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Two new interviews with me, now available for your reading pleasure:

Comic Book Resources asked me about DAREDEVIL, working with Andy Diggle, and my upcoming DD one-shot Cage Match.

— Meanwhile, Forces of Geek had me up for their 5 Questions feature, talking about influences, pop culture, and comics to movies.

Enjoy.

 

OK, so it seems I’m now able to talk about one of the things I mentioned in yesterday’s post. It’s probably the least surprising of them all, to be honest… Which is to say, I’m sticking around to co-write another arc of DAREDEVIL with Andy Diggle.

The arc will cover issues #508-512, and is called “In The Shadows”. I can’t say any more than that, but I’m pretty sure dedicated fans will like it…

 

DAREDEVIL #505, the first issue of “Left Hand Path” and my first as co-writer with Andy Diggle, goes on sale this week.

Although a superhero book isn’t exactly my usual fare, I hope that if you enjoy my other stuff, you’ll like this one too — unlike the HAWKEYE issue, I’m actively involved in the plotting of this arc, and it’s a fair reflection of both mine and Andy’s styles and sensibilities. Which is as it should be, of course. I’m especially intrigued to see how well it goes down with regular DD readers.

The Man Without Fear visits the Land of The Rising Sun! As the new leader of The Hand, Matt Murdock seeks to unite its five continental regions behind his banner and lead the organization to a new future — but when all five ‘fingers’ of The Hand form its mighty fist, you’ll be surprised at who gets hit first!

You can check out a six-page preview at Comic Book Resources.

The order code is DEC090490, and it’s on sale in all the usual places.

[ADDENDUM: It would appear that someone's let the cat out of the bag, and my first solo-written DD book, a one-shot titled DAREDEVIL: CAGE MATCH, has been announced. UPDATE: The official solicits have now been released. Details here... and an amusing discussion on Cage's 'tiara' here.]

 

Quick round-up before the holidays…

(I’ll do a proper year in review post soon, but may not have time before the new year.)

Comic Book Resources interviewed me recently about WASTELAND, DAREDEVIL and THE COLDEST CITY. You can read it here.

WOLVERINE: PRODIGAL SON, which was shortlisted in the Texas Library Association’s Maverick YA reading recommendations, made the final list. See the full thing here.

The lovely and generous Jeff VanderMeer talks about Volume 1 of the WASTELAND Apocalyptic Edition hardback on Amazon today, with an excerpt from his introduction to the book. Read it here.

DEAD SPACE 2 has been officially announced, and a lot of people have asked me if I’m on board once more. Sadly, no, I won’t be writing this game. It hopefully won’t be my last excursion into the Dead Space universe, though…

That’s all I can talk about for now, but as always there’s a whole host of stuff bubbling under right now. Happy holidays, everyone, and remember; Santa cannot be trusted.

 

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.

     

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