There's a new interview with me up at Comic Book Resources discussing my upcoming THE JOKER'S ASYLUM: SCARECROW. The book drops on July 23rd.

Check it out, won't you?

An afternoon swing by Ain't It Cool News delivered terrible news. Stan Winston is dead and that's just horrible.

I had a chance to tour Stan's creature shop during and after their work re-designing the Tooth Fairy on DARKNESS FALLS. I've been on many movie sets and to every sort of fan convention imaginable. I've been to Disney World and Six Flags, World Series clinchers and ticker tape parades. But I don't think I've ever seen anything cooler than Stan Winston's creature shop, up close and personal.

I only got to meet Stan a couple of times, but they each had that sort of charge I can only associate with the times I've met Bill Clinton and Stan Lee. A fucking giant of his profession and an old school movie maker and innovator.

My thoughts are with his friends and family.

Check out Stan Winston's IMDB profile for a list of his many startling and visionary achievements.

Too damn funny. Now I understand the pathology.

I have my father to thank for a love of horror movies. We were the first house in the neighborhood to have a vcr (Betamax or otherwise) and I was fortunate to have parents who not only brought home all the great movies we remember so well... the FRIDAY THE 13TH series, HALLOWEEN, Larry Cohen's movies, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE!, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, PHANTASM and on and on and on... but who also watched these films, loved them, and seemed to have no real concern over letting my siblings and I watch them over and over and over again.

In honor of Father's Day, my assembled family just watched the opening chapter of Stephen King and George Romero's CREEPSHOW together.

God, I loved this stuff when I was a kid. Over and over, I wore that VHS tape down...

Editrix Heidi MacDonald unveiled the upcoming THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY Volume 2 on her comics news blog, The Beat on Thursday. Good, excited hype for this book. We're all very proud of the work and look forward to its release this fall.

Damn good ad that'll be airing soon on television from John Cusack (always a fan, John) and MoveOn.Org

Just a quick update to apologize for lack of postings. I've been underground, deep in the bunker, writing. 2008 has been a very transitional and busy year and I'm going to be announcing a slew of new projects as the summer gets going, including creator-owned comics and graphic novels, new super-hero books at a major publisher and more.

But first I have to finish writing. Always with the needing to finish writing, this one.

I'm going back under. Stay tuned.