May 2012
4 posts
“I loved Uncle Barry. He was my favorite human in the world.
(incidentally,...”
– Flash (If I Wrote Flash)
“I’m not human. Or Kryptonian.
I look fifteen but I’m like, I think...”
– Superboy (if I wrote Superboy)
April 2012
3 posts
NATE COSBY AT C2E2
Leaving the comfy confines of Colorado this week to hit up the CHICAGO COMIC CONVENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here’s where I’ll be:
FRIDAY, APRIL 14 - Archaia Booth, 1pm til 2:30pm
FRIDAY, APRIL 14 - Room S401abc, 2:45pm til 3:45pm (ARCHAIA panel: COMING SOON FROM ARCHAIA ENTERTAINMENT…)
SATURDAY, APRIL 15 - Archaia Booth, 1:30pm til 3pm
WHY would you want to see me?...
March 2012
4 posts
“The squares are the neatest.
I’ve been to Apokalips and seen the...”
– Captain Marvel (If I Wrote Captain Marvel)
“Dude. I need, I SUPER-NEED you to stop saying stuff about magic to me. I’m...”
– Captain Marvel (if I wrote Captain Marvel)
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)