December 2011
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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...