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April 17, 2010
No Contrails: Silent Sky
Been a long while since this part of the country had a sky that looked like this:
As everyone else is saying: the deep and archaic strangen...
As everyone else is saying: the deep and archaic strangeness of a British sky without plane contrails dawns on you slowly.
April 16, 2010
IRON MAN: EXTREMIS Motion Comic: Episode 1 Is Live
Totally forgot: episode one of the IRON MAN: EXTREMIS motion comic went live on iTunes, Zune and Xbox Live today. USD $1.99 a pop or 9.99 for all six. Tell me if you see it.
Links for 2010-04-16
the comments section is kind of interesting. Charlie brings some science, the Orbit guy engages as honestly as he can, and there's a lot of screaming along the lines of "AGH IT SMELLS LIKE FUTURE AND I AM AFRAID/DISGUSTED LET ME EXPLAIN WHY MY OCD MAKES THIS FAIL"
(tags:fiction digital )More on the Orbit digital short fiction offer | Blog | Futurismic
"In the wake of yesterday?s announcement that Orbit US will be...
Steven Arnold, crucifix, Lust: The Body Politic
Via Siege:
(And, yeah, I know. Detourned Christ imagery is a comfy sort of edge, isn't it? But the image does strike sparks off something I'm writing right now, so here it is so I don't forget it.)
On Comics: 3.99
Some rambly thoughts that went on waaaay too long about the price of current comics, on my messageboard:
…my Avatar books, with the exceptions of Apparat projects, have always been 3.99. Avatar doesn't have access to the efficiences and capital of other publishers, and William, bless him, has probably always spent a little more than he should on things like paper stock and organic printing processes. (The old "Avatar smell" was down to organic inks and air-drying.) (It's hard to think of...
April 15, 2010
Links for 2010-04-15
"Orbit (US) has offered to publish digital editions of all original short fiction written by its authors. The digital editions will be distributed widely through major retail channels, for reading on a variety of devices. Authors will be paid a royalty for each story sold, rather than the flat fee more common in the short story market. Tim Holman, Orbit VP & Publisher, said: ?We know...
Interview At IGN
Brief interview with me (and Adi!) at IGN about the EXTREMIS motion comic, digital comics and etc. Includes more clips from the motion comic, I think.
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