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Tribute #3 and MEP #6
Small Press News of February 25, 2012
Tribute #3
The small press/indy comics characters issue is here and it's jammed packed with illustrations of many characters of the past and present. Artists included are Rock Baker, Jeff Austin, Scott Shriver, Dan Burke, Paul Barnes, George Leon, Will Meugniot, Steve Shipley, JTW, Barry Southworth, Jim Taylor, Troy Boyle, Makota Prime, Keith J. Betancourt and Mike Pascale. $4.75 per copy S&H included from Main Enterprises.
Main Enterprises Presents #6
A brand new issue for a brand new year! The issue kicks off with the Detective Holmes horror story Papyrus by Robert J. Sodaro, Alex Lopez and Mindy Lopkin...then Betsy The Book Writer in the SF tale Alien Planet, by Rock Baker and Jeff Austin...plus a new Jonni Star installment, The Magic Necklace, by John Pierce, Emir Ribeiro and Douglas Felix. Front cover by Rock Baker, Jeff Austin, Alex Lopez colored by Marc Haines, Back Cover by Emir Ribeiro. $4.99 per copy S&H included in the USA from Main Enterprises.
Interzone #238 is now out and available through subscriptions of varying lengths from TTA Press. The magazine is regularly shortlisted for prestigious awards and is a winner of the Hugo and British Fantasy Awards.
Scott Taylor reports on his successful Kickstarter experience at Black Gate Part 1 and Part 2. It's an insightful and illuminating journey.
The Portland Tribune reports Casey Hopkins raised $1.5M on Kickstarter for his iPhone dock.
You may feel the real monsters are the current crop of presidential candidates, but Heros in Action Toys is hawking Presidential Monsters, action heroes that mash-up presidents and Universal Monsters.
Bob Flynn reports the fourth issue of his excellent Heeby Jeeby Comix is in the works with a Spring release planned.
The first Kindle issue of Spinetingler is just about ready. The full line-up is listed over at Spinetingler Magazine.
The March issue of Funny Times is out. 12 issues for $25 makes a great new year's subscription from Funny Times.
(Press Release) Comic Artists Band Together In Support of Marriage Equality in a unique anthology to be published, with a portion of proceeds supporting equal rights.
Little Heart is a community-funded comic anthology created to show support for Marriage Equality, produced in partnership with 2D Cloud & [MN]Love, and motivated by current efforts to write discrimination and fear into Minnesota’s Constitution. Artists from across North America responded to the call for work, sharing deeply personal stories of love and marriage. The comics included in the volume cover a variety of material, from auto-bio, science fiction, intimate vignettes, romantic incidentals.
The artists and organizations involved feel it is important to make their collective voices heard and spread a message promoting tolerance and Love. The result is the creation of a unique graphic novel full of stories showing the many faceted sides of love left out of the discussion of “Traditional Marriage” by some opposing Marriage Equality.
The theme of the anthology—Love strikes all walks of life—plays out in a body of works showing that love is as normal as it is diverse, as universal as it is unique. The definitions of love and marriage aren’t something that can be mandated though the passage of laws; rather, they develop individually for each and every one of us. By combining creative arts, narrative, and self expression the anthology aims to harness and display the power of change to promote love, unity, and tolerance throughout Minnesota and the nation.
Artists involved in this project include greats like Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Remnant, Maurice Vellekoop, Michael DeForge, Tuesday Bassen, Kate Craig + Emily Carroll, Ed Choy + Sam Sharpe, MariNaomi, Zak Sally, and many many others!
Interested parties can fund Little Heart via Kickstarter.
CJ West blogs about marketing books at Crime Fiction Collective.
Subscriber copies of Writer's Digest arrived this week, so it should hit the newsstands next week or shortly thereafter.
Also out is Mystery Scene #123, your guide to the best in mysteries, crime and suspense. Check the Mystery Scene Website for the full contents.
February is Fundraisier Month at the Innsmouth Free Press. Consider making a donation for a chance to win one of their books.
Gerry Giovinco writes about Copyrights, Trademarks and Comics on the CO2 Comics Blog this week.
Dexter Cockburn's The Comix Company has published Don Robinson's Vortex #2 that will be reviewed here at MF.com in the next week or two. In the meantime, you can check out this adults only comix in The Comix Company Store.
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Innsmouth Magazine #9
Small Press News of February 18, 2012
The monthly science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine with original fiction,
Apex #33, is out. As is Innsmouth Magazine #9, available as a free PDF and several other ebook formats.
J.T. Yost celebrated Valentine's Day with a sweet five-pager about mantis love at The Holy Yost.
Gary Groth interviewed the late, great John Severin (1921-2012) for The Comic Journal in 1999. Their conversation was posted this week at The Comics Journal.
Rob Clough lists his Top 15 Comic Books of 2011 on High-Low. And a few days later his Top 30 Mini Comics of 2011 for The Comics Journal.
David Hewson started using writing software Scrivener in 2007. He liked it so much he's written a book about using it (Writing A Novel with Scrivener) and made a Scrivener template for writing novels. It's available as a free download from David Hewson.
Ed Gorman has a great write-up about a never-before-published novel by Donald E. Westlake, The Comedy is Finished, new from Hard Case Crime.
Ron Fortier reviews Barry Reese's The Adventures of Lazarus Gray at All Pulp.
Tom Haentjens is calling for creative contributions for 100 Book Covers to Fight Illiteracy at Doedemee.be.
Happy belated Valentine's Day! Get a jump on next year's heart day with a lovely downloadable greeting card from Pat Lewis Illustration.
Gerry Giovinco speaks to sacrifices For the Love of Comics this week on the
CO2 Comics Blog.
P. Craig Russell's Guide to Graphic Storytelling Kickstarter fundraiser closes on Feb 19th. The project is already successfully funded by over twice the original $3000 goal. Congratulations to all involved!
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L.J. Sellers on Making it Solo
Small Press News of February 11, 2012
Mystery/thriller writer L.J. Sellers blogs about self-publishing versus going with a small press publisher on Crime Fiction Collective.
Gerry Giovinco explains How to Get Rich Making Comics (not) in his column this week at CO2 Comics.
The New York Times reports VIP Art Fair 2.0 (registration required) is now in its second year as the web's first major art bazaar.
Cartoonist Ira Marcks is funding his new graphic novel, Witch Knots, with a Kickstarter project.
The Authors Road, a project of Willamette Writers, interviews mystery writer Laurie R. King.
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Gary Fields Interview
Small Press News of February 4, 2012
Cartoonist and contributor, Gary Fields is interviewed by Big Money Rodan at Color Ink Book, which features a very nice collection of his artwork too.
Congratulations to Brendan Leach, Top Shelf has picked up his The Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City, a Midnight Fiction Favorite in 2010.
By summer, visitors and returning travelers to Cleveland will be welcomed to the city by its most famous son—Superman. Get the full story at Cleveland.com. Thanks to Bob Vojtko for the tip.
Bob Corby announced the 2011 SPACE Prize finalists at Back Porch Comics.
Danny Iny's 241-page Engagement from Scratch (How super-community builders create a loyal audience and how you can do the same!) is available as a free pdf download at the Engagement from Scratch website. Foreward by C.C. Chapman. (Note: You'll be asked for your email, which will be used by Mr. Iny, in order to access the PDF.)
Tim Corrigan's Comics and Stories #61 is out. I like Corrigan's recent editorial direction to feature part of a humor and part of an adventure story in each issue. This time it's part three of a Mightyguy adventure (5 pages) and a Tranquilzer yarn (6 pages). TCC&S #61 is $1.50 or $15 as part of a 12-issue subscription from Mightyguy Comics.
Gerry Giovinco writes about free content in Comiconomy The Economics of Comics at the CO2 Comics blog.
A nice revamp to the Sparkplug Books Shop this week. Check it out.
The paint is calling and cartoonist Steve Lafler is answering by carting his kit onsite in and around Oaxaca, Mexico. You can view and purchase select works at his new paintspot: Steve Lafler Paintings.
The Boston Comics Roundtable has opened submissions for Hellbound 3: Darkness. Check out Hellbound for the deets.
Ken Meyer Jr. spotlights Robert Layton's Charlton Bullseye #4 and #5 in the February edition of Ink Stains on ComicAttack.net.
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