The One With All the Freelance
Plus: My Comics Kryptonite
Hey, how are things?
Got some exciting news to share, but first…
It's almost bedtime for the DREAMQUEST 2 campaign, and we're about $600 from hitting our second stretch goal, which unlocks 2 more story pages:
Artist Mick Beyers is doing some great work on this book, as evidenced by these spoiler-free pages...
...so let's give this guy some room to breathe on the big action sequence, huh?
If you've already joined us, thanks for the support!
If you've been waiting to jump in, the clock is ticking down, so...
See you in our nightmares?
More Lovecraft! More, uh, me!
Like the subject line says, I’ve been stepping out and doing a little freelancing lately.
That’s artist Guilherme Raffide’s line art for the upcoming CTHULHU INVADES GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES—CONVENTION PREVIEW!
I wrote the cover story (“Snow White and the Old God”), which may be the Clay Adams-iest story I’ve written in a while.
Constant pain in my ass Mick Beyers provided the art, with colors by Gab Contreras and letters by Jerome Gagnon.
The full book will be coming to Kickstarter soon, with a ton more great stories, but if you’d like a sneak peek of mine, you can try to grab the preview at a con this summer…
…OR you could back DREAMQUEST 2 and get it as part of our digital bundle. (Hint hint.)
Anyway, super happy with how this one turned out. Thanks Travis Gibb for inviting me to be a part!
Working on our Night Moves Wolf
Sometimes I write things that aren’t Lovecraft related.
Friend of Fried Rob Multari just launched his latest campaign for NIGHT WOLF Volume 2, and he’s lined up a slew of great writers to contribute short stories:
Not bad company to be in!
Really proud of how my story turned out, and many thanks to Rob for inviting me to play in his sandbox.
Right now these extras are digital only, but if enough of you click the link below…
Meanwhile…
I re-read BATMAN: YEAR ONE more than any human being should probably re-read anything. But it never gets old.
Dating myself, but I bought the original issues off the stands and promptly wore my copies out. I own the hardcover collection and have shown extreme restraint (uh, at least so far) in not buying the facsimile editions DC just released.
But yeah. I couldn’t resist this artist’s edition.
Which has me wondering:
What’s your comics Kryptonite? The one book that makes you weak when you see it and you just… can’t… resist…?
One more email next week with a fun announcement and then I’m gonna cool your inbox a bit…
Until then,
Clay
P.S. Last week on the ComixLaunch Podcast, I spoke with writer Brian J. Lambert about leveling up your Kickstarter game..even after raising $100k on the platform. Click the image below to check it out!
I'll just add: I can't wait for that BATMAN: YEAR ONE Artists Edition, either. I think every comic artist on the PLANET is going to get one.
1) That is a KILLER line-up pf guest writers on NIGHT WOLF! I had NO IDEA that was happening! Rob just got himself another backer!
2) My comics Kryptonite: Caniff's TERRY AND THE PIRATES. (Anything by Milton Caniff, actually.) I believe I have every different edition of TERRY that anyone's ever put out (in English). My first exposure to Caniff's TERRY— the old Nostalgia Press volumes "Meet Burma" and "Enter the Dragon Lady", which I somehow glommed onto during my year at the Kubert School back in '77-'78— CHANGED MY LIFE. Can't get enough of it. In fact, I believe the latest volumes of Clover Press's wonderful TERRY books are arriving at my house TODAY— !