This mini-documentary explores the work of Lee Stutts, an amateur comic book writer finishing the first draft of a new comic book while battling procrastination.

Project Type: Documentary
Runtime: 16 minutes 30 seconds
Completion Date: July 4, 2020

Screenings:

• Con Nooga Film Festival, Chattanooga, TN, 02.22

  • Award: Best Documentary

• Stranger Days Independent Film Festival: Best Documentary Short

• Raleigh Film & Art Festival, Raleigh, NC, 10.21

• SacFilmChallenge Music & Film Festival, Sacramento, CA, 09.21

• Imaginarium Independent Film Festival, Louisville, KY, 07.21

• Longleaf Film Festival, Raleigh, NC, 05.21

My aim with "Comic Book Hero: a Procrastinator's Guide" was to examine how procrastination affects dreams. Recent theories suggest that procrastinators are more creative than those who exercise greater discipline. That may be, but what are the limits, and how does one overcome obstacles or distractions to achieve a goal? In this case, the aim is an amateur comic book writer's first draft of a story about a dinosaur-turned-war machine.