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06.06.10 -- MUSIC & MORE -- Welcome to the new section of our CATALOG! The CD Maxi Single for the song written for "Corinn," Stick Around, will go on sale at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, June 20, 2010. Order yours today!

04.18.2010 -- NEWS -- Author Stephen Pytak and acoustic, Blues and Neo Soul musician Soji O have co-written a song about "Corinn," the anti-heroine of "The .40 Caliber Mouse" series of novels. On 4.18.10, the two put the finishing touches on the track and Soji performed it for the first time. It is amazing! It will be released on CD by Mazz Press later this year (2010). The CD insert will include artwork by Norm Breyfogle, famed "Batman" artist who brought "Corinn" to visual life for "The .40 Caliber Mousehunt" and the upcoming novel "The Wild Damned." It will also include a photo of model Victoria Vaughn as "Corinn." For more information, check back here from time to time. The CD will be sold on this site and a PayPal link will be set up. We will also sell the CD at our author events. And Soji will also be selling copies at his events. No release date has been set.

02.26.2010 -- NEWS -- Got some MORE work done on the skateboard project this week. We hired airbrush artist Kevin Mazlum of Air Graphics, Reading, Pa. to paint The .40 Caliber Mouse symbol on the bottom of our deck. He did a PRETTY AMAZING JOB! Kevin also gave the bottom a protective matte coating. This is the second time Kevin has done work for Stephen Pytak and Mazz Press. In early 2009, he painted the back of a denim jacket to help Stephen create a replica of the one worn by the character "Lon Stoesz" in the novel The Wild Damned. Stephen obviously likes to create some of the things his characters use and wear. "Corinn's skateboard" will appear in his fourth novel, which he started writing this week. To see the pix, click HERE.

02.17.2010 -- NEWS -- Stephen Pytak is excited! The deck and wheels he special ordered for "Corinn's skateboard" have come in! This is a prop he's buiding to inspire him to write his fourth book. The title of the fourth book will be unveiled later this year, when his third, The Wild Damned, is released.
02.07.2010 -- NEWS -- "I've seen the future and it will be. I've seen the future and it works." -- Prince, "The Future." I know that lyric has been used over and over, but it's kind of how I see things at the moment, at least for the future of my novel in development, The Wild Damned. For the past two weeks I've been studying the preliminary sketches by Norm Breyfogle. There's some very impressive stuff here. I commissioned a total of 21 illos (short for illustrations) this time out. It's the biggest art commission I've ever embarked on. While I do concept sketches first to give the artist a solid idea of what I'm shooting for, truth is, you're really never sure what you'll get back. I was very pleasantly surprised by the stuff that started popping up in my e-mail two weeks ago. The Carrion Crow sprung to life! Stacia Rose -- the book's anti-heroine -- looked as if she were about to jump right off the page! A demon bull charged! Corinn returned! But we nitpicked things. Graffiti in particular. Know how hard it is to really compose and develop interesting statements, symbols and scribbles? Try doing about 50. I will probably approve the rest of the sketches today. The actual artwork will hopefully be on my desk by mid-May. And The Wild Damned will be readied for a December release. Stay tuned.

For now, I'm only unveiling one sketch on my Internet sites, "Enter, The Carrion Crow, " posted here for your viewing pleasure. If you stop by at my book signings, you might see a few more.

01.31.2010 -- NEWS -- We're planning to hire a "Corinn" model for our "Lucky the Vicious" tees again and did some location scouting Saturday. To see a page of possible sites where we'll (hopefully) be clicking shutters in either April or May, click HERE.

01.23.2010 -- NEWS -- The Norm Breyfogle preliminary sketches for "The Wild Damned" have started to come in! They're fabulous. We will be unveiling samples on the novel's Web site shortly.

01.15.2010 -- NEWS -- Recently Stephen finished a draft of "The Wild Damned." It contains 40 chapters. Now he's combing through them, fine tuning them. Then his editing team will take a crack. He's hoping to have it out by Christmas.

10.20.2009 -- NEWS -- The mask of The Carrion Crow is now being manufactured by KreationX Inc., New York. The cost of each is $174.99 plus shipping and handling. To order, please contact us here at Mazz Press.

09.23.2009 -- NEWS -- While healing from recent surgery, Stephen is making significant progress on his novel in development, "The Wild Damned." Today he knocked out a draft of Chapter XVII. He estimated the book will have 40 chapters.

NEWS -- The mask of "The Carrion Crow" is complete! Lubatti Designs of California sent a bunch of images today. The finished mask will be unveiled at FURY: The Art of Mazz Press at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8 at Many Worlds Gallery, Pottsville, Pa.

 
01.03.2009 -- NEWS -- Today, author Stephen Pytak approved the final sculpt of "The Carrion Crow" mask. Those images are below. Now Lubatti Designs of California will enter the molding and casting stages. The finished mask will be unveiled at FURY: The Art of Mazz Press at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8 at Many Worlds Gallery, Pottsville, Pa.
 
12.26.2008 -- NEWS -- On Christmas Day, Lubatti Designs revealed some new progress pix of the mask sculpt.
11.14.2008 -- NEWS -- Today, Lubatti Designs of California unveiled images of the sculpt in progress for a mask for one of the characters in"The Wild Damned." While it's not complete, Stephen, who designed it, was VERY impressed. The mask will go on sale in early 2009.

11.03.2008 -- NEWS -- Now that the busy Halloween season is over, Lubatti Designs will resume work on the mask project for "The Wild Damned," Erich Lubatti said Sunday. He also said he will pass on some progress photos soon.

10.31.2008 -- NEWS -- The Wild Damned Web site launches! Here author Stephen Pytak will provide updates on the development of his latest novel and its artwork. Happy Halloween!

09.14.2008 -- THE WILD DAMNED SKETCHES -- So far, Stephen has completed seven drawings featuring characters from his novel in development,"The Wild Damned." Some -- or all -- of these drawings will serve as concept art for the novel. He's planning on hiring a pro artist in 2009. Here are snippets of "Lon," at left, and at right, his "Shadow." Meanwhile, Stephen is working hard on the novel. He's currently on page 168 of his first draft. Not one to write in sequence, he's already written the ending, which he's VERY excited about. He's hoping to have the first draft done by summer 2009.
   
08.17.2008 -- THE WILD DAMNED SKETCHES -- This weekend, Stephen started sketching out the characters for his current novel project, "The Wild Damned." So far, he's completed drafts of two and started a draft of another (a more complex drawing involving three figures). When Stephen's sketches are complete (he's a perfectionist, so that might be around April 2009) he will hire a pro artist to take his concepts and create the illos (short for illustrations) for the novel. "I like drawing first, so the artist will know exactly what I'm looking for. Drawing also helps me with writing. It helps me visualize my characters and think about exactly what they look like," Stephen said. At right is part of one of the sketches Stephen did Saturday morning. Meet "Stacia Rose," one of the novel's three main characters.
 
 

NEW NOVEL -- Stephen is hard at work on"The Wild Damned," a terrifying gothic actioner which takes place inside "The .40 Caliber Mouse" universe. So expect to see a few familiar faces. While no release date has been set, Stephen is hoping to have it out by 2010. Still on the first draft, he was up to page 151 on July 31, 2008.

MASK PROJECT -- One of the three main characters in "The Wild Damned" wears a mask. Determined to give it verisimilitude, Stephen designed it -- in an 18-page report -- and contracted Lubatti Designs, California, to make it. Productions images will be posted here and on www.mazzpress.com as they become available. Copies of the mask will be available for sale through www.lubattidesigns.com when the novel is published. What will it look like? Be patient. While we'll reveal some production photos in the coming weeks, we're keeping the finished product under wraps until just before the release of "The Wild Damned."