SANTA vs DRACULA Written by Ed Power Illustrated & animated by Melissa DeJesus Santa’s home is under attack. Dracula has decided with its 6 full months of darkness that the North Pole would make a perfect headquarters for he and his minions. He’s gathered an army of the world’s most famous monsters to evict Christmas Town’s current residents. The original 8 pages were made for Zuda online, and the the animation was made as a trailer for another contest online. Currently SvD is in the works with a publisher.
		This animation was done within a period 4 weeks for a holiday contest over at Aniboom The layout came directly from the comic but had to include scenes with Dracula that were not in the initial 8 pages. Credit also go to the guys over at Chromaengine for their help: Roberto Flores, for animation, voice, sfx, and editing. Albert Li, for animation and techincal assistance, and voice Sean Callahan, for voice Alex Shum, for providing music

	MY CAGE Written by Ed Power Illustrated by Melissa DeJesus My Cage was a King features Syndicate newspaper comic strip that ran from May 2007 to October 2010. The strip is about a 20 something year old Platypus, Norm, who strives to become a freelance writer while trying not to root himself in an office day job. The strip follows Norm on his day to day life, with his fiance Bridget, pet amoeba, Squishy and all of his friends and co-workers. -- My Cage is currently re-running online at GoComics.com
		My Cage: Year One 2010, 214 pages, black and white ISBN: 1449942512 A collection of all the My Cage comic strips for the first year in syndication. Order on CreateSpace Order on Amazon

		Twin Cities Public Television Educational video on the study of Plant Genomes and how it can improve agriculture today. For more information visit: Plant Genome Secrets Twin Cities Public Television
			Cotton Animation Animated segment on the cotton genome. Animation assistance: Roberto Flores Albert Li	Potato Animation Animated segmant on the study of potato blight and it's affects. Animation assistance: Roberto Flores Albert Li

		Sokora Refugees Written by Segamu Art by Melissa DeJesus Published by TokyoPop When a young under-acheiver meets the new kid in class, he magically transports her to the world of Sokora believing she'll save his world from impending doom. Little does he know that she rather be back at school failling her class than to help him save Sokora. Sokora Refugees is a fantasy comedy for anyone who rather be left alone than to deal with problems of others. Currently, there are no plans to publish volume 3.
			Volume 1 2005, 192 pages ISBN: 1595327363 Order on Amazon	Volume 2 2006, 192 pages ISBN: 1598165518 Order on Amazon

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