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 [...]

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 [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]