Thursday, August 8, 2013
CLOWN FATALE
Earlier today Dark Horse Comics announced my next creator-owned book CLOWN FATALE.
You're all going to want to read it.
Well ... okay ... maybe that's not quite true.
Some of you are going to want to read it. Since this is my blog and many of you are familiar with my work, then I'll assume there is a higher percentage of fellow sickos reading this than exists in the general population. The fact is if you like Spiderman and Superman (nothing wrong with that!) or other "mainstream" comics then Clown Fatale is probably not for you. That's cool. Not looking to shove anything down anyone's throat who doesn't want it.
But if you think a little bit of "that's so wrong!" can liven up your comic reading, then I've got something for you. You'll see two images above. One is from Clown Fatale.
The other is a movie poster from Russ Meyer's "masterpiece" Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! The film was one of the motivating factors for Clown Fatale. It was as if Russ Meyer was thinking, "We're going lowbrow and we're not going to pretend it's anything else. We're going to OWN it and have fun with it."
So that's what I've done - four issue of unapologetic crass uh ... fun.
And honestly it IS fun, and if you're like-minded (and have the stomach for it) then I'll hope you'll join me in the fun this November.
Here's a little something to get you in the mood.
UPDATE: Oops. In an orgy of narcissism, I neglected to mention the amazing Maurizio Rosenzweig on pencils and Moreno Dinisio on colors. Tim Seeley has come up with 4 awesome grindhouse style covers for the run.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
The Best American Mystery Stories
It seems a lifetime ago that my story "Hitting Rufus" was included in the 1999 edition of The Best American Mystery Stories. I was surprised and proud my story was picked.
Now, a little bird has whispered in my ear that the anthology isn't getting as many submissions as it used to from online publications. So if you're a writer or editor with mystery / crime stories to show off (if published in 2013) then consider submitting to the address below:
Otto Penzler
Best American Mystery Stories
58 Warren Street
New York NY 10007
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
State and federal law demands all fantasy novels have maps in the front.
So, as already announced, 47North will be publishing INK MAGE my epic fantasy novel. Here is one of the maps from artist Tazio Bettin.
(click to embiggen.)
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
New Creator-Owned Funny Book Coming Soon to Murder Your Face
In case you missed it, Titan Comics announced at San Diego Comic Con the book I'm doing with artist Tazio Bettin. It's called Sally of the Wasteland.
Set aside the money for this now.
(Click image to make biggish.)
Friday, July 12, 2013
99 cent Kindle bargain!
Private Eye Dean Murphy takes on things that go bump in the night.
99 cents thru the weekend only. Bring your monies HERE.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Gischler's INK MAGE on the horizon.
Folks, I'm happy to announce that Amazon's 47North imprint -- which handles science fiction and fantasy -- will publish my novel INK MAGE as an Amazon serial. (Later to be collected into a "for real" novel.) It's the story of a young duchess who collects magical tattoos that give her power as she seeks to become strong enough to avenge the death of her parents and reclaim her duchy from foreign invaders and traitors from within. It gets real stabby with swords and stuff and also cool magic and junk. Details coming soon.
(Above illustration by Tazio Bettin.)
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