Literary Laff Riot Set Free
Mark Slutsky is an old friend and longtime collaborator — we’ve written screenplays together and he’s acted in shorts of mine — and his studio, Automatic Vaudeville, has recently released a hilarious...
View ArticleExpozine Exposes the Antisocial Homosocial
Revolver #2, which consists of an excerpt of Salgood Sam and my upcoming graphic novel Therefore Repent!, has been nominated for the Expozine Alternative Press Award for best comic. It’s an offshoot of...
View ArticleHow to Become a Famous Writer
I’ve always prided myself on the fact that the DIY publishing articles on this site have a certain lack of, shall we say, bullshit. And normally, a book called How to Become a Famous Writer Before...
View ArticleHow to Enjoy Conventions
Just coming down from the high of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival where we not only found an excited audience for our new graphic novel (we sold 90 copies in two days!) but I got to sit beside my...
View ArticleOur New Twenty Year Collaborative Project
Although we’ve been prepping for it for the better part of a year, Susan and I began the project in earnest a week ago today: her name is Sidney Amelia Bustos Munroe, and she weighed in at 7 pounds, 14...
View ArticleFree Artsy Games Released
The second round of the Artsy Games Incubator went terrific: all five of us ended up with videogames you can download and play: check out Mouse Police, Bungee Fisher, Cupcake Challenge, Albacross, and...
View ArticleRoundsdoctors and Hexslingers
Two recent book trades that I felt I got the better deal of — A Dream on Two Wheels and A Book of Tongues. Wheels is a smart and whimsical cyclist alternate reality written by Sarah A. Chrisman, who...
View ArticleDavid Malki ! and Ryan North Interview
I’ve recently been inspired by the amazing long-form interview WTF podcast to revive the Inspiring Creators Series here on No Media Kings. The thing I love about Mark Maron’s style is that he is the...
View ArticleThe Lo-fi Sci-fi Salons
I’m involved with the new Lo-fi Sci-fi 48 Hour Film Challenge that’s happening at the end of August. In my role as Creative Director I’ve programmed four Lo-fi Sci-fi Salons in the run-up to the...
View ArticleKirby is a Remix
Back when I knew him in Toronto, Kirby Ferguson was making dirty comedy shorts and directing a segment of my sci-fi flick Infest Wisely. Five years later, he’s doing Ted talks and raising 50K+ for his...
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