Tom Brevoort, Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of Publishing for Marvel Comics, took time out of his busy day to talk to myself and David Hopkins for our podcast, Hideous Energy. We are massive comic fans, which is probably easy to infer from my writing for this site, as well as co-hosting a weekly podcast dedicated to the art form. It isn’t...
A month ago, Ex-Heroes crossed my path. It is a tempting genre-crossing zombie and superhero mash-up novel I couldn’t resist. Ex-Patriots, the sequel, was recently released as an audio book which I finished listening to during my morning workouts on the treadmill. A strong cardio workout regimen is crucial to surviving a zombie apocalypse. I...
Earlier this month, a new super-hero themed book came across my desk. The Fire Inside, by Ramond Rose, is a recently released independent novel involving a shady organization, known only as “The Agency,” pursuing the protagonists in the shadow of a historical battle in which a number of super heroes were lost. I had a chance to correspond with...
Introductions: I have been receiving lots of leads from comic fans on AMAZING Indie Comic companies you’ve probably never heard of. Lee Newman of Swampfox Media (which I recently interviewed) sang the praises of Victor Dandrige Jr, the owner of Vantage: Inhouse Productions; an Ohio based independent comic publisher. Victor gave me a digital tour of his...
I first met Zak Hennessey many years ago over a shared pastime: pen and paper role-playing games. Not only did he exhibit some impressive storytelling talents by running some of the best original scenarios our game table has ever seen, he added an amazing visual aspect to the games by drawing our characters and illustrating both key scenes and “what if”...
One of the most exciting features at Comic-Con are all the amazing toys and game exclusives made available to all. We here at Comic Booked were lucky enough to get several unique experiences with them over the course of the Con and here are my personal interviews Darksiders 2, Dark Horse’s amazing toys, and the awesome Disney releases at the Funko Toy...
When one thinks of Batman, names like Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and even Adam West come to mind. The one name left off most people’s lists is Kevin Conroy. Conroy, who studied at Juilliard and has spent time on stage doing works such as Hamlet, became the voice of Batman in 1991 for the hit show Batman The Animated Series....
Introductions: I received an E-mail from Comic Booked’s own Robb Orr, and in that e-mail was a very interesting Indie Comic Book called Dream Reavers. It’s the brain child of Raphael Moran. The story delves into the world of dreams and was spawned from a question: What if there were creatures in our minds that created our good and bad thoughts? Issue...
Welcome to Indie Insight, an article series where I track down rising self-publishing creators or people on the cusp of breaking through the wall, and harass them with a bunch of the geeky questions we all have on our minds. My motto is to always pay it forward; with an industry that is so crowded, sometimes it’s hard to catch the attention of the masses....
When I first found out about CGC I was upset. I wanted to know how they could mess with my hobby. I said as much as we sat down, and they even agreed with me. I continued to tell them how I was baffled when I picked up my first two CGC books. One was a 9.8 and the other was only a 9.0. I told them I had two other interviews with only ten questions, but for them...
While vacationing in Portland a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a talk about Steampunk given by recently self-published author, Emilie P. Bush. Her first novel, Chenda and the Airship Brofman published for all eReaders, on SmashWords and in traditional print, had the distinction of being a semi-finalist for the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel...
Let me tell you about a NEW favorite series of mine, sure to be one of yours as well. Brimstone is another cool comic series by Zenescope Entertainment. Here is a synopsis for you:Brimstone: With his dying breath, an Indian Shaman unleashes an ancient curse upon his murderers, the miners of Brimstone, as well as the richest gold stake ever found in...
When you’re sitting around the kitchen table with your family enjoying a game of Scrabble, do you find yourself continually thinking: “You know what would make this game WAY better? If I could shoot a zombie in the face with a sawed-off shotgun”. Yeah, I’m with you. Thankfully, the tyrannical reign of G-rated board games is coming to an end. Keith...
Greetings fellow Indie Comics fans, it’s been a while!! All throughout June I knew I’d be busy but I was determined to get to shoot at least one new episode for you guys and when my good friend Aidan Casserly volunteered to be interviewed on the show I knew I couldn’t let either him or you lovely geeks and dolls down. Aidan is a...
