One of my local movie theaters closed down last month. The backstory isn’t an unfamiliar one- rising rents, COVID impacts that never quite subsided, inflation, changing viewing habits, aging owners seeking retirement. Choose one or choose all. The theater, Cinema World in bucolic Fitchburg, MA, until March 31 sat on […]
Ode to the HD DVD: 2nd in the market, 1st in our hearts
I recently picked up a trove of HD DVDs and a standalone HD DVD player off of Facebook Marketplace (damn you, Zuck!) for a cool $30. Despite having a house outfitted with 4K TVs and a sprawling selection of streaming services at my fingertips, I’ve found myself oddly obsessed with […]
Plastic City Comic Con ’23 Wrap-Up
This past Saturday I attended Plastic City Comic Con 2023. The convention is right in my area here in Central Massachusetts, so I’ve tabled at it each and every year. The venue has changed a few times- starting in Leominster’s Veteran’s Center, then jumping to Fitchburg’s Wallace Civic Center, and […]
We’re still not ready for Milligan and Allred’s post-modern mutants
Hard to believe it’s been over 20 years since Marvel rebooted the X-Men line for the then freshly born 21st century, ushering in an era of post-modern mutants clad in leather and drenched in Y2K cool/ennui. Morrison and Quitely’s New X-Men was the crown jewel, but the oddest mutant book […]
The Story of Superman: A tabloid worth your time!
I used to love going on routine trips to the grocery store or pharmacy with my grandpa as a kid, because all those places had a spinner rack full of comic books that I could pilfer. Those spinner racks are long gone, and comic books are nowhere to be found […]
Iggy & Romero: America’s Sweethearts
Meet Iggy and Romero! Here’s a page from LadyDarke #3 featuring Laura’s Uncle Iggy and his talking shotgun, Romero. These two are a lot of fun and add that appropriate amount of inappropriate uncle energy to the world of LadyDarke. If you haven’t already, back LadyDarke Book III – Into the […]
Ghosts of the digital age
What happens when the future gets old? What happens when the hot newness of the bleeding age gathers rust and accumulates the barnacles of time? A friend of mine passed away last year. Someone I’d known for over 25 years. Despite many years without seeing each other in person, we […]
LadyDarke 2099
Here’s a glimpse of the future – or should I say, a future – from a particularly mindbending sequence in LadyDarke #3. Past, present, and future collide as Laura traverses the Darke Realms. Check out LadyDarke #3, live on Kickstarter right now! Check it out here. Artwork Emilio Utrera, Colors […]
Three covers for LadyDarke #3
Here’s a look at the covers for LadyDarke Part III. The issue is live on Kickstarter right now! LadyDarke #3 Standard Cover First up, our main cover, featuring artwork by Emilio Utrera and colors by Arthur Hesli. You may notice that we’re sporting an all-new, all-different LadyDarke logo, designed by Micah Myers. […]
LadyDarke 3 is live on Kickstarter
The campaign for LadyDarke #3 is live on Kickstarter! Back today to reserve your copy. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ladydarke/ladydarke-3-into-the-void The issue is 100% complete, and I’ll be sharing sneak peeks at pages and covers in updates throughout the 30 days of the campaign. This issue is a new high water mark for LadyDarke, […]
LadyDarke #3 live on Kickstarter TOMORROW!
My latest comic LadyDarke #3 goes live on Kickstarter tomorrow! Sign up for notifications here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ladydarke/ladydarke-3-into-the-void?ref=clipboard-prelaunch This is the best issue of LadyDarke yet, as Laura’s journey continues in surprising and unexpected ways. New depths, new mysteries, and new characters debut! There’s excitement on every page as LadyDarke continues in […]
The discrete charm of 20th century TV
Maybe it’s a midlife crisis kinda thing, I don’t know, but I’ve been enthralled by rediscovering the television shows of my youth. The stuff of syndication dreams and reruns paradise from the era of the CRT. They say the present is the golden age of TV, with stuff like Breaking […]
Lousy Smarch Weather
March in New England is a good time to steep in regret and think about all the mistakes you’ve made in your life. Namely, how did I end up here in the hills of Worcester County, watching multiple feet of snow fall over everything, while my friends and colleagues in […]
LadyDarke #3 coming to Kickstarter
Great news- Kickstarter approved LadyDarke #3 (very quickly, I should add). The pre-registration page is now live and you can sign up right now to be notified when we launch. The project is aiming to go live Tuesday, March 21. I’m keeping quantities extremely limited this time around. LadyDarke #1 […]
LadyDarke fully independent once again!
I’ve canceled my agreement with Blood Moon and will publish LadyDarke myself once again through my Radical Visions imprint. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the fans, retailers, and press who have been super supportive of the LadyDarke project. Your enthusiasm in preordering the book and […]