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01.28.10 - WE'VE NEVER MET

The latest WE'VE NEVER MET is now available. Look for it on the last page of Quick, DFW's weekly entertainment newspaper. This one might be my favorite thus far. It establishes everything I want you to know about the story. It flows well, and I love the last panel. Chad's art is personable, expressive, incredible. No surprise there.

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I don't say it nearly enough, but thank you to everyone at Quick. I greatly appreciate all the attention this comic project receives. You a...

01.26.10 - DALLAS COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND

Kudos to Mark Walters. I stand up from my chair and begin the slow clap. Others join in. Mark, you brought in some great guests. This Dallas Comic Con might be the best one ever.

There's Tim Sale, Adam Hughes, Michael Golden, Mark Brooks, Todd Nauck, Terry Moore, Jim Mahfood, Mike Huddleston, Tom Feister, Matt Sturges, Renee Witterstaetter, Harold Ledoux, plus lots of local talent like James O'Barr, Brian Denham, Kerry Gamill, Josh Howard, Cal Slayton, Joe Eisma, and Brent Peeples.

From film...

01.25.10 - DAILY WRITER, STRIVING FOR ORIGINALITY

Striving for originality (p. 23). Take a typical setting for a horror or fantasy novel and jot down ideas for atypical characters and situations that might take place in that typical setting.

Location: an old haunted house in the middle of nowhere

Instead of young good-looking people as our protagonists, how about casting an elderly couple? Grandpa is feeble, which increases the potential conflicts. Plus, Grandpa must reconcile his stubborn religious beliefs with the supernatural once he encoun...

01.22.10 - WHITE SUIT CONSPIRACY

April, darling, you may not want to read this blog post, especially the last two paragraphs.

Okay. So I went to Banana Republic tonight, and I bought a new navy blue pin-striped jacket and a button-up shirt. Even though I don't normally spend a lot of money on clothes, I will confess that I love wearing nice clothes. I fantasize about having that "look": nice suit and shirt, nice shoes, nice pants or jeans.

I don't think too many people know this secret of mine. It's not like I visit the dry cl...

01.21.10 - DAILY WRITER, ON MOTIVATION

For my Creative Writing class, I picked up a copy of THE DAILY WRITER by Fred White. It's a collection of meditations and exercises to help establish a regular writing routine. I assign a page for each day in class. I thought it might be good for me to write along with my students. If nothing else, it gives me something else to post on my blog. I will try to keep these writings down to a brief 10 minutes. After all, this is a starter activity -- if I spend too long on it, that defeats the pur...

01.14.10 - POSTCARDS

I just completed an order of 1,000 5x7 postcards through Overnightprints.com. We should have them in time for Dallas Comic Con.

I'll distribute the remaining cards to various DFW comic book stores and other strategic retail locations. The hope is to spread the word about our work in D Magazine and Quick.




Postcards designed by Paul Milligan. WE'VE NEVER MET art by Chad Thomas. SOUVENIR OF DALLAS art by Paul Milligan (again).

01.14.09 - POSTCARDS

I just completed an order of 1,000 5x7 postcards through Overnightprints.com. We should have them in time for Dallas Comic Con.

I'll distribute the remaining cards to various DFW comic book stores and other strategic retail locations. The hope is to spread the word about our work in D Magazine and Quick.




Postcards designed by Paul Milligan. WE'VE NEVER MET art by Chad Thomas. SOUVENIR OF DALLAS art by Paul Milligan (again).

01.12.10 - AN UPDATE ON MY LOCAL STUFF

This week, I've been working on SOUVENIR OF DALLAS for D Magazine's March issue. It's covering affordable dining in Deep Ellum.

In addition to some other freelance work, I'm plotting WE'VE NEVER MET through the month of April. Here's a sneak peek at what's coming, without spoiling too much.

January 14th: Disaster Picnic 2010. Already scripted and illustrated, this one will come out on Thursday. We're introducing another major character, Patricia.

January 28th: Already scripted, this one flashes ...

01.12.09 - AN UPDATE ON MY LOCAL STUFF

This week, I've been working on SOUVENIR OF DALLAS for D Magazine's March issue. It's covering affordable dining in Deep Ellum.

In addition to some other freelance work, I'm plotting WE'VE NEVER MET through the month of April. Here's a sneak peek at what's coming, without spoiling too much.

January 14th: Disaster Picnic 2010. Already scripted and illustrated, this one will come out on Thursday. We're introducing another major character, Patricia.

January 28th: Already scripted, this one flashes ...

01.05.10 - GOODBYE YEAR OF THE OX. HELLO TIGER.

This traditional "year in review" posted a little later than usual. We returned from vacation on January 2nd, and came home to a broken router. Two trips to two different AT&T stores, a call to tech support, a missed security question ("Who is my favorite singer?"), and a $100 router later, now I'm back online. April is sick. Unfortunately, that's her holiday tradition. And Kennedy is still on California time. She's wide awake, while I'm trying to convince her that she's tired. It's a lost ca...