HollywoodJesus Reviews Prodigal Sons
Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under Reviews, Comics, The Damned
Here’s a nice review of The Damned: Prodigal Sons from one of the more interesting and engaging review sites I’ve come across.
iFanboy Video Interview
Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under Interviews, Comics, The Damned
During San Diego Comic Con, the fellas from iFanboy stopped by the Oni Press booth and interviewed Brian and me about The Damned. Check it out here if you get a chance.
More From The Hollows
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under The Hollows, Comics
When Jeremy shared this piece of concept art with me, a couple of scenes for The Hollows popped fully-formed into my head. When I was a kid, my parents collected antiques. They had a wicked-looking scythe–just like the one Cole is holding here–hanging above the door between the family room and kitchen. I was always terrified that the thing would come loose from the nails pinning it to the wall, and it would swing down and lop my precious noggin off. Whenever I start writing a comic, I put a lot of thought into where a chainsaw will fit into the story. But, really, who needs a chainsaw when you’ve got a kickass scythe?
Delving Into The Hollows
Posted on July 30, 2008 - Filed Under The Hollows, News, Comics
During the Oni Press panel at Comic Con, Jeremy Haun and I announced our upcoming horror graphic novel.
Set in the Missouri Ozarks town of Black Oak, The Hollows is a tale of cosmic, Lovecraftian horror. Cole Harper, a struggling artist, returns to his boyhood home after almost thirty years to find that everything has changed for the much, much worse. As the sinister force infecting the secluded town begins to spread, Cole is thrown headlong into a web of terror threatening to destroy his body … his mind … and his world.
I’m writing, while the talented Mr. Haun will be handling the artwork.
Many people in the horror industry will say it’s impossible to produce a truly frightening horror comic (I’m looking at you, Nate Southard). With this comic, we’re setting out to disprove this notion. Not only are we doing everything in our power to make this book scary … We want it to be the most frightening comic in the last 15 years. This is going to be a massive, bloody, balls-to-the-wall frightfest, and I couldn’t be more excited about writing it.
The Hollows will be published in 2009. In the meantime, I’ll be posting art, snippets of script, behind the scenes commentary, and other related material as we work on bringing this thing to life.
Stay tuned.
Gotta Love The Third Paragraph!
Posted on July 23, 2008 - Filed Under The Written Word, Reviews
Horrorview posted a review of Like a Chinese Tattoo, and they had some nice things to say about my work.
Bunn does an amazing job of flushing out the most horrific and demonic entities through the characters’ own emotional perspective. Each lead character is deeply anchored to his surroundings, and Bunn takes readers into the very lives of these troubled folks. Once the reader is truly in synch with the characters, the author chooses from his arsenal of gore and terror. The characters, and the readers right along with them, can only hope to survive.
But that was all just gravy compared to the third paragraph in the review, which is about as much as a writer could ever dream someone might say …
Give it a read here.
See You At Comic-Con!
Posted on July 23, 2008 - Filed Under Events
Over the next few days, I’ll be at Comic-Con in beautiful San Diego. I’ll be signing at the Oni Press booth at the following times:
Thursday
1:30 - 2:50
4:30 - 5:50
Friday
12:00 - 1:20
4:30 -5:50
Saturday
1:30 - 2:50
Sunday
12:00 - 1:20
Stop by and say hello!
The Verlochin Equation
Posted on June 6, 2008 - Filed Under Interviews, The Damned
Ever wonder how I came up with the Verlochin, the creepiest of the demon clans in The Damned? It was a simple matter of a mathematical formula, as I describe in a recent interview with Jennifer Contino of Pulse. Give it a read here.
Around Comics Episode 186
Posted on June 4, 2008 - Filed Under Interviews, Comics, The Damned
I sat down with the crew from the Around Comics podcast a couple of days ago to chat about The Damned. While I can’t bear to listen to myself, you can listen to the show and judge the degree to which I (a) sound like an idiot, (b) fake my way through the interview, (c) allow my North Carolina accent to butcher my pronunciation of key words,(d) shuffle through papers for crucial information, or (e) prove that I’m more of a genius than anyone would have guessed by the looks of me. Give it a listen here.
Baker’s Dozen Interview
Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Interviews, Comics, The Damned
Brian and I sat down with Revolution SF to talk about The Damned, demons, reality, and the current market for souls on eBay.
It’s been said the in order to get anything published, you must sell your soul. How much of Eddie comes from your personal and professional life experiences?
Brian Hurtt: The process of doing this comic has been entirely painless. We have a great relationship with Oni (I’d done several projects with them prior to this) and when they said yes to the pitch they more or less cut us loose on the book. Their input has been minimal and always put forth as questions rather than edicts. The Oni philosophy has always been to hire the creators they like and trust and then let them do what they do. It’s a great way to work.
Eddie is a bitter, tired, and pessimistic soul. He’s entirely based on Cullen.
Cullen Bunn: I tried to sell Brian’s soul on eBay, but the highest bidder failed to pay. I didn’t get a single bite on it when posted to Craigslist, either. I finally gave his soul away on Freecycle so it wouldn’t clutter my garage.
Working on The Damned seems a bit surreal, because it has been so easy, and I’m grateful every day for the experience. Brian and Oni Press are great to work with. My only fear is that I’ve been spoiled by how well this has gone. I can only hope that all the other projects I work on will be as rewarding.
Read the entire interview here.
Anatomy Lesson
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under Comics, The Damned
Rescued By Nerds has posted a behind-the-scenes look at The Damned: Prodigal Sons #2. You can find the article here.
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