25 September '08

Eclectica Redux, Penny Blood, and some Broadsides

Three items of note: my long-suffering travel essay Buffalo, Redux will be in the October edition of Eclectica. My film essay on the works of horror icon John Carpenter makes its way to Penny Blood Magazine just in time for Halloween, and the limited edition Jack the Bastard broadsides have been completed.

What's a broadside? It's a piece of original art usually reserved for advertisements, and in this case I've applied it to Jack the Bastard, had it signed and numbered by the artist (the hyper-talented Tyler Edlin), and made it available for pre-ordering. I'll be shipping 100 of them with the first edition of Jack. The broadsides are printed on hardy matte paper, and are definitely suitable for framing. So far we have two illustrations, and we may add more. A low-res sample:

That pretty lady is Soledad Santanillo, one of the major characters in Jack. And yes, she knows how to use that sword.