Purveyor of sheer awesomeness.
Joshua Hale Fialkov is the Harvey, Eisner, and Emmy Award nominated writer of graphic novels, animation, video games, film, and television, including:
THE LIFE AFTER, THE BUNKER, PUNKS, ELK'S RUN, TUMOR, ECHOES, KING, PACIFIC RIM, THE ULTIMATES, I, VAMPIRE, and JEFF STEINBERG CHAMPION OF EARTH. He's also written television including MAX’s YOUNG JUSTICE, NBC's CHICAGO MED and NETFLIX’s AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.
to San Jose for this weekend's Silicon. I'll be there, as will the ever charming Todd Farmer, and Dan Wickline, plus a slew of fancy schmancy Hollywood type people. Seems like it's going to be a great time, and I hope some of y'all stop by. Here's their site for more info: http://www.siliconventions.com/silicon/
Hey Gang,This week sees the release of Cyblade: Pilot Season #1. The book has art by Rick Mays, and is a complete reinvention of the character. It's also a part of a competition to get me a job writing an ongoing. I'm competing against some really great talent, so please do your part to help me trounce them. It'll be available at finer comic retailers tomorrow. More information on that here: http://www.topcow.com
Also, I'll be appearing with my Punks co-hort Kody tomorrow on Fanboy Radio to discuss Punks and whatever else we have coming down the pipe, so please, take the hour to listen to it live (and maybe even call in, if you can... I'm not sure) here at: http://www.fanboyradio.com . Also, you can grab onto a podcast version of the interview shortly thereafter. Coincidentally, the Punks store with T-Shirts, the limited edition version of the Summer Special, etc. should be live in the next day or two. That's here: http://www.punksthecomic.com
And finally, don't forget about a week from Saturday when I'll be hosting The Future of Graphic Literature at the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library in Downtown, Los Angeles. The panel will feature Mark Waid, Kazu Kibuishi, Ross Richie, Christos Gage, Tony Fleecs, and myself. There'll be a small meet and greet right afterwards. It's being held on Saturday September 29th at 2pm, more information here: http://events.lapl.org/viewEven
Thanks for reading, and hope y'all check out my wares,
j.
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No booth this year, but, I have quite a few appearances scheduled. They are, thus far, as follows. Thursday July 26th
Friday July 27th
Saturday July 28th
There's also the following two panels where stuff I've worked on will be discussed, and who knows, I might even show up.
Come see me talk about Postcards and Elk's Run at Comic Con on Thursday. I might even be wearing a new cowboy shirt. There's also signings at their booth all weekend. I'll let you know when shortly.
5:00-6:00 Random House: Flight/Postcards�Meet some of the most creative minds in graphic novels today, including Joshua Hale Fialkov (Elk�s Run), Kazu Kibuishi (Flight), Mike Knapp (Out of Picture), Vincent Nguyen (Out of Picture), Jason Rodriguez (Postcards: True Stories That Never Happened), as well as Villard editors Chris Schluep and Dallas Middaugh. Villard, an imprint that has positioned itself on the leading edge of popular culture, is quickly expanding its graphic novel offering with critically acclaimed anthologies and original content. Join these creators for a Q&A session and also hear the latest news from Villard. Room 10
Elk's Run Los Angeles Release Party,
originally uploaded by Joshua Hale Fialkov.
Hey Gang,
Just wanted to drop y'all an early word about the impending release of Elk's Run, and the party to celebrate! With the aid of the good folks over at CBR.com and our devoted publisher Villard, the good folks at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood, are helping us celebrate in style. There'll be food, alcohol, music, and best of all, the COMPLETE ELK'S RUN! I hope all of you can attend, and ask you to please forward this around and help us get the word out about the party. We're going to send out a Press Release about the party soon, but, I figured the extra warning would be worth it.
Keep an eye on www.meltcomics.com for more info as it becomes available.See you in a few weeks!
j.
The exclusive ashcan, hand numbered by Kody and I sold out this weekend at Wizard World Los Angeles. So, y'know, sucks to be you who did not get a copy.
If you did get a copy though, come by the myspace group and tell us what you think.
Thanks for makin' WWLA a big success for the boys in the band.
j.
So, if you're coming to the show today, come by and pick it up. The shows been fun. More to come later.
PRESS RELEASE###
PUNKS INVADE WIZARD WORLD LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, CA -- PUNKS THE COMIC makes it's world debut at this weekend's Wizard World Los Angeles! The long-in-development/soon-to-be
-released DaDa-inspired Sitcomic will make a debut with an exclusive Wizard World Los Angeles Ashcan Preview. The twelve page comic features the first third of the story to be unleashed in July's PUNKS THE COMIC SUMMER SPECIAL from Digital Webbing. Along with the exclusive comic, there will be PUNKS THE T-SHIRTs, and PUNKS THE ART PRINTs, as well as the debut of PUNKS THE PINs, hand made buttons featuring PUNKS THE CHARACTERS. In addition, you can meet the creators of PUNKS, Kody (30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales) Chamberlain & Joshua Hale (Elk's Run) Fialkov who will be showing off their upcoming projects. Early galleys of Fialkov's Elk's Run and Vampirella Quarterly, as well as Chamberlain's work on Boom Studio's Tag and his convention exclusive Sketchbooks will be on display. Chamberlain will also be doing commissions all weekend long.
You can come by and join the revolution (or at least buy your way into it) from Artist Alley Table 2202.
Visit us online for more information at http://www.punksthecomic.com.
I'll be hanging out at the show, and probably using Artist Alley Table 2202 as home base. Kody'll be set up with some new show exclusive PUNKS stuff, and I'll have a preview copy of the Elk's Run TPB with me as well. So, come by. Say hi.
Borrow Elk's Run and read it for free.
A little birdy told me that there's a HUGE amount of Elk's Run stuff at the Random House/Del Rey/Villard booth in New York Comic-Con including, GASP!, advances of the book. Go and check them out, and send pictures to me.
I'm going to be attending the 2007 Silicon Con up in San Jose. The release is below. Check out their site at SiliCon 2007: Guest Announcement: Josh Fialkov!
SiliCon 2007: Guest Announcement: Josh Fialkov! Harvey Award Nominee for Best New Talent and Best Writer Joshua Hale Fialkov has agreed to come and be our guest for SiliCon 2007! He is the creator of the hit indie anthology Western Tales of Terror, as well as the Critically Acclaimed Graphic Novel Elk's Run from Villard Books, and the underground sensation Punks: The Comic. His comic work has appeared in books for Boom Studios and IDW Publishing, with upcoming work from Harris Comics, Marvel Comics, and more. His latest work, Vampirella Quarterly was just released (go order it on Previews!) He was raised in Pittsburgh, and currently enjoys a writer’s life in Los Angeles. Josh is a great guy and was quick to agree to come and be our guest at SiliCon 2007. Being diabetic himself, he appreciates the charity we support, the Diabetes Society. It will be interesting to hear Josh's perspective on dealing with diabetes in the fast paced world of entertainment. Phantom Power Comics and "I Read Comics" just posted their latest podcasts (including some announcements for SiliCon!), go check them out!
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Ah, Lincoln. Baltimore Comic-Con and D.C. fun.
Click the image to see 'em.
Was great. Most fun I've had at a show in a long time. Been running around playing catch up since the show, so I'll post photos and stuff when I get home tonight. Cheers mateys.
FallCon 2006 Exclusive Interview courtesy of PopThought.com's Alex Ness
Just busier than hell. Work is pretty all consuming, with a couple of deadlines fast approaching. Got some cool stuff going on, most of which I can't really talk about. Also, I'll be attending Fall Con this weekend in Minnesota. I no longer own a coat, so I don't know how that's going to all go, but come by if you're going to be there and say "Howdy."
Make sure to come by and see Jason and I this weekend at the Baltimore Comic-Con. We're somewhere in Artist Alley, and will need all of your fingers crossed for the Harvey Awards.See you in Baltimore!
Gary Dauberman featured there explaining Mark Wheaton's crotch. Click the picture for the photoset.
I keep meaning to take pictures but I'm forgetful. Have some pictures from tonight's Random House Panel up by morning, in theory. Things are well, if you're reading this, and at the con, don't forget my panel tonight at 6pm. Cheers.