 Aushenker freelances as a screenwriter and continues to write comic books for various companies, including Bongo Comics Group and Heroic Publishing.He wrote a two-part Liberty Girl story for the latter, the first of which was released in Liberty Comics # 1, September 2007.On September 18, 2007, "El Muerto", a film starring Wilmer Valderrama and Tony Plana, based on the Javier Hernandez comic book "El Muerto, Aztec Zombie", was released on DVD, for which Aushenker contributed a painting on the disc's gallery section.