Modern Tales blog

Endtown Comes to Print!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:44:00 +0000

Great news: the first two years of Aaron Neathery’s strip Endtown will be out in print next year from Jarlidium Press. Preorders are planned to start in March 2012. Mark your calendars!

Cold Iron Badge Ends

Shaenon K. Garrity — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:12:02 +0000

Book One of Cold Iron Badge, Stephen Geigen-Miller and Patrick Heinicke, ends today. It’s been awesome to watch Stephen and Patrick work their magic and see this fairy-tale police procedural reach its ending.

“We’ve really enjoyed being part of Modern Tales,” writes Stephen, “and we look forward to continuing as part of the family when we’re back with Cold Iron Badge Book 2.”

As do I. Good luck, guys!

You can start reading Cold Iron Badge from the beginning here.

Gingerbread Houses Ends

Shaenon K. Garrity — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:58:53 +0000

Congratulations to Alexander Danner and Edward J. Grug III for finishing Gingerbread Houses, their retelling of the story of Hansel and Gretel. It’s been a great pleasure to watch this story unfold on MT. If you’d like print copies of Gingerbread Houses, not to mention a bunch of Alexander’s other comics, check out his site Picture Story Theater. Thanks, guys!

Punish the Dead Ends

Shaenon K. Garrity — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:22:51 +0000

Toby Craig’s graphic novel Punish the Dead has reached its end. Go read! The entire comic is available to Modern Tales subscribers only.

AKIS Ends, 100 Planets Begins

Shaenon K. Garrity — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:10:21 +0000

Daniel Merlin Goodbrey’s All Knowledge Is Strange has just concluded. But fear not! Today Goodbrey is launching a new weekly series, 100 Planets. Check it out!

Outside Infinity

Shaenon K. Garrity — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:17:02 +0000

I’m very pleased to announce a new addition to Modern Tales: Outside Infinity by John Barber. In John’s words, “it’s the sort-of true story of a guy who discovers the mathematical proof of the existence of black holes…while dying on of an incurable disease on the losing side of Russian front in World War I.”

John’s previous webcomic, the Flash-based superhero deconstruction Vicious Souvenirs, was part of the launch lineup on Modern Tales back in the day. After that, he worked as an editor at Marvel Comics. It’s an enormous pleasure to have him back on Modern Tales and drawing comics of his own again.

Read Outside Infinity from the beginning!

Teaching Baby Paranoia Ends

Shaenon K. Garrity — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:18:23 +0000

Well, it’s happened. Bryant Paul Johnson has posted the final installment of Teaching Baby Paranoia, his chronicle of questionable history. TBP has been part of Modern Tales from the very start, and I’ll miss it like crazy. Thanks, Bryant, for all those years of great comics, and best of luck in 2010!

Shi Long Pang Gets a Xeric!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:50:13 +0000

Congratulations to Ben Costa, who just received a Xeric self-publishing grant for Shi Long Pang. Ben plans to use the grant to publish a print edition of Volume One. Great work, Ben!

Paradigm Shift Act I Concludes!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:44:08 +0000

This is epic. Congratulations to Dirk Tiede for reaching the end of Act I of Paradigm Shift, a series that’s been part of Modern Tales from the very beginning. The print collection of the latest arc is now available for preorder–reserve a copy now!

Dirk will be taking a break to work on some other projects, but he assures us that PS will be back for Act II. In the meantime, you can read it from the beginning starting here.

Punish the Dead Returns!

Shaenon K. Garrity — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:35:08 +0000

After a hiatus, Toby Craig’s ongoing graphic novel Punish the Dead has returned to Modern Tales. New pages will appear three days a week, Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Don’t miss it!