Once in a long while, a new comic book series comes along that just kicks the hell out of you, melding words and pictures in a way that is impossible in any other medium, telling a story that you can't put down, one that changes the way you see the world. — Read the rest
This weekend, I read Paul Pope and Jose Villarubia's astounding "Batman Year 100" collection (another great find from the recommended table at LA's Secret Headquarters comic shop).
Batman Year 100 is set in 2039, 100 years after the 1939 debut of The Bat-Man. — Read the rest
Reminder for Angelenos: Tonight is my Los Angeles book-launch for Overclocked, my new short story collection. It's at 7PM at Secret Headquarters, the best comic-store in town. Hope to see you there!
Other upcoming events: Duke University, Feb 22; University of North Carolina, Feb 22; Ad Astra Toronto, Mar 2-4; Simon Fraser U, Vancouver, Mar 8/9
I'm coming to North Carolina on Feb 22 to give a talk on privacy at Duke University at 5PM and a talk on copyright at the University of North Carolina at 2PM. There'll be books for sale at both — hope to see you there! — Read the rest
Some news about Overclocked, my new short story collection:
I've just uploaded a DIY mini-comic of my story "Printcrime," which appears in my new short story collection, Overclocked. The mini was designed and illustrated by the talented illustrator Martin Cendreda, a former South Park animator whose new works include Dang! — Read the rest
My new short story collection, Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present is out this week, and I've just launched the website that goes with it. Overclocked collects six of my most recent stories: Printcrime, When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth, Anda's Game, I, Robot, I Row-Boat, and After the Siege. — Read the rest
Deathnote is a long-running Japanese suspense comic about a bored demon who gives a gifted teenager control over a Death Note, a notebook that kills anyone whose name is inscribed on its pages. There are many rules governing the Death Note — the owner has to picture the face of his victim when he writes the name — and an imaginative Death Note owner can even specify the way that his victims die, in lavish detail. — Read the rest
I just finished the first collection of Warren "Transmetropolitan" Ellis's fantastic new comic, "Desolation Jones" (My new formula for graphic novel goodness: walk into LA's Secret Headquarters, buy any three books on the recommended new release table, go to funnybook heaven). — Read the rest
I just finished reading the first five collections of the ongoing comic series The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, and I now I can't wait for the seventh collection to come out.
The Walking Dead is a zombie adventure serial about the survivors of a plague of walking, flesh-eating dead. — Read the rest
Last week, I picked up "Fun Home," Alison "Dykes to Watch Out For" Bechdel's autobiographical graphic novel, finding it on the recommended table at my local comic shop, the incomporable (and wittily named) Secret Headquarters in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. — Read the rest
