E-MAN!

Long time no post! Again.

I just finished up some lettering. Ed over at Digital Webbing Press asked if I could help him out on an issue of the legendary indie book E-Man and i was glad to do it. Nice to be part of the DWPress crew again. The bulk of my published writing has come out under the DWP banner so it's like a homecoming. (Oh, shut up! It's the holidays, Christmas music is playing, and I'm feeling sentimental!)

Make with the clicky for a closer look...


Black Watch trudges along defiantly, refusing to remain incomplete. Darryl is putting in a lot of work and time on the colors and really his learning curve has been pretty impressive.

Speaking of impressive learning curves, I started a new horror one-shot with a new artist looking to get some work under his belt and it's kind of fun watching someone's art develop from page to page. As we get more done I'll talk about it more and toss up some art.

Another newer project was moving along quite nicely but has hit a lull. It may be the season or other things but my co-creator/artist has been MIA for a couple weeks. He has some BIG "life stuff" going on so ya can't really blame him.

I have a new Nothingface one-shot written and ready to go... if I could find someone to draw the damned thing! :D

And finally... for now... When Drive-Ins Attack is alive and well! Project organizer Rich Stahnke has found a lot of the creative work falling into his lap... from writing and illustrating his own story to coloring and drawing for others. (And hopefully finding time to ink MY story in time for inclusion in the book.) Rich is just really pouring himself into this and I wish I could help more than just lettering.

Download NOTHINGFACE for FREE!

The NOTHINGFACE graphic novel is finally available for FREE download through WOWIO.com!

Written by me with art by Yildiray Cinar (Noble Causes), Nick Postic & Nick Marinkovich (Underworld, Impaler), and others with a cover by Ben Templesmith (Wormwood, 30 Days of Night).

I get a little $$$$ for every download so even if you've read it already, please go sign up (takes like 90 seconds) and download this sucker! Besides, once you're signed up you can download tons of other comics, graphic novels and books as well! Search for NOTHINGFACE or go to the comics & graphic novels section and look for MORPHEUS FORGE under publishers. Guilt your neighbors and friends into downloading it too! Support your friendly (well, that might be debatable) neighborhood comic book writier.

Hopefully soon I'll have a couple more comics on WOWIO as well.

Nothing much to say, I SHOULD be working or sleeping...

Wired.com - On his blog, Jason Silverman lists the Top 10 Movie Trailers @ Sundance (going on at the same time/town as Slamdance). Norma and crew made the list. CLICK-CLICK :D


I have found an artist for my contribution to the When Drive-Ins Attack! anthology!! The graphic novel anthology will feature stories from Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Simon Dark, Batman), Rich Stahnke (Furious Fist of the Drunken Monkey), Dan Wickline (30 Days of Night), Dwight McPherson (Edgar Allen Poo, Dead Men Tell No Tales) and many others. I've had the story written and have been keeping an eye out for an artist for MONTHS. I finally found the right guy. I have rough character designs and thumbnail sketches of the all 19 pages already. Hope to have something to show in the next couple weeks.


Book 1 of Black Watch is only a few tweaks from being completely finished. Waaaaaay back when the book was picked up by Imperium and we learned that we'd be waiting until summer or later of this year to put the book out, everything kind of went onto the back burner. But now the time draws near and Rob is finishing the last color tweaks to the last pages as he gets ready to start cranking on the next two issues which are completely drawn and waiting for him. I have a few tweaks I think I'll make to the lettering/SFX/script as I go through and output the final files for print....and of course as we get really close credits pages and editorial stuff and ad pages...but basically it's ready to go.


OH YEAH! Almost forgot, my graphic novel Nothingface will soon be available as a free PDF download through WOWIO.com.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Well, I hope everyone had some happy and safe fun for New Year's. And I hope it's left you with some "fresh start" energy for whatever you're working on...career, home projects, financial stuff....whatever. I'm off to a pretty good 2008 myself. Did I little cleaning house (figuratively and literally) and find myself with a good attitude for starting off the new year. Need to get some things taken care of, need to get some things back on track and I feel energized to do it and see very clearly how to go about it one-not-so-overwhelming step at a time.

• Black Watch will be coming out this year.
• Nothingface will be going up on WOWIO soon. (For those not in the know, WOWIO is a free ebook service. I can get my books listed there, you can then download them for FREE as PDF files and I make a little money of each copy downloaded.)
  
• I plan/hope to have at least seven books out this year with my name in the WRITER slot! Four issues of Black Watch (hey, each issue counts, sparky!) and three more things, one shots of other properties. Planning for some new Nothingface with a one-shot...as well as launching Angeline 43 with a one-shot, and hopefully one more one-shot (and/or a sizable story in a big anthology).
• I have several cool lettering assignments lined up....some old, some new. Trailer Park of Terror, Chaotic Soldiers, a kids book called Monster Truck Mayhem, a graphic novel for Devil's Due, possibly another GN I won't name just yet, the When Drive-Ins Attack anthology GN (an image from that book can be seen at right) and possibly a few other things if their creators find publishing homes for them.
  
• Trailer Park of Terror the movie will be out this year (Premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival)...really bigger news for the boys at Imperium than me but it's nice to be associated with it.
  
• The Lost Squad movie will hopefully be moving along for my pal Chris Kirby...if this writer's strike every gets settled. (Another case of a book I letter getting upon screen....not really MY news but still fun to be "attached to" no matter how remotely.)
  

Well, I guess that's enough jibber-jabber. Better get some sleep so i can get up and get crackin' on all this new year, new start stuff.