You can get your face and likeness in my upcoming graphic novel project, The Lives of Dexter Peterson.

The talented, graceful, partially pink, and all awesome Genesis Whitmore is tirelessly toiling away on panels for the book while I refine the story. She’s offered to do something amazing for my most hardcore fans:

Any VIP or higher members of Matthew Ebel dot net can send me a photo and she’ll work them into the book… somewhere.

Think about it… You’ll be forever immortalized in the tale of a man surrounded by faces- always changing, temporary, and impersonal until he finally sees that one face that doesn’t change. With over eleven thousand groups of friends, enemies, lovers, colleagues, and family, there’s no telling who he’ll meet next. Or who YOU will be in that crowd. The only constant is the mysterious girl who never changes.

Are you not a VIP yet? Sign up at www.matthewebel.net today and put your face in this project!

Those of you that attended my 2010 Beer Bash know that I’m now working on a new album. Not a collection of songs, an album. If you weren’t there, well, I’m working on a new album!

The Lives of Dexter Peterson

A few years back I wrote a 120-page book for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. In thirty days I pounded out over 50,000 words and won the challenge on my first attempt. I was so proud of myself, I didn’t know I could produce anything that big in such a short period of time. The Lives of Dexter Peterson, draft one, had been born.

Then I sat on the manuscript. It’s actually been in a box in my basement since then. I didn’t see it or think about it until we moved from Boston to New Hampshire, but like buried treasure it surfaced during the boxing process. I’d forgotten how much fun I’d had with that story, especially given the ADD nature of the plot. I’ll save the details for later as the editing process heats up, but I will tell you that finding this book inspired me to write again.

I’ll be writing an album’s worth of music to accompany the story. One part companion disc, one part outright soundtrack, we’ll see how this turns out in a year. Oh yeah, and Genesis Whitmore will be making a full-length graphic novel to go with all of this.

How To Pre-Order

Isn’t it a bit early to talk about pre-ordering when I haven’t written a single note or lyric for the album? Not exactly. Again, as my Matthew Ebel dot net subscribers learned at the Beer Bash, any All-Access or higher membership is good for a copy of the album when it’s ready. A real, physical CD. Heck, the VIP’s and higher get the full package- album, printed material, audiobook, everything.

In addition, they’ll be getting updates throughout the project, from Gen’s sketches to my song ideas to behind-the-scenes videos from the studio. It’s going to be a heck of a project, so this is what my entire focus will be for the next year.

If you’re interested in getting on board, just grab a subscription at www.matthewebel.net/subscribe – and watch for my announcement “Introducing Dexter Peterson” soon!