My latest creator owned trade paperback lands on May 8 – Deer Editor from me, Sami Kivela, Lauren Affe, Jim Campbell, Dan Hill, Chas! Pangburn through Mad Cave Studios is our antler noir comic that we think you are going to love, and love so much you’ll want to own your own copy of the tpb, and you’ll want that so much you’ll preorder it from your local comic shop today, and they’ll be so…
I got a stack of Deer Editor #1 delivered recently and they make a pretty stack. I’ll be taking them to conventions early this year, the first being the Geek Markets in Goulburn on March 16. If you missed the single issues in stores – #1-2 are out already, and #3 drops on the 20th of this month – then you can prepare yourself for the TPB launch coming on May 8. Bucky is finally going to be…
Within The Kind Red Building has 12 hours left over on Kickstarter – this is your last chance to get my biggest rpg ever as a print edition, or with some digital deals. We’ve had an amazing February with nearly 200% funding drawing closer as a final ending place, and over 150 backers, so maybe you can help us hit 200 backers and go beyond 200% funded! This solo journaling rpg is about a sci fi…
I love going to the Lifeline Book Fair. It’s making money for a great charity. It’s a warehouse full of books. I never quite know what I’ll find. This past week was no different, so here’s what I brought home. The big win here for me was finally finding a copy of Michael Chabon’s MAPS & LEGENDS, which I’d never been able to find in the wild before. Scoring the very slim early stories of J.D.…
Within The Kind Red Building is now launched and live on Kickstarter – my solo journaling rpg is about a sci fi building crawl where you flee from one threat into the multi-levelled endlessness of so much more/worse/more. CLICK HERE TO BACK WITHIN THE KIND RED BUILDING AND GET YOURSELF A COPY! I wrote this 24 page game/zine over the past year or so and the result is the kind of game I’d happily…
Happy new year – 2024 is nearly here. I don’t know why, but typing 2024 seems really strange and futuristic to me, in a way no other year has for a very long time. I expect 2025 to be even stranger as we hit a quarter century down. As usual, this round up is a series of things of things I imbibed and dug this year. I offer them up as something I advocate for you to try, also. Also as always, I…
Deer Editor #1 is a crime comic from me, Sami Kivela on art, Lauren Affe on colours, Jim Campbell on letters, Dan Hill and Chas! Pangburn on edits, and out through Mad Cave Studios and into stores on January 10, 2024. You’ll spot us in the wild with this cover: The preorder window is open now and you should ask your local comic shop to ensure they’re ordering enough copies, and can put one…
I’ll just come right out and ask it: have you subscribed to my newsletter? The Two Fisted Homeopape is my main digital home, and it’s where I send out all of my comic release info, alongside other missives about writing, reading, and general creativity. If you subscribe, you get my writing and info sent directly to your nominated inbox, it’s that simple. No algorithm, no endless scroll…
This sibling rivalry tale of kung fu, dragons, and deep hurt finally comes to comic shops this November. For those who missed out on the chance to read A FISTFUL OF PAIN, the graphic novella from me, Louie Joyce, Thomas Mauer, and the team at ComixTribe, then you are in luck because we’ve got a special edition set for worldwide release in comic shops – and it’s set right before the holiday gift…
I love a good comics event. Love it. There’s something creatively energising about them, but they’re also great group therapy – the same people with the same problem get together all weekend to share tips and commiserations about this thing we love: comics. Comic Conventions are cool, but they often feel more sprawling than my brain can handle. As such, enter Papercuts Comic Festival. I cannot…
What Is Best In Life? – 2022 Edition
Happy new year – 2023 is upon us. I got a lotta problems with you people thoughts on this year’s media, now, you’re gonna hear about it! I love looking back and seeing what different and awesome stuff I got to sneak into my brain and enjoy. I did a poor job of keeping tabs on what I consumed this year, and there’s every chance I’ve missed something pivotal. Que sera, etc. Okay, let’s spotlight…
A Reconsideration of the RKL 10 Writing Rules/Tips
I stumbled back across this old post and I thought it might be interesting to think about how these 10 writing rules/tips I came up with 4 years ago hold up in my mind and my life and my heart. Here’s the old post, and I’ll intersperse with “personal thoughts” along the way. THE RKL 10 WRITING RULES-ish – Old Poste I’m getting the feeling people don’t like Writing Rules, they don’t want a rigid…
And so the month comes to a close. These were insanely fun to write, and there are some good ideas I’d love to let simmer on the back pan and see if I can’t fold them into something in the coming months. There are definitely a few where I thought, instantly, oh, yeah, this is my jam. I hope you’ve enjoyed the distraction and grimy joy they bring. Someone should do a Christmas Themed one – just…
The Light house at Kindred Rocks – A Playthrough
I wrote a solo rpg called THE LIGHTHOUSE AT KINDRED ROCKS – you can get it here for free/pwyw So imagine how stoked I was to see someone played the game and wrote up their 4,000 words of what happens in their story. Read Kaden Ramstack’s playthrough of my game here! Genuinely so excited to see someone use it in such detail, and the stuff they came up with was superb story fodder. It’s a part…
This ol’ train keeps rolling round the bend. Some of these are really fun to put together and then work on tightly constructing. It makes me think deeply about the POV, the narrative style/voice/tone, and the place I want to start – description of a location, dialogue, etc. All choices have a different effect, and that’s the fun of story building/construction. As always, hope you continue to dig…
It’s week two of Noirvember, and this little writing prompt game has yielded more fun and twisted intrigue. Here’s what came out of my head for the seven prompts of madness: May they bring you more crime-riddled thoughts in this coming week.
Noirvember #1-7 – Writing Prompts
This month I’ve been celebrating my own little Noirvember – I’ve set up 30 prompts, and for each one I’m writing a title and an intro to a story that could be. It’s a fun writing activity that’s helping me get my pulp on, or consider interesting characters, just for a few paragraphs. Here are the first 7 days of it, enjoy in moderation. I don’t know which one is my favourite, but I like that I…
