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HAPPY FCD!! Get yer free comics here!

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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

Go to the ROBOT-ZOMBIE page on Facebook. Like the page and comment for your chance to win a copy of ROBOT LINCOLN & ZOMBIE JACKSON and a poster! Check out the main site www.robot-zombie.com to see brand new, just released, fresh-of-the-presses pages and get your own copies!

AND!!! One lucky commenter on this post will win a handful of comics and assorted goodies from moi…

That’s Alex Pardee’s The Ugliest Fairy, Creepy #8, Fantastic Four Two-In-One, and Rare Bit Fiends #14…

Good schtuff.

Asides, Writing

Geekstravaganza! Avengers, LP’s and Free Comic Books!

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Boy howdy! What a couple of weeks. Geekstravaganza!

I’ll admit, I skipped the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo last weekend, where the entire cast of Star Trek: TNG was reunited on stage, Adam West slapped palms, Stan Lee signed autographs and Lance Henriksen probably wrassled a bear. Too much cash, too much trouble on short notice. Not to bore you all with local infrastructure griping, but once they finish the overhaul of the public transportation system, me and the boyos will be able to hop the ol’ Light Rail Transit down to the convention centre for the big show.

Besides, we were still worn out and cash-poor from the previous weekends festivities for International Record Store Day, which was kickin’ balls, man. Son #1 and I grooved on down to the record shoppes, crammed ourselves in like sardines and grabbed up some sweet, sweet vinyl – including a box full of T-Rex, a few 7″s, some Creedence, some Steve Miller Band I’d been missin’, the new CD by local legends Forbidden Dimension, some Ramones for the boys, etc etc etc…

So, instead of crushing our spines again at the Comic Con, we elected for a quick trip to the comic shop (I had research to do, honest! Currently working on TWO scripts for EC Horror-style 2-pagers for Nic Caesar’s new project). I came home with a bloody armload of books, mostly back ish stuff. I did find me a MICRONAUTS #1 and a pile of ROM: Spaceknight, old school Iron Fist and the hilarious new issue of The Goon. I also snagged the SDCC Crazy 88 Tarantino figure from a few years ago and a “ganger” Doctor Eleven. My geekery knows no bounds.

This week we already saw THE AVENGERS, which was pure fucking BOSS. You can check out my full review over on www.eyecrave.net Well worth the $50 it costs to go to the damn movies these days.

Tomorrow is STAR WARS DAY, which necessitates either a viewing of the 1977 Star Wars Holiday Special, or back-to-back-to-back marathon of the original trilogy. #Maythe4thBeWithYou …

Then Saturday is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!!! (Click that link for more info and locations near you), which is more or less a statutory holiday around our place. We will hit at least two local shops and I may cook up somethin’ special for the site. Maybe give away a couple of books. I just happen to have a surplus of ROBOT LINCOLN & ZOMBIE JACKSON books on the way from NYC. Like I said, I also have two scripts underway to submit for Nic Caesar‘s as-yet-untitled book which is due out for October to sell at the Alternative Press Expo in San Fran Siskey.

So check out the review, check out THE AVENGERS, in theatres tomorrow, and stay tuned for news of a FCD giveaway and more!

Writing

They’re baaaaaaack… LIVING DEAD rise again! PLUS FOUR MORE! All for a buck!

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I know, I know… you’ve all heard plenty about the Vegas Dead. But it’s CANADA BOOK DAY! I’m a Canadian book-maker! And guess what? Living Dead at Zigfreidt & Roy is back and better than ever! Now with the inclusion of FOUR… count em’… FOUR EXTRA STORIES!!!

For one measly fucking dollar, you are going to get:

The last round up at the end of the world, when one tough ol’ hombre takes on the legions of the Living Dead in Living Dead at Zigfreidt & Roy…

The shambling depravity and heartless greed of the office pirate in His Dark Flag…

The meanest SoCal punk God that ever stepped foot in Arkadelphia, South Some-Goddamn-Place in Henry Rollins and the Better Butter Bacon Burger…

…then tremble as the most voracious fiends of a West Texas midnight spill blood, guts and mayhem all over the plains as Chupacabra Attack!! in Rosie’s Chicken & Biscuits…

And feel the power of the double-ply as one lowly Death Star janitor seeks a better life among the stars in Dark Flush of the Sith!!

That’s five stories. FIVE! For a buck! It probably took me months to write and review and edit and put these things together. You get all of my hard work, questionable humor and demented nonsense for ONE DOLLAR!!  Available once again on Smashwords, Amazon and soon to be distributed to other online sellers and bookstores for the Nook, Kobo and iBooks!

GET IT ON AMAZON!

GET IT ON SMASHWORDS!

Writing

HOT SINATRA off to the races…

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Well, this morning I took the big jump and started sending HOT SINATRA out to the presses. As usual, I let superstition and whimsy decide my fates. I stumbled across a post for the Discover Mystery contest with Poisoned PenPress. Submissions end April 30. I just happened to get back my last round of beta reads last week. No such thing as coincidence, right? So I tossed my hat into the ring. We’ll find out what happens by May 31.

The next step, if I don’t win, is having it pro-formatted, line edited and either keep submitting to small presses, or fire  it up myself. In either case, here is the synopsis:

Moss Cole is a private detective. The kind you thought only existed in old movies and afternoon reruns. He’s looking for a stolen Sinatra record… one that may be a figment of one cantankerous old bastards imagination. Of course, if that were true, Moss wouldn’t have so many people busting down his door and threatening his life. He’s smart, talented, sometimes even charming. You’d think he could find a better gig than carrying on his grandfather’s legacy as a ‘Dick’.
A vivacious redhead, a foul-mouthed Irish rock star and half the crazies in L.A. add up to business as usual, when all Cole wants is some fresh coffee and a Hot Sinatra…

And don’t forget… you can get the first three chapters up under the “Lending Library” tab at the top of the page over there… yeah… right over there… second from the right… thaaaaaat’s the ticket…