Feb 16th @ 8pm come see me, Vito Delsante and Nick Tapansky whore it up and laugh it up at the Comic Book Club with hosts Justin, Pete and Alex. The Comic Book Club is a live, weekly show about, well, comics. It’s perfectly hysterical, to be honest. So I’m a bit excited to be able to announce this very special event. Details below, but short form: Feb 16th, 8pm, @ The PIT, tickets are $5. Real details and such are below. I hope to see some of you there!

COMIC BOOK CLUB: A Live Weekly Talk Show about Comic Books

Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben

Featuring:
***Popgun Spectacular!***
w/ Adam P. Knave
Vito Delsante &
Nick Tapansky

Tuesday, February 16th @ 8:00 PM

Tickets: $5
Online: ThePIT-NYC.com
Phone: 1-800-838-3006
Questions? 212-563-7488

The Peoples Improv Theater
154 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor
Between 6th and 7th Aves.

Check out the website:
http://www.popcultureshock.com/comicbookclub

Check out the web stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/comicbookclub

The show is sponsored in part by Midtown Comics:
http://www.midtowncomics.com

Check out the podcast on iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=273148505

No, you know, I was gonna write this whole post about bee anus, but then I realized I have something far more important to talk about this morning. Though as an aside, do you think bee anuses are behind the stinger? Wouldn’t that suck? Like shitting around a reverse funnel! POOR BEES! No wonder they’re always so mad.

Oh, wait, right, something else!

Juliana Finch. Who? All right, look. Years ago I mentioned Rachael Sage and a bunch of you became fans. Then I revealed the magic that was S.J. Tucker to many of you, and look how that turned out! So trust me when I say that you want to start listening to Juliana Finch now. Because she is, frankly, awesome.

And even more awesome? You can pre-order her new double album online for only 9 bucks. Yes, seriously. Two CDs for 9 bucks.

blossoms/apples promises to be the best thing she’s done yet. And she’s done some great stuff. You can go to her site write. play. repeat. and listen to some of her stuff now. And then go pre-order the new one because – let me make this clear – double album, 9 bucks.

Now to be fair there is no set date for this album. She is doing pre-orders like this to raise the money needed to record it. So yeah, you’re helping small rock. Fuck, I love small rock! So you’ll join her mailing list and pre-order the thing and help small rock and indie music and be awesome!

I mean … lookit that girl. Do you want to make her cry?

You can also, of course, hear samples and buy her back catalog materials at her site, which is, once more with feeling: write. play. repeat.

So you’re going to do this for me. At the very least you’re going to go and listen and consider it. You know why? Because you’re all awesome people who give half a fuck that music needs to be owned and operated by the people making it, because you know that small rock … rocks, and because you can.

Thanks.

I never really do this, but I will warn you it will happen again in a few months.

I actively want your help to spread the word about stuff. I am writing two ongoing webcomics. Seriously, every single day of the work week you can read a new comic, in some form, written by me.

The first is Legend of the Burrito Blade which updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Legend of the Burrito Blade is an epic fantasy story set in modern-day New York. It is also the story of how mythology affects us and how we effect mythology. It is also the story of how we choose sides and what those sides mean. And, you know, it has food based weaponry and silliness and action and humor and everything else you might expect. We are nearing the end of Chapter One this week (only a few weeks to go) and things are building. This story is oddly dear to my heart, because how often to you get to do a grand action comic featuring swords with burritos on the end?

Not often, my friend.

The other webcomic is Things Wrong With Me and it updates every Tuesday and Thursday. It’s a strange beast. Well not for readers here, I suppose. For folks here it is Talking Heads, done somewhere else with original characters. Of course, they also have expressions. Fancy! Things Wrong With Me is all about six friends who sit around, like we all do, and talk about life, and the strangeness that falls out of our heads.

And here’s where the asking comes in. The more readers each comic gets the more able I am to do them, as advertising on the sites will begin soon. Also more people reading means more chances for them to tell other people and so on. And then the more chances to do merchandising, which might sound base and money-grubbing but I promise it is stuff you will like. Well, no, I don’t promise that but I strongly think it is true.

But readers are what make all of this happen.

I am not asking for your money, though. All I am asking is that you give each comic a chance yourself and, if you enjoy them, you tell all your friends, more than once even, and link to the sites and help me drum up readers.

To help I give you tools!

How to read Legend of the Burrito Blade:

• At its website: http://www.burritoblade.com
• Via RSS: http://www.burritoblade.com/feed
• Via LiveJournal: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/burritoblade

You can also use these icons on various blogs and such:

You can also use these small ads:

How to read Things Wrong With Me:

• At its website: http://www.thingswrongwithme.com
• Via RSS: http://www.thingswrongwithme.com/feed
• Via LiveJournal: http://thingswrong.livejournal.com/profile

You can also use these icons on various blogs and such:

I do ask that if you use the heads … you do not make fake episodes. Please? Seriously, actually, I would consider that a personal favor. And don’t use them to comment on the site itself, mmkay? Just oddly rude, really. But use ‘em! Enjoy ‘em!

Also here is a small banner you can use:

So yeah, I am asking you to actively go and pimp stuff with and for me. If you don’t want to I won’t hold it against you. If you decide to, I will appreciate it. Also let me know how else I can help you pimp stuff, if you want. Seriously. Do you think an image of X size that was kinda like Y would help your readers? An icon of whatever? Tell me and I will try to make it happen.

I am also more than willing to do a mini blog tour about both comics: Interviews, writing things for your blogs and whatever else you want, to help promote these.

So, if you could, if you are so inclined – help a brother out.

Thank you! Either way, truly, thank you.

A few things for you to look at and possibly buy if you are so inclined!

First up is Ravens in the Library: Magic in the Bard’s Name, which is the benefit anthology to help out S.J. Tucker. This collection will not be in stores and is only available through that link. It has stories by Storm Constantine, Neil Gaiman, Terri Windling, de Lint … and lots more. Follow the link to see a bunch about it.

Then we have Wind Tunnel Dreams. A chapbook produced by Shira Lipkin, collecting all of her Wind Tunnel Dreams peices in one printed place. Which is quite awesome. Affordable and concise it is a great introduction to her work.

Finally today is the release date for Palimpsest, Catherynne Valente’s newest novel of magic, cities, trains, tattoos … it’s an odd and beautifully written book.

So there you go! Stuff to read, if you are so inclined! Enjoy!