On the scale of things that can happen to self-publishers, having one of your print runs sell out definitely ranks far over to the “good” end. However, the cost of offset printing is on the rise, and it took me seven years to sell through my initial run of Old Ghosts, so I wasn’t enthused at the prospect of spending … Read More
Robot 6: Looking back, looking forward
Tim O’Shea over at Robot 6 was kind enough to include me in his year-end wrapup again, and as usual, I’m in very good company. Thanks, Tim!
MIXTAPE: 1984 — a new book from Paul Sizer!
Paul’s newest book has just been accepted by Comixology, and you can now buy it digitally as a Guided View PDF! Here are the details, from Paul’s blog: FINALLY! My new graphic novella (the cool name for a shorter graphic novel) MIXTAPE:1984 is available as my first 100% digital book from my imprint Café Digital Studios, available through Comixology. This … Read More
Flashback Friday
Today I took some time and moved all the Vögelein news archives over here to the Fiery Studios News Section, so now you can easily read entries all the way back to 2001. It hardly seems possible that I’ve been making comics for nearly 20 years, but all I have to do is have a look through my old posts … Read More
Art Hop Report
Despite the torrential rain, many brave folks ventured out to Art Hop and visited the KPL Banned Books Read-Out. We heard local celebrities read excerpts from some of the most banned books in the last year, including Captain Underpants, Hunger Games, and Looking for Alaska. Thanks to everybody who came out and said hello, and thanks more to Kevin King … Read More
Fan Art
This week I dropped by the post office, and look what was in my box! There’s nothing quite as nice these days as receiving real fan mail. This lovely bit of fan art is from a reader I met at Wizard World Chicago earlier this year. Thanks so much, Siena! It really makes me glad to know that new readers … Read More
SPX Report
This year I had the best SPX I’ve ever had — but for some reason I neglected to take any photos other than the sad, blurry one at the top of this post (the lettered balloons were to identify the blocks of tables — I was in the “L” block). It may have been because I was just so busy … Read More
I’ll be at SPX this weekend
I’ll be leaving tomorrow for The Small Press Expo, my favorite show of all time. This is my first SPX since 2009, and I’m really excited to see everyone again, show off my new book — and of course, enjoy the chocolate fountain. Is there still a chocolate fountain? I hope so. This marks SPX #6 for me, and I … Read More
Wizard World Chicago Con Report
I’d been away from Wizard World Chicago for six years, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect — and I’m happy to report that I was overwhelmed at how well the show went! This was my very first time as a guest at a comic con, and I felt pretty honored and special to be there. The panel I … Read More
Wizard World Chicago / Chicago Comic-Con: August 21-24, 2014
Hey, everybody! This weekend I’ll be a guest at Wizard World Chicago, all four days, from Thursday August 21 through Sunday August 24. Paul and I will be exhibiting in Artist’s Alley at Table C-41. I’ll have Clockwork Game trade paperbacks, both Vögelein books, and a bunch of clockwork jewelry — probably my very last batch, too, as I’m running … Read More