Pitched Vol 2

Didja notice the website?

Posted inUncategorized
So I sort of slipped a webpage up for Pitched! 2. Look. It's probably all sorts of broken (and please tell me where it is), and it's missing some hi-res stuff ... but it's good to go for now. I'll be updating it with purchase links and so on and so forth as they're available.

Am I crazy?

Posted inRandom Musings, Writing
Driving home from work the other evening and ideas are rolling through my head. Sitting at a traffic light and it occurs to me, "Say, I should self-publish a science fiction anthology next year, maybe something with a Mars theme. Invite writers to submit stories, do it via CreateSpace and list it at Amazon. Yeah, that would be fun." What the bloody hell is WRONG with me?
Got it covered

Got it covered

Posted inComics & Graphic Novels, Works by Eric
So, Pitched! 2, right? Here is a not-yet-final mock up of the cover. It's still a work in progress, but it's fairly close to what the final cover will look like. This cover also contains information for those with discerning eyes; information that may assist in your excitement levels, or at the very least your knowledge of who is in the what and such like. I promise to post some fully lettered pages over the next two weeks so you can see nice words alongside the shiny pictures. Unfortunately, I can't predict when Pitched! 2 will be available for purchase.…

Idea Overload

Posted inRandom Musings, Writing
So here's a problem I still haven't learned to cope with: Idea overload. Whatever I happen to be working on at any given moment, well, I'd rather be working on the next thing instead. Sometimes even the thing after that thing. There are always too many projects that appeal to me; too many stories I want to write; too many things I want to try. At times it's a little overwhelming. It's overwhelming RIGHT NOW because there are a solid half-dozen big writing projects I'd like to be working on ... but I don't, because attempting that juggling act is…
Citizen 13660 – forgotten gem of graphic literature

Citizen 13660 – forgotten gem of graphic literature

Posted inBooks & Authors, Comics & Graphic Novels
Every now and then you stumble across something and think, "Why isn't this considered a landmark in its field?" Citizen 13660, published in 1946, is one of those things. It's not quite a comic, but should be hailed among the important works of graphic literature. Somehow, though, despite being an avid comic/graphic novel reader, this has slipped under my radar and the radar of every other fan of the comic medium I know. That's too bad. This deserves to be widely known in such circles.   In 1946, just after spending time in two internment camps, Japanese-American Miné Okubo published…