24th December 2010 / Musings
So. That was 2010, then.
And what a year. Between January 1 and June 30, I worked every single day bar four. I would not recommend this regime to anyone. Especially when your schedule for July 1 to Dec 24 isn’t much different…!
As I write it’s noon on Christmas Eve, and I have yet to wrap presents, so this won’t be the usual meandering month-by-month essay. Instead: bullet points! And if there’s one overriding theme to this year, it’s one of firsts…
— Thanks mostly to my Marvel work on DAREDEVIL, I had more books ship in 2010 than any other year. Seriously, just check the On Sale tag, it’s insane.
— I wrote my first Marvel solo series, SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS, and finished my co-writing stint on DAREDEVIL with Andy Diggle.
— I went to Japan for the first time, to visit Sega and meet the team developing BINARY DOMAIN — including Nagoshi-san, which was pretty special. I’m not allowed to say anything about the game right now, but no doubt there’ll be more in the months to come.
— I did a load of new work for the DEAD SPACE franchise, which is most of what kept me burning the midnight oil through the first six months of the year. Exhibits A, B & C: IGNITION, SALVAGE, and the upcoming iPhone game, which will be my first game on iOS.
— I attended GDC Online in Austin for the first time, where I gave a talk that was better received than I could ever have expected, and met lots of very cool people.
— And, as always, I spent plenty of time working on stuff I can’t tell you about. Suffice to say, 2011 is shaping up to be as busy as ever, with some very cool stuff on the horizon.
— But finally, let’s talk about WASTELAND. We didn’t get back to a regular schedule this year, as Remington is still getting up to speed on the book, and for that we apologise.
(There’s been some speculation that I’ve been slacking off WASTELAND in favour of Marvel work, and I want to nip that in the bud right now — it’s categorically not true, and frankly I’m offended by the mere suggestion. WASTELAND, as anyone who reads the book should know, is the work dearest to my heart, and nobody is more frustrated by the delays than me.)
But now for the good news:
— Issue #30 is finished, and going through production, so it will hit shelves some time in the new year. I’m currently writing issue #34.
— We’ve recruited another artist to help with the workload, namely Justin Greenwood. Justin is a big fan of the book, and a great artist to boot. He’s already begun work on #33, which will kick off the next story arc.
— Earlier this year, I plotted out the entirety of the remaining story, right up to the final issue #60. It’s full steam ahead from here.
— And finally, original series artist Chris Mitten will take over the covers from #33 onwards!
So, things are looking up all around. Keep the (Sunner) faith!
…Hmmm, this turned out longer than I intended. Now I really need to go and wrap those presents.
Have a great holiday, everyone, and I’ll see you all on the other side of the New Year.
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