The Sky is Rising.

Check this out.

The Sky is Rising is a 36 page report about where the entertainment industry is heading. Really eye opening stuff.

The Sky is Rising

Andrew Mangum's new site.

My pal and American Wasteland artist Andrew Mangum has a new website.  Andrew's the guy to go to if you are looking for American Wasteland art from issue 2 to the final chapter.  And if you are looking for that special custom Johnny Copperhead piece, I'm sure he can hook you up.

http://www.andrewmangum.com/

BUMP

Mark Kidwell is a good friend of mine , the artist on American Wasteland, and an excellent writer in his own right.  Mark also wrote a scary book.  It's called Bump, and I remember when he told me he wanted to write a Haunted House book. He also told me he hated Haunted House and ghost stories.  I thought why would you write about something that you didn't even care for?  Then, I realized what Mark was doing is giving himself a challenge.  

I do that, I give myself challenges.  I like trying to be creative within the confines of a genre, or on my Heroes work, I worked within a series bible.  

But Mark did something different with Bump.  Instead of working within the confines of a Ghost Story, he made the cliches of a Ghost Story work for him and told his own story.  Mark managed to condense years of a misspent youth at drive ins and video stores watching slashers, and years of reading EC comics, into a mean little horror story that makes you feel like a guilty teenager reading a Fangoria behind your Math book. 

https://www.createspace.com/3604037

Wanna read the whole BUMP story? This is the deluxe, full-blown gore-fest that wouldn't fit in four comic issues. Available now from Amazon's Createspace as a 300 page trade paperback with full color gloss gore covers, this is a must read for BUMP and splatterpunk horror fans! Follow the link and order your copy now!!

Nook Color perfect for comics

I've got a first gen Kindle which is terrible for comics and a iPad 1 which is great for comics, but I'd like to see what they look like on a nook.

Nook Color for comics

Professor Hall

Last week I was asked to guest lecture for a Graphic Novel writing class at UCLA.  It's online so I didn't have to travel, but so far it's been a great experience.  They are using my comic, American Wasteland as a text for writing Narrative.  I'm flattered, to say the least.

Guest lecturing online is a pretty easy process.  UCLA uses Blackboard which is a simple system once you get used to it.  The students ask me questions and I answer.  A few of them have asked me to review some of their assignments and comment on them.  I try to draw on my past frustrations and explains how the pitching process works, and what pitfalls to avoid.

The strangest thing about the experience is that I am giving them advice that I often take for granted.  It's a nice refresher for me as well.

I would do this again in a heartbeat.