Reading Material

Desilu’s Story Policy: Origin of I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek and More

06.07.10 | Permalink | Comment?

I love I Love Lucy. We own all six seasons. Possibly the most influential TV series of all time. Continuously on the air since it originally ran, thanks to the magic of syndication. I constantly see modern TV shows continue to directly lift gags, routines or situations from it. It was #1 in the Nielson [...]

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Happenings

Creator Meditation: Unpromising Beginnings

05.09.10 | Permalink | Comment?

If you walk around with the idea that there are some people who are so gifted – they have these wonderful things in their head but you’re not one of them, you’re just a normal sort of person, you could never do anything like that – then you live a different kind of life. You [...]

Field Notes

Field Notes: LA Times Festival of Books

04.24.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

1) Appearing: LA Times Festival of Books

The LA Times Festival of Books, largest such festival in the country, is this weekend on the UCLA campus. I will be making an appearance tomorrow, Sunday the 25th. Here’s my schedule:

11am-12pm: The Big! Bold! BOOM! panel with Chip Mosher (LEFT ON MISSION), Kim Krizan (BEFORE SUNRISE, ZOMBIE TALES: [...]

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Field Notes

Field Notes: Hunter’s Fortune Softcover and Jonathan Ross

04.14.10 | Permalink | Comment?

1) Out Today: HUNTER’S FORTUNE Softcover
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Diamond Code: DEC090738
ISBN: 978-1-60886-001-2
Preview: First 5 pages

Solicit text: Be careful what you wish for…you just might get it! The smash-hit action-adventure is now collected in one graphic novel! When down-and-out slacker Hunter Prescott inherits a vast fortune, he thinks he’s got it made. But there’s a catch. Hunter [...]

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Field Notes

Field Notes: Hunter’s Fortune #4

03.24.10 | Permalink | Comment?

1) Out Today: HUNTER’S FORTUNE #4
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Diamond Code: NOV090676
Preview: First 5 pages

Solicit text: At long last…Excalibur! The final showdown between Hunter and Miranda, and the exciting conclusion to this action-adventure saga, will leave you speechless! Writers Andrew Cosby (creator of EUREKA) and Caleb Monroe (THE REMNANT) pump nonstop action into the finale of [...]

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Field Notes

Field Notes: Hunter’s Fortune #3, The Meltcast and Writing Advice

02.17.10 | Permalink | Comment?

1) Out Today: HUNTER’S FORTUNE #3
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Diamond Code: OCT090783
Preview: First 5 pages

Their search for Excalibur leads Hunter and company to Italy and…the Sword In The Stone. Which isn’t Excalibur. Wait…what? The mystery deepens, the clues grow stranger…there’s also punching, kicking and things blowing up!

2) The Meltcast!

I haven’t mentioned it here yet, because I [...]

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Thoughts

Patterns of Incomplete

02.04.10 | Permalink | 6 Comments

(In which my reach no doubt exceeds my grasp)
(Begin brain dump:)
Two concepts Warren Ellis rumbled on a good bit about last year were design fiction and hauntology. Here they are, quickly defined:
Design fiction:
Design Fiction is making things that tell stories. It’s like science-fiction in that the stories bring into focus certain matters-of-concern, such as how [...]

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Happenings

Toward A New Personal Theory of Web Presence

02.03.10 | Permalink | 4 Comments

As you’ve no doubt noticed, there’s been very little activity here lately. Of course, that probably means you’ve all migrated away and there’s no one reading this to notice the lack of activity anyway.
I’ve been thinking about what, exactly, I’m doing online. About being intentional.
I’ve been thinking about these two posts by Ariana Osborne, about [...]

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Library

Out Today: The Remnant Softcover

01.13.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Collecting the complete THE REMNANT mini-series, issues #1-4. My first trade paperback collection!
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
ISBN: 1608860019
ISBN13: 9781608860012
Diamond Code: SEP090696

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Library, My Breakout Year

In Stores Tomorrow: Hunter’s Fortune #1!

10.27.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

HUNTER’S FORTUNE #1
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Diamond order code: AUG090730
Read a preview: First 5 pages (there’s also a 7-page preview in IRREDEEMABLE #7)
Official press release: Hunter’s Fortune Debuts This October

When down-and-out slacker Hunter Prescott inherits a vast fortune from his uncle, he thinks he’s got it made. But there’s a catch. Hunter has to pick up where [...]

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