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Free 10DC Galley for Mystery Week

If you want to check out my first novel TEN DEAD COMEDIANS for free, enter this galley giveaway right here for Goodreads' Mystery Thriller Week!

FVL on Marketing on Goodreads Blog

I wrote an article for the official Goodreads Blog (no, not this one -- this is my blog on Goodreads, I mean Goodreads' own Blog) on how to market your work. SPOILER ALERT: Posts like this one are marketing!!! How meta.

NYC Signings for DEADPOOL VS THE PUNISHER this week!

Do YOU enjoy sociopaths with guns abusing each other for your amusement? Then this information may be relevant to your interests:

DEADPOOL VS THE PUNISHER #1 by Pere Perez, Ruth Redmond and me comes out on Wednesday, and to celebrate I'm doing three signings at three NYC comics shops in three boroughs in three days! (Not as impressive as the time I signed in five NYC shops in one day, but I try, I try:

Wed, Apr 12: Staten Island: I'll be signing with my old pal Greg Pak, who has WEAPON X #1 coming out the same day, with my old friends at Comic Book Jones from 6 to 8pm -- details on Facebook.

Thurs, Apr 13: Brooklyn: Thrilled to be heading to Anyone Comics in Crown Heights for the first time from 6pm 8pm -- also see Facebook.

Fri., Apr 14: Manhattan: Finishing it all with a blowout appearance at Midtown Comics Downtown on Fulton Street -- see all the details in the photo from my friend and fellow comics scribe Amy Chu below.

Talk: The Birth of the Superhero in Camden NJ 4/8

I'll be doing a live reading of the Comic Book History of Comics story "The Birth of the Superhero" by Ryan Dunlavey and I at the 4th annual Camden Comic Con at the Rutgers's Camden campus this Saturday, c'mon down if you can, I'll be doing a Q&A signing afterward, and then joining my friends Amy Chu, Dean Haspiel and Larry Hama for a panel discussion later in the day.

What: The Birth of the Superhero
Where: Rutgers Camden Campus South A; Campus Center, Lower Level
When: 11:00am, Saturday, April 8

NetGalley features TEN DEAD COMEDIANS thru 4/3

This is very cool -- NetGalley, an on-line service for professional readers, is featuring my first novel, Ten Dead Comedians , in their Mysteries & Thrillers section starting now, through April 3rd.

So if you are a NetGalley member, head on over to that section and snag yourself a copy.

Or heck, join, then get one! It's almost as good as getting one of these:

10DC/Jason Rekulak/Quirk Books in Sunday NYT

I've been in the New York Times just the few times, but it's always a thrill. It was very cool to be quoted in Alexander Alter's profile of Quirk Books mastermind Jason Rekulak and have my upcoming book from them, Ten Dead Comedians , mentioned.

Check it out -- I'm biased of course, but if you love books it's a fascinating read.

Comic Con: Wizard World Portland Feb 17-19, 2017

Will I be signing at Powells? No, no I will not. But I certainly will be shopping there!

The rest of the weekend of Feb 17-19 I'll be in Artists Alley at Wizard World Portland in the Oregon Convention Center along MLK Blvd.

I'll be doing the writers' panel and Eisner & Kirby panels there too, check Ye Olde Programme for details, or check the official site here.

TEN DEAD COMEDIANS in Spring/Summer BUZZ BOOKS 2017

BUZZ BOOKS 2017 is out today, and along with a lot of other great authors I'm blushing to be mentioned in a content list with, my first novel, the stand-up murder mystery TEN DEAD COMEDIANS, is represented with the first chapter.

So if you want to get a little taste before 10DC hits the stands in July of this year, check that out, and sample a bunch of other terrific titles too, with this free download here.

A physical copy of BUZZ BOOKS will also be available at the ABA's Winter Institute in Minneapolis at the end of January, so I will try to give this post a little boost before that happens...

Comic Con: Wizard World New Orleans Jan 6-8, 2017

Very excited to be going to NOLA for the second year in a row. I'll be signing in Artist's Alley the whole time, and at 4p Sat I'll be on the Kirby & Eisner panel and on 2p Sunday I'll be on the Most Neurotic Super Heroes panel.

Get full details at the official site here.

Laissez les bons temps rouler, etc., etc.!

Signing: Comic Book Jones, Dec 17 2016

Come on out, Staten Island! I'll be there from like 11am to 3-4pm ish.