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Category : Writing
Coming in January from Skullvines Press! Cullen Bunn’s Heaveworld collects all of my prize-winning gross-out stories from 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007. In addition, the collection includes the never-before-published novella, “Great Balls of Ire,” a tale of epic gross-out horror! My mama would be so proud!
Cover by Mark McLaughlin! An introduction by Jeff Strand! More disgusting stories than you can shake an oversized tapeworm at! What more could an aficionado of grue want?
Category : Distractions
Last year, I decided to avoid being snarky when it came to the things I was thankful for. Instead, I took a few minutes to reflect on the positive things in my life. After all, it’s focusing on the positives that gives us the energy to do something about the negatives. So, I’d like to continue that tradition this year.
In 2009, I am thankful for:
There ya have it, folks! I am one thankful mammer-jammer! I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
From Oni Press:
In celebration of the holiday season and in preparation for the release of their upcoming Oni Press series THE SIXTH GUN, creators Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt present an Oni Press BlogExclusive, Them What Ails Ya: A Christmas Yarn. A tale of medicine shows, magic tonics, outlaws, cannibals, and bona fide Christmas miracles will run every Tuesday beginning December 1st and ending December 22nd on the Oni Press blog. Each segment will feature another chapter of Cullen Bunn’s prose short accompanied by a Brian Hurtt illustration and an original comic-strip will bookend the story.
“I’m really excited about premiering THE SIXTH GUN,” said writer and co-creator Cullen Bunn. “The world of THE SIXTH GUN is overflowing with potential stories, and I’ve got all these ideas that go beyond the actual comic series bouncing around in my head. So when Oni asked if I’d write a prose piece for their blog I jumped at the chance. This is a great opportunity to really expand on the core story and show some of the other things going on in the world. I think Brian might have been a little jealous so he agreed to do some illustrations for the story.”
An epic dark fantasy set in the Old West, THE SIXTH GUN is a new ongoing, full color series from Oni Press launching in early May 2010. During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. In time, the Sixth Gun-the most dangerous of the weapons-vanished. When the gun surfaces in the hands of an innocent girl, dark forces reawaken. Vile men thought long dead set their sights on retrieving the gun and killing the girl. Only Drake Sinclair, a gunfighter with a shadowy past, stands in their way.
Check out THE SIXTH GUN short story Them What Ails Ya: A Christmas Yarn beginning Tuesday December 1st 2009 at the Oni Press Blog.
Collections of occult items, libraries of esoteric lore, museums of forbidden artifacts … I always love to see how an artist interprets such locales, especially when the artist is inclined to include a few Easter eggs here and there. The Tooth affords Matt Kindt plenty of opportunities to cut loose in such a fashion. Here we have Graham’s first glimpse at his grandfather’s study. The feathered accoutrements bring a smile to my face. I’ve seen artists use one of the pictured artifacts before (on my scripts even) but this may be a first for the other.
What’s a good old-fashioned action/horror yarn without a haunted house? In these panels from The Tooth, we see Matt Kindt’s take on the home of Ezekiel Stone, estranged grandfather to Graham (pictured below with his fiancé, Beatrice). When old Zeke passes away, leaving all his worldly possessions to Graham, a terrifying, monster-filled adventure begins. As you can see, Graham doesn’t have a clue as to the strangeness that awaits him!
Every good hero needs a great villain. For The 6th Gun (upcoming from Oni Press), I decided our hero needed not one but six dastardly foes to contend with. Here we have five of the vile varmints who’ll be raising Hell in the pages of the supernatural western (as only Brian Hurtt can depict them).
Never has a more fiendish posse blazed a trail across the Old West … and these cutthroats aren’t even the worst of the bunch!
(From left to right) “Bloodthirsty” Bill Sumter, Will Arcene, ”Filthy” Bill Kinney, Silas “Bitter Ridge” Hedgepeth, and Missy Hume.
Category : Distractions, Slave to Nostalgia
Here’s a little more concept art for The Tooth! The look of the title creature went through a number of changes. In some of the earlier images, the Tooth had a very human-looking face. The monster’s propensity for ripping into people has been ever-present, though.
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It’s Kill Brian Keene on Your Blog Day, and I thought I’d join in the fun, even though I have about 2 minutes to dedicate to this worthwhile endeavor. Among other things, Keene’s death benefits the Shirley Jackson Awards. Check out all the entries on Brian’s blog, and if you like these little stories, please consider a donation.
The Sad Facts Surrounding Keene’s Undoing
Flash Fiction by Cullen Bunn
For once, Brian’s tall tales about fighting ninjas and bigfoots and Russian-professional-wrestlers-turned-male-strippers proved true.
The End.
