Coming Of Age Thriller ‘The Weakest Fish’ Hits Zoop Wednesday November 6
by Tony Thornley
When everything you know turns out to be wrong, what do you do? That’s one of the questions asked by the award winning creators behind The Weakest Fish, a new coming of age thriller hitting the Zoop crowdfunding platform Wednesday, November 6th.
Coming from Boston Grand Jury Prize Award-winning director, Bryan Wizemann (About Sunny), featuring art by National Young Graphic Novel and Pixelatl Chinelo Award-winning Mexican artist Edgar Camacho (Onion Skin), The Weakest Fish combines Southern Gothic folklore and Mexican culture to create a completely unique thriller. The duo have created a 290 page graphic novel, based on Wizemann’s 1999 screenplay. It explores themes of love and jealousy, loss and fear, escape and redemption, superstition and the natural world.
In 1961, outside Nacogdoches, Texas, thirteen-year-old, Tim, accidentally witnesses his mother having an affair. When his family’s secrets ultimately collide, Tim must flee to Mexico on foot, where he discovers a new world.
Bryan Wizemann is an independent director, writer, producer, and editor of film, raised in Las Vegas and based in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been exhibited internationally at film festivals and museums, on IFC and Wholphin, and streamed on Netflix, Amazon, SundanceNow, iTunes, FilmStruck, FilmBuff, and Fandor. His latest feature You Mean Everything To Me was awarded the Rooftop Films and Brigade Festival Publicity grant and accepted into the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab. Wizemann is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film at Pratt Institute.
“The Weakest Fish is loosely inspired by the attempted murder of a friend at the hand of his father while we were in high school, as well as the various infidelities that contributed to my own parents’ bitter divorce,” said Wizemann. “It explores the painful transformation that occurs when someone you once loved becomes someone you fear. It embodies the kind of story I would’ve written when I was younger if given the opportunity, and have had the luxury of revisiting and refining the script for over two decades. Collaborating with Edgar in this new medium was a dream—he brought to life the dark, lyrical realism and cross-cultural nuances that I couldn’t access alone. We’re incredibly proud of this graphic novel.”
“I am very grateful to be part of this project,” said Camacho. “Bryan gave me complete creative freedom to adapt his vision to the world of comics. Playing with color, style, narrative, everything was a very pleasant journey!”
Check out the art from the graphic novel and watch for The Weakest Fish on Zoop on November 6th!