A personal diary keeping people abreast of what I am working on writing-wise.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

I LOVE BAD WITCHES, NOT MY F**KIN' PROBLEM



Since this cover is now showing up at Amazon, I can share!
Spell Checkers, vol. 3: Careless Whisper is on sale in October.
The cover is by Joëlle Jones and colorist Warren Wucinich.
Interiors by myself, Joëlle, and Nicolas Hitori de. Published by Oni Press.

Current Soundtrack: A$AP Rocky, naturally




LIKE THE LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX, ALL ENDS WITH BEGINNINGS

Phoenix Comic Con is this weekend. Joëlle Jones and I are guests of the show, and we will be attending on all four days, sitting at the Oni Press booth. Fittingly, that is apparently tables 664 through 666!

Come find us. In addition to our Oni books, we will have other goodies, including It Girl and the Atomics trades and comic book, Helheim prints, and Ms Jones will even have some original art.

In order to make it easier to track us down, we are actually having an official signing schedule. That way, you'll know when we are expected at the table and when we are at panels. We might be hanging about during our free time, too, but then again, we might also be getting some lunch! (You'd be surprised how many comics folks forget to eat lunch at conventions.)


Thursday (May 23) 

Signing: 4:00-8:00pm

Friday (May 24) 

Oni Press Panel [Jamie/Joëlle]: 12pm, Room 125B

Signing: 
1:00-5:30

Bleeding Cool Fan Awards [Jamie and Joëlle are presenting awards]: 6:00, Room 132

Saturday (May 25) 

Writing With a Female Voice Panel [Jamie]: 10:30 am, Room 125A

Signing: 
11:30-3:00
4-6:30

Sunday (May 26)

Music Influence on Comics Panel [Jamie]: 12pm, Room 124A

Signing: 1:00-4:30

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By the way, Joëlle did the con variant for the first issue of Boom! Studio's new Mike Carey comic book, Suicide Risk. You definitely want to seek that out at the show.


Current Soundtrack: Depeche Mode, "Soothe My Soul" remixes




Thursday, May 16, 2013

TOO COLD, TOO COLD

NEW IN THEATRES...



* The Iceman, a biopic about one of America's most notorious contract killers. Michael Shannon lends the role intensity, but the script only touches the material gingerly.

* Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 5/17/13: a rare noir Fallguy; Luis Bunuel directs Catherine Deneuve in Tristana; and Guy Pearce sends 33 Postcards

Current Soundtrack: Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City




SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR


The cover to It Girl and the Atomics #12, by Michael and Laura Allred. A great way to close the series. Look for it in July!

Diamond ID: MAY130558
On Sale: July 17, 2013

More info here.

Current Soundtrack: Daft Punk, Random Access Memory




Wednesday, May 15, 2013

LET ME RIDE



On sale today, It Girl and the Atomics #10, the first issue drawn by Natalie Nourigat
In stores, and online. Download it here.

Lettered by Crank!, colored by Allen Passalaqua, and that nifty cover, of course, is by Michael & Laura Allred.



And since we're sharing, how about this awesome pin-up from Megan Levens for the second trade paperback, due out in the Fall...



Current Soundtrack: Little Boots, Nocturnes




Thursday, May 09, 2013

THE PARTY & THE AFTER PARTY

NEW IN THEATRES...



* The Great Gatsby in 3D has two-wasted dimensions. Shtick and spectacle from Baz Luhrmann.

* Sightseers, the new film from Ben Wheatley, a rebel in search of applause. Take a tour of misanthropy.

* Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 5/10/13: a two-week film noir festival at Cinema 21; Rock Hudson starring in John Frankenheimer's whacky psych-out Seconds, and the political/social documentary The Mosque in Morgantown.


THIS WEEK IN BD/DVD REVIEWS...

* Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, a 1973 disjointed road-trip romance from Alan J. Pakula.

* Wake of the Red Witch, a seafaring, bodice-ripping potboiler with John Wayne.

Current Soundtrack: Teleman, "Cristina/In Your Fur;" Wardell, "Opossum"




Thursday, May 02, 2013

GRAFFITI MY SOUL

Damn, I haven't written much this week, but hey, did you guys come to Stumptown? Stumptown was great.

Anyhoo...


NEW IN THEATRES...

* Gimme the Loot, street-level cinema verite following two graffiti artists preparing for a big tag.

Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 5/3/13: the food documentary The Food Hunters, Harold Lloyd's classic Safety Last! newly restored, and the 18th-annual HP Lovecraft Film Festival.

Current Soundtrack: Daughter, If You Leave