In “Sean on dead tree” news, the latest issue of Maxim–boasting two different covers featuring swimsuit models Jamie Gunns and Sarah Mutch, and I swear I didn’t make those names up–features a piece I did on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series. It explains the basic premise and plugs mainly the upcoming fifth volume Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe but also the currently-gathering-steam Edgar Wright film adaptation Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I hope you like it.
Meanwhile, issues of Marvel’s comic-book adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand continue to feature the pieces I’ve done on the book for Marvel.com, so be on the lookout for those, too.
Also, I’m a constant contributor to ToyFare magazine’s long-running, Robot Chicken-inspiring action-figure parody strip Twisted ToyFare Theater, as well as the occasional random gag or cool-thing plug. I have the vague impression that TTT has a reputation for just being “toys with word balloons spouting dick jokes”–heck, that’s what I myself believed. Then I read it and it turned out to be very, very sharp and funny, which I thought long before I had anything to do with it. I’ll be on a panel discussing the strip on the Saturday schedule for New York Comic Con–hope to see you there.
Finally, I still don’t have a copy of The Comics Journal #295, featuring my cover-story career-spanning interview with Brian K. Vaughan, but I’m told by reliable sources that it’s out there in a lot of places. Let me know what you think!
Ironically, I think we would be WAY more popular if we were just toys spouting dick jokes. But screw it – these may be the only comics I ever get to write, and I want ’em to be good, dammit!