January 2012
2 posts
“Don’t be stupid. There’s no future there.
She’s the child of...”
– Batman (if I wrote Batman)
December 2011
10 posts
“This is my Death Ray!
Thought about changing that name a few times....”
– Doctor Sivana (if I wrote Doctor Sivana)
Storyteller, Behind The Scenes
Just cuz I don’t want to be the only person that ever gets to see these, here’s a smattering of extras and works-in-progress by the incredibly talented artists that worked on Jim Henson’s The Storyteller book for Archaia:
Initial character sketch by Jennifer L. Meyer:
Work-in-progress sketches by Katie Cook:
Initial pin-up by Janet K. Lee:
Initial character sketches by...
Storyteller Peeks!
JIM HENSON’S THE STORYTELLER on-sale from Archaia this week! Here’s a few peeks, more as the week goes on…
Story, Art and Letters by Roger Langridge. Color by Jordie Bellaire.
Story, Art and Letters by Colleen Coover.
Story, Art and Letters by Chris Eliopoulos. Color by Mike Maihack.
Cow Boy: BOYD'S WAGON. A Cow Boy Short Story. →
cow-boy:
Had me a wagon. Daddy gave it to me.
“Never had me no wagon growin’ up!” he told me. “Take care’a that now. Don’t go breakin’ a wheel off yer first play.”
I went off’n played. Didn’t break a wheel. When I came back from playin’, Daddy was gone. For good this time.
A summer later, I loaded my…
“I’m not him. He took me in, I swore an oath. There’s nothing I can...”
– Robin (if I wrote Robin). In memory of Jerry Robinson.
“Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I...”
– Mark Twain, from the Preface of The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
November 2011
7 posts
“‘No. NO.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO...”
– Mary Marvel (if I wrote Mary Marvel)
October 2011
19 posts
“You haven’t joined a club. We’re not here to make friends and tell...”
– Cosmic Boy (if I wrote Cosmic Boy)
“Five thousand years.
You cannot imagine living that long. The human mind cannot...”
– Black Adam (if I wrote Black Adam)
“What’s the speed of light like? Just a blur. Feels like one step and...”
– Flash (if I wrote Flash)
Chapter 3's Are My Favorite
The third chapter of whatever I’m writing tends to be my favorite.
While working on the first chapter, I’m creating a whole new world…which is exciting! Adventurous! Also dangerous, because I can do ANYthing, so I could go off the rails, and the world and characters in the story might not be totally solidified in my head…I’ve gotta focus and worry and rewrite and...
“They are out there.
You cannot see them…that is what they want. The...”
– Shazam (if I wrote Shazam)
“Put the gun down and your hands up before I punch your ass with this arrow.”
– Green Arrow (if I wrote Green Arrow)
NEW YORK COMIC CON: Where You Can Laugh At Nate...
I am in New York City. Because there is a convention. Involving comics.
PIGS #2 ON SALE RIIIIIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In print OR you can download onto your iPad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By me, Ben McCool, Breno Tamura, Chris Sotomayor, Rus Wooton, and a cover by Mr. Francesco Francavilla. Pretty proud’a this puppy.
Here’s where you can see me at NYCC this weekend:
FRIDAY, 10am to...
“Yeah yeah, I’m happy to help save the day’n all that. Just wish I...”
– Captain Marvel Jr. (if I wrote Captain Marvel Jr)
“I was a man once. I understand man’s capacity for evil. It’s...”
– The Spectre (if I wrote The Spectre)
September 2011
12 posts
“Put it down. Put it dowwwwn. You don’t need it.
You’re stronger...”
– Blue Beetle (if I wrote Blue Beetle)
“The only difference between me and Diana is that she’s the greatest person...”
– Wonder Girl (if I wrote Wonder Girl)
“I lust. It is the Tamaran way.
Since coming to Earth I have been told that I...”
– Starfire (if I wrote Starfire)
“GRIFEdon’twannafrigginbeinAlabamawhat’mIsupposedtodohereIdon’tf...”
– Impulse (if I wrote Impulse)
“Shiny things. Small, big (well, mostly big). Love ‘em. Want them all....”
– Catwoman (if I wrote Catwoman)
PIGS #2 Cover, Step-By-Step
Some artists need lots of art direction, explanation, a thorough run-through of how they should approach a cover image. Francesco Francavilla is not one of those artists.
If you check out Francesco’s website (http://www.francescofrancavilla.com/) you’ll find a feverish creative mind that’d pop if he didn’t draw everything he thinks of on an hourly basis. The man draws over...
“I watched myself die. I was shot, shoved into a barrel, tossed in the ocean. The...”
– The Spectre (if I wrote The Spectre)
PIGS #1 Convention Variant Cover by Katie Cook
This week saw the release of the first comic with me as a writer…PIGS #1, written by the Britishtastic Ben McCool and myself, interior art by Breno Tamura, color art by Chris Sotomayor & produced/lettered by Rus Wooton. We were stupid lucky in getting the immortal Jock to do our incredible first cover, and Declan Shalvey & Jordie Bellaire produced an awwwwwesome variant (which...
“I don’t mean to insult, but are you an idiot?
Do you know who I am? Where...”
– Mister Miracle (if I wrote Mister Miracle)
“During the third cycle of sunlight wherein I resided on Earth, I was hiding in...”
– Martian Manhunter (if I wrote Martian Manhunter)
creationmythstudios asked: i saw you retweet someone today talking about a monologue exercise, but the link came to the main site. Can you hook a dood up with the link to the exercise? Thanks!