Jeff Heimbuch is the director of The Ties That Bind, Leeds Point, and Fast Zombies Suck, and one of the founding partners in my film production company, Drunken Tentacle Productions. He’s also just written a book — It’s Kind Of A Cute Story — that will appeal to Disney-philes young and old. He’s here to tell you that, and the truth about me…
Brian Keene changed my life.
It sounds like he paid me to say that, but it’s true (the life changing, not the paying me to say that part). Continue reading
Last week, a major comic book company asked me to pitch some things to them. While I was typing up the pitches, I came across this rejected pitch for a sequel to my Dead of Night: Devil Slayer mini-series from Marvel. It was never picked up because shortly after issue #5 of the original series, my editor left Marvel and I found myself orphaned (as did several other creators). Anyway, I thought you guys might get a kick out of seeing this. Continue reading
That’s country and blues singer Kasey Lansdale over there on the right, showing off her latest comic purchases. Which is a nice segue-way into my upcoming comic projects. The Last Zombie trade paperback and To Fight With Monsters are out now, and all 5 issues of The Last Zombie: Inferno are up for pre-order. Issue #3 of Inferno – Planters’ origin story – might be the saddest thing I’ve ever written.
Inferno will be followed by a series of one-shot single issues, before we jump into the next 5-issue story-arc, which finds Ian and the others embroiled in post-apocalyptic Chicago politics. If that sounds like we’re planning ahead, yes, we are. Sales for The Last Zombie have been very strong, and as long as they remain that way, I see nothing preventing us from reaching fifty issues (which was my original plan).
On the non-Antarctic Press front, I’ve got some stuff in the pipeline with a few other publishers, but it is way too early to talk about most of it. Doom Patrol: Fire Away comes out this summer. Marvel just took Dead of Night: Devil Slayer out of print, but TFAW still has copies. Grave Conditions is still in print. And Camelot still has some copies of The Rising: Death In Four Colors. And look for Clickers comics in late 2011!
For new readers, here’s a complete list of what I’ve done comic book and graphic novel-wise, and where you can get them:
DEAD OF NIGHT: DEVIL SLAYER (Marvel Comics, $11): This trade paperback collects all four issues of the series artist Chris Samnee and I did for Marvel’s MAX line.
DCU HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2010 (DC Comics, $3): This one-shot, single issue comic includes a story by me featuring Superman and The Demon.
THE RISING: DEATH IN FOUR COLORS (Delirium Books, $40): This beautiful signed, limited edition hardcover collects all of the scripts I wrote for the ill-fated comic series based on The Rising. It also includes all of Zac Atkinson’s art. Out of print, but Camelot Books has some at cover price!
THE LAST ZOMBIE (Antarctic Press, $4): This on-going post-apocalyptic saga, with eye-popping art by Joe Wight, is published in five-issue installments. Each mini-series makes up a chapter of the overall story (which is slated to run about fifty issues total).
THE LAST ZOMBIE SLIPCASED EDITION (Overlook Connection, $39): This signed, slipcased collectors set includes issues 1 through 5 of The Last Zombie.
BRIAN KEENE’S FEAR (Frequency Press, $10): Written by Nate Southard and featuring artwork from a number of talented creators, this trade paperback adapts three of my short stories: “Castaways”, “The King, in: YELLOW”, and “Red Wood”. Order it from Overlook Connection and it comes signed!
GRAVE CONDITIONS (Haunted Computer Books, $9): This trade paperback features my story “Burying Betsy” with art by Shane Kirshenblatt.
Many of you are reporting that you ordered a copy of the Dead of Night: Devil Slayer trade paperback collection from your local comic shop, and that your local comic shop didn’t get enough copies. This is true. I’m hearing from comic store owners across the country who ordered, for example, twenty copies of the book from the distributor (Diamond) and only received five. Then they have to figure out which five customers to make happy and which fifteen customers to make unhappy.
I don’t know why this is happening. Apparently, nobody else does either. Some retailers told me it was because Marvel didn’t print enough copies. Some told me it was because Diamond is run by sea monkeys.
Whatever the real reason, it should be noted that most online retailers now have copies in stock, and are shipping them. Here, for example. And here and here and here and here. Now, if you can, please support your local comic shop. However, if they tell you they won’t be able to get the copies they’ve back-ordered, then yes, by all means, buy one online. They make a wonderful Father’s Day present.
The trade paperback of Dead of Night: Devil Slayer (written by me and beautifully illustrated by Chris Samnee) is now on sale in comic book shops nationwide! If you don’t have a comic book store near you, you can buy one here or here or here. And to celebrate, here’s a brand-new character sketch by Chris!
Check out this deal: Pre-order a copy of the Dead of Night: Devil Slayer trade paperback from The Overlook Connection, and they will include — absolutely FREE — a signed copy of one of the individual issues. Supplies are limited, so don’t delay.
From issue #208 of Wizard Magazine, page 13:
PALADIN
C’mon, if Devil Slayer can make a MAX face-lift work, imagine the possibilities this purple-clad gun for hire poses: With no background to speak of, Brian Keene can give birth to a “Bourne”-style origin story that explains who’s behind the mask, how a deadly gunman gained superpowers, and what led him to cross paths with the Marvel elite.
You’re god-damned right I could. And if the editors at Wizard are reading this, I’m sending you guys a box of Castaways as thanks for the props. Do this every month until Marvel makes it happen!
If you’ve got an extra $5.99, pick up a copy of Wizard #208. It has Hugh Jackman pretending to be Wolverine on the cover.
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Dead of Night: Devil Slayer #4 in stores tomorrow!
It’s a final showdown in the Garden of Eden as the all-new Devil-Slayer faces off against both demons and angels in an effort to stop Armageddon! Everything is at stake, if he doesn’t defeat Belathauzer, Gabriel, the Bloodstone Group and the other Operation: Xenogenesis conspirators in time… in the terrifying conclusion to this much-talked-about reimagining, written by award-winning horror novelist Brian Keene and illustrated by Chris Samnee!
Don’t have a comic shop near you? That’s okay. You can order it online.
Missed an issue? That’s okay, too. You can order #1, #2, and #3 online, as well. Or, you can pre-order the trade paperback which collects the entire series.