Comixology for November

Lately I've been cutting down on my weekly comic book buying. With so many comics moving up to the $3.99 price point I've just become really vigilant about what I'm picking up. I've dropped quite a few books from the Big 2 and looking at my pull list for this month I don't seem to be getting any indy books. As a creator I really try to promote, push and purchase books from the other publishers. I guess November must be a fluke. I'll certainly try a little harder in December.

Comics Bulletin

As most of you should know I've been writing a semi-regular column at Comics Bulletin for a while now. The column is called What Looks Good and I rotate with a two other great bloggers- Kyle Garret and Brandon Billups. This week I give you my choices for What looks Good in comics this week and also touch on DC's New 52 and their impact on sales at DC and for the industry as a whole. So please go check it out here.

The site just when through a great redesign. While you are there poke around and explore all the cool features, interviews, columns and reviews. It's a great site.

National Graphic Novel Writing Month

Well to day is November 1st and when I was online checking out Heavyink.com I saw a tab on the site titled 'NaGraNoWriMo'. I gave it a click and read some of the threads there. Please go and check it out yourself too. By the way Heavyink.com is a great online store and its where I buy all my comics now. Anyway, basically this is about writing a graphic novel or illustrating pages or doing 3 individual issues. Basically its a take on National Novel Writing Month. It's about getting out there and putting on the pressure to yourself to produce and have fun.

So for me I'm going to use this as my starting point on getting back on top of The Venger: Dead Man Rising. The special is almost done and needs a few finishing touches. I'm going to get that done first. Then it will be some serious script revisions for issue #3 of the main series and working with the artist on getting that on track and complete.

I have been busy in my personal and professional life for a while now. And that busyness has really sandbagged this book. I need to fix that. And I will.

Thwipster

Just wanted to do a quick post praising this great website to get comic book trades and collectibles. I use Thwipster all the time. They have a daily email that goes out showing what the items for sale that day or week are. And these are at insane discounts of up to 80%. Today I ordered a few Marvel Masterworks at 70% off of cover price. So please go by and check them out and sign up for the emails. You'll love it.

What Looks Good

Another quick post from me; but hey it's a start to regular blog updating! Anyway as I said in the previous post I have been 'away' from working on Venger for a bit. I have still been trying to keep up on what's happening in comics and with working on my semi-regular column at Comics Bulletin called What Looks Good. My latest column was published this week with me sharing my picks for the week's new releases and my thoughts on some industry trends. Please go and check it out, it's a great site with some fantastic stories.

Iron Man 2 trailer

I know this post isn't Venger related but I just love this new interactive trailer for Iron Man 2. Check it out and after the trailer plays be sure to click all the thumbnails for tons of cool stuff.

Eagle Award Nominations

I wanted to post and let everyone know that I am in the running for Favorite Writer for the 2010 Eagle Awards. I believe I am also listed in the Favorite New Writer category. Please stop by and vote for your nominee in as many of the categories you would like. And if you feel like 'writing in' The Venger: Dead Man Rising for Favorite American Black and White Comic Book series that would be great and much appreciated by all of us. This is the link....2010 Eagle Awards.

Reviewing Comics at Comics Bulletin

Thought I would share with you all that I'll now be regularly writing comic book reviews for Comics Bulletin. I'll be posting them weekly. Right now I don't think I'll be focusing my reviews towards any particular group of titles, like just mainstream superhero stuff or independents. I would like to try to spotlight some titles that fall through the cracks though and aren't getting the attention the deserve. But like I said I am not limiting myself. So far I have covered The Marvels Project #3 and Blackest Night #4. I'll be reviewing the Avatar Press book Absolution #3 next.

Heavyink.com

I wanted to share with everyone the place where I buy my comics. I used to shop a comics retailer in my area but time and schedules issues seemed to make it hard to get in there when I wanted to. Well since the beginning of 2009 I've been buying ALL of my comics from this great place D.J. Coffman, creator of Hero By Night, turned me onto- Heavyink.com. It's a fantastic service that offers 20% discount on all comics with shipping as low as $.99! I love it there plus they have a great forum too. So to all you like me that are buying their comics online please check these guys out.

The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2- I got MINE, did you get YOURS?

Just got my copies in today from the printers. They look great! So like the tiles says- I got mine, did you get yours? If you haven't yet then click the link in the sidebar and get one, or more!

Facebook Superhero Status Updates

I saw this on Newsarama this morning and thought it was great. Follow the LINK for more of these hilarious updates. I'll post one of them here but PLEASE go to the link for more. Thanks to Chris Sims of the Invincible Super Blog and Comics Alliance for the great job with this.

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The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2 NOW ON SALE

Finally, it is here and ready for purchase. Click on this link to purchase your copy of The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2.  Thanks for your patience and support- much appreciated. So go out there and buy one or two or more, and tell your friends to get their copies as well. Check out this preview of the issue as well.