My New Years Resolution for 2010 is to have Issues kick ass from the very start…oh hey! We’re back with a vengeance in the New Year! And with news regarding Season 2 to boot? (checks off resolution)

2009 was a year of growth for all of us here at Issues HQ. Several of our cast members became involved with shows in New York. CJ Maldonado (Edgar) released his film “A Passing Afternoon” at the Rochester Film Festival and Big Apple Film Festivals. My buddy and co-writer Joey Harris got to see some action during the filming of The Guild: Season 3. And despite a year that featured some major personal and financial hardships, I’m proud to have ended the final year of the 00′s as part of the first class of digital media creators to join the Writers Guild of America. But where does that leave us with Issues?

Well, for one thing, we clearly have a new website to ring in the new decade. Seriously, check out some of the new features and keep coming back for video updates, new downloads and the latest production news.

As for new episodes, in the words of a certain west coast governor, we’ll be back! Initially we were going to launch a series of ‘minisodes’ to bridge the gap between season 1 and 2, but after an exciting discussion about story potential, it was decided the show will be back in a new form. Issues will now return in a longer season/shorter episode format with each episode running between 5 and 7 minutes. Will our heroes be back? Is Zeke perpetually confused? You better believe it! In addition to seeing our familiar faces, we’ll be introducing a host of new characters as well. Let’s face it- if you’ve ever worked in retail, it’s a revolving door of weird and wonderful faces. I’m hoping we can reflect that in Season 2. We’ve got exciting people on board writing new scripts, we’ve got shiny new equipment to film with and we plan on making 2010 a year our bookies will never forget.

But before we move forward, let’s remember where we’ve been! Season 1 of Issues is eligible for The Streamy Award for this year! Think Oscars, but for web television. We’re hoping you the fans will support us for “BEST NEW WEB SERIES” and “BEST ENSEMBLE”. Plenty of web shows can focus on one or two people. We had nine recurring cast members!

Visit http://www.streamys.org/submit/public-submissions/

…or click on the buttons below!

BEST NEW SERIES

BEST ENSEMBLE

If you also click on Submit An Individual, you can also vote for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Writing and so on. It’s free and takes a grand total of 10 seconds to fill out. I timed it. No passwords, no sign-ups. Just type in Issues: The Series and our website right here.

And as always, keep checking in with us over the next few weeks as we march toward production. Want to appear in the show? Have an idea for a funny story? Drop us a line at issuestheseries@gmail.com. We love checking in. Up, up and away for us all in 2010. Excelsior!

El Queso Grande,
Scott Nap
Writer/Director: Issues: The Series