On July 22 & 23, if you’re anywhere near Bognor Regis (on the south coast of England) and love Blood Bowl, be sure to head to the Bognor Regis Community College (Upper School) for Thrudbowl! This is a Blood Bowl tournament featuring Carl Critchlow‘s Thrud the Barbarian, complete with Carl’s blessing. With luck, they’ll have some autographed copies of my …
Sample Blackstaff
Fellow Alliterate Steven Schend‘s Forgotten Realms novel Blackstaff is due to hit shelves in July. You can now read the first chapter online for free.
Loeb and Kunkel
Writing about Sam Loeb triggered some thoughts about his dad Jeph. I love Jeph’s comics work, but I’ve been enjoying more of his TV work lately too. He’s well known for his work on Smallville, but I spotted his name come up on the credits of Lost too. Better yet, I just discovered he wrote the screenplay for the Herobear …
Sam Loeb’s Book on Sale
Back in February, I posted about Sam Loeb and the upcoming Superman/Batman #26. Quick Recap: Sam, Jeph Loeb’s son, was to write the issue but died before he could complete it. A legion of legendary comics writers and artists signed on to finish the job, pledging their payments to a charity set up in Sam’s name. The book went on …
Luikart on Fame
Game designer (and good guy) TS Luikart waxes well on how fame works in the role-playing game industry. (He also name-checks me in a kind way.)