Brian Wood

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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:24:56 -0500

funrama: Teaser art for my new webcomic COCOTTE. Coming very...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:43:47 -0500

Teaser art for my new webcomic COCOTTE. Coming very soon. Everyone’s invited. Except children.

THE MASSIVE "North Sea 1995"

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:34:20 -0500

The first of the three MASSIVE short stories hits stands today, within the pages of Dark Horse Presents #8. Some basic info:

.Dark Horse Presents #8-10 will each have a MASSIVE story, 8 pages in length, giving you background on the three main characters, as well as a bunch of world-building.

.These stories are not necessary to have read in order to pick up the main series (in June), but they will add to the overall experience.

.These three stories will be republished at some point, in some form. But not as a “zero issue” or anything like that.

.The story that’s out today, “North Sea 1995”, is about the series’ main character Callum Israel, as he was back then, a corporate soldier hired to dispatch some environmentalists occupying a rig. Then came the Draupner wave. Or one just like it. Or maybe several just like it.

.Kristian Donaldson is crazy talented. As is Dave Stewart, as is Jared K Fletcher, and my editors. A lot of times in comics, even at the big companies, editors do very little editing. Sierra Hahn, my editor on The Massive, is brutally kicking my ass with every script I turn in, challenging the way I write, the tics I have, and the crutches I lean on. She makes me defend my choices, and its making for better comics.

.The next story takes place in Sri Lanka in the 1980’s.

.The one after that in modern day Southern Ocean. But also all around the globe for the last 300 years.

.I’m all in on this series. Look for a dedicated website, a wealth of free bonus material, maybe some merch, and the best comic I’m capable of writing right now.

THE MASSIVE #1 cover, due in June. Check out the design process...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:37:16 -0500

THE MASSIVE #1 cover, due in June.

Check out the design process here: http://io9.com/5880634/

Maps for The Massive. Just arrived from eBay, a haul of...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:29:28 -0500

Maps for The Massive. Just arrived from eBay, a haul of 60’s-era Nat Geo maps. When it comes to research, I can’t ever turn down a good map.

This Weekend Is My Birthday

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:35:49 -0500

In the past I would try and rally a bunch of people to meet at some bar and I’d drink free beers all night. This year, on my 40th, I’m doing this.

If you could have ever seen yourself buying me a pint on my birthday, please think about taking that $5 or $10 and helping to build a well for people who, in horrifying numbers, die from the lack of clean water?

You would have my sincerest thanks, and I’d enjoy this gift way more than a beer.

VOLUME 08: "HEART AND MINDS" INTERVIEW

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:38:23 -0500

livefromthedmz:

“Hearts and Minds” collects issues 42 through 49, with art contributions by main series artist Riccardo Burchielli and frequent Brian Wood collaborator Ryan Kelly. The short parable entitled “No Future” runs from issue 42 to 44 and is brought to life by Kelly. While it’s a specific look at just one man’s personal account of the war, it enriches all of the incidents occurring around it in the larger tapestry. It’s a sharp reminder that war isn’t an abstract concept to be examined clinically from a distance, but it destroys actual lives, and derails the futures of the individuals it touches. It’s a disturbing portrayal of the cycle of pain, predatory indoctrination, and the hypocrisy of war. In issues 45 to 49, Burchielli partners again with Wood, returning to Parco and Matty and their attempts to stabilize their relationship with local DMZ factions and ensure the security of their provisional government. Not only does the DMZ become a nuclear armed state, but in an emotional moment, Matty issues a sloppy order that irrevocably alters the dynamic of his role, and the fallout will be dealt with in more ways than one.

Brian, is Matthew Roth actually the main character of the series or is it the DMZ itself?

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Fireside Chat w/ Brian Wood

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:02:46 -0500

Fireside Chat w/ Brian Wood:

(a long interview about Conan, The Massive, Wolverine, and my not working at DC)

Can you give any insight as to who the core cast of The Massive are?

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:50:24 -0500

That’s part of the function of the Dark Horse Presents stories, but even if you don’t read those, by the time the series launches in June I’ll have talked about the series so much you’ll be able to recite the core cast by heart.

big Conan The Barbarian preview at io9. click the image for a...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:23:37 -0500

big Conan The Barbarian preview at io9.

click the image for a bigger version.

Will there be a Volume 3 of Demo or a New York Six?

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:53:09 -0500

I don’t think so. There’s always a small chance, though, probably moreso for Demo than the other.

Northlanders #50, final issue of the series, by Massimo...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:49:35 -0500

Northlanders #50, final issue of the series, by Massimo Carnevale

Conan #3 variant cover by John Paul Leon

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:47:52 -0500

Conan #3 variant cover by John Paul Leon

Conan #3 cover by Massimo Carnevale

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:47:06 -0500

Conan #3 cover by Massimo Carnevale

The Future?

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:35:05 -0500

I do believe that 2012 will see a direct-to-digital comics series written by me and a trusted collaborator.

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Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:56:31 -0500

Scanning in pages from old issues of Channel Zero, found this...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:18:55 -0500

Scanning in pages from old issues of Channel Zero, found this promo. Very DMZ!

Food and Comics and Comics and Food

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:25:32 -0500

You may not have spied this post from Ryan Kelly, but in it he mentions a web comic he is starting called Cocotte. Which implies food. And I know for a long time now Ryan’s wanted to do a culinary comic series. Me too. But I am not writing Cocotte.

I wish him luck and good fortune. My own culinary series, called STARVE, is something of a casualty. Created for Vertigo almost two years ago, it hit too many of the same notes as that Anthony Bourdain book they got going on, and so it was ultimately not approved. Another publisher, an indie one, also passed for similar reasons. I guess there is a real glut of food comics coming. STARVE now sits in limbo. It may, probably, be heavily modified to be about water scarcity and the politics of food and serve as a sequel to THE MASSIVE. If THE MASSIVE is a success, that is.

I mourn STARVE. It was awesome. It was funny, and really OCD with detail of food prep. I did a lot of research, like Northlanders-level research. But that’s the way it goes sometimes and repurposing is all you can do.

Although these days I think about writing STARVE as it was intended, but as a tv pilot. My agent thinks its an insane concept for a story, though. Maybe she’s right.

Random end of the year thoughts. Go read Ryan’s post, its full of info.

Preview of THE MASSIVE (DHP #8)

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:57:01 -0500

I love linking to the French site Buzz Comics for these (more in link). And as DMZ comes to an end, its stylistic successor ramps up. Art by Kristian Donaldson, colors by Dave Stewart, letters by DMZ alum Jared Fletcher.

my 5yo’s kinda-insane artwork

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:53:42 -0500

my 5yo’s kinda-insane artwork