COMIC BOOK MAKER 2.0: OF TRAILER THINGS

Ryan McLelland checks in along his journey of bringing Philly to life, and this week, it's all about making the trailer for the web...

IT CAME FROM THE QUARTER BIN

Bill, Ted, a drunk Death, a stolen time-traveling phone booth, and Evan Dorkin. What could be better for a quarter?...

LIFE AFTER THE CAPE

Once a powerful hero, Ethan Falls now is a...nothing. What happened, and how does a hero cope after having it all? Image's After the Cape tells all...

YOUR INDY WEEKLY: SENTINELS BOOK 4

Ryan checks out the conclusion of Rich Bernatovech and Luciano Vecchio's epic story of the children of heroes, and finds that it rocks...

YOUR INDY WEEKLY: OOH PIE!

Demons, a scarecrow creature, an upbeat dad, and a possessed teddy bear. It sounds so wrong, but as Ryan finds, it's so right...

IT CAME FROM THE QUARTER BIN

Ryan digs deep and finds Robert Kirkman's Capes #2 in the two-bit box. Is it a hidden gem among the rocks? Click on in...

COMIC BOOK MAKER II: THE WIND UP AND ...

Ryan McClelland recounts how he prepped and finally pitched his upcoming Arcana miniseries, Philly, and the responses it got...

An editorial of sorts

It's a good time.

2006 wasn't the best year for my personally but it saw several big events in my life. I got to meet Joe Quesada for the first time and was thrilled to knew that he knew my work. It was great seeing him two days later when I was invited to see Kevin Smith's Clerks 2 five months before it came out in theaters (That's another story how far back Kevin and I go way back...) and when the DVD comes out it is fun to see me in the documentary and in the credits.

I covered comic shows and I took part in my first show, my second anthology issue of Wise Intelligence coming out. Sure it's my little pet project, but it was fun to see and I got to put together my college comics that will see print in about a month as the 'Chris and Vernbugg Omnibus'.

But that brings me to 2007. The release of Chris and Vernbugg. The release of Philly. The return of my Comic Book Maker column to share with everyone how the whole comic came to be and the long arduous process it actually took. Two new Uptown Girl comics that I wrote will be coming down the road and I plan on doing a new Wise Intelligence anthology should I find any artist willing to put some pen to my writing.

It feels good because I've had some great articles released over on Newsarama these past few weeks, articles that actually impacted the comic book world and told stories that if I didn't tell them, no one would ever actually know. Tales about Jim Shooter's lost Icon One comic book universe. How Howie Neodechen found himself lost as his Mr. Scootles comic was bootlegged.

Newsarama has been great to me and I know the feeling is mutual. I love writing for the largest comic book resource in the world. And it is nice to know that there are alot of readers who read It Came From The Quarter Bin, Your Indy Weekly, and many of my other articles. I find it great that other sites pick up my articles and put them on their site because I broke the news.

And I'm happy. Happy that this year Philly is coming out. Midnight Judge should see release this year. Wise Intelligence Anthology #3 and maybe I'll even find an artist interested in drawing the miniseries.

Most of all I'm just happy that anyone who reads what I write reads what I do and enjoys it. Thank you. I'll keep writing as long as you keep reading...and I love you all for it.

So this is sort of like a Merry X-mas, Happy Hannukah, Happy New Year, and all that jazz. There's alot of great stuff to come...so keep your eyes peeled. Even if you don't, I'll be sure to blab enough to make you know.

-Ryan

YOUR INDY WEEKLY: BODIES

Ryan hooks up with the digest sized Bodies v1 by Michael Murphy, and is pleasantly surprised. Click on in to find one you shouldn't miss...

COMIC BOOK MAKER 2.0: 1 - STARTING AGAIN

After chronicling his successful attempt at an indy book, Ryan McClelland is back, trying his hand at superheroes with "The Trio"

Embrace The Suck: DOA - Dead Or Alive

I've decided that every time I watch an Embrace The Suck movie (a film that is so bad that it is just GREAT - making it a great drinking game in which every time the film gets 'worse' you drink!) I'm going to post a great review of it over at IMDB.com

So the very first one is a review for the movie adaptation of videogame DOA - Dead or Alive. MY GOD WAS THIS MOVIE SO CRAPTACULARLLY FANTASTIC. Click the link to read!

PRINTING MR. SCOOTLES

All HC Noel wanted was to see his comic, Mr. Scootles, in print. What happened next is a cautionary tale for all indy comic creators...