Week in Review 6-16-13

The big news this week was, of course, the paperback release of the uncut, Author’s Preferred Edition of THE RISING (which you can buy here). It contains over 30,000 words worth of material not included in previous editions, along with a lengthy brand-new introduction by me in which I talk about the novel’s creation, history, impact, and controversy. I’ve seen many critics saying that the introduction is worth the book in and of itself, and that makes me happy.

Kindle and Nook editions on sale later this Summer. A signed, limited edition hardcover will be published as part of this Fall’s Maelstrom series.

Also on sale this week was MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE ORIGIN OF HORDAK, which you can buy here. This is my latest comic, but most definitely not my last. It’s strange. With THE LAST ZOMBIE series coming to a conclusion, I’d thought I might be done with comics for a while. But at least part of last week’s business trip to New York was comics related, and though I can’t say anything more, expect to see a lot of them from me in 2014. A lot…

Something else that happened during last week’s business trip was an interesting conversation with the drummer for one of my absolute favorite bands of all-time. Going to be talking to him again later this week, and expect some exciting things to come from that.

So, yeah, basically I went to New York, which inspired me to write this essay about traveling and what to expect when you’re traveling in my line of work, but now I’m back home and I can’t tell you about anything that happened there — except that Thursday morning found my head so full of ideas that I was wandering Times Square at 3am, looking for coffee and a place to write, and snapping this photo. And don’t forget to check out my friend Joseph Scrimshaw’s Kickstarter! Details here.