Cullen Bunn's Blog, page 28
October 11, 2012
The Sixth Gun heads to NBC!
Some really big news on The Sixth Gun front!
The Sixth Gun is now in development as a series for NBC. Veteran TV producer Carlton Cuse (Lost) and screenwriter Ryan Condal are working on an adaptation as we speak! The Hollywood Reporter just broke the story, and you can read all about it there!
Now… if you haven’t read the series yet, now is the time! Three trade paperbacks are available… with a fourth on the way next month! And you can read the entire first issue for free on ComiXology or on the Oni Press website!
Get on it!
Deadpool Killustrated
More news from New York Comic Con! Announcing the follow-up to Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe! This time, Deadpool puts the icons of classic literature in his crosshairs! Deadpool Killustrated drops in January, and you can get the lowdown right now at Comic Book Resources!
October 10, 2012
Bunn at NYCC 2012
This weekend, I’ll be attending New York Comic Con. I’ll be signing books, sitting in on some panels, and announcing several exciting new projects! I’ll be making updates as time and Internet connectivity allow, but here’s where I can be found at the show!
FRIDAY
1:30 – 2:30 Panel – RevolutiONIzing Comics (Panel Room 1Ao8)
This year Oni Press is making the “call-your-mom”, “blow-your-mind” type of announcements as we celebrate our fifteenth year of publishing. With special guests Cullen Bunn (Sixth Gun), Ananth Panagariya (Johnny Wander), Chad Bowers (Awesome Hospital), Chris Sims (Comics Alliance), Joe Harris (Ghost Projekt) and more! Moderated by the most awesomest marketing coordinator you’ll ever meet, Tom Shimmin. Get an exclusive look at the top-secret projects that are coming up in 2013! Note: Once shared, the projects will no longer be top secret.
3:00-3:45 – Signing at the Oni Press booth (1221)5:15 – 6:15 – Panel - Writers Unite: Pitching and Writing Creator-Owned Comics (Panel Room 1A14)
Creator-owned comics have grabbed the imagination of the comic-reading community all over again and publishers are looking for fresh ideas from a new generation of talent. Listen closely as creators Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun), Ray Fawkes (One Soul), Charles Soule (27), Justin Jordan (Luther Strode) and moderator Jim Zub (Skullkickers) discuss pitching their hit comic series to publishers and offer advice on how to climb to the top of the treacherous submission mountain, along with comic writing techniques and amusing anecdotes.
SATURDAY
2:00-2:45 - Signing at the Oni Press booth (1221)
5:00-5:45 - - Signing at the Oni Press booth (1221)
SUNDAY
12:00 – 1:00 – Signing at the Marvel booth (1838)
3:00-3:45 - Signing at the Oni Press booth (1221)
Five Reasons to Buy…
Another Wednesday, another batch of comic books to purchase! Here’s why you should be buying these books!
Captain America #18
This is my final issue of Captain America (co-written by Ed Brubaker) and I’m going out with a bang!Captain America’s final confrontation with Codename: Bravo and Queen Hydra!Dum Dum Dugan is still one of my favorite characters to write in the Marvel Universe… and in this issue he teams up with Agent 13 to fight Baron Zemo… in space.Flying fortresses, jet packs, hundreds of super villains, helicopter battles, giant robots, space stations… this is one action-packed 20-page comic!Omega Madbombs!
Wolverine #314
The beginning of my second arc on Wolverine! This one kicks off a crazy, globe-hopping pulp adventure!The Covenant (last seen in Captain America and Namor) return!Kung Fu, belly-dancing assassins, monster hunters, and shotgun blasts to the face! What more could you want?Paul Pelletier (who worked with me on the “Rot” arc of Wolverine) draws the definitive Wolverine… and a pretty awesome Elsa Bloodstone, too!I introduce the concept of Shi’ar microbrews!
Special Bonus! Scarlet Spider #10
Okay… I didn’t write this one, but it is part of the Minimum Carnage arc that I’m working on with Chris Yost!Scarlet Spider vs. Venom!The Microverse… and the Micronauts… await!Venom and Scarlet Spider find themselves on different sides of a hostile alien universe!What is the connection between the symbiotes and the Microverse? We aren’t telling ya yet, but the seeds are planted!
October 2, 2012
Five Reasons To Buy…
Two of my books hit the shelves this week. Here’s why you should buy them!
Minimum Carnage Alpha
This is the issue that kicks off a bloody 6-issue science fiction crossover!Venom and Scarlet Spider… teaming up… to take down the worst killer in the Marvel Universe!Introducing a whole new group of nasty villains!This one sets the stage for the appearance of characters I’ve always wanted to write–the Micronauts!Chris Yost, Lan Medina, Clayton Crain, Mark Bagley (for the variant)!
Superman/Batman: Sorcerer Kings Trade Paperback
Collecting my superhero-meets-sword & sorcery epic!Batman rides a dragon! Superman has a big-ass sword!Guest starring Detective Chimp, Blue Devil, Shadowpact, Etrigan, Klarion the Witch Boy, and more!Everybody loves Nina from Scare Tactics!See the Justice League of the magical world!
September 24, 2012
Five Reasons To Buy…
Here ya go, folks! This is why you should be picking up my books this week!
The Sixth Gun #25
The darkest chapter of the series thus far continues to unfold!
Guest stars that everyone has been demanding!
Giant frost-breathing wolves!
Billjohn the snowman!
We’re at the halfway point of the series! There’s never been a better time to hop on board!
Captain America and Black Widow #637
Two Black Widows for the price of one!
And they’re beating the crap out of each other!
The adventures strays into some really strange territory as of this issue!
The mystery of Kashmir Vennema begins to unravel!
This issue features perhaps my favorite line of Captain America dialogue… ever!
September 19, 2012
New Indie Pulp Column is GO!
From time to time, I’ve posted bits and pieces about my writing process on the site, and I hope it’s been helpful to some of you out there who are still trying to break in. (Yeah, I use the term “break in” now because I know it irritates some people). Well, the fine folks at Indie Pulp have asked me to contribute a monthly column on my process as a writer, and you can read the first installment HERE.
Let me know what you think!
September 17, 2012
Five Reasons To Buy…
Here ya go, folks! Five good reasons to buy my books this week!
Venom #25
Amazing Thony Silas art!This is the conclusion of the “Monsters of Evil” arc… and it establishes a shocking future for good ol’ Venom!The secret histories of the Monsters of Evil revealed!Hellstrom takes on a new role as one of Venom’s supporting cast!Tiny tiki monsters!
Buy it at your local comic books shop or on ComiXology
Captain America & Hawkeye Trade Paperback
The entire run–featuring Cap and Hawkeye duking it out with mystical shapeshifting dinosaurs–in one convenient place!The return of Stegron!The introduction of Kashmir Vennema!Allesandro Vitti and Matteo Buffagni on art!Extras include concept art and some of my script!
Buy it at your local comic shop or Amazon.
September 14, 2012
Sixth Gun ComiXology Sale! 9/14 – 9/16
For the next couple of days, you can grab the first 23 issues of The Sixth Gun on ComiXology for less than a buck each! This is a great time to catch up on the series on the cheap… or grab yourself a nice digital version of the book to complement your hard copies!
And as always the first issue is free!
