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OCCUPY CYBER MONDAY!

2011-11-28T07:51:00.000-08:00

There's no better way to stick it to those corporate fat cats and still fulfill your need to shop. Check out all of these fine independent purveyors of comic books and comic book type things. Starting with ME, of course!

HARDBOILED HORROR TALES
Horror crime mash-up comics make excellent stocking stuffers!

HARDBOILED HORROR SHOP
Can your heart stand the horror of these monochromatic inkwash portraits? A terrifying assortment of gruesome mugs that shocked the world!

THE ANDYRAMA STORE
Superfun art prints from Andrew O. Ellis

ACE KILROY
Support this old school adventure webcomic by raiding Ace's store. The coffee mug will look just swell on your desk.
While you're at it, cough up a lousy $1.60 to subscribe to Ace's daily adventures!

RETROFIT COMICS
Some of the most groundbreaking and offbeat alt comics are coming out of Retrofit. Save 20% today when you use the code "CYBERMONDAY"

MONSTERVERSE ENTERTAINMENT
Grab some issues of old school horror from some of the top talents in comics. If Bela Lugosi fell asleep with a Hammer horror film playing and a Creepy magazine on his lap, his dreams might look like this.

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
The classiest comics publisher in the industry is offering 30% off everything today!

MARK WHEATON
Deranged screenwriter and author, you can find all of Mark's books at his site. Your grandmother is sure to love them.

DAN WHITEHEAD
Dan lives and writes from the UK and everyone knows that's where all the best comics writers come from.

Newly DEADicated Site

2011-05-26T09:46:00.000-07:00

I splurged and spent a whole ten dollars to own the name HARDBOILED HORROR.COM
You can order the first two issues of Hardboiled Horror Tales over there right now! You can also see some of the latest HBHT comics and such. I'm gonna go work on the newest story now. What the hell, I'm paying for it.

The Daredevil Double Dive!

2011-04-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

Hardboiled Horror Comics Issue #2

2011-03-02T15:01:00.001-08:00

Hardboiled Horror Comics!

2011-02-28T15:56:00.001-08:00

I've collected most of the webcomic into two print issues. Here's the cover to the first.
Colors by the exquisite Andrew O Ellis.

Hardboiled Horror Gun

2011-02-26T05:00:00.000-08:00

New color design for some Hardboiled Horror Tales promotional buttons.

Dwayne McDuffie

2011-02-22T14:18:00.000-08:00

CBR News has learned that comic writer, animation producer and respected industry veteran Dwayne McDuffie passed away. The cause of death and specific details are unknown at this time.

This is especially sad news for me.
Back in 1993 I was working a big comic con in Philadelphia. By working I mean I was walking table to table, handing out xerox copies of my Randy comics to anyone who would take them. McDuffie was at the DC Comics area promoting his brand new Milestone imprint. This was a big deal, of course, but he still took the time to look at my stuff. He didn't just set it aside and say he'd look at it later. The guy was right in the middle of publicly launching what would be his biggest contribution to the industry and he took the time to read my pages right there in front of me. He laughed, he offered a few words of advice and he asked if he could keep it to show his friends. I was a real babe in the woods at the time, but still capable of telling the difference between politeness and genuine appreciation. I could tell he really liked it.
Of course we both knew DC Comics wouldn't touch it, but that wasn't the point. I was looking for editorial feedback. His feedback and words of encouragement were helpful. But the fact that he actually liked it- that he laughed- inspired me to keep plugging away. A few months later I would hit pay dirt with Slave Labor Graphics and publish those first stories in Slacker Comics.
That was the only time I had ever talked with Dwayne MCDuffie. But all these years I've always secretly considered him one of my first fans.

You can see that old comic HERE.

Creeper Butt

2011-02-18T11:26:00.001-08:00

Sketch of DC Comics' The Creeper because why not.

Mongrel

2011-02-17T14:43:00.000-08:00

Illustration for author/screenwriter Mark Wheaton's upcoming story MONGREL. It stars Bones, the intrepid forensics dog who can't stop stumbling into adventures. But these adventures involve monsters and other things Rin Tin Tin never had to deal with.
Look for it soon at Mark's site.

MODORK

2010-06-14T19:29:00.000-07:00

Sketched at the 2010 Philly Comic Con. I was offering MODOK sketches for 5 bucks a pop, but got no takers. I guess MODOK is so last year. I've heard Kang may be the next "it" villain. Personally I'm pulling for the Bi-Beast.

Sex & The City & The Carlton & The Tim

2010-05-29T16:38:00.000-07:00

Here's another take on a real conversation amongst friends. I'm not entirely sure what I was going for here, but it had to be drawn. Can't say why.

Now In Color

2010-05-04T16:08:00.000-07:00

My buddy Andy threw some color on my Tim's Russian Racist Landlord comic. I like how gruesome Spalko Ditkovich looks.

Dig his groovy art at AndyRama!

There Is No Knowing

2010-05-02T22:55:00.000-07:00

My latest doodle, based on a true story!

SCIENCE GONE MAD!

2010-04-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

Comic writer Mark Millar posted a request for a one-page humorous sci-fi strip. Never one to pass up an opportunity to submit for a paying job from one of Marvel's most successful working talents, I drew up the following...

It's got a heavy helping of Don Martin, I think.

I'm Coming To Get You, Myra!

2010-04-06T22:49:00.001-07:00

The latest Hardboiled Horror tale is up at DreadCentral.com

Click the image to go see it!

Look out, Myra

2010-03-19T19:49:00.000-07:00

Here comes the drippy zombie in my latest Hardboiled Horror Tale, coming soon!

See another preview image at the HBHBlog.

Straight Outta Jersey

2010-02-09T02:15:00.000-08:00

Local legend, The Jersey Devil in a spot illo for WEIRD, NJ magazine. That's a magazine about weird things. In New Jersey.

Dracula vs Frankenstein vs Midget

2010-02-05T20:59:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite schlock masters of cinema from the 70's is Al Adamson. His grand opus had a lumpy faced Frankenstein Monster, a swingin' Dracula (complete with laser ring, echo voice and porn 'stache) and the most gruesome horror of all- a bloated, drunken Lon Chaney Jr in his final film role. Oh and the midget from Freaks and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
I drew this to accompany an online article I wrote about the film. My only regret is that I didn't properly capture Dracula's smoldering eroticism. But I'm happy with the midget.

DEAD IN THE WATER concludes

2010-02-05T06:14:00.000-08:00

Read all about it!

And now, the punchline...

2010-02-03T16:08:00.000-08:00

I Mean Really

2010-02-02T16:21:00.000-08:00

Bill Watterson Gave A New Interview

2010-02-01T10:38:00.000-08:00

What the what?!

Find it via NERDS WITH KIDS.

DEAD IN THE WATER- Part 2

2010-01-31T18:57:00.000-08:00

The second installment of my latest Hardboiled Horror Tale is up and flailing.
Dive in HERE to see it all.

WHY BOTHER?

2010-01-31T10:47:00.000-08:00

Latest HARDBOILED HORROR TALE is up!

2010-01-29T10:20:00.000-08:00

The latest tale has risen from the depths.
You can read it HERE.

IF I RAN THE WORLD

2010-01-26T21:46:00.000-08:00

I submitted this to the Philadelphia City Paper's annual comics issue last year... and they rejected it. City Paper is one of Philly's free alt-weeklies, so it's not like it would have offended anyone. They just thought it sucked, I guess.
If I ran the world the newspapers would be full of unicorns and hitlers everyday.

HARDBOILED HORROR TALES

2010-01-26T21:39:00.000-08:00

The branch site for my webcomic Hardboiled Horror Tales is alive... it's alive!
Check out the Hardboiled Horror Blog