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 | 3 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 | 2 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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Thoughts

Creator Meditation: Realistic Comics Art

10.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

We often speak of “realistic” comics art – there has long been a constant tension, even animosity, between fans of “realistic” comics art and “symbolist” comics art, without much discussion of what those terms really mean in the context of comics - but how realistic your figure work is or how visually concrete your mise-en-scene [...]

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Library, My Breakout Year

Now Available For Order: Hunter’s Fortune #1

08.20.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

HUNTER’S FORTUNE #1
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Diamond order code: AUG090730
Read a preview: First 5 pages

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 his famous treasure-hunting benefactor left off — and find the one artifact Uncle Max never [...]

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Library, My Breakout Year

In Stores Next Month: Mimetic Kinetic Redux

08.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

UNITED FREE WORLDS #5
Publisher: Devil’s Due
Diamond order code: JUL090787

In case you missed “Mimetic Kinetic” the first time around, it will appear again in the pages of UFW #5 next month.
“Mimetic Kinetic” is a 2-page creator-owned story by myself, Russ Manning nominated artist Budi Setiawan, Eisner nominated colorist Ronda Pattison and letterer Patrick Foster.

If you enjoyed [...]

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Happenings

SDCC 2009 Wrap-Up

07.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I’ve collected all my con tweets here to give you a glimpse at what I was doing, seeing and thinking each day of the con. I was on my first ever panel this year, the “Spirituality In Comics” panel. Scroll down for some pictures of it.

Wednesday:
In cab on way to train station. SDCC here I [...]

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Thoughts

Toolbox: Move Magic Screenwriter 6.0 Review

07.22.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Let’s talk writing programs.
I started writing all my comic scripts in Microsoft Word back in 2000. Decided I wanted to write comics, Googled (did I even use Google in 2000?) up a sample script by some guy whose name I’ve forgotten who wrote some Twilight Zone scripts, then proceeded to reproduce that format in the [...]

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