Posts under ‘Comics’

Check out this Sports Illustrated example of what a magazine could look like on a tablet computer like the rumored Apple tablet/Slate/iPad/übergadget:

I would love to have a platform like this to work with comics. Not necessarily as a replacement for floppies, but imagine the extras you can pack in to a graphic novel, comics anthology, [...]

Ommus and I got to talking about some of the differences between American comics and Japanese manga (comics) a ways back. It started with broad strokes, such as how they can print these fat black & white tomes and sell the shit out of them, and how they enjoy a much more mainstream acceptance than [...]

Under my new contract with Evileye Books, I’ll be bringing you prose and comics starting with the series The Pack. Book 1, Winter Kill, will be available on the Kindle on Halloween and in trade paperback shortly thereafter. We also have a preview book called Big Bad Wolves, a 12-page prequel comic to Winter Kill, [...]

Coming this Halloween:

Starting this Halloween, I will be bringing you both prose and comics from Evileye Books.
I’m about to jump into a convention so this is just a quick drive-by post, but more information will be coming soon!

I haven’t been this excited about writing in a long time.
It’s tough to put my finger on why, as I’ve been working with this same project through most of the summer. I just find myself more motivated to put the time in, and the upside of that is it shows on the page. I’m not [...]

I burned a vacation day today to get some writing done. Deadlines abound, but more importantly I’m excited about what I’m working on and I’m getting more and more frustrated with the day job getting in the way. As I type this, I’ve already burned through a few hundred words and am taking a quick [...]

Checked out Evileye Books lately?
Sheriff Pat York is middle-aged and getting soft in the middle. He’s almost ripe for the eating…
Saturday’s going to be a big day. I’ve been sitting on a lot of news for a long time, and it all goes public in five days.
If you’ll be in the Chicago area Saturday, be [...]

Today may be a day off work, but I still intend to labor like Hercules, for I am under a deadline.
I wrote a chunk of words last night, and it felt great. Then I received a draft of a schedule for the next year and a half from my new publisher, and I can assure [...]

Little Bird and Owly
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
It’s never too young to get them started. This weekend I brought home a copy of Owly: Flying Lessons by Andy Runton for Little Bird.
She loves it.
I see no reason she shouldn’t enjoy comics as much as her big brothers. When they pull out their Marvel Super Hero Squad [...]

While Peoria endures some hot and wet weather this weekend, I’ll be enduring the crowd of hot and sweaty comics fans.
Wizard World Chicago starts tomorrow night, and I will of course be there. Unfortunately I once again don’t have a table or a convenient way for folks to find me, but I have every [...]