We are pleased to announce the second of two RBMS 2016 exclusive catalogs. We made an extremely small print edition to distribute at RBMS [inquire!!!] There will be a pdf. available on the Lux Mentis website, but are excited to debut it as a flip catalog [N.B. there is a FullScreen button in the navbar and a .pdf download option].
Contact us with questions or find us at RBMS at the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables. #rbms16
We are pleased to announce the first of two RBMS 2016 exclusive catalogs. We made an extremely small print edition to distribute at RBMS [inquire!!!] There will be a pdf. available on the Lux Mentis website, but are excited to debut it as a flip catalog [N.B. there is a FullScreen button in the navbar and a .pdf download option].
Contact us with questions or find us at RBMS at the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables. #rbms16
Ulises Fariñas showcases beautiful designs inspired by hit shows like POWER RANGERS and ULTRAMAN!
Two young girls mourning the death of their father go on a mystical exodus in CLOUDIA & REX.
Yesterday, the Comics Beat broke the news that writer Ulises Fariñas had partnered with Magnetic Press to start Buño, a brand new comics publishing imprint that aims to bring beautiful books from diverse creators to audiences around the world. The first of those books is Light, a word-less graphic novel written and illustrated by Rob Cham. […]
"We’re going to publish comics that are fresh and unexpected. We are going to make the kind of books you can make when you have 100% creative freedom.”
INVINCIBLE Volume 2, AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, and more make their way to ComiXology Unlimited.
Last year, Batman artist Greg Capullo announced he’d be leaving the series to work on a new project with Kick-Ass co-creator Mark Millar. Yesterday, the star duo revealed the fruits of their labor. Reborn is a six-issue limited series that will begin this October. It follows 80-year old Bonnie Black, who ends up in a fantasy world after […]
Coral Gables,FL-Venetian Pool-Linen
About a month away before Lux Mentis ventures to Coral Gables, FL for Rare Books and Manuscripts Section/ACRL Conference 2016! Lux Mentis is sponsoring a seminar:
Stay tuned for exciting catalogs furthering our manifesto of vice and debauchery and if you are lucky, a print version (while supplies last!).
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Fried Pie Comics, a line dedicated to producing special variant covers for comic books, has been making a splash since it debuted in October 2015. They’ve produced collectible versions of huge titles titles including Dark Knight III #1 and Rick and Morty #14. Now, they’re hosting their first convention. Fried Pie Con will take place in Kennesaw, […]
Artists of the realm, prepare to take up your swords and pencils once more! I
The plan was simple: steal chicken eggs, "raise the chicks, scare them, and eat them. But things don't go exactly as he planned..."
Today, Valiant announced seven new series at their annual #ValiantSummit.
DC Universe announced today they've accepted an "R" rating from the MPAA for the upcoming animated release Batman: The Killing Joke.
Come on, you know how the story goes. You put on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. You cue up The Wizard of Oz. To your amazement, they match up, just like the forum post said they would! If that’s true, maybe there really was more to Kurt Cobain’s death. Or John Lennon’s. Indeed, maybe there […]
This afternoon, I will be flying to Los Angeles for the annual
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference. Here's my schedule of events, in case you're in the area and want to say hello...
- Thursday, 3/31: Black Lawrence Press reading and party at CB1 Gallery, 7pm
- Friday, 4/1: Signing at Black Lawrence Press booth (#1526), 1-2pm
- Saturday, 4/2: signing at the GLBTQ Caucus Hospitality Booth (#633), 12-12.30pm
And of course I'll be wandering around the conference and spending lots of time at the book fair.
Launched in 2014, Magnetic Press quickly made its presence known in the comic book industry thanks to its diverse line of narrative innovative and visually powerful stories. This summer, the company plans to add four new titles to its lineup, including a third installment in its popular series of wildlife graphic novels, Love. From fans of Her to fans of The […]
Your princess may be in another castle, but you'll leave your heart in this one when you see Leila's gorgeous work...
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Talk about some stunning Friday night news! At ComicsPRO tonight, Image Comics announced that they would be partnering up with Diamond to launch Image+, a monthly magazine that will ship with the long running PREVIEWS catalog. Clocking in at 64 pages each month, each of the first 12 issues of the magazine will feature four […]
Posting here is likely to continue to be sparse for a while, aside from occasional announcement-type notes such as this one. I'm preparing for Ph.D. qualifying exams and anything not related to that and/or to the impending release of
Blood: Stories has been cut from my waking hours since this summer.
Blood: Stories has an official release date of February 20. It is at the printer now as I write this, and can be ordered not only from the publisher, but also from
Amazon (U.S.),
Barnes & Noble, and
Small Press Distribution. (It hasn't hit Book Depository yet, but when/if it does, I'll post a link, as that's often the least expensive way to order internationally.) There will be an e-book version eventually, but not until this summer at the earliest. BLP also has
a new subscription series for their books, which has various options, all of which are less expensive than buying the books individually.
I'll be in New York City this coming weekend
to read at the Sunday Salon series on February 21 at Jimmy's No. 43 (43 E. 7th St.) at 7pm alongside Alison Kinney, Thaddeus Rutkowski, and Terese Svoboda. If you're in the area, stop by!
Various other events are coming up, too. I'll mention them here, but you can also keep up with things via
Twitter, my
newsletter, and/or
the book's Facebook page.
Speaking of books, Eric Schaller's debut story collection,
Meet Me in the Middle of the Air, has now been released by Undertow Publications (and is available as both a bookbook and an e-book at the usual outlets). It's a marvelous concatenation of stories of horror, dark fantasy, and general weirdness. Some are disturbing, some are amusing, some are both. It's a really smart, entertaining book. I'm especially pleased it's coming out now, near to the release of my own collection, because Eric has been my erstwhile partner in a number of crimes, including
The Revelator (a new issue of which is impending. Even more than its been impending before). Eric hasn't always gotten the credit he deserves as fiction writer because he only publishes stories now and then, and often in somewhat esoteric places, so it's a real pleasure and even a (dare I say it?)
revelation to have a whole book of his work and to get to see the range and complexity of his writing.
Finally, in terms of new work, I have exciting news (well, exciting to me) -- my story "Mass" will appear in the next print issue (issue 66) of
Conjunctions. It's a tale of academia, mass shootings, and theoretical physics. Having it published by
Conjunctions is almost as exciting for me as having a book out, because
Conjunctions is my favorite literary journal, the place where the aesthetic feels most convivial to my own, and I've been submitting to it for almost 20 years. I've had stories on the website twice (
"The Art of Comedy" and
"The Last Vanishing Man"), and numerous stories that came close, but were not quite right for the theme of the issue or didn't quite fit with other material or just weren't quite to the editors' tastes. Getting into the pages of
Conjunctions means more to me than getting into
The New Yorker or any other magazine would (although I'd love the
New Yorker paycheck!).
I think that's it for news. Thanks for reading, and thanks for bearing with me!
From First Second Books comes a new series about a young girl and her artistic alter ego!
This year we're opening person of the year voting to everyone!
We're going to get hurt really, really badly on January 19th.
Marvel has been eager to promote Gwenpool, their newest mishmash of two established characters. Thankfully, the publisher has been careful to not overuse her right out of the gate, testing her potential in a few Howard the Duck backups and a fun Holiday special. However, the kid gloves came off today as Marvel officially announced The Unbelieveable Gwenpool. The series will […]
Take flight with DC's new Supergirl Digital Comic, coming early next year!
These Buno books are lookin’ pretty good. Great color work on this one. I might just have to meander on over and pre-order this.