Birth of The Ghoul

I finished writing the entire first issue of The Ghoul. It feels good. I never wrote a comic book before and I now know it's something I can do. I feel that my drawing background helps immensely but guess that can't be confirmed until I find an artist to fulfill my vision.

I still haven't heard from One Nexus Studios yet, but maybe soon. If they do accept my proposal it will be interesting to see what kind of artist they pair me with.

The Mo-Kan Comics Conspiracy is happening this weekend and I plan to attend on Saturday. I'm bringing some copies of my writing just in case I get lucky and find an editor or artist that's interested but really only expect to find some good deals on graphic novels and such. If anyone out there plans to attend, look for me, I'm the one in the New York hat and Incredible Hulk T-shirt.

This is Halloween

I know Halloween is in October but why not start early. Its Halloween in my head most of the year round anyway.

My wife and I dragged out all the Halloween decorations and placed them in the proper places. We watched the original Frankenstein to start the season with a jolt. Some other favorites Halloween movies I try to watch this time of year are The Wolf-Man, Dracula, Young Frankenstein, Sleepy Hollow, The Fearless Vampire Hunters, and Wolf.

I also brought out the coffee table edition of Edgar Allen Poe stories and poems. There's nothing like reading Poe aloud to set the proper atmosphere inviting ghosts and ghouls to drop by for a spell. Ha. A spell. I kill me sometimes.

So what are some of your favorite movies to watch or stories to read during the Halloween season?

I am Iron Man

I'm sure most of you know by now about the teaser trailer for Iron Man the movie. I won't provide a link to it here. Google it if you haven't seen it. The footage in the teaser looks good, really good. I just hope they don't demonize Tony Stark all together, yeah, we know he's kind of a jerk sometimes, but that's not his core. At his core he's a hero.

I dislike the direction the comics have taken with the character recently, and only hope that a change is coming. I enjoyed immensely the way Iron Man is treated in the new Enter: The Mandarin comic series written by Joe Casey and beautifully drawn by Eric Canete. It's almost a throwback tale in more ways than one; we do get to see the origin and first meeting of the Mandarin and Iron Man, but also the return of a Tony Stark that isn't a creep.

While we're on the subject of comics. I picked up the new Amazing Spider-man with the One More Day storyline. Don't waste your money on it. I thought it would be a return to form but it was just another JMS debacle. Will someone please get him away from Spider-man. His Thor work is great so far, Spider-man, not so much.

The waiting is the hardest part

I sent my submission for The Ghoul (a comic book for those not paying attention) to One Nexus Studios the other day. Now all I have to do is wait. I loathe waiting.

In the meantime I have decided to work full time to finish writing the first issue of The Ghoul, then I will return to also writing my novel as well. Sometimes it seems like there is not enough hours in a day. Sometime I envy those of you out there that have no projects waiting to be made or no stories trying to burst forth from your head like from a broken levee. Sometimes I want pie.

Observant readers of this blog may note the new picture. Consider this a logo of sorts. I thought about having it colored but I think black and white fits with the look of the blog, so it remains so. I drew up this logo for a business/writers card and thought I would add it here as well. I am rather fond of it right now. If my mood changes, I may remove it...or not.