26th July 2010 / Interviews / Daredevil
No funny headline pun, this time — I was interviewed last week by the team at the Speak of the Devil podcast, a DAREDEVIL-focused show from some of the guys (and ardent DD fans!) behind Legion of Dudes.
We talked about everything from DD to SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS, WASTELAND, DEAD SPACE, even the differences between creator- and company-owned books, and generally had a very enjoyable chat.
You can get it on iTunes, or download it directly from the Legion of Dudes website.
19th July 2010 / Interviews / Pre-order / Shadowland
Issue #1 of SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS goes on sale next month.
Now, Comic Book Resources takes a look at the series’ four major players — Silver Sable, Misty Knight, Paladin and The Shroud — from the perspective of the NYPD’s Lt Rafe Scarfe, as part of their ongoing Shadowland feature The Unusual Suspects.
Remember, books like this live and die by pre-orders and advance interest. If you want to read BLOOD ON THE STREETS, if you want to make sure your retailer has copies, if you want to support these characters and increase the chances of them showing up again… please tell your retailer that you want the series, and even pre-order it if you’re able. The order code for issue #1 is JUN100581.
28th April 2010 / Wasteland / Interviews / Daredevil
Quick round-up:
26th March 2010 / Interviews / Daredevil
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.
11th February 2010 / Interviews / On Sale
Charity prose anthology LAST DRINK BIRD HEAD, edited by Jeff Vandermeer with his wife Ann, and to which I contributed a story, is now on sale.
I received my copy last week, and it’s a lovely piece of work, with many great stories, stupendous illustrations, and — because all proceeds go to the ProLiteracy charity — it even makes you feel good. Guaranteed!
The Wyrm Publishing page for the book is here; you can also order it from Amazon US, and doubtless other places if you look for ISBN 978-1890464127. I’m unaware of a UK/European distributor, unfortunately.
On an entirely different note, the delightful Casey McKinnon of vidcasters A Comic Book Orange interviewed me at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, talking about WASTELAND, DEAD SPACE and THE COLDEST CITY. Short but sweet, that interview is now featured in their Episode 5.3 — you can see it at the A Comic Book Orange website, or on YouTube. Enjoy.
7th January 2010 / Wasteland / Videogames / Interviews / On Sale
WASTELAND #27 is now on sale. This is the second part of the “Enemy Within” story arc, following Jakob’s perspective on the six months following the Sand-Eater attack.
The order code is JUL091015, and here’s the solicit:
After saving the city from the Sand-Eaters, Jakob has a plum position in the city Watch… but Golden Voice’s call for freedom will give him pause for thought. Working for a man he despises and abandoned by his faith, Jakob must decide where his loyalties lie as Newbegin faces a Sunner rebellion!
(Observant readers will have noticed that WASTELAND #29 hasn’t yet been solicited; don’t panic, we just ‘paused’ solicitations when it became clear #26 and #27 would be delayed, because we all hate soliciting books that we know we can’t ship. We’re getting back on track now, so #29 will be solicited next month.)
Of interest to the videogame crowd: the inimitable Fran Shergold of Ready Up! recently interviewed Rhianna Pratchett and myself about writing for games, and it turned out pretty interesting. You can read the whole thing here.
18th December 2009 / Dead Space / Wasteland / Wolverine / Interviews / Coldest City / Daredevil
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.
14th August 2009 / Interviews
There’s a new interview with me up at BleedingCool.com. It’s quite long and covers a multitude of subjects including WASTELAND, my background in roleplaying games, adapting LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE, writing WOLVERINE, making music, writing for videogames with DEAD SPACE, the advent of digital comics and more. I also coin the term “detuned comics” to describe WASTELAND, and the more I think about it, the more I think it’s a really good fit…
The interview was conducted by Matthew Dick from the comics blog Exquisite Things, where the interview is also reprinted along with his original intro.
(Matthew is also the guitarist and main songwriter for Analysis of Bison Kills, an awesome British doom/sludge metal band. If you like the kind of stuff I do for the WASTELAND soundtrack, you should check them out.)
17th June 2009 / Dead Space / Wasteland / Interviews / On Sale / Pre-order
WASTELAND BOOK 04: DOG TRIBE goes on sale today. Collecting issues #21-24, this volume tells the story of how Michael and Abi’s quest for A-Ree-Yass-I is almost stopped before it starts, as they find themselves caught between two rival Dog Tribes fighting for supremacy.
The ISBN is 978-1934964170, and for comic stores the Diamond order code is APR090964.
In other WASTELAND news, the double-sized, full colour anniversary issue #25 goes on sale next week, the 24th June. That’s a fair bit later than we solicited for, and no-one is more embarrassed about that than me, but I promise you it’s worth the wait. Chris’ painted art is gorgeous, and even seven months after I wrote it, I’m still pretty pleased with the story. [ADDENDUM: I’ve just been told it’s likely to actually be the week after, owing to distribution delays. Sigh.]
You can read an interview with us about WASTELAND #25, and see an exclusive 13-page (!) preview, at Comic Book Resources.
You may also have noticed a couple of recent additions to the Coming Soon sidebar, over there on the right; DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION goes on sale, exclusively for the Wii, in September. Before that, though, you’ll be able to get your hands on the EXTRACTION comic, a one-shot issue that ties in with both EXTRACTION and the original DEAD SPACE game, once again featuring the inestimable Ben Templesmith on art duties.
And finally, the new comics blog Exquisite Things asked me to contribute to their Simple Headphone Mind section, wherein creators reveal what music they’ve been listening to recently. No surprises there for anyone familiar with my Last.fm page, but fun nevertheless.
(Blog founder Matthew Dick is also part of UK noisemeisters Analysis of Bison Kills, by the way, and if you’re into a bit of grind and doom you should check them out. Because they’re brilliant.)
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.
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