Convention Calendar
Posted on June 16, 2009 - Filed Under Events & Appearances
I figured it was about time I posted a list of the conventions I’m planning on attending the rest of this year. I’ll post more details if and when they become available, but if you’re going to be attending one of these shows, please make sure to say hello!
June 19 - 21
HeroesCon
Charlotte, NC
July 23 - 26
Comic-Con International
San Deigo, CA
August 6 - 9
Wizard World Chicago
Chicago, IL
September 19
Windy City Comicon
Chicago, IL
Things I Didn’t Know (6-16-2009)
Posted on June 16, 2009 - Filed Under Things I Didn't Know
- The need to stand out among breakfast cereals was so great that Post Toasties decided to use cartoon animals on its boxes and paid its cartoonist $1.5 million in the first year. Maybe that doesn’t sound like a lot to you (although I would draw a helluva lot of animals for that amount), but now consider that this was during the Great Depression. That artist was Walt Disney, and he used the money to build the Disney empire.
- During the Civil War, the Union used hot air balloons, directed by aeronaut Thaddeus Lowe, to spot enemy soldiers and coordinate Federal troop movements.
- On the dashboard of most newer model cars, there is an arrow next to the gas gauge that indicates on which side of the car you will find the gas tank.
- The Strike Team on The Shield was based on the LAPD Rampart Division’s anti-gang unit.
- In the game of paintball, the maximum safe velocity of a shot is 300 feet per second (about 200 miles per hour). Anything faster can break the skin and result in profanity the likes of which could rip a hole in the ozone layer. A chronograph is a device used to measure paintball velocity.
Immortal Weapons Sketchbook
Posted on June 10, 2009 - Filed Under Comics
Psst … psst … Want a sneak peek at the upcoming Immortal Weapons series (issue 2 of which features my Bride of Nine Spiders story)? Marvel Digital has posted a sketchbook that includes a little insight into the Immortal Weapons and an 8-page preview of the first issue. Check it out here.
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Coming Soon - Immortal Weapons #2
5 Things I Didn’t Know Last Week
Posted on June 9, 2009 - Filed Under Things I Didn't Know
It’s important to personal development to strive to learn something every day. Here are a few of the things I know this week that I didn’t know last week.
- There are these enormous rocks in Death Valley (called sailing stones) that (by means unknown) move across the desert leaving trails in the sand.
- Anthropologist Louis Leakey believes that the foul body odor of humans could be part of early man’s survival. Predators avoided eating people because they smelled so bad. I worked with this guy a few years back who proudly refused to use soap or deodorant. It’s funny that a predator wouldn’t eat him, because he smelled like warm bologna.
- After Philip K. Dick died, some fans created a PKD android that mimicked his mannerisms, sported face recognition software, and quoted the writer’s work.
- No American has technically died of old age since 1951. That was the year the government eliminated that classification on death certificates.
- John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness (1987) is part of a thematic film trilogy, including The Thing (1982) and In the Mouth of Madness (1995).
Coming Soon - Immortal Weapons #2
Posted on May 19, 2009 - Filed Under Comics
Marvel just announced the second issue of the Immortal Weapons limited series, featuring the sexy (and creepy) Bride of Nine Spiders. Written by yours trully. The book will be released in August. I’ll post more details as they become available, but suffice it to say, I’m thrilled to be writing a story about this character.
IMMORTAL WEAPONS #2 (of 5)
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by DAN BRERETON
Iron Fist Back-Up Story by
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI & TRAVEL FOREMAN
Cover by DAVID AJA
Her heart pumps the coldest blood imaginable…and she is host to horrors inconceivable to mortal men. The Bride of Nine Spiders is perhaps the most enigmatic of the Immortal Weapons. Yet men would risk life and sanity to plumb the mysteries of this porcelain beauty and the alien land from which she comes. When a disturbing relic surfaces at a most exclusive auction house, the Bride’s secrets are revealed in a tragic tale fusing martial arts mayhem and gothic terror!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Mike Oliveri Fantasizes About Me …
Posted on May 18, 2009 - Filed Under Distractions, Other Amazing Talents
… In a very “not work safe” fashion here.
4-24-2009 Comic Book Lecture on Video
Posted on April 27, 2009 - Filed Under Comics, Events & Appearances
Last week, Brian Hurtt, Matt Kindt, and I participated in a lecture on comic books at Louis and Clark Community College. It was a great time and, as usual, I was able to speak with some cool folks about something I love. Steve Higgins, the coordinator and moderator for the panel, has posted videos covering the majority of the panel on GraphiContent. Head over there if you’re interested in hearing what the three of us had to say.
Special Guest Lecture on Comics at Lewis and Clark Community College
Posted on April 22, 2009 - Filed Under Events & Appearances
Brian Hurtt, Matt Kindt, and Cullen Bunn
Special Guest Lecture on Comics Moderated panel discussion on creating comics followed by book signing/meet-and-greet
Friday, April 24th at 2:00pm
Free and open to the public!
Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL
Hatheway Cultural Center
Two Disgusting Publications Announced
Posted on April 19, 2009 - Filed Under Writing
Skullvines Press has announced an impressive line-up over the next couple of years, including two disgusting books by yours truly.
First up, Cullen Bunn’s Heaveworld will collect the stories with which I won the four World Horror Convention gross-out contests I entered. It definitely isn’t a book for those with a weak stomach or delicate sensibilities. The collection will be released later this year.
Then, in 2010, they’ll be publishing my novella, “Great Balls of Ire,” an action-packed horror yarn set during the most peculiar of festivals. Wild dogs, bikers, skinned corpses, ancient dieties, and mountain oysters … all colliding in a mayhem-filled adventure that might be considered an extended gross-out story.
There you have it! Two upcoming books promised to make you say, “Yeech!” Stay tuned for more details!
French and Spanish Editions of The Damned
Posted on April 6, 2009 - Filed Under Comics, The Damned
It looks like The Damned is going worldwide. Spanish and French editions of the trade paperback are now available.
In Spanish, we have El Maldito: Tres Dias Muerto from publisher Debolsillo.
From Akileos, we have the French editions of The Damned, Tome 1: Mort depuis trois jours and The Damned, Tome 2: Les fils prodigues, which is currently the only collected edition of the Prodigal Sons storyline. If you’re interested, digiBiDi currently has a 10-page preview of Les fils prodigues available online.
