Zombie Bomb

Click here to go to Jason Copland's site and see a panel from a story we're working on, called ZOMBIE NIGHT IN CANADA (for an anthology called Zombie Bomb).

Jason's got a lot of fine work here. Give it a look.

UPDATED: There are a few more posts detailing Jason's process and previewing some awesome artwork from the story. They're here and here.

UFO interview

Click here for an interview with writer Elton Pruitt and Editor Troy Dye, both of Ape Entertainment's UFO anthology. It's a very informative and fun interview, and there's also a preview page of the story that Sami, Ed, Jessie and I worked on.

See if you can figure out which one's ours.

2012 reviewed at Bookgasm

Another nice review for 2012: Final Prayer.

There were some very kind words about HOLLOW VICTORY and about the book in general. I haven't seen the whole book yet, but I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a great one.

Check out Robert Heske's site to learn more about this fine book!

2012 review

Here's a very positive review of the 2012 Anthology with some really nice comments about the story that Sami, Ed and I put together.

Check out Robert Heske's website for more details about this fine book.

UFO story...in colour!!

Sami, Ed and I once again worked together (this time with colourist Jessie Lam) on a story that will appear in the Ape Entertainment UFO anthology. Here's the first page...


The UFO series launches on October 30th at this website: http://apecmx.com/.

The Shot Heard 'Round The Worlds will be the fourth story to appear. I'll post again when it's our turn, but in the meantime, please check out the other stories and support the fine work done by all!

Looking Ahead To The End

As mentioned previously, I've got a story in Robert Heske's new horror anthology. The book is called 2012-FINAL PRAYER.
It'll be available on November 15, 2009. Check the website for more details.

The story I wrote is called HOLLOW VICTORY (art by Sami Kivela and letters by Ed Brisson).

Here's a preview of the book...

Darwyn

I went to Darwyn Cooke's storytelling workshop today at the Gladstone.



I had a great time. He gave a very thorough and entertaining presentation on his storytelling process. Among my favourite pieces of wisdom were...

*The importance of relating all aspects of your script back to the central theme.
*Character can be expressed through physicality (posture, clothing, expressions, etc.). Dialouge and captions may not even be needed to describe your character's...er, character.
*Redundant narrative is the kiss of death.
*Ideally, good dialogue should advance the plot and reveal character.
*The artist does the work of an entire film crew (casting, lighting, set design, wardrobe, etc.).

The highlight of the day was listening to Mr. Cooke read chapter one from THE HUNTER and scroll through the illustrated pages on a Power Point screen. It was a great insight into the storytelling process and the choices he made.



I even got a couple of my books prettied up.