News of the POTA novel I posted earlier is the highlight of the day, and indeed we've been getting a steady stream of people signing up for the mailing list and I expect we'll start hearing from news outlets shortly, but I’ve got a few other doings in the works.
I’ll be continuing my Tales from the Tomato Patch series shortly, with an eye for finishing up by month’s end. I’m enjoying these stories, but they’re not always as easy to write as I had hoped. That, and I have, you know, a novel to work on and stuff. There’s six more to go, and it occurs to me now that I should pop over to the Jason Webley forums at his site and maybe let them know about it. Something to do this week maybe.
I will also be starting my I Haven’t Read Your Angry Robot Book Interview series soon. My first interview will be with Chris Roberson, author of Book of Secrets, which is due out on August 6 (I hope to have it up by then). Chris will be at San Diego Comic Con to promote his newly announced Vertigo series I, Zombie. Follow the link for a brief description, it sounds cool (and I’ll sneak in a question about that for the interview). I still have yet to choose who my next Angry Robot interview victim subject will be, but I’ll wait until after the con to decide.
Also, I have a few scripts to write in what I believe will be our second Critical Millennium series from Archaia. The first series, set in the Dark Frontier time period, is scheduled to debut in the spring (which, along with the POTA book, means a lot of product coming out from our camp next year).
That’ll do for now. Talk to you soon.
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Beans. Spilled. Finally.
So, I hinted earlier in the year about a big project I was working on. If it hasn’t already, news should be filtering out soon, though for the sharp eyed among you, you probably already know this. While we waited for a few things to fall into place before the news could be officially released rumors have been circulating among fans for a few weeks now, and the news broke on one the Planet of the Apes fan groups a couple of weeks ago.
Yeah, that’s what I said. Planet of the Apes.
To add to the pre-announcement hype an image was posted last week on Joe Jusko’s DeviantArt page.
Yeah, that’s what I said. Joe Jusko.
What do Planet of the Apes, Joe Jusko and I exactly have in common? We’re both working on a new illustrated novel set in the POTA universe (the Heston one, not the Wahlberg one, you can breath easy now) and being put out by the company I started with my friend and co-writer Andrew E. C. Gaska, along with our other co-writer Erik Matthews.
Yeah, that’s what I—waitwaitwait. Neither Andrew, Erik nor I are gonna really spark any name recognition in you. At least not yet. Back to the news:
The book is called Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes, it’s the first of two we have signed on for with Fox (though I’m only in on the first one), and it’s going to be a wild ride for long time fans of the series. We’re staying true to the spirit of the original films, filling in gaps while revealing untold tales, and generally having a grand time with it all.
Conspiracy centers on the character of John Landon, the navigator of the Liberty One mission that crash lands on a mysterious planet ruled by Apes. Where the movie focused on Heston’s character George Taylor, Conspiracy shows you what happened to Landon. Those who have seen the movie will know his fate, what you don’t know is how he got there. And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
The coolest part, at least to my mind, is the fact that this is an illustrated novel. That means we were able to bring on board a lot of top notch talent from the comic book and illustration worlds. Not only did we get Joe Jusko, but Ken Kelly, Matt Busch, Tom Scioli, Arthur Suydam and more. Twenty plus artists have contributed, along with a cover image by the legendary Steranko! These guys are pouring their hearts into the work they are doing and what I’ve seen so far is amazing.
I've been sending out press releases all weekend and forwarding links to our website to get the word out. Take a click over to the site we’ve set up for it and have a look around. Also, be sure to visit us at Comic-Con International in San Diego this coming week (July 22-26), we’ll be exhibiting at booth 2547, showing off a handful of paintings, offering a couple of prints for sale, along with their respective artists at the booth to sign them (Jusko and Sanjulian!), and have a couple of other “while supplies last” assorted goodies.
You can, of course, check back here for periodic updates, where I’ll hopefully offer some different perspective than you will find on the official site (hey I like traffic, too). Either way, take note of the progress, because it’s going to be awesome.
Edit to add: Oh yeah, the book will be out sometime in the Spring of 2010.
Yeah, that’s what I said. Planet of the Apes.
To add to the pre-announcement hype an image was posted last week on Joe Jusko’s DeviantArt page.
Yeah, that’s what I said. Joe Jusko.
What do Planet of the Apes, Joe Jusko and I exactly have in common? We’re both working on a new illustrated novel set in the POTA universe (the Heston one, not the Wahlberg one, you can breath easy now) and being put out by the company I started with my friend and co-writer Andrew E. C. Gaska, along with our other co-writer Erik Matthews.
Yeah, that’s what I—waitwaitwait. Neither Andrew, Erik nor I are gonna really spark any name recognition in you. At least not yet. Back to the news:
The book is called Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes, it’s the first of two we have signed on for with Fox (though I’m only in on the first one), and it’s going to be a wild ride for long time fans of the series. We’re staying true to the spirit of the original films, filling in gaps while revealing untold tales, and generally having a grand time with it all.
Conspiracy centers on the character of John Landon, the navigator of the Liberty One mission that crash lands on a mysterious planet ruled by Apes. Where the movie focused on Heston’s character George Taylor, Conspiracy shows you what happened to Landon. Those who have seen the movie will know his fate, what you don’t know is how he got there. And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
The coolest part, at least to my mind, is the fact that this is an illustrated novel. That means we were able to bring on board a lot of top notch talent from the comic book and illustration worlds. Not only did we get Joe Jusko, but Ken Kelly, Matt Busch, Tom Scioli, Arthur Suydam and more. Twenty plus artists have contributed, along with a cover image by the legendary Steranko! These guys are pouring their hearts into the work they are doing and what I’ve seen so far is amazing.
I've been sending out press releases all weekend and forwarding links to our website to get the word out. Take a click over to the site we’ve set up for it and have a look around. Also, be sure to visit us at Comic-Con International in San Diego this coming week (July 22-26), we’ll be exhibiting at booth 2547, showing off a handful of paintings, offering a couple of prints for sale, along with their respective artists at the booth to sign them (Jusko and Sanjulian!), and have a couple of other “while supplies last” assorted goodies.
You can, of course, check back here for periodic updates, where I’ll hopefully offer some different perspective than you will find on the official site (hey I like traffic, too). Either way, take note of the progress, because it’s going to be awesome.
Edit to add: Oh yeah, the book will be out sometime in the Spring of 2010.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Change of pace
I started the year off wanting to take things slow with this blog. The idea was to remove the pressure of doing it daily like I thought I should, and go monthly relieving myself of the guilt of not making it on schedule. I also wanted to make sure I had something of interest to say.
Most of my New Year thoughts have gone by the wayside (my plan to read more has been stopped in its tracks, and the financial instability of the world right now has caused me to withdraw from the web classes I wanted to take; another time, a better place for those now). On a personal note, I’m at something of a creative crossroads which I will explain more fully at a later date. At this moment, however, I find my mind is full of wonders I want to talk about, pockets of which are near ready to burst.
So I’m going to talk about them. In the coming weeks I plan on launching a series of post exploring things I love. People, places, music, art and more will be presented in the hopes that you get to know me a little better, and those things I love may find new homes with you.
I will also be conducting interviews with the first batch of writers coming out of the Angry Robot imprint (see post below). I hope to be able to do them all, there’s eight now, and maybe even someone from their editorial staff at the end of it. We’ll see.
There’ll be more. But that will suffice for now. I’ve got a vacation coming up at the end of May, perhaps there will be a post or two before then. The real action begins in June, though, so see you then.
Most of my New Year thoughts have gone by the wayside (my plan to read more has been stopped in its tracks, and the financial instability of the world right now has caused me to withdraw from the web classes I wanted to take; another time, a better place for those now). On a personal note, I’m at something of a creative crossroads which I will explain more fully at a later date. At this moment, however, I find my mind is full of wonders I want to talk about, pockets of which are near ready to burst.
So I’m going to talk about them. In the coming weeks I plan on launching a series of post exploring things I love. People, places, music, art and more will be presented in the hopes that you get to know me a little better, and those things I love may find new homes with you.
I will also be conducting interviews with the first batch of writers coming out of the Angry Robot imprint (see post below). I hope to be able to do them all, there’s eight now, and maybe even someone from their editorial staff at the end of it. We’ll see.
There’ll be more. But that will suffice for now. I’ve got a vacation coming up at the end of May, perhaps there will be a post or two before then. The real action begins in June, though, so see you then.
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