Last year, I wrote a New Year’s post. This year, I switched formats and went with a video. It uses that post as a starting point, so I suppose the link is good to have. Anyway, here’s my New Year’s message…looking back and looking forward…again… Here’s to a wonderful 2026! Thanks for your friendship andContinue reading “Happy New Year 2026!”
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So much to report!
Hello, everyone! I can’t believe I haven’t written anything on the site since the release of The Collected Cranium Frenzy by Steve Willis Volume 1 was released! No, scratch that. I can believe it. It’s been a wild time here at Phoenix Prods HQ, between remastering/reissuing the balance of Steve Willis’ legendary zine, summer travelContinue reading “So much to report!”
The secret’s out: Steve Willis’ CRANIUM FRENZY collection is in the works!
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!”
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)”
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”
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”
2024: The Halfway Point
New Year’s is a time of self-renewal. We make resolutions, mostly to improve ourselves in an effort to be happier, more confident and more satisfied with one’s life. I know, 99% of the resolutions are of the lose weight/exercise variety, and 99% of THOSE don’t pan out. But I’d like to try for a more modest, perhaps moreContinue reading “2024: The Halfway Point”
FANzine Live: Week of June 1-7
ACK! WordPress failed me! I tried to use a copy of the June 1-7 post to make the June 8-14 post…but it wrote over the original! No time to replace all the witty banter. Let’s just get to the meat of it and move on with the day. John Muller. Me. Our LCS comics debuts.Continue reading “FANzine Live: Week of June 1-7”
FANzine Live: Week of May 25-31
Back from the family vacation week, and struggling mightily to catch up. Driving 600 miles in a single day isn’t the same at 53 that it was at 23. (Ugh.) First, John Muller and my “Run For Your Life!” story is going to run in Planet Comics #30, which is available for pre-order. Looks likeContinue reading “FANzine Live: Week of May 25-31”
FANzine Live: Week of May 18-24
SCHOOL’S OUT! Can our intrepid cottage industry self-publishing hobbyist keep up the pace that the world is used to while running the Dad Taxi and shuttling kids everywhere and shipping the family out on vacation? Keep tuning in to find out! Seriously, I’ve been preparing for summer. I know it’s going to be crazy, soContinue reading “FANzine Live: Week of May 18-24”
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