January 2012
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This Weekend Is My Birthday
In the past I would try and rally a bunch of people to meet at some bar and I’d drink free beers all night. This year, on my 40th, I’m doing this.
If you could have ever seen yourself buying me a pint on my birthday, please think about taking that $5 or $10 and helping to build a well for people who, in horrifying numbers, die from the lack of clean water?
You would have my...
VOLUME 08: "HEART AND MINDS" INTERVIEW
livefromthedmz:
“Hearts and Minds” collects issues 42 through 49, with art contributions by main series artist Riccardo Burchielli and frequent Brian Wood collaborator Ryan Kelly. The short parable entitled “No Future” runs from issue 42 to 44 and is brought to life by Kelly. While it’s a specific look at just one man’s personal account of the war, it enriches all of the incidents occurring...
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Fireside Chat w/ Brian Wood →
(a long interview about Conan, The Massive, Wolverine, and my not working at DC)
bscot asked: Can you give any insight as to who the core cast of The Massive are?
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Anonymous asked: Will there be a Volume 3 of Demo or a New York Six?
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The Future?
I do believe that 2012 will see a direct-to-digital comics series written by me and a trusted collaborator.
December 2011
11 posts
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Food and Comics and Comics and Food
You may not have spied this post from Ryan Kelly, but in it he mentions a web comic he is starting called Cocotte. Which implies food. And I know for a long time now Ryan’s wanted to do a culinary comic series. Me too. But I am not writing Cocotte.
I wish him luck and good fortune. My own culinary series, called STARVE, is something of a casualty. Created for Vertigo almost two years...
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Preview of THE MASSIVE (DHP #8)
I love linking to the French site Buzz Comics for these (more in link). And as DMZ comes to an end, its stylistic successor ramps up. Art by Kristian Donaldson, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by DMZ alum Jared Fletcher.
Me Birthday
Next month I’ll be 40, which is its own thing but I’ll not get into that right now. I want to direct attention away from me and to this:
http://mycharitywater.org/brianwood40
Which is far, far better than me getting a load of gifts I don’t need, or drinks bought at a bar. I set a pretty high goal there, but the payoff its pretty cool, and as we get close to the end of the...
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Channel Zero
Andy Khouri gives me the Channel Zero interview I’d been waiting for, and also gets more out of me re: my “bleeding” essay from last week. I enjoyed the hell out of this.
Please read, and comment.
CA: One of the things that people took notice of when Channel Zero was originally released (and rereleased) was its strong zine vibe. Here was this professionally published...
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The Massive in DHP
There are three short “prequel” stories in the upcoming Dark Horse Presents #8-10. The first two of those are open now for pre-orders, if you are thinking about picking them up. Ask your local retailer and/or bring him/her these codes:
DHP #8: NOV11 0047 DHP #9: DEC11 0075
If you do not have a retailer, or your retailer is not so inclined to order these, my old pal at...
The digital question mark
Everyone I know loves comic shops. Everyone I know who makes comics, especially creator-owned comics, is hurting, financially. EVERYONE is bleeding, its a bad time. So to what extent does digital as a publishing format represent an additional revenue stream, one on top of print sales through shops, one that can ease some of the suffering?
Don’t know. No one knows, because we...
November 2011
11 posts
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Becky and I Talk CONAN
Newsarama:
Nrama: There’s a variety of different breeds of pirate. How’d you go to pinpoint just who Bêlit is and what she’d be like?
Wood: I think its safe to say that Bêlit is in a category of her own. Also, I’m not writing her as any sort of pirate stereotype. There is actually so much information in the first part of the source material, especially when you are poring over every line...
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Anonymous asked: Hey Brian. I've always wondered if comic book script follow the same structure as film scripts. Could you show us a page? Thanks!
Anonymous asked: Everything you do seems to be pretty heavy, lots of thought to it. It's great stuff... but is there just something fun and mindless in you that you want get out?
Anonymous asked: Brian on your website at the top, you have REPRESENTATION: Angela Cheng Caplan. Who is she? and what does she do? or better yet what does Representation do for you in the industry? just curious.
djtypist asked: What do you think about your (wonderful) series DMZ with regards to the fact that it's mirroring real life with current 'Occupy' movements all over the United States (especially New York)?
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October 2011
18 posts
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Revisiting - Upcoming Projects
Back in June I posted this, which doesn’t seem so long ago, and its not, but a bunch has happened. Here’s an update on that update:
Upcoming work:
January - The Massive, w/ Kristian Donaldson, 3-part prequel in DHP. January - Wolverine & The X-Men mini-series w/ Mark Brooks, Roland Boschi February - Conan ongoing, w/ Becky Cloonan (sometime around here) - Channel Zero omnibus...
ssusiessays asked: Which Northlanders story was your favorite?
Anonymous asked: Looking forward to The Massive. Will the first TPB collection include the DHP stuff? Thanks!
VOLUME 06: "BLOOD IN THE GAME" INTERVIEW
livefromthedmz:
“Blood in the Game” collects issues 29 through 34 and chronicles the aspirational rise of iconoclast third party candidate Parco Delgado. The powers that be in the DMZ are intent upon holding democratic elections in order to form a provisional government to guide the Isle of Manhattan. Parco speaks out in an effort to reject the status quo and the faux-choice candidates being...
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Americana
Today sees the release of the Vertigo anthology The Unexpected, and includes an 8-page story I wrote for Emily Carroll to draw. This story has some history behind it.
Years back, ABC News did this special called Earth 2100. I was asked to write these “graphic novel” segments, that would be animated in a limited manner and intercut into the documentary. I gave it a whirl but clashed...
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my NEW YORK COMIC CON schedule
I have a table at K7 in Artist Alley. I won’t, however, be there all the time. I’ll leave a note each day on the table itself with my table schedule.
Friday: 1:30pm - Dark Horse Comics Panel room 1A15 3:30pm - signing at Dark Horse table w/ Kristian Donaldson 5pm - signing at DC Comics w/ (hopefully) Riccardo Burchielli
Saturday: 11am -signing at DC Comics w/ (again, hopefully)...
zakzawaduk asked: At this point in your career, how much say/input do you have in your collaborating artists? You seem to work with several people regularly (Ms. Cloonan, Mr. Burchielli). When you create a new project, do you do it with an artist in mind, or do you simply pair up with someone that fits your stories?
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Volume 05: “The Hidden War” Interview
livefromthedmz:
“The Hidden War” is the first full arc to feature rotating artists for self-contained spotlight issues on specific characters. Collecting issues 23 through 28, we’re treated to engrossing portrayals of the many compelling personalities inhabiting the city “you can’t kill.” Artistic collaborators Riccardo Burchielli, Nathan Fox, and Danijel Zezelj give us Decade Later – the DMZ’s...
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Brian & Becky & Dark & Horse?
I just saw Dark Horse’s signing schedule posted online, and there’s this one:
Friday, the 14th - 3:30 p.m. The Massive — Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson (DMZ)
And then there is this one:
Saturday, the 16th - 4:30 p.m. Comic TBA — Brian Wood (DMZ, Demo, Northlanders) and Becky Cloonan (Demo, Pixu)
Find out what Dark Horse comic Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan are going to be...