Posts under ‘Comics’

Cullen Bunn can write some kick-ass comics, but by day he’s a VP of something-or-other for a large company. I’m sure he has to wear a tie to work, and he gets to sit on boring conference calls and move his employees’ cheese. I’ve often wondered how a typical workday goes for him, and I [...]

Despite a somewhat disappointing Spring Break due to sick kids, a sick wife, and crummy weather, I managed to salvage my time off with some solid productivity.
There was last Sunday’s interview for starters, and shortly after I printed the script to the graphic novel script I’ve been working on and took the pencil to it [...]

Here it is, proof that any monkey can learn taekwondo:

Okay, I’m just teasing the TKD folks out there.
I’m told Grand Master Robert Trias, the founder of Shuri-ryu, owned a chimpanzee and he taught it karate. He would even walk around with the chimp perched on his shoulders. The thought of a karate master with a [...]

I’ve never been a fan of what I call the shotgun method of marketing: fire a property at the market and see if it hits anything. This is most often seen in the small presses, but it’s not unheard of from larger publishers.
In the horror small press, this typically involves getting a book listed on [...]

I just received word that Cemetery Dance will be publishing a script collection that will include the comic adaptation of the short story “To Fight With Monsters” by myself and Brian Keene. “To Fight with Monsters” first appeared in the collection 4×4 from Delirium Books.
The book will be called Smoke and Mirrors and is expected [...]

Now that I’ve had to upgrade my iPod to a shiny new iPod touch, one of the first things I did was download all the free comics offered by iVerse Media via Apple’s App Store. A friend showed me a few of them on his iPhone a few weeks back, and I hadn’t realized anyone [...]

It’s a good thing I love the comics medium, because landing an artist is hard, hard work. The good ones are either already taken or have page rates beyond the reach of any small press. At the next level they’re technically solid, but they think they’re deserving of the page rates the big guys get. [...]

It’s no secret I’ve been working on an original graphic novel for the last month or so, and it’s just about done. The book is sold, and the publisher and I are now looking for an artist.
Given the number of comics folks who read this — writers, artists, fans, media — I’m hoping you all [...]

I just fired a 12-page script off to a publisher. It’s not been approved yet, but it felt good to finally accomplish something, even something so short.
In a time where most small presses are dropping titles, changing formats, facing a tougher distributor market, failing to return messages, and generally struggling to survive, it’s good to [...]

Was there any doubt that writing would be a huge focus this year? Didn’t think so.
I solidified a relationship with a new publisher in ‘08, and our goal is to do a mix of comics and prose work. It’s still too early to announce specific projects, but I’ve written most of the script for the [...]