I’ve been reading comic books about as long as I have fantasy fiction novels. My dad bought me my first comic book, a Superman and Plastic Man team-up, when we moved from New Jersey to Iowa the summer after second grade. I spent many summer days after third grade with my face buried in a [...]
Superhero stories without pictures seem less super
Filed under Writing Journal on May 5, 2009
Tagged: comic books, novels, superheroes
Superhero retirement plans
Filed under Trends & Tropes on December 30, 2008
Tagged: Batman, Bruce Wayne, comic books, superheroes
Bruce Wayne is hanging up the cape and cowl in 2009. I haven’t read comic books with any regularity since I got married, and only just heard about this event a couple months ago when it hit mainstream media. My immediate reaction was cynical, born of too many “death” events and the cold, hard business [...]
Fantasy gone graphic
Filed under Trends & Tropes on May 16, 2008
Tagged: comic books, fantasy fiction, superheroes
My apologies to everyone who was unable to post over the last couple days. It seems there was an issue with the anti-spam plugin. I’ve disabled the plugin until the I can get the issue resolved or regress to the last working version. Talking about superheroes naturally leads to a discussion of comic books. Comic [...]
Warbreed for Idol 2008
Filed under Market Report on April 28, 2008
Tagged: comic books, J.L. Collins, Small Press Idol, Warbreed
Warbreed is a fantasy comic book project created by Ben Jones and my friend and fellow Young Dragon, J. L. Collins. They’ve entered Warbreed in Dime Store Productions’ Small Press Idol 2008. The entry made it past Round 1 and is now battling it out in Round 2. You can help Warbreed reach round 3 [...]
Relvan’s retirement
Filed under Market Report, Site News, Writing Journal on March 25, 2008
Tagged: comic books, J.L. Collins, Realms of Fantasy, Relvan's Rescue, Wordpress
Got a form letter rejection from Realms of Fantasy yesterday for “Relvan’s Rescue.” Return time: 41 days. I’m going to retire this one for now. I like the story, but I don’t have the time or desire to dig around and discover what it needs. J.L. Collins is collaborating on a fantasy comic book that [...]
