That's What A Monster Hunter's Gear Is For...

Ghostbusters and proton packs. Men in Black and neuralizers. Hell Boy and the Good Samaritan - these are among some of the most iconic gear pieces in all of film history. When we set out to create the world EW:MH, we were very aware of how important it is to establish Emerson through the monster hunting gear he uses. When you're writing for a story like this one, you have all sorts of fun opportunities to stretch the supernatural, technological and creative limits of equipment.

Goggles Concept Art - July 7th, 2009

We look at Emerson's way of cultivating gear very much in the same way we look at our own prop creation. Borrowed, stolen, manufactured or duct taped together in some homegrown way. Fortunately for us, we have one highly motivated a prop master.

Zack has been responsible for the creation, cultivation and design for most of the gear we've seen Emerson carry to date. Most of it is usually pieced together using all sorts of crazy materials ranging from welding goggles, .99 cent store reading lights, to old pepper shakers filled with Mountain Dew. We're looking forward to showing you some of this stuff in action. Or inaction, depending on how Emerson wields it.

The First Emerson Wild Concept Drawing - June '09

For this blog, we'd like to reach out you in our comments section and ask: What sort of gear do YOU see a monster hunter carrying? What sort of sprays, snares and satchels would YOU want on your own monster hunter gear package?

Let us know! We'll be watching for ideas and might throw one of your suggestions into the series.

Welcome to "The Monster Hunter Manual"!

Welcome to "The Monster Hunter Manual", the blog for our new web series Emerson Wild: Monster Hunter. The "Manual" is your one-stop for the latest updates on the progress of our web series, as well as discussions surrounding the entire world of Emerson Wild and the creative community as a whole. We'll also be using this blog to supplement the monster hunter universe with extras, such as concept art, video elements and interviews with the creative people working on the show.

A huge thanks goes out to everyone who watched our teaser and managed to rack us up a whopping 12,000+ views in our first week online - just by word of mouth! We were all surprised and pleased to get such an awesome reception, and we're looking forward to putting out more content ASAP.

Until then, here's a fresh-off-the-wacom-tablet teaser poster drawn by none other than Zack Finfrock, creator and star of EW:MH. We're hoping to make these prints available for purchase if there's enough interest.

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Is that a sneak peak of Emerson's whip in the background? Maaaybe.

That's it for this week! Follow us on Twitter (@EmersonWildMH) to get an update on new blog posts.

'Til next time, hunters!