October 25, 2011: Mystery of Dark Matter Solved! It's a Comic Book Series Coming Out In January of 2012!

I received the almost-finished first issue of Dark Matter today and to say that I am pleased would be to understate.  I am very, VERY happy. Great work on the part of artist Garry Brown, colorist Ryan Hill, letterer Richard Starkings and Comicraft, editor Patrick Thorpe, and the rest of the gang at Dark Horse.  After reading (and re-reading) issue #1 , I went over issue #2 and made some minor dialogue tweaks and suggestions.  It's been interesting seeing the characters come alive in ways I'm not accustomed to.  No actors delivering the lines, giving human form to the voices on paper, but the different personalities resonate in an altogether different way.  Here, there's more room for interpretation – which I love.  As the story develops, it'll be interesting to see which of the four man, two women crew readers connect with. They're a unique (occasionally quirky) bunch, each with their own fascinating backstory, and I can't wait for you to get to know them.

In time.

Of course, that's provided they make it past the first issue.

[image error]A couple of Dark Matter-related web articles I happened across.

The first, a quickie interview I did for James Runciman at Alvaro's ComicBoards…

http://www.comicboards.com/mallozzi.php

Another, from a blog regular weighing in on his prospective new comic book habit…

http://gordon.dewis.ca/2011/10/25/comic-books-or-curse-you-joseph-mallozzi/

Follow Gordon's lead and head on down to your local comic shop and reserve your multiple copies (one for reading, one for packing away in mint condition, and several for giving away.  The perfect gift for your literate friends and family members.  Hell, even the illiterate ones will enjoy the pictures!).

Let's cap off today's blog entries with a couple of behind the scenes videos from Stargate: Universe's premiere episode, Air I.  Director Andy Mikita directs…

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