Cartoonist Sina Grace is set to debut a new web series based on his 2015 Image Comics graphic novel, Self-Obsessed on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, and ahead of that a trailer has arrived to give us a taste of the show.
Directed by friend and longtime collaborator on the hit comic series Burn the Orphanage, Daniel Freedman (Undying Love), Self-Obsessed is a comedic look at the life of a gay LA-based cartoonist who struggles to find his creative mojo amidst a break-up, a book cancellation and an overall crisis of faith in his own work. Grace stars in the series alongside Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Adam Busch (Colony, Empire) and Jon Gabrus (MTV’s Guy Code, TVLand’s Younger).
When Sina (Grace) breaks up with his latest boyfriend, he’s heart-broken. When the book he’s working on is cancelled, he’s devastated. Self-Obsessed follows Sina on a hilarious journey as he tries to rediscover his passions for drawing and life. From striking out at a gay bear sex party to getting sage advice from his best friend (Benson) to visiting an old flame (Gabrus) in San Francisco, Sina tries to keep it together. Will he remember why he started drawing in the first place or will he obsess over where he went wrong?
“Making the book Self-Obsessed taught me to follow every idea down every meta rabbit hole,” says Grace. “It seemed like the only logical next step to bare it all on screen, surrounded by my best friends.”
Take a look at the trailer below.
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