Boom! Studios today banged out a press release for my upcoming Blood Bowl comic-book miniseries: Blood Bowl: Killer Contract. See below for the full text. While we’re at it, here’s the concept art for the one of the three variant covers for issue #1. That’s #7 Dunk Hoffnung sailing over the crowd, with M’Grash and Spinne opening the way. Lads …
Blood Bowl Coming
On a lighter note–and on the day after a crackerjack Super Bowl (I didn’t have a dog in that fight, but what a great 4th quarter)–ICv2.com reports details about the Blood Bowl comic I’m writing for Boom! Studios. As reported: The Blood Bowl series, scripted by bestselling fantasy author Matt Forbeck, will be based on the Games Workshop fantasy football …
Ready to Rumble in the USA!
Rumble in the Jungle, the fourth in my series of Blood Bowl novels, is now on sale not just in the UK but throughout the world! Be sure to put it at the top of your post-Christmas shopping list. If you’re interested in a “first bit’s free” trial, the Black Library has posted a short, free sample to whet your …
Comic-Book Writing
I’ve written a number of comics over the years, and it always stuns me what a different discipline it is from any other kind of writing. In a film, play, novel, game, or whatever, you have a bit of wiggle room as to the time you can take up or the number of pages. Comics, though, have a far more …
Ready to Rumble!
Rumble in the Jungle, the fourth in my series of Blood Bowl novels, is on sale in the UK. Those of us in other parts of the world must wait until Boxing Day for our fix, but the fortunate souls in Old Blighty can get theirs now. However, the non-British aren’t entirely out of luck. The Black Library has posted …
Omnibus in America
Blood Bowl: The Omnibus is now available outside of the UK. That means those of us in the States can now get our hands on it. This massive tome smashes all of the first three Blood Bowl novels (Blood Bowl, Dead Ball, and Death Match) together under one cover, plus a short foreword I wrote just for this doorstop. That’s …
Blood Bowl Comics!
The fine folks at Boom! Studios have authorized me to announce that I’ll be writing a five-issue Blood Bowl miniseries for them this winter, based upon the four novels I’ve written for the Black Library. The first issue is projected to hit stores in March. Look for the first solicitation, along with a preview of the a cover, in the …
Omnibus in the UK!
Those fortunate enough to live closer to the Black Library in the UK than I do can now officially get their hands on Blood Bowl: The Omnibus. This no-neck, gold-tusked linebacker of a book smashes all of the first three Blood Bowl novels (Blood Bowl, Dead Ball, and Death Match) together under one cover, plus a short foreword I wrote …
Black Library Forum Reboot
The Black Library, publisher of my Blood Bowl novels, has a new forum up. If you haven’t been there for a while, stop by and check it out. It’s something cool to do while you wait for Blood Bowl: The Omnibus, due out in the UK on November 5 and the US on November 27.
Rumbling In
My advance copy of Rumble in the Jungle, my fourth Blood Bowl novel, showed up in the mail yesterday. It looks fantastic. While I really loved the covers by my pal Max Bertolini, this in-your-face cover by Philip Sibbering tickles me silly. It captures the essence of Blood Bowl in such an iconic way. This book moves the action from …