Believe it or not, The Marvel Encyclopedia hit the New York Times Best Sellers list this week! It squeaked in at the absolute bottom of the Games and Activities list, right there at #20. Not bad for a book that came out in March. This is my first ever time on the list with any of my books, though, and I’ll take it! …
The Shotguns & Sorcery RPG Breaking Goals
Over at Kickstarter, the Shotguns & Sorcery roleplaying game drive has been kicking all kinds of starts. It hit its main goal in under a week, and it’s been rolling right past the stretch goals Outland Entertainment set up, one by one. So far, the backers have unlocked three stretch goals, which adds another twenty pages of full-color art to the main …
The Marvel Encyclopedia Is a Bestseller!
I’ve been stunned watching the sales rank for The Marvel Encyclopedia climbing on Amazon for the past month. The book came out in the spring, of course, but it’s the kind of thing that makes the perfect holiday gift. At first I was thrilled when it cracked the top 500 back on November 17. I don’t think any book I’ve written had …
Come See Me at the Beloit Public Library
This Saturday, December 6, I’ll be part of the lineup of local authors gathered at the Beloit Public Library from 11 AM to 3 PM. All sorts of other writers will be there as well, including the illustrious Jerry Peterson. If we’re lucky, local creatives like Aaron Wilson, Jessica Fox-Wilson, Tom Warren, and Kimberly Vogel will join us, along with a few other …
The Shotguns & Sorcery RPG Kickstarter Is Here!
As I mentioned last week, Outland Entertainment launched a Kickstarter drive for a tabletop roleplaying game based upon my Shotguns & Sorcery stories. It got off to a fantastic start, and as I write this, it’s over 90% funded. First off, thanks to everyone who went over and backed the drive already. Kickstarters can live or die based on their momentum, …
The Shotguns & Sorcery RPG Kickstarter Launch
Earlier this year, the folks at Outland Entertainment licensed my Shotguns & Sorceryâ„¢ setting from me for use as a tabletop roleplaying game. They’ve been hard at work since then, getting everything ready for a Kickstarter drive to fund the game’s publication. That Kickstarter launches tomorrow, November 18, at noon Central Time. You can see a mockup of the cover here, of …
Catching Up and What-Khan
When I don’t update the blog here for a while, it’s because everything’s gone sideways, and I’m too busy to manage it. I just realized I haven’t written anything here since September, and that’s possibly a record since I launched this site back in 2003. Much of that’s due to notable health issues in my family that I can’t discuss here. (Well, I …
Join Me at GrandCon!
This weekend, September 19—21, I’ll be a guest of honor at GrandCon, a gaming and comics convention held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have a slew of other great guests joining me, including Jeff Dee, Dave Dorman, Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, Richard Launius, Brad McDevitt, Mark McKenna, Pop Mhan, Mark Nelson, Paul Peterson, Keith Pollard, Boyan Radakovich, Stan!, Ryan Stegman, …
Bike Like the Wind, Kovalic!
My pal John Kovalic does many great things. He illustrates games like Apples to Apples and Munchkin. He draws the Dork Tower comic strip. He even plays a mean game of Fiasco. He dotes on his terribly dotable wife and daughter. And he does his best to help those in need. Case in point, John’s riding his bike for 60 miles on Sunday to help get …
The Magic: The Gathering Collection Out Now
Yesterday, Magic: The Gathering: The Complete Collection came out from IDW. This collects all of the Magic: The Gathering comics published by IDW over the past few years, including twelve I wrote and another five by Jason Ciaramella. Artist Martin Cóccolo did a fantastic job with the the bulk of the pencils and inks for the entire run, and J. Edwin Stevens breathed life …