GORILLA MY DREAMS: MIME OF MY LIFE

In Struggle-Town the streets are protected by KNOCKAROUNDGUY, a depressed gorilla who fancies himself a superhero.

But when a street mime is found dead (asphyxiated inside an actual invisible box), KNOCKAROUND-GUY soon finds himself wading through the ugly and dangerous underbelly of Struggle-Town and before too long, face-to-face with LUCIFER BIM-BOM and his KILLER KLOWN SYNDICATE.

  • Tim Stiles
    Writer
    Cthulhu Williams
  • Ahmed Raafat
    Artists
    El3osba
  • Project Type:
    Other
  • Genres:
    Detective Noir, Superhero
  • Number of Pages:
    42
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • AFIN International Film Festival
    Brisbane, Australia
    September 30, 2021
    WINNER: Long Comic Book - Graphic Novel
  • Redhawk Crescent Indie Awards
    Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
    March 26, 2021
    WINNER: Best Comic Book/Novel
  • New Media Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    June 7, 2023
    Finalist: DIGITAL COMICS any length
Writer Biography - Tim Stiles

Big Tim Stiles is an Award-Winning writer based in Ngunnawal Country, Australia. His comic book series GORILLA MY DREAMS has won the Best Comic Book category in half-a-dozen festivals so far (including the Australian Shadow Awards and The New York Science Fiction and Horror Festival), and most recently his horror comic book MASTIFF won Best Written Work at the Scream Queens Shockathon Festival. Big Tim is one host of the popular podcast LUKE & TIM MAKE A MOVIE, which spawned the Award-Winning short films PERFORMACE REVIEW and FALLEN STARS. His fiction, art, and films have been celebrated domestically and abroad.

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Writer Statement

Ten years ago I had a motor bike accident and shattered my right upper arm. From that day I've lived with chronic pain. Every second of every minute of every day I am in pain. Long story short, that's where the depression crept in, though I didn't realise it at the time. My body was broken, my mind was broken, and soon my relationship and family was broken too.

I came up with Gorilla my Dreams after stumbling across a number of detective noir stories that weren't set in your standard noir worlds. From that catalyst came Knockaround-Guy and Struggle-Town. As I wrote the character, I discovered that this guy, this Knockaround-Guy, possesses the same self-doubts that I do. He isn't your confident, star-spangled boy scout, or a powerful, unbeatable hero from the stars.

No, this guy is just like me. He's just like you. He is scared of screwing up, and worried that he'll never measure up, but he continues to go out there. He continues to try to find life's purpose. He continues to help people in need.