clips intact, select clips were damaged (see the still above), they were all knocked out of order and all of my edits were deleted. 

Because of this event, my spirits have been pretty down. However, I have re-begun the process of editing and I am getting close to where I was when all of this happened. Still, it has delayed things somewhat.

Tonight is the last night of filming for Episode III. If all goes well (i.e. if I don't get screwed over again), it should be online later this coming week. Cross your fingers.

Until then, enjoy some new stills from this past week of shooting. You get to see more of Bruce and Brenningworth, along with Cami Roebuck as a new character named Gwenith (though she isn't completely new; she appeared briefly in Episode II).

Look for Episode III here later this coming week.

First Stills from Episode III: "A New Hope"

Bags and Boards Episode III: "A New Hope" began principal production last night. We will be working on filming it for the next two weeks. Be looking online for it next week. Hope you all enjoy these stills.

Look for more updates on this episode here in the coming days.

Bags and Boards Episode II: "The Clone Saga"

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Okay everyone, I know it's been a long wait but here is episode II. I'm a Vimeo plus member now so I can now embed the video in Full HD on this site. Enjoy it above. Please go to the original Vimeo page to leave comments and push the "like" button. Also, please leave comments here.

In this second episode entitled "The Clone Saga," Steven deals with love problems, Bruce and Brenningworth have theological discussions and a new customer named Conner comes to the store to get advice on how to pick up a "comic book girl."

I hope you all enjoy the episode. We put a lot of hard work into it and I am proud of it.

Episode II Poster

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Here is Austin's poster for Bags and Boards Episode II: The Clone Saga. It is in the style of the first poster but introduces some new characters as well as showing off some you might already be familiar with from episode I. The poster also successfully gets across some of the tonal changes in the new episode. I like it.

Tomorrow night, we are having a private premiere of Episode II at Heroes and Dreams. The episode will be here Sunday for viewing in full high definition. I know it's been a long wait but I think you will all think it has been worth it when you view the episode. We really have put an incredible amount of effort into it. It surpasses episode I in pretty much every way in my opinion.

Check back here Sunday to see Episode II.

The Third Episode II Teaser

Here I have yet another teaser for Episode II.

This is an out-take from episode II in which Red Shirt Guy returns to give a rant on Lost. I hope you all enjoy it.

Episode II should be done by late next week.

The Second Episode II Teaser

This new teaser, unlike yesterday's, actually contains footage from the episode II. It introduces the character of Conner (played by Zach Osborn), who plays a major part in the episode.

I hope you guys enjoy this.

Bags and Boards Episode II: "The Clone Saga" should wrap up production by the end of this week. Be looking for it on here late next week.