Name: Beau Smith
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 172 lbs.
Hair (what's left): Brown.
Eyes: Menacing Brown.
Current Hideout: The Flying Fist Ranch. Ceredo, West Virginia
Website: www.flyingfistranch.com
Contact: beau@flyingfistranch.com
Occpation: Writer, Marketing Specialist, Columnist and Cowboy Warrior King.
Creator Owned Comic Book Work: Wynonna Earp, Cobb, Parts Unknown, The BadLander, Primate, Lost & Found, Ronna: Beauty, Brains & Bullets, Werewolves: Dead Moon Rising, The Black Terror, Beau LaDuke-Real Man and the Dogs Of Danger
Noted Comic Book Work: 24: Cold Warriors, Batman/Wildcat, Catwoman/Wildcat, The Tenth, The Undertaker, Wonder Woman vs. Xena, Guy Gardner: Warrior, Green Lantern Corps, Star Wars, Wolverine vs. Shi, Young Justice, Spawn, Shadowhawk, The Berzerkers, Scout, Alien Worlds, Boof, Boof & The Bruise Crew, Angela and Good Girl Art Quarterly
Upcoming Comic Book Work: Wynonna Earp: The Yeti Wars, Lost & Found, Maximum Jack, Cyn, 200 People to Kill, Jefferson Buck: Man Hunter
Screenplay: Parts Unknown-The Movie.
Noted Video Game Work: Maximo and Army Of Zin (Capcom)
Columns: Busted Knuckles (Comics Bulletin) Dottin’ The Eyes. (The Comics Buyer’s Guide) Far From Fragile. (Impact: The Global Action Entertainment Magazine)
--Beau Smith
Proposal
By Beau Smith
Maximum Jack and Bob the Bullet-Proof Dog.
Created by Beau Smith and Scot Eaton
Copyright and TM Beau Smith & Scot Eaton
Written by Beau Smith
Art By Scot Eaton
Maximum Jack: Danger 911
The world of heroes and super-heroes has been spinning around now for over 60 years. Every super power that you could think of has been done, redone and done again. There's about a million variations on the skin-tight costume and cape.
SoÖ why is Maximum Jack any different?
Characterization.
Maximum Jack is a project whose major is characterization and carries a minor in super powers. Maximum Jack is heavy on action and high adventure. The appealing part, and the reason people will come back month after month is that they will have a large investment in what happens to this character.
They will care.
The art on Maximum Jack reflects this strong vein of characterization. Great lengths have been taken to give Jack the look of a real person. There will be no stock comic book look here. Expressions of the face and body language have been researched and studied to give the readers the feeling that they know Jack and the other characters. Great detail is given to clothing and equipment to fit the personality of the characters.
"Maximum" Jack Novak is a little stronger, and a little faster, than your average, normal human. But that's where the difference ends. Jack shares one very important factor with the regular guyÖ the guy on the streets and the guy that reads of Jack's adventuresÖ Jack thinks, acts, and cares like a normal guy. He is a normal guy put in incredible situations and he just happens to be a little stronger than most.
That's the appeal, the hook, and the reason to come back for more.
There's also a huge mystery factor. How strong is Jack? Where did he and his dog-Bob get these powers? Where did he get that scar over his eye? These are questions that will always be brought up, but seldom if ever answered. Early on, before Origin, one of the main reasons Wolverine had been so popular throughout the years was because we knew so little about him. Readers had been teased with some possible answers, but in the end they didn't know much about him.
That's why they'll keep coming back to Maximum Jack.
This is a "Think-Out-Loud" scenario, much like what regular people do when they sit around and talk about what they would do if they won the lottery. In this case we leave people thinking about what they would do if they were a little stronger, and little faster than normal. You don't have to be from Krypton or frozen in ice for 50 years to ride this train.
For a two-year stretch Jack Novak worked for the U.S. Marshal Corp. as a "Sweeper". His job was being point man for the Black Shield Division. He was sent in on volatile situations to sweep the area and situation of any hostiles and expedite them to incarceration and capture.
Being a little stronger and a little faster than the normal Marshal, Jack was soon brought in under the President's request to be a single point agent of the nation's newest and most semi-secret branch of The Black Shield Division. His new job was to take care of crime situations that held more than a blue-collar threat to the well being of United States Citizens and internal law enforcement. His new job was to stop acts of crime here on our own soil that regular law enforcement couldn't handle through normal channels.
Jack was sent to trouble spots in the Untied States to put a stop to the crime without drawing too much attention to the scene. Sometimes this went like a whisper in the night and no one was the wiser. Other times it could break out into a very hot situation like a bowl full of five-alarm chili. Jack always put out the fire. It was something he was very good at.
Like any good thing that runs smooth, it wasn't long before the President started finding small ways to tweak the deal. Trying to bring in more agents, including other branches of law enforcement (FBI, CIA, DEA) and cutting back on expenses and equipment.
Soon after this Jack found that there were too many cooks in the kitchen and the food was starting to taste real bad.
He quit and went back to Alaska.
Unlike a lot of very bad movies and books, the government didn't try and hunt Jack down and kill him for "knowing too much." Like a mailman quitting the post office...he just quit and went home with all the benefits.
Two years later the effects of Jack's departure hit and hit hard. Small pockets of crime throughout the country was at an all time high. Lots of bad things were falling through the cracks and Jack wasn't there to grout the shit up. Worst of all international terrorism had invaded the boundaries of the United States.
The new President called Jack to come back. This time on Jack's terms. The program was put back into its original form. Jack was back working alone, or with a short list of hand picked agents of his choice, and only answering to the President.
Unlimited government backing and equipment. No uniforms, no reports, no FBI, No CIA. No hassles. The Flying Fist Tour of America was back in action. Wrongs would be righted and lefts would be thrown.
Jack's mission is to get the criminal element out of the confines of the United States of America. Throw them over the border, out into the sea, or have a mysterious black chopper come and whisk them away to be a problem for another countriesÖ ones we don't really like all that well. As for the battle against terrorism there isn't that mercy. That part has become a war. It is dealt with as a war.
Jack comes across a different group of supporting characters with each story arc. Every adventure takes him to a different section of the United States and a different environment.
Jack has his dog-Bob, who just happens to be a little stronger and a little faster than the normal canine. Like Jack, he's also bullet-proof. Bob is a white Bull Terrier that is no smarter or dumber than the dog in you house. He has his tricks that he can do, but he's no Benji on steroids. A normal dog in some very un-normal situations. He is Jack's back up and best friend. It ain't Scooby Doo and Shaggy and it ain't Timmy and Lassie.
This book is filled with a quirky atmosphere that will have fans of films like "Spider-Man", "Blade", and "Back To Back" talking about Maximum Jack in the same breath. It will carry the same feel of character driven stories that have made Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Smallville a hit with consumers that spend money on pop culture entertainment items.
Superman can save the universe. The Fantastic Four can save the world, but it's Maximum Jack that will rid your town of kinda' crime you don't want living next door.
It doesn't matter if it's the Russian mob trafficking drugs through the Alaskan pipeline, home grown terrorists blowing up fast food chains, or even a cult of crazed Canadian lumberjacks crossing the border and stealing high tech farm equipment, Maximum Jack will be there to enforce American justice for the common man.
This is seen as a color book, and as a 48 page one shot, or a five-issue mini-series.
If you thought you knew heroes, you don't know Jack!
Maximum Jack!
Beau Smith
The Flying Fist Ranch
P.O. Box 706
740 2nd Street West
Ceredo, WV. 25507
304-453-1050
304-453-6565-Fax
beausmith2@earthlink.net