I’m a massive Clive Barker fan. I dig his adult works, I dig his children’s fables, I like his movies and I used to love his Fangoria interviews. One thing I have always also been a huge fan of was his art. It’s not something that often gets a large amount of press time, but [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by ryan
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Few things in life excite me, I’m a pretty cool customer. Not exactly the Bond of my nation’s capital, but I’m a man who is not easily flapped, ergo, I like to think of myself as unflappable. I no longer squirt when I hear the ice-cream man’s piper song play down the street (not that [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2009 by ryan
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I have always wished that I could draw. Man, it would be awesome if i could simply spend a few months and put my own comic together, but I cannot. I really cannot. I suck at drawing. In my teenage years I got the idea that I might be able to do it, and so [...]
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by ryan
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Over at Marvel.com they are having a massive vote to work out the Top 70 Comic Covers of All Time. There is a lot to choose from, and it is a nifty idea for Marvel to kick around. This is the sort of stuff DC just doesn’t come close with, which is a shame. The [...]
Posted on May 13th, 2009 by ryan
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You have to be reverent to the masters, they’re called masters for a reason, they were the best at what they did, and what Jack Kirby did was very nice indeed. In stores soon with be a Thor: Tales of Asgard reprint that will showcase some of the older stories. There was a preview on [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2009 by ryan
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I’ve finished my novel. I’ve read it again, I’ve made tons of little red squiggles all through the manuscript and now I’ve effected those changes in the electronic file. I feel like I’m done. Am I? I want to read it again in a week or two, see how it flows now. But I think [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2009 by ryan
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At the book fair I managed to get the chance to rummage through a box of rolled up posters. It was hard to work out what each one was, but when noticed that the first one I picked up was an old school Frazetta piece it made it all worth while. I went through each [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by ryan
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It’s a serious heading, isn’t it? The last two weeks, and change, have given me time to work on a new project. A novel. It’s been nice to have so much time each day to devote to it, nearly every day seeing more come out of my head and more come into my head. It’s [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2008 by ryan
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I have to have paper with me at all times. I am a constant note taker. At work today I had to keep myself busy for a few periods so I was taking notes about my latest story idea. This story just keeps growing. It started with a locale. From there I got a main [...]
Posted on September 11th, 2008 by ryan
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I bought some art. I don’t think I’ve ever bought art before. I’ve bought posters, plenty of posters, but never any art, and especially not real art. I’ve mentioned Mitch Breitweiser before. He’s just a guy, you know, a guy drawing Captain America: The Chosen and getting himself listed on the Wizard Top Ten Artists [...]
Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by ryan
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