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ComiCon!

I'll blog about this in more detail shortly, but for now, here's the info direct from the Ultramarines site.

So, who's gonna be there?

The Ga does 40K

After Xhalax pointed it out, I'm forced to agree that Lady Gaga's new video ("Alejandro") has some seriously 40K content in it. Aside all the Tom of Finland homo-erotic bits, obviously. She poses as a mean Sister of Battle, smoking a pipe (obscura or lho, methinks). There's a gnarly shot of her with a commissar at a ruined window in the snow, staring out at destiny ("so, Ibram, how do you like what I've done with the garden?"). And she turns up as Saint Sabbat at least twice (I am now fairly ...

The Mighty One

Can't let the moment pass without expressing my heartiest contrafibularities to Graham McNeill, who won the David Gemmell Award for his novel Empire last friday night. In a kilt. Three cheers! Hip hip...

It's Quiet. Too Quiet.

Extract coming soon. Promise. What with a family wedding (congratulations, Ryan and Jacqui!), a two day brainstormer visit to the Black Library donjon (the High Lords of Terra gathered for the latest Heresy spitball/symposium) and actually getting some writing done, I haven't been manning the blog as often as I'd like in the last few days.

For your amusement until I catch up, try this, which was recommended by Ben Metcalfe over on my Facebook page. Dip into the long and rich list of past monol...

Get It While It's Hot

Thanks for all the kind messages of encouragement and goodwill, even the mad ones (you know who you are). I will prepare that extract of Prospero Burns forthwith and let you know when it's going up.

In the meantime, a couple of items for today. First off, I want to point you in the direction of this piece of nonsense on the Black Library blog where ADB and I "interview" each other. The second half of it is now up, though this takes you to the first bit so you read it in the right order (the se...

From Big Purple Ones To Tiny Blue Ones

I finally had to admit defeat this week and own up to the fact that the anti-epilepsy meds they put me on when this condition started last year just don't suit me. I persevered as long as I could, because quite often I felt perfectly fine (good, in fact), and I knew it takes a while to get exactly the right balance of dosage. I didn't want to give up because it was a little difficult. I didn't want to be that person.

I had to keep edging the daily dosage level up to fend off the seizures, and...

Commodus Voke

Just had to share this great image with you all. Drawn by Eisenhorn fan Anna Kirsanova as a gift for her husband Kirill Leonov, it features the venerable inquisitor Voke. The Russian publication of the Inquisitor books has been a little delayed, so Anna and her husband still have the humdinger of Ravenor Rogue to look forward to (out in Russia any day now, she tells me).

Of the teaser, and Pulse, and other matters

Well, there was teasing. There was certainly teasing.

The first small but perfectly formed piece of the Ultramarines movie went on show yesterday at the London MCM event, and went live on the website at the same moment. Let me linger on that latter theme for a second - if you're remotely interested in the movie and its release, go to the website and REGISTER and you'll be kept appraised of all developments.

As for the MCM show itself, what a great turn out. It's a huge event, with massive lev...

Ultramarines at MCM Expo: take 2!

Keep the splendid questions rolling in, on this thread or the previous one. Like I said, it's only for funsies right now, but we're going to do a Q&A session to camera during the course of the day, so I may get the team to answer some of them then, all official like.

The reason for this extra post is to revise the timing for the event - I've just been told it will now be at 2 pm, that's 2 pm, and it will be followed by a half hour signing at the Ultramarines stand.

Onwards!

Ultramarines at London MCM!

The London MCM Expo is next weekend! Are ya going? Are ya? Here's one good reason why you should - on the Saturday (that's the 29th) at 11am, I'm taking part in a main stage panel about the Ultramarines Movie, where we'll be talking and teasing its sheer awesomeness face to face for the first time. Events details can be found right here.

Preparations are underway at Ultramarines Towers to make this panel as special as possible, and I'll be joined for the Q&A by some very important people.

Wh...