19th July 2010 / Appearances

It’s that time of year when everyone is posting their San Diego Comic-Con schedules, and I’m no exception… normally. Except this year, I won’t be going.

No great conspiracy or anything, here — I’ve attended SDCC every year for what feels like forever, and I do enjoy it, but I simply want a year off from the exhausting long haul travel¹ and hullabaloo. I don’t have anything significant to promote, or panels to appear on, so this is as good a year as any.

Doubtless I’ll be back in 2011. And later this year I’ll be attending GDCOnline, New York Comic Con, MCM Expo and Thought Bubble, all in the space of about seven weeks. So, there’s that.

¹ Travelling to SD takes me the best part of 24 hours — 13 hours in the air, plus another 4-6 hours getting to/from/around airports, through US immigration, and so on. It’s… not a pleasant journey at the best of times.

 

17th November 2009 / Wasteland / Appearances / Daredevil

As previously mentioned, I’m attending Thought Bubble in Leeds this Saturday. If you don’t know it, TB is fast becoming one of the premier comic conventions in Britain — it’s comics-focused, creator-friendly, and very well organised.

You can view the full programme here (the one-day con is part of a larger festival over three days), but here’s the relevant info for me:

The con is in Saviles Hall, at the Royal Armouries, from 10am till 5pm.

I’ll have a table, where I’ll be signing and selling my books, including WASTELAND hardcovers and COLLECTED SCRIPTS. I don’t have a booth number for you, but Saviles isn’t so big that you won’t be able to find me if you just look around for the big red banner with my name on it. [ADDENDUM: Apparently my table number is 22.]

My erstwhile partner in crime Ben Templesmith will also be there, at the table next to mine, and we’ll be more than happy to jointly sign any DEAD SPACE or WASTELAND stuff you might have.

At 12.45 Ben and I are both on the Do Zombies Read Comic Books? panel, along with Charlie Adlard, Sean Phillips and host Martin Grund, discussing the horror genre in comics.

At 3.20 I’m on the Computer Games and Sequential Art panel, this time with Duncan Fegredo, Peter Doherty, Liam Sharp and host Kieron Gillen, to discuss the links between games and comics.

I’ll also be at the after-show party in the evening, where Al Ewing, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie are all DJing at some point. Bring your dancing shoes!

Two other brief snippets of news today: First, there’s a very nice review of WASTELAND up at sci-fi site io9.com.

Second, as you may have already heard, I’m co-writing DAREDEVIL #505-507 (“Left Hand Path”) with Andy Diggle. We’ve wanted to work together on something for a long time, and now we finally have the chance. More on that soon, no doubt.

 

29th October 2009 / Wolverine / Movies / Appearances / Musings

MCM Expo was great. Thanks to everyone who came out to the Comic Village, and the panels I appeared on, and especially to the many people who picked up WASTELAND for the first time. Getting there and back with my stock of books was somewhat of a pain, but definitely worth it, and I hope to return next year.

Next month, however, I’ll be at Thought Bubble in Leeds. The full programme for the festival is now online; I’ll have a table, plus I’m on two Saturday panels, and I’ll list it all here closer to the time.

WOLVERINE: PRODIGAL SON has made it onto two prestigious shortlists: The American Library Association/YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and the Texas Library Association Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List. Libraries are one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors for graphic novel reading in the USA, so this is awesome.

Movie news: THREE DAYS IN EUROPE has a writer attached, and F Gary Gray talks about his take on JULIUS.

I’ve been recruited to work on another of those ‘out of left field’ projects I seem to fall into with some regularity. This one’s a bit closer to home than most, but still quite a surprise. More details very soon, I should think.

Finally: my good friend Drew Gilbert — animator, traveller, artist of ROSEMARY’S BACKPACK and all round great guy — is attempting this year’s Tough Guy challenge in celebration of impending fatherhood. Drew is doing this in aid of Free Arts NYC, so he needs sponsorship, and is offering cartoon portraits for donations of $35+. Follow his training progress, and please consider helping him out.

 

13th October 2009 / Appearances

Once again, I’m attending the MCM Expo in London this month, where the nascent comic village is rapidly growing in size and attendees with every event.

For once, I’ll have my own table — I’m at booth C21, which as you can see from that link is just across the aisle from Avatar Press. I’ll also be appearing at the main signing area next to the comic village info booth, taking part in a couple of panels, and likely signing at Avatar’s booth too. So if you’re attending and you want to seek me out, here’s where I’ll be:

General

My booth is number C21. When not at one of the following events, I’ll be there with a selection of signed books for sale, including a small supply of COLLECTED SCRIPTS: VOLUME ONE.

Saturday

11.40-12.20 Signing in the main area. From 12 onwards I’ll be joined by DEAD SPACE artist Ben Templesmith.

3.15-4.00 I’m on the Comics Without Frontiers panel, discussing comics’ influence and integration with movies, videogames, cartoons, novels and all the rest of it.

Sunday

2.00-2.40 Comic Village Showdown, a panel game wherein two teams, one each of writers and artists, go head-to-head to determine which is best. Our victory is inevitable, of course, but you have to let the artists at least have a go.

3.20-4.00 Signing in the main area. Ben will be joining me once again, this time from 3.40 onwards.

I really enjoyed the Expo when I attended last autumn, and with the sheer number of quality guests, it looks to be even better this time around. Well worth the trip if you’re anywhere near London.

(I’ll also be appearing at Thought Bubble in Leeds next month. More details on that closer to the time.)

 

24th September 2009 / Appearances

I’m appearing at the Manchester leg of Travelling Man’s We Love Comics Con this Saturday, 26th September, in the store.

Also present will be Ian Edginton, Steve Yeowell, Al Ewing, Dave Taylor and Leigh Gallagher (spot the odd one out… I’m the only one who’s never worked for 2000AD).

We’ll be signing, of course, I imagine the arty types will be sketching, and I’ll have copies of COLLECTED SCRIPTS to sell, too.

The event starts at 12 noon and runs through till 3pm, at Travelling Man Manchester. That said, I don’t know about any of the others, but I’ll probably stick around for a bit longer anyway, just to catch up with the Manchester crowd.

Hope to see you there!

 

31st July 2009 / Dead Space / Wasteland / Julius / Appearances

I’m back from San Diego — no thanks to British Airways and Heathrow Airport, but that’s a whole other story.

It was, overall, a good con. Interesting Future Things™ may come of it. Or may not, who knows. I’m not going to give a rundown of everything that happened, as it would be rather boring to anyone who wasn’t there anyway. So, briefly:

Oni sold a lot of WASTELAND, including all of the hardcovers that we had at the show;

EA sold a lot of DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION, and the lines for our signings were never-ending;

I met director F. Gary Gray for the first time, and instead of discussing JULIUS we spent much of the time chatting about our dogs;

I sold almost all of the scriptbooks, which surprised me. So I think I might make them a regular con item.

Thanks to everyone who came out to see me and Chris, or me and Ben. And especially to those crazy guys who bought the super-limited black cloth edition of WASTELAND.

Now, I go to sleep for a week.

 

20th July 2009 / Dead Space / Wasteland / Appearances / On Sale

San Diego Comic-Con beckons once again. I have three books premiering at the show this year, so here’s a rundown of where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing.

New Books

First is WASTELAND: The Apocalyptic Edition, an oversized, cloth-bound hardback collection of the first thirteen issues (yes, including #7). It also includes:

— The Walking the Dust text pieces from those issues (with illustrations from Chris Mitten, Sam Kieth, Brian Hurtt, Robbi Rodriguez, Joe Infurnari and Joëlle Jones)

— A full colour gallery of Ben Templesmith’s issue covers

— A brand new introduction by Jeff Vandermeer

The book is 384pp, and now you can see why. It’s a real brick.

As if all that wasn’t enough, the edition we’re selling at San Diego is a special ultra-limited “black cloth” edition — signed and numbered, with a sketch plate, and it comes in an exclusive WASTELAND hemp bag. First come, first served, available only at the Oni Press booth.

Next is the DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION one-shot comic.

This special issue focuses on Nicole Brennan, a character players of the original DEAD SPACE will be familiar with, in the days before Isaac Clarke was called out to the Ishimura.

Like the original comic series, it’s drawn by Ben Templesmith, and Ben and I will both be at the EA booth throughout the weekend to sign copies (see below for times).

You’ll also be able to try the game out for yourselves, if you’re so inclined. You might even get to hear some of my character dialogue, assuming you can hear anything over the noise of the con floor…

Finally, the first ever collection of my scripts (cunningly titled COLLECTED SCRIPTS: VOLUME ONE) will be on sale.

It collects seven scripts in total (at least one from each year of 2002-2007), features an introduction and notes on each script by myself, and clocks in at a fairly whopping 264pp.

COLLECTED SCRIPTS will only be available directly from me at Comic-Con 2009. It will not be made available in stores. I may consider selling copies direct from this site if there’s enough interest, but for now my intention is to sell the book at conventions only.

Signing Times

THURSDAY

12.00-1.00: Longbox Panel. I won’t actually be on this, sadly. I was asked to, but I probably won’t even be in town until it’s finished, so the ever-articulate Jamie McKelvie is standing in, for which I’m grateful. If you’re even mildly curious about the future of digital comics, you should attend this panel. Room 32AB.

3.00-4.00: Oni Press panel. Chris and I will be there to talk about the Apocalyptic Edition, and WASTELAND’s future (which looks rosy, rest assured). Room 10.

5.30-6.50: Signing at Oni Press. Booth #1833.

FRIDAY

11.30-12.50: Signing at Oni Press. Booth #1833.

1.00-2.00: Signing at EA. Booth #5213.

6.00-7.00: DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION panel. Myself, Ben and producers Steve Papoutsis and Chuck Beaver will be there to talk about cross-media storytelling, what’s in store with the game, and how we all work together. Room 2.

SATURDAY

11.30-12.50: Signing at Oni Press. Booth #1833.

1.00-2.00: Signing at EA. Booth #5213.

SUNDAY

11.30-12.50: Signing at Oni Press. Booth #1833.

1.00-2.00: Signing at EA. Booth #5213.

…And that’s your lot. Hope to see you there!

 

28th May 2009 / Appearances / Interviews

I’ll be appearing on Strip!, the comics show on Resonance 104.4 FM (the UK Arts Council radio station) with Alex Fitch at 5pm GMT today. Strip! is the only weekly comics show on UK broadcast radio, so it’s well worth supporting.

Alex recorded an interview with me yesterday, ostensibly as part of the show’s “Adapting the Classics” series, but we ended up talking about pretty much everything else too. It was a good interview, with some very insightful questions about my work that even I hadn’t considered before.

If you’re in London, you can tune in on 104.4 FM. Outside the M25 (or, indeed, outside the UK) you can catch the live stream at the Resonance website. The show is also repeated, both broadcast and stream, at 11.30pm GMT on Sunday.

Finally, an unedited version will be made available as a Panel Borders podcast, which you can of course download and listen to whenever you like. All hail the Internet.

 

11th January 2009 / Appearances

Just a quick one: it’s been pointed out to me that I’m listed on the Guests page of the New York Comic Con website. Unfortunately, I won’t be attending after all.

This isn’t the con’s fault—I registered a few months back, with every intention of going, but circumstances beyond my control have forced me to pull out. If you were hoping to see me there, I’m sorry to disappoint you. I’ll keep you updated on any other appearances this year as they happen.

 

10th December 2008 / Appearances

Quick reminder to those of you in the area: I’ll be at Travelling Man Leeds this Saturday (13th December) from 1pm onwards, to sign copies of WASTELAND Book 3 and the DEAD SPACE hardcover collection (not to mention anything else you have, but those two recently-released books are the main reasons I’ll be there). If you’re around, pop in and say hi.

 

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