Ten pages, double-sided and stapled, with several essays and articles, a 2026 tour schedule, a short story, and a crossword puzzle.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by, from longtime readers like ‘EarthwormGod’ to new readers like the 13-year old (name protected because he’s a minor) whom I signed THE LAST ZOMBIE omnibus for.

Got the first issue of the new zine formatted and off to the printer. The bill for the print job sent me into shock

So, basically, I’m starting next week behind on stuff.

Anyway, my collection was always based primarily on the Bronze Age titles of the 1970s and 1980s — Marvel, DC, Charlton, Gold Key, etc. After that, it made sense to go back and collect the Silver Age stuff that led up to that era. But what I find myself doing now is collecting Golden Age stuff that I have no nostalgic connection to, like

And if it doesn’t? Well, author Wile E. Young faced down a tornado and lived last week, and he’s a kid, so I reckon I can do the same today.

I wrote in a recent Sunday newsletter about why — from an artist’s standpoint — I was stopping using Spotify and pivoting to Sirius/XM satellite radio instead. Now, courtesy of David J. Schow and Chet Williamson, comes these two interesting articles:

And I told Chris just that — the days of a cross-country mass signing tour were behind me, and behind him as well, and we were too old for that shit, and it was better we stay home and let the kids do them.

If you are a reader or a writer or an artist who enjoys the work of Sandy DeLuca or were perhaps influenced by her, and you’d be willing to offer some thoughts on her work or her impact on you

Emotions ran deep on the set last night, as we filmed the final scene of DEAD FORMAT.

…unless I cranked up the Judas Priest song playing on the radio and slammed the gas pedal to the floor.

A good Producer knows the quickest, closest, and easiest location to procure any of the 5,000 things that may be needed at any moment to prevent any of the 5,000 things that can go wrong

I don’t know if that was the reason why, but yesterday’s episode truly felt and sounded like the classic era of THE HORROR SHOW WITH BRIAN KEENE. Very satisfied with this one.

“Here. I made the deadline. But let me polish it?”

there’s always a physical crash and an emotional comedown after a charity event on the scale of AuthorCon, but never more so than after this, our sixth one.

I know Survivor like other men know NFL, complete with quoting player stats, etc. i am not ashamed of this. Survivor is a much less expensive fandom than footbal

Had I stuck to just bourbon I’d be fine, but got into shots of mezcal and some beers on top of that…

Once more… into the breach.

Too early to say for sure, but it may be a Levi Stoltzfus story.