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Meddling Supporting Characters

I like non-human characters. I don't mean vampires or demigods (nothing against those either); I mean animals or even objects that manage to share the spotlight with human characters. I like the challenge of making part of the team someone that is by nature different from the team. Like the dog, Help, in The Supernatural Enhancements . Or the ghost. In Meddling Kids we've got a dog too--and a canary! And a penguin! But I'm confident those will be well received; people usually root for the pets...

Meddling Tunes: Sing It Like Self-Promoting Authors Before Us Sang

The setting is one early readers of Meddling Kids will recognize: the boys' ward in the loony bin in Arkham (but the scene doesn't necessarily fit in the novel's timeline). The lead singer is Old Acker and backing vocals are provided by the other patients (Ethan, Craig, Adam, Kimrean). The tune is It's Easy M'Kay, from South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.



And these are the lyrics:

Well, I used to be like you guys,
mad about conspiracies and whatnot,
but why settle with that earthly yak
when you...

Meddling Peeks II: Sing It Like Self-Promoting Authors Before Us Sang

The scene is one early readers of Meddling Kids will recognize, although it does not necessarily fit in the novel's timeline.

The setting is the boys' ward in the loony bin in Arkham. The lead vocals are sung by Old Acker (a mental patient). Backing vocals could be Ethan, Craig, Adam, and Kimrean (other patients).

The tune is It's Easy M'Kay, from South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.



And these are the lyrics:

Well, I used to be like you guys,
mad about conspiracies and whatnot,
but why settle wit...

Meddling Peeks

"I mean, there happened to be a guy in a mask there, and we captured him. But there was something else going on in that house."

This beautiful piece of art is the work of artist Jordi March, a fellow contributor to El Jueves magazine. Those are the meddling kids, the Blyton Summer Detective Club, in 1977.

What happened next will shock you.

Meddling Kids. Coming July 10th. Pre-order.

Punch

Source: refinery29
This makes me ridiculously happy.

America is divided. But it's funny how from where I'm watching, far away, everybody and everything that ever caught my attention and admiration stands on the same side: the good one.

Incoming kids

Meddling Kids has an official release date: July 11. I read that on the Internet, so it must be true.

And there's more: you can already pre-order it.

Better yet: you can pre-order the AUDIOBOOK. Can you believe that? Somebody (not Siri—actually somebody) is gonna read my sh*t aloud. And record it.

I am misplacing my manure, I tell you.

For fans of John Dies at the End and Welcome to Night Vale comes a tour de force of horror, humor, and H.P. Lovecraft. The surviving members of a forgotten teenage...

Teasing you softly

Stunt in progress

Art from some promotional material for Meddling Kids. I hadn't drawn a full page comic in a year. It showed.

Logo sketching

Cover art for Meddling Kids is in the making. Does this say 'hilarious violence' loud enough?

Bizarrer events have happened

Here’s a little story I think it’s okay to share now: three years ago today, I met in Barcelona with an LA producer to discuss a film based on The Supernatural Enhancements. It’s the closest to happen it ever got.

We never talked again after that meeting, but I cherish that occasion as a milestone in my career, and I remember it fondly every summer.

Especially this year. Because the one actor the producer suggested to play “A.” sadly passed away this 2016. Whereas on the other hand, while neith...