It’s been a busy few weeks, hence the lack of updates. First of all, I finished my undergraduate degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. It took me ten years, but it was worth it.
As if that weren’t big enough news, I’ve been spending my free time preparing for the announcement that my new book, Code of the Wild: North American Wolverine Vs. Timber Wolf is heading to shelves next spring. So, I decided to go ahead and set up http://www.codeofthewild.com to give the book a home on the web… and to showcase some of the amazing artwork that Jason Maranto’s been turning in.
Here’s a peak, this time with fully lettered captions!
You can head over to the Code of the Wild website for all the glorious details. It’s exciting stuff!
-SJJ
Article: Presidental Candidates get the Comic Book Treatment
by: David Twiddy, Associated Press
Source: The Morning Call
IDW is one sharp publisher. They’ve carved a nice niche out in the comic book industry by producing primarily licensed books based on television shows, video games, and films. They picked up the Transformers license when Dreamwave dropped it a few years back. They even publshed an original title, 30 Days of Night, that was made into a major motion picture. IDW is also press savvy, and they know how to get their news out into the mainstream media.
So I wasn’t really surprised when I read an article today saying that IDW is producing two biopic comics about the candidates in the upcoming US presidential elections — John McCain and Barack Obama.
What did surprise me is that the article didn’t resort to using words like “bang!” or “pow!” (which always seems to happen in any article about comics), and it didn’t make any tired analogies to Batman or Superman (though they did get a mention in the lead, to the article’s detriment). It also didn’t really talk too much about the comic book; instead, it focused on the fact that these biopics will also be made available through cell phones.
“Cell phones?” you might be saying with a shrug. And the answer is yes — apparently, cell phone comics are a growing market for comics syndication services, and while I can’t imagine why anyone would want to read a comic book on such a tiny screen, I thought it might be an interesting idea for would-be-publishers to consider… Read more »
Article: As Environmentalism Grows, Online Publishers Go Green
By: Bob Tedeschi
Source: The New York Times
“Going green” is one of the latest trends in the business world — in the face of a recession, focusing on reusing and recycling just sounds like the right thing to do to most people, and many businesses are taking advantage of the trend to push new products and services. This isn’t the first time this has happened, or the last — environmentalism seems to be a cyclical trend that shows up every 10 years or so, generally around the time that the economy is struggling.
Full disclosure time: I am for conservation and for cutting down on trash and waste. I am for protecting natural preserves, and I love the idea of clean and efficient energy, like hydrogen fuel cell batteries. I believe climate change is a reality, but I’m not convinced that it’s the fault of industry, and I think that nuclear power is a safe and smart alternative to coal power. I think about the environment in my daily routine, and I drive a small, used, fuel-efficient car and try to re-use plastic food containers when possible.
With that said, I’m not an environmentalist, because I think for myself, and I understand that most of what environmentalists preach is feel-good nonsense. (Here’s a great article from Wired that explains what I mean here, point by point.) That’s why I’m going to present today’s article not as something I feel is smart and insightful, but rather something I feel is manipulative marketing. Read more »
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August 12, 2008 10:14 pm | 
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