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My Year in Books: 2013

Because I’m so busy making books that I end up reading the best books of any given year after they’ve become the best books of last year, I’ve never been able to make a very good “Best Books of [Insert Year here]” list.

Observing a book I midwifed into reality this year.
Observing a book I midwifed into reality this year.

So, instead, I offer you (as I have in 2010, 2011, and 2012) a list of the books that I’ve read this year! Featuring both graphic novels and prose publications, this year—due to my move to digital comics—I added single issues that would eventually be collected to the list once I reached the end of a story arc. Continue Reading “My Year in Books: 2013” →

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My 2013

This year, I…

-Got engaged to an amazing woman.

-Wrote my first comic.

-Received my first editor credit in comics.

-Got promoted to associate editor.

-Traveled to…

    Seattle, WA
    Lexington, KY
    San Diego, CA
    Bend, OR
    Chicago, IL
    Newport, OR
    Toronto, Ontario
    Boston, MA

-Ran over 100 miles.

-Read over 70 books and graphic novels.

-Gave the acceptance speech at the Eisner Awards when Dark Horse Presents, on which I work, won its second Best Anthology award. It also won it’s second Harvey Award in the same category this year.

-Attended my third consecutive Lollapalooza.

-Participated in my fifth consecutive Movember fundraiser as part of a network that raised nearly $30,000.

-Drank Bourbon on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

-Saw my sister graduate from college.

-Moved in with my best friend.

-Edited my first book (The Black Beetle Vol. 1: No Way Out) that ended up on a ton of year end “Best of” lists.

-Worked on 69 different comics and books published/released in 2013.

-Lived with a cat for the first time.

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Way Too Busy

Remember when I used to blog? Me neither.

In an attempt to update this webspace with something, here’s a list of what’s taking up my time right now…

Comic Books and Graphic Novels I’m currently editing…

Captain Midnight
Cover to Captain Midnight #1 by Felipe Massafera.

–Captain Midnight
–Brain Boy
–The Black Beetle: Necrologue
–Polar: Came from the Cold HC
–Blood Brothers
–Emily and The Strangers
–Trekker: The Train to Avalon Bay (in Dark Horse Presents)
–Juice Squeezers (in Dark Horse Presents)
-Secret Company-Owned Superhero Project
-Secret Creator-Owned Superhero Project
-Secret Digital Comic Collection
-Secret Creator-Owned sci-fi/monster/young adult Project
-Six other Secret DHP projects

Comics I’m assisting on as an associate editor or co-editing…

Cover to Two Past Midnight #2
Cover to Two Past Midnight #2 by Paolo Rivera.

–Two Past Midnight
–Dark Horse Presents
–The Massive
–The Strain: The Fall
-Top Secret Young Adult Original Graphic Novel

Recently completed projects…

Full wraparound cover and design for The Black Beetle Vol. 1: No Way Out by Francesco Francavilla.
Full wraparound cover and design for The Black Beetle Vol. 1: No Way Out by Francesco Francavilla.

–The Black Beetle Vol. 1: No Way Out HC
–Trekker Omnibus
–Orchid Vol. 3
-The Dark Horse Conventions Super Sampler
–GAMMA one-shot (assisted on this one)

Currently gestating…
-Two top secret ongoing comic series
-Top secret original graphic novel pitch
-Top secret thing I’m writing, not editing

I’l probably get back to using this blog for jotting down stories I want to remember, comics process stuff, mustache-related writings, and other exciting life stuff one day, but for the foreseeable future, it’ll be shorter posts like this for the sake of updating this page with… something!

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Learning my medium by doing

I’m not a writer.

I can write. I’ve been paid to write. But I know writers. Real writers. Sit down and type for hours because they have to writers, agonizing over every word writers, write or go crazy writers… And I’m not one of them.

Still, that doesn’t mean I don’t have a story to tell. Continue Reading “Learning my medium by doing” →

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The short story behind Tremors comics

Been meaning to write this blog post for about a year now, so some of the details might not be exactly right, but here’s the story…

I’m a huge fan of the Tremors movies. If you’ve known me for a while, odds are it’s come up at some point because I’m always happy to talk about those films! An awesome and campy quadrilogy of monster-filled westerns where you’ve got Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and Michael Gross, as well as Reba McEntire, not to mention a bunch of big fucking worm monsters! It’s survival horror at it’s weirdest and I love it! Continue Reading “The short story behind Tremors comics” →

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Gamma-infused Pizza Party

If you picked up the truly excellent Dark Horse Presents #20 last month, you had the distinct pleasure of reading a radical little story by Ulises Farinas and Erick Freitas. Comics Alliance wrote a great piece about the nostalgia-fueled pop culture-laced fun bomb of a comic that is Gamma, so I suggest you read what they said and then track down the three appearances of Dusty Keztchemal, monster trainer and coward.
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Black Beetle’s wild ride

If you’ve been following me on twitter or tumblr recently, you’ve probably seen a few posts about Francesco Francavilla’s noir superhero masterpiece The Black Beetle. BB‘s the first comic that I’ve edited solo from the get go and it’s been a distinct pleasure working with someone as passionate and enthusiastic as Francesco. Dude’s pretty damn talented too. Pretty crazy to think that I own one of the lucky sets of eyeballs that gets to see his best work to date on a regular basis.

Francesco and I, as well as Dark Horse Publisher Mike Richardson, had high hopes for what originally felt like a niche comic. BB had oodles of potential, but truly great books get canceled all the time, so you never know. Thankfully, all the hard work FF poured into this baby paid off. It’s been extremely gratifying to see this little book live up to its greatest potential. And it’s still going!

So, for the sake of enjoying the moment and remembering this when I get old and gray, here’s some of the link journey that led us to this week, when we announced the sell out of issue #1.
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