Earlier this week, I was fortunate to spend an hour with Larned Justin and Steve Keeter on their Talking Small Press Comics series. You can watch the video here — the guys held court as we talked about a whole host of issues related to small press and zines: Among everything else, we made aContinue reading “The secret’s out: Steve Willis’ CRANIUM FRENZY collection is in the works!”
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Looking back, Looking forward (2025 edition)
Happy New Year! May 2025 be awesome for each and every one of you who choose to read this. (And everyone who doesn’t.) For those who’ve come in late, I wrote a piece back around New Year’s last year. In a way, it served as a North Star for my efforts in 2024. In another,Continue reading “Looking back, Looking forward (2025 edition)”
Merry Christmas!
Here’s a brief Christmas message, filled with my gift list for all of you. Enjoy!
Hologram #10 is LIVE!
Let’s welcome Power Comics Hall of Famer and close friend of Phoenix Productions, Mr. Tony Lorenz, to the art board for Hologram! Why and how, you ask? Well, it was a convergence of two things: 1) I quickly realized that I was in over my head, artistically speaking, and that I couldn’t use AI toContinue reading “Hologram #10 is LIVE!”
Look Up
In case you were hiding under a rock, I thought you would want to know that the Superman teaser trailer for the forthcoming 2025 film was released this past week. I’ll even save you the hassle; here’s the piece. Now everyone has their opinion on what they saw, what’s to come and (most important toContinue reading “Look Up”
Strange Times 6 – Keith Newsome: Renaissance Man is LIVE!
At long last, Strange Times 6 is ready for your perusal! When I say ready, I mean READY! You can order it right now: I’m very excited about sharing this zine with the world (and I think Keith is, too!). Together, Keith and I pored through photos and images, matching them up with stories andContinue reading “Strange Times 6 – Keith Newsome: Renaissance Man is LIVE!”
Don’t miss the giveaway for K. Briggs’ Sycamore
If you’ve watched my video discussion of Sycamore from Third Bear Press (USA ordering, UK ordering), you know that I was amazed at the creativity and artistry of the collection of K. Briggs‘ comics. If you didn’t see it, here it is: As I mentioned at the end, Briggs sent me a second copy byContinue reading “Don’t miss the giveaway for K. Briggs’ Sycamore”
Great Strange Times 6 review…and I don’t even have my copies yet!
Such is the way of Amazon…Strange Times 6 is finished, it’s approved for sale…and I’m waiting on the creator copies to arrive! (I’d make a “slow boat to China” joke, but Amazon prints their books domestically.) Anyway, someone beat the rush and ordered a copy on their own. Guess they liked it…5 stars! Not sureContinue reading “Great Strange Times 6 review…and I don’t even have my copies yet!”
An update … and a kind word
I know… I’ve been derelict with maintaining the site. I worked a little on it over the weekend, pairing the FANzine Live Phoenix Spotlight videos with their accompanying entries in the Library tab. So that’s done. And I’m woefully behind on weekly recaps. Those aren’t the most difficult to assemble, but they take time…and I’mContinue reading “An update … and a kind word”
FANzine Live: Week of August 24-30
Labor Day weekend saw me stomping around the Hocking Hills of Southeast Ohio with my family, gathered from far and wide. Good stuff. But I’m now late on FANzine Live video recaps. Will you forgive me? Things kicked off per normal with a Phoenix Spotlight on the Hologram: Counting the Days Book One collection. ManyContinue reading “FANzine Live: Week of August 24-30”
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