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Miners Mutiny, First Look

Emily — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:15:39 +0000

Keep your hands on your holsters and don’t be jumping no claims. Here we have folks, a nugget of what’s to come this October at the 2010 Alternative Press Expo.

Miners Mutiny, the first full-length comic book of the forthcoming trilogy, is the story of a man looking for trouble in a small gold mining town where no one has anything better to do.

Loaded with TNT, wild women, and plenty of whiskey to keep your whistle whetted!

Yeeeeeee HAW!

Trifecta

Matt — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:45:21 +0000

When I’m not reading comics, I’m making comics. When I’m not making comics, I’m teaching comics. And my students are starting to get some attention for their work!

Ben Costa wins a Xeric.
Bex Freund lands her work in a literary magazine.
And KOAK takes her character sketches to a whole new level.

Art from Sick Bed Blues by Koak

Wicked Grounds Kinky Comic Carnival!

STORM — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:02:18 +0000

Greetings, Dear Comic Aficionados!

This coming Saturday, January 30, 2010, Writers Old Fashioned member STORM will be cavorting with an amazing group of comic book luminaries at Wicked Grounds for a Kinky Comics Carnival! Read about who will be there and what delightful works they have done below in an invitation from the lovely and talented Serena Valentino:

Wicked Grounds invites you to join us for an afternoon social that you do not want to miss, a gathering of local artists, writers and comic creators coming together at San Francisco’s first and only Kink Cafe, Wicked Grounds, located at 289 8th Street @ Folsom in San Francisco at 2:00 PM, Saturday January 30th.

So please join Justin Hall, Tristan Crane, Ted Naifeh, STORM, Greta Christina, Serena Valentino and the lovelies at Wicked Grounds, to have a cup of tea or coffee as well as some of their other scrumptious offering while you sample our creative wares Saturday, Jan 30th. We will all have an assortment of our work available for purchase, and we will of course be available to sign them, that is, if you fancy that sort of thing.

__Justin Hall__ is an award-winning comic book creator best known for his series True Travel Tales, Glamazonia the Uncanny Super Tranny, and the gay porn Hard To Swallow Comics. His work has appeared in the Houghton Miflin Best American Comics, Boy Trouble, Best Erotic Comics, and the S.F. Bay Guardian, among others.

__STORM__ is a San Francisco based writer, artist, oracle & doll shaman. He sells funny books at the Isotope Comic Book Lounge & reads X-Men Tarot at Swankety Swank. His one of a kind art dolls and mini-comic Princess Witch Boy are for sale at http://www.facebook.com/l/1f79f;stormantic.etsy.com. STORM believes that in a perfect world, Iman would have played Ororo Munroe in the movies. Visit his blog at www.stormantic.com.

__Serena Valentino__ has been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past ten years with her work on the comic book series GloomCookie and Nightmares & Fairy Tales published with SLG Publishing. Nightmares & Fairy Tales: 1140 Rue Royale has earned her critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domain, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty and extraordinary female protagonists. Among her other projects, Serena is currently writing a horror screenplay with writer/director Phil Flores (of the Butcher Brothers), as well as three new graphic novels, Enchanted, Blackbird the Pirate Queen and Hells Café and has writtena novel for young adults for Disney Press based on the Wicked Queen from Snow White entitled Fairest of All, now available in all major bookstores. Visit her website serenavalentino.com

__Tristan Crane__ is a San Francisco based writer and photographer. Tristan’s writing has appeared in the recent ‘Comic book Tattoo’ project from Image comics, his first book ‘How Loathsome’ was released in 2004 to many reviews and general muttering; a second graphic novel, ‘InVisible’ with artist Rhea Silvan was published by Seven Seas early in 2009. As a photographer, Tristan specializes in erotic portraiture, bondage sessions, documentary-style photojournalism, and enjoys collaborating with a wildly diverse cast of models.

__Greta Christina__ is editor of the annual “Best Erotic Comics” series, published by Last Gasp Books and Comics, where she has worked for seven years. She has been writing about sex since 1989, and has had sex writing appear in numerous magazines, newspapers, and anthologies, including Ms., Penthouse, On Our Backs, AlterNet, and three volumes of “Best American Erotica.” She blogs about sex, atheism, politics, and other polite dinner- table topics at the cleverly- named Greta Christina’s Blog, gretachristina.typepad.com.

After making a name for himself drawing Serena Valentino’s Gloomcookie in 1999, __TED NAIFEH__ went on to produce several popular all ages comics. The spooky adventure series Courtney Crumrin follows a grumpy little girl whose great uncle Aloysius draws her into a dark world of witchcraft and creatures that go bump in the night. Courtney Crumrin has been optioned by Dreamworks to be made into a motion picture. Polly and the Pirates tells the tale of prim and proper Polly Pringle, who gets kidnapped by pirates, only to discover her own natural, possibly inherited propensity for swashbuckling. Ted also lent his artistic skills to a comic adaptation of the videogame Death Junior, about a little boy whose father is the Grim Reaper. More importantly, Ted co-wrote and illustrated How Loathsome with Tristan Crane. A stylish, sexy exploration of the alternative lifestyle underground of San Francisco, How Loathsome explores gender, community, and how they affect identity. Currently, Ted is illustrating The Good Neighbors, an urban fantasy YA graphic novel series by New York Times best-selling author Holly Black, about a teenage girl who realizes that she’s half faerie. Volume 3 of the series will appear in October, 2010.

Trophy Award Nominations

Emily — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:05:10 +0000

This just in! Writers Old Fashioned now has two, count ‘em, two contenders for the the majestic Trophy Award!

Emily Stackhouse and Nicholas Shahan are up for Outstanding D.I.Y with their comic, Brazilianoir!

Jason McNamara and Paige Braddock are in the running for Outstanding Small Press with, The Martian Confederacy !

If you’re going to Stumptown Comics Fest, check out our books and then vote! vote! vote!

Go team!

Brazilianoir gets it’s first review!

Emily — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:11:25 +0000

Over at comicsworthreading.com, Johanna Draper Carlson gives a run down of contenders for the Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini Comics. Guess who one of her picks is?!

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Newsarama talks Writers Old Fashioned & APE!

Matt — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:53:10 +0000

JK Parkin has put together a nice rundown of all the happenings associated with this weekend’s big Alternative Press Expo here in the City. Scroll down the article a bit for the very special Writers Old Fashioned announcement. And if you are in the area, make sure to stop by table 448 and say hi during the show!Here’s the link!

Emily gets interviewed?

Emily — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:10:12 +0000

That’s right. Apparently someone thinks I’m somebody. Listen in as I yak and yak about doing it yourself (making comics that is) with Tim at Deconstructing Comics.

And be sure to keep your ears open for my secret code: giggle= dash and “yeah”= dots. Remember, use those decoder rings!

Matt and Jason interviewed on Deconstructing Comics

Twitter Comics!

Matt — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:17:05 +0000

USA Today’s pop culture journalist, Whitney Matheson, recently set out to invent a new comic book genre: Twitter Comics. Enlisting the help of artists from across the industry, she just launched a flash website showcasing the results.

Mine’s the one with John Candy spooning Kermit the Frog. Enjoy!

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Pop Culture Martians

Jason — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:10:28 +0000

Fellow Writer Old Fashioned David Brothers interviews me for the awesome Pop Culture Shock site. We debut the new Martian Confederacy cover, discuss the role of social commentary in comics, and how reading the new Spider-Man books is like having break up sex. Check it out!

io9 Invades McNamara’s Mind

Matt — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:49:57 +0000

Fellow Writers Old Fashioned member and blogger extraordinaire, Graeme McMillan, sits down with Jason McNamara to talk about The Martian Confederacy!

Click on the logo to check it out!