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05.26.09 - SOUVENIR OF DALLAS

The June issue of D Magazine is now available. It looks awesome. On page 24 of the "Pulse" section, Paul Milligan and I have another SOUVENIR OF DALLAS comic (click here). For some reason, the webpage is there, but the comic is not. It should be loaded soon...? I don't know.

If you are particularly impatient and you love SOUVENIR OF DALLAS, you could go to the D Magazine Frontburner blog -- hunt down the email address of either Tim Rogers or Eric Celeste. Tell them how much you love this comic,

05.25.09 - INTERVIEW FOR A CLASS

My friend and fellow teacher Lisa McWain retired a few years ago. (I took her room when she left. My previous room had no windows and a flimsy partition dividing my class from the one next door. It was a nice step up.) Last year, Lisa took some college courses, one of which was on comic books. She interviewed me for a project. I stumbled across the interview while organizing my desktop, and thought I'd post it here.

Your blog is really interesting; my favorite part is the Kennedy poop story.

Thank

05.23.09 - COMICS THIS WEEK

Here are the comics I ordered this week from Zeus Comics.

INVINCIBLE, VOL. 10: WHO'S THE BOSS by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley (Image Comics). I've said this before, but INVINCIBLE is my favorite super hero comic. Actually, nowadays, it may be the only super hero comic I read -- unless you count UMBRELLA ACADEMY. Kirkman's work is always enjoyable. I love how he sets up future storylines and slowly builds the plot over several issues. I love how his characters truly talk to each other. They work

05.21.09 - IF YOU HAD A SEMESTER OF MY WRITING CLASS

I'm working on my curriculum for next year's Creative Writing class. It's one semester spread out over three six-week periods. Since I started teaching this class, I've been able to do whatever I want. Thank god, no state-mandated text book. Someday, I'd like to develop my approach into a college course or a writing seminar.

Here's what I have so far. Please excuse any errors or awkward wording. First draft.

PART I: THE CHARACTER AND THE PLOT
“Your characters move the story along.”

Lesson 1: Creativ

05.19.09 - KARMA INCORPORATED PIN-UPS

While Tom and Marlena were finishing the art on KARMA INCORPORATED, I kept myself busy by hunting down pin-ups to include in the back of each issue. I accumulated more than I could possibly use.

It's been a few years, so I thought I'd repost the art on Flickr. Click here to see the entire set.


Thank you to Joshua W. Cotter, Derrick Fish, Jim Lujan, Melissa Erwin, Martin Abel, Nicc Balce, Ryan Cody, Jim Crosley, Phillip Ginn, Ted Lange, Paul Maybury, Brent Schoonover, Sean Stephens, Scott Zirkel,

05.18.09 - JUST READY FOR THE NEXT THING

Yesterday, April encouraged me to organize the boxes where I keep my comics, the comics I sell at conventions and store signings. While "encouraged" may sound like a euphemism for "she told me to do it," April has good reason. Until then, I kept these boxes under my desk and scattered throughout the office -- with another box in the living room closet. Not a great system. Now, everything is conveniently stored in one location, and I was able to compile it as efficiently as possible. I have an en

05.14.09 - COMICS THIS WEEK

Here are the comics I ordered this week from Zeus Comics.

ECHO #12 by Terry Moore (Abstract Studios). I was a huge fan of STRANGERS IN PARADISE, and it's exciting to see what Terry Moore can do now that he is free to start over with a new story and new characters. Terry has always done comics his way without any restrictions. I'm curious to see where this cat-and-mouse thriller leads. I'll admit the "power suit" is a little Image '90s-esque, but he makes it work.

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: DALLAS #6 by

05.13.09 - NEW BEEOW. NEW EMILY.

Brock Rizy re-launched his site BEEow dot com. He plans to add new content on a regular basis -- CATBEAR TRAFFIC CONTROL, MINOR INVESTIGATIONS, OH NO POGO (that should look familiar to some of you), PYROTECHNIC PORNO BABIES, more EMILY EDISON, and KOO.

To start off everything, we have a brand new EMILY EDISON short story:

EMILY EDISON STOMPS SASSY PANTS

This story introduces a character Oscar Monkhouse who will play an important role in our next book. Yes, we are making plans for a second EMILY ED

05.11.09 - FROM FRONTIER

Here are some pages from our graphic novel FRONTIER, courtesy of Michael Shelfer.






I've been busy on the script, and it's coming together insanely well. This story has floated in my head for so long -- all that time has helped, now that I'm finally writing it.[image error]

05.10.09 - MOM'S ADVICE... FOR SCREENWRITERS

I'm a big fan of teacher/script consultant Pilar Alessandra and her weekly podcast ON THE PAGE. She sends periodic email updates. I liked her Mother's Day commentary, and figured it would be okay to re-post as long as I mentioned her website (onthepage.tv) a few times.

"Don't talk with your mouth full."
"Stop hitting your sister"
"Because I said so."

We've heard mom's advice throughout our childhoods. For the most part, we've written it off. What does she know anyway? Well, when it comes to scree