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I just got back in from APE — The Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco. It was, hands-down, the best show I’ve ever done in my entire life. The place was packed with articulate, mature fans who were thrilled with the astonishingly high quality of the literature being sold. I met pros whose work I have admired from afar for … Read More

Last month, a friend of mine gave me a short story to critique, as he was getting ready to start sending it off to short-story monthlies, like SF&F, Locus, etc, and he wanted an opinion on it. It was a good story, once I finally got round to reading and critiquing it. The prose needed some work, and the story … Read More

Hello, everyone! Hope everybody had a great holiday season — I know I did. I spent the last couple of days attempting to consume my bodyweight in roast beast and German Christmas goodies (lebkuchen, gugelhupf and springerle) . I nearly succeeded, so it’s off to the gym for me! In Vögelein news, however, there’s a lot more than eating going … Read More

Wow. So Issue five is done. The series is done. All that’s left to do is remaster the art and put out the trade paperback. And now I’ve totally got empty nest syndrome. Seriously — I hardly know what to do with myself! What’s that? Write more comics, you say? Well, there’ll almost certainly be more Vogelein stories, unless I … Read More

So the web site’s undergoing an overhaul. Or maybe overgoing an underhaul, I dunno. The changes I’ve instituted so far have been entirely invisible, but they’ll definitely allow me to make new changes much more quickly. Ah, the wonder of include files. The Fiery Studios side of things will be getting a complete overhaul (The design is done, and I … Read More

Issue 5 is done and in the Online Store. It’s out at stores today, as well. And hey, drop me a line and let me know what you thought of the series!

I went to Mid Ohio Con and had a blast. I shared a table with Layla Lawlor, (bless her heart for sharing!) and — despite my worst fears — broke even on the whole weekend. We had this spiffy new idea where six artists — Paul Sizer, Pam Bliss, Matt Feazell, Layla, Sean Bieri and I — all contributed art … Read More

So Issue 5 is done and out at the printers. Quebecor tells me that I’ll get mine in time for Mid-Ohio Con. If you’re gonna be there, make sure to stop by, because you won’t be able to get it in stores until the following Wednesday (First Wednesday in December).

There’s gonna be a cool promo for this year’s Mid-Ohio Con… I and four (five?) other artists are getting together to make a little minicomics Passport — a guide to the best in Small Press comics! I’m not gonna divulge the list yet, but suffice it to say you won’t be disappointed!

Whoosh. The last several weeks have been a total whirl. I’m trying to forcibly calm my life down, as I just can’t take the pace much longer. The last time I posted was about four weeks ago. In a span of only fourteen days, the following happened: I did seven (!) library talks, helped plan my mom’s birthday dinner, totalled … Read More