The first issue of Blood Bowl: Killer Contract should be in stores across North American tomorrow. Be sure to pop down to your local comics shop and pick up one straight away. I’ll actually be in Milwaukee tomorrow afternoon. Can anyone recommend a good shop there?
Staying Dry
We’ve had a lot of rain in Wisconsin this year. A. Lot.
Killer Contract Complete
Late last night, I turned in the script for issue #5 of Blood Bowl: Killer Contract, the final installment in my comic-book miniseries for Boom! Studios. I’ve had a blast working on these books, and I cannot wait to see them on stands. I still have an approval hurdle or two to parkour, but the bulk of the project is …
Erick Wujick Dies
As I mentioned back in December, Erick Wujick was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and not given long to live. According to his good friend Kevin Siembieda at Palladium Books, Erick lost his ongoing battle yesterday, having turned those six weeks into more than six months. Although I didn’t know Erick well–we’d talked a few times over the years–I always respected …
Surviving the Weekend
It turned out to be a long weekend filled with ups and downs, but I figured that going into it. I spent most of the day Saturday visiting my father in the hospital. He’s doing better, although he has a ways to go yet. Still, signs are good, and I’ll take that whenever I can get it. Sunday, we’d planned …
Happy Birthday (x4)
Today is the sixth anniversary of the most amazing and life-shaking day I’ve ever had: the day my quadruplets–Pat, Nick, Ken, and Helen Forbeck–were born. They finish kindergarten this week, and I couldn’t be prouder of them. They’re all great, wonderful kids with intriguing, inquisitive, and distinctive personalities. Watching them–and their older brother Marty–grow is the greatest joy my wife …
Shoujo-a-Go-Go
My latest book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Drawing Manga: Shoujo, Illustrated, was released yesterday, June 3. As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m about as far away from the target audience for this book as you could imagine, but I still had a great time working on this book. Shoujo, for those not in the know, is Japanese for “girl,” …
Good Thoughts Please
On Memorial Day, my father checked into the ER and was told he’d be staying in a hospital for a while. Today, he’s been moved into the intensive care unit due to further complications from multiple conditions. If you have any good vibes, thoughts, prayers to spare, please send them his way.
Mutant Posters
Having just finished another proofing of my novelization of the upcoming Mutant Chronicles film, I poked around the web and found a few new posters for the film. The first shows the film’s cast arranged against some dramatic backlighting. This is my favorite of those I’ve seen so far. Most of the others show a mutant’s boneblade stabbing through a …
Hard Times on the Tabletop
The tabletop games industry seems to be contracting again. The last couple weeks have seen more layoffs from Upper Deck, the closing of Tenacious Games, and the ending of games at Press Pass. This put a number of good, talented friends out of work, including Ed Bolme, Sean K. Reynolds, and Hyrum Savage. (If you can hire them, do.) Traditionally, …