| List of comics to do before my pseudo-career dies |
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| 08:54pm 04/02/2010 |
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I almost called it my comics bucket list, but that term is stupid and that movie is stupid and neither deserves any validation.
But this is a thing I've talked with people about in person or on the phone, but I don't think I've ever typed this out.
While for the rest of my life, all I really want to do for money is write comics that I made up with characters that belong to me, and I don't really care if I ever write a line of dialogue for Wolverine outside of my own personal fanfics, there are certain kinds of assignments without which I'm not sure my comics career, so to speak, will feel complete.
And so, a checklist of non-creator-owned comics projects I would like to do before I die:
--an Archie story (preferably a Jughead story)
--a Ninja Turtles story (this one will probably never happen; thanks, Nicelodeon, for allowing me to live an unfulfilled life)
--a "bad girl" comic (e.g., Vampirella, Red Sonja; a busty lady with a sword is what I'm saying. If you read comics in the mid-90s, you didn't need me to define this)
--a licensed comic based on a license about which I know or care nothing (this one almost happened! It was like an inch away from happening.)
--a kids comic, esp. for a totally well-known kids property, like the Muppets or Donald Duck (YES, BIG SHOES, ETC., SHUT UP)
--a mini-series for one of the Big Two publishers featuring a B-list or below character that is critically acclaimed but that ultimately no one cares about
--a comic featuring a character created by Jack Kirby
--a comic featuring a character created by Fletcher Hanks
[edit: Forgot one!]
--a book created by an Image founder (e.g., Spawn, Youngblood, WildCATs; this discounts the issue of Superpatriot I helped Kirkman write)
That's all I can think of right now, but it's not really a long list, anyway. Like I said, I really want to spend time developing my own stories, but there are just a few things I would like to do.
If you are a person who could facilitate one of these things happening, you should let me know!
Also, if you are a comics making person and have your own, you should say it! |
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| Tick New Series #4 |
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| 08:04pm 21/01/2010 |
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This won't be in Previews until next month, but I couldn't wait to show you, because I think this is the best cover yet.
Looks like issue 2 might ship the first week in February. I thought it might hit next week, but it's not on the ship list at Midtown. At any rate, it shouldn't be much longer, even though it feels like it's been a year. |
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| The Tick New Series #3 |
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| 09:19pm 05/01/2010 |
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Heh. Just found this by accident. Coming in March.
(W) Benito Cereno (A) Les McClaine
Introducing Feral Sewer Mimes - or FSM's as they are known to conspiracy theorists everywhere! When the Tick breaks Arthur's toilet and there is no money for repairs, The Tick decides to do it himself. The results so disastrous that The Tick and Arthur actually end up in the sewers underneath The City where instead of the mythical sewer alligators they encounter a band of feral sewer mimes! |
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| BIG ONE THOUSAND POSTRAVAGANZA |
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| 04:02pm 03/01/2010 |
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Hey, everybody. This is my 1000th post on LJ. Great.
I tried to think of what would be the best way to celebrate it, and ultimately I decided the best thing I could do is make a post that covers both Halloween and Christmas, the two delicious elixirs that combine to make up my life's blood.
So first, here are, finally, pictures of my Halloween costume:
( Click for secrets )
And the number one question I've gotten over the last few days:
Q: WHAT DID YOU GET FOR CHRISTMAS
A: I GOT A HOT DOG TOASTER
Yes, it is a toaster, but for hodos!
Who wants to have a hodo party at my kickin rad Star Wars house? Anybody?
Also, maybe one more picture. Here is one of my favorite panels from the forthcoming Tick #2, coming in January:
Okay! I think that's all you have the attention span for!
Tell me what your awesomest Christmas present was! Also Hanukkah! Or Presentmas!
POST ONE THOUSAND |
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| Invincible Presents Atom Eve and Rex Splode #2 |
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| 07:07pm 02/12/2009 |
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Hitting stores tomorrow. Or today, if you're Canadian and celebrate a sham Thxgiving.
Preview here.
But don't let that preview fool you; I really did write this one.
I make you a promise: this issue features the goriest thing you have ever seen in a comic by me. Guaranteed.
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This is post #999. Will I post something special for big #1000?
Probably not, no. |
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| The Tick: New Series #1 |
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| 08:28pm 24/11/2009 |
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Coming TOMORROW.
All-new Tick #1 written by me, with art by Les McClaine.
Please pick it up, and if you like it, tell someone.
I don't ask for much, do I? Do I? I just want this comic to sell well enough for us to keep doing it. Please tell your friends if you like it. Post reviews in bought/thoughts or on your blog, or just say a word or two on Twitter.
I would appreciate it.
You can read a preview of the book here and buy it here or here or here or here.
Come ooooooooonnnnnnnn.
P.S. Happy Thxgiving. Me and Nate and Good Sarah are roadtrippin' to eat some turkeys. We hope you all have a good time and too much food. When you throw up on an uncle, know that I will be there in spirit. In the throwup. In the good times. |
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| Coming in January |
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| 08:58pm 05/11/2009 |
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This is the solicitation text:
"The all-new continuing Tick series continues with a second smash issue! A new super-villainess is giving The Tick a 'run for his money' across the length and breadth of The City after stealing a super-powered 'mystery object.'
Plus, Chairface attempts to escape from the 'prison with prison' in which he has been incarcerated, due to his many previous escape attempts!"
Yeah, I'm not sure what some of that means either.
Story by me, art by Les McClaine.
Available for pre-order here among other places.
Issue one is at the printer now and should be out by the end of the month. Can't wait! Woo! |
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| Hector Plasm: Totentanz |
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| 10:36pm 13/10/2009 |
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Tomorrow, October 14, after much time and ballyhoo, Hector Plasm: Totentanz finally hits the shelves.
It looks like this:
It features:
Eight new stories never before in print (Hector v. The Ghoul, The Infelicitous Wight, The Carving, Pan de Muerto, Hop-Tu-Naa, Hector contre la Danse Macabre, Candy for All, Justice for None)
Contributions from wonderful creators other than Nate and myself, including:
Ed Tadem http://www.edtadem.com
Jess Fink http://www.jessfink.com
John Campbell http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com
Dean Trippe http://www.deantrippe.com
Scott Wegener http://www.atomic-robo.com
Edgar Allen Beet and Mlle. Jennie Octobre (no website available)
It is 48 pages, full color, all content, no ads. Six dollars American.
If you walk into a comic shop tomorrow and it is not on a shelf (and you did not ask for it like I told you to!), it is available online in various places, including these:
http://www.grahamcrackers.com/products/hector_plasm_totentatz_one_shot.htm
http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=15766001
There should soon be a lot of extra info and content available on the newly updated http://www.fetorpse.org, including a sweet short film Nate and I animated into the wee hours of the night!
The book is a production of Hector Team Quadr-Ector (myself, Nate Bellegarde, Jacob Baake, and Steven Finch). We spent a lot of time on the book (some might say too long), and we're not making any money on it; all we get paid in is your love. So if you like it (or if you don't, we're not picky), please let us know!
And let others know! Blog about it; tweet about it; post in bought-thought threads about it! You don't have to get fancy, just mention it!
We love you all, and have a happy Hectorween. |
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| War Rocket Ajax |
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| 06:27pm 05/10/2009 |
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Chris of The Invincible Super-Blog and Eugene of the People You Don't Know podcast have a podcast they do together. It is called WAR ROCKET AJAX. They interview different sorts of people about different sorts of comics.
This week, foolishly, impudently, they decided to interview me.
You can download or stream the new episode here:
http://warrocketajax.com/2009/10/05/episode-7-peace-rocket-ajax-w-benito-cereno/
If you want to hear me drone on and on about thing such as the philosophy behind Hector Plasm, the secret origins of Tales from the Bully Pulpit, the Halloween comic I drew as a kid, my forthcoming Tick series, and that whole stupid thing about M**** F*******, you should listen.
If you are here visiting for the first time because you heard me talk about this place on the podcast (unlikely), welcome. Please say hello. |
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| In which I listen to you, the children of the night |
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| 10:46pm 28/09/2009 |
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So I haven't said much on the subject, but Halloween season is in full swing, my compadres, having officially kicked off the Tuesday following Labor Day. I myself, however, have scarcely been able to celebrate. Don't get me wrong; I have bought the hell out of some Halloween Jones Sodas (the best part is, this year Target had Lemon Drop Dead, which they did not last year; it is the best of the flavors, surpassing even the delicious Buried Pomegranate), but I have only seen one Halloween film so far this year: REC. It was well made, and there were some genuinely creepy bits, but overall, it was still just more rage zombie BS.
Halloween movies are a difficult genre to navigate, friends; there is so much crap in the butter, is what I am saying.
And so I'm coming to you: tell me some Halloween-styled movies that you might think I have not seen and that I would enjoy.
But mark me well: the best movies are always going to be ghost movies. That is a fact. Vampire movies are a distant second, and everything else is the highway to the danger zone, Big League Chew.
So tread carefully if you think you're going to recommend me a zombie or slasher movie. It had better be two shits and a handbag good if you're going to recommend it to me.
That said, tell me what you think I would like! |
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| Coming in December! |
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| 09:01pm 25/09/2009 |
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Just one book this time.
INVINCIBLE PRESENTS: ATOM EVE & REX SPLODE #3 (of 3)
story BENITO CERENO
art & cover NATE BELLEGARDE & BILL CRABTREE
editor ROBERT KIRKMAN
DECEMBER 23
32 PAGES / FC
$2.99
Picking up right where the first ATOM EVE miniseries left off! See the secret origin of Rex Splode! See what shaped him into the man who tragically sacrificed himself in the Invincible War. Don’t miss the stunning conclusion to this hit miniseries! |
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| Time is TICKing away |
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| 10:16pm 22/09/2009 |
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As another month approaches its close, retailers are putting together another order for Diamond Distributors, this time for comics shipping November, 2009. Which means if you haven't yet, now is the time to place your pre-order for The Tick: All New #1 by me and Les McClaine. Again, as I've said before, this is a book you will have to ASK FOR if you want it. Norman Osborne isn't in this book, nor is Hal Jordan; there's no guarantee your local retailer will have a copy. Please let them know you want one.
It looks like this:
It might be described this way:
(W) Benito Cereno (A) Les McClaine The Tick returns in an all-new, continuing comic series! The Tick enjoys the Christmas season with Arthur and his super-hero pals. But among the present is one from a super-villain! Look for this all-new series into 2010 with all-new tales of Tick-ish adventures!
Its order code looks like this:
SEP09 0937
If you are scared to talk to your retailer, or you don't like paying full cover price for anything, a place you might order the book is here:
http://www.badgercomics.com/subproduct_info.php/New_England_Comics/TICK_NEW_SERIES__1/ukv/1/products_id/SEP090937
If you order the book, your face will look like this:
If you don't order the book, my face will look like this:
What you will do if you love me:
SPREAD IT AROUND |
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| Secrets |
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| 10:07pm 17/09/2009 |
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You might ask yourself, "Hey, friend, what is coming next from my pals Benito and Nate?"
I can't answer that yet, but might this be a clue?
(Yes. It is.)
(In the meantime, check out Nate's massive dump.) |
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