Catching Up

Hey guys,

I know, I know... I am horrible at this blogging thing. So I'm here to catch up with you guys as I seem to do every couple months.

So let's start with the big guns, FUBAR Vol. 3: American History Z is up for funding on Kickstarter. The boys are offering some outstanding rewards for your hard earned money. So please go check that out and snag yourself some goodies here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1607639297/fubar-american-history-z

American History Z features the story "Z-Men" written by yours truly and illustrated by illustrious Sean Von Gorman (The Secret Adventures of Houdini) along with stories with buds like Giles Crawford (you know, like from Igor?), Jeff McComsey, Steve Becker Dominic Vivona, and lots and lots of others.

Next on the agenda is Igor: Occult Detective #2, which is finally moving forward. We've had a lot of road blocks spring up in so many ways to keep us behind schedule on this. But it is scripted and Giles is hard at work on it as I type this. We're really looking forward to sharing the rest of Igor and Mr. Frank's tales with you guys.

For those of you who may have missed it, I managed to squeak my way out to New York Comic Con last month and spent the majority of my weekend hanging out with the 215Ink crew (particularly the outstanding Stephen Lindsay, Will Perkins, and Mike Perkins) and the FUBAR boys! And shockingly, we sold out of Igor: Occult Detective #1!

Also, coming up Phil McClorey is doing another horror-mash-up anthology (after doing the very great Horror in the West) around the theme of Horror Adventure tales which will feature my story "The Island" with art  by the very fucking cool Shane Heron. I'm very excited to see what he does with my Lovecraft/Creepy/Eerie-inspired story.

I've also got a few secret projects in the works with some names that ought to get you guys salivating including... Stephen Lindsay (Jesus Hates Zombies), Will Perkins (Beware), Jeff McComsey (FUBAR), Dominic Vivona (FUBAR), Rob Croonenborghs (FUBAR/Jesus Hates Zombies), Phil Sloane (DeadHorse), and, of course, Giles Crawford!

Well, that's the state of things these days so thanks for checking in and don't forget: Keep Calm and Aim for the Head!

Alive! It's ALIVE!

Hey all,
I know I've been terrible at keeping up with this over the last year. I'm going to try to rectify that with at least bi-weekly posts. We'll see how that works out. Hah!

Anywho, I'm super proud to announce that Igor: Occult Detective #1 is now available for purchase from our website: igoroccultdetective.com which will also have updates.
Giles recently moved backed to PA from Australia and has finally found an apartment and should be moving in shortly. So he'll be commencing work on Issue #2 very, very soon!
Issue #1 is also available digitally through the 215Ink iPad app as well as through the Cloud 9 Comix app! And just to get you guys hooked early on, it's FREE through both!

As for my own progress, I'm currently working on the script for Issue #12 as well as working on developing some other projects AND lettering Issue #1 of MonsterMatt Patterson & Bob Bieber's Wolff's Run!

Well, that's all the updates for now, kids! Check back and see if I can keep up some sort of regular posting schedule!

The Creator-Owned Battle

Art by Jeff McComsey and Jim McMunn
I'm going to talk about something here that's pretty damn important to not only me, but also a lot of my compatriots: Creator-Owned Comics.

As a lot of folks know, the comic industry is dying a slow and miserable death. Now it's, of course, easy to blame Marvel and DC for only putting out books that involve the same superheros every month... (how many Deadpool and Batman comics does the world really need, anyway?) And while they are partly to blame for putting out comics that are stale and nearly impossible to jump into without knowing decades of back continuity, it's not entirely their fault.

This is difficult for me to talk about, because a big part of the problem rests with, us, the readers. We need to be supporting creator-owned books or publishers aren't going to want to put them out. At the end of the day, publishers are businesses and they need to do what's best for their business. So if superhero tripe continues to sell, they're going to continue to make it.

But for all of you complaining about the state of DC and Marvel and the state of comics as a whole, go out and support original creator owned books! Go grab that copy of Hellboy, The Goon, Fear Agent, 30 Days of Night, The Walking Dead, Savage Dragon, Mouseguard, Powers, Wormwood, or whatever instead Issue #105,367 of Spider-man! Even better go pick up something by an up and comer like Stephen Lindsay or myself!

If you want a jump start on some interesting reading materials here are a few recommendations from yours truly:

American Terror by Jeff McComsey
Jesus Hates Zombies by Stephen Lindsay & various
Novo by Michael S. Bracco
FUBAR by various
Vic Boone by Shawn Aldridge & Geoffo

All of them are available through Diamond so get orderin'!

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