So as I'm writing this I'm back from Honeymoon. Married my best friend and all is as it should be :) Now that of course counts as one of those BIG things in life that we look back on with joy and inspiration. A couple LITTLE things happened recently that have helped motivate me ARTISTICALLY: 1) The Most Dangerous Game Kickstarter has been funded! While I did not create this book, my participation was the cover art that James Mascia [...]

I'll see YOU at Comic-Con...next year. Yep, that's right. Another San Diego Comic-Con is upon us and for the second year in a row, I'll be missing out. Bummer. But San Diego Comic-Con is so friggin huge - Really. Friggin. Huge - that to be honest, the only way if anyone would know if you were there is to thru social media. 1) Hashtag the s*** out of your tweets. Twitter will be the driving force at the show and [...]

Seriously folks, you know it's true. It's good for you. It keeps you (or for this metaphor your career) healthy and sustained. It also gets overlooked when you get super busy. That's me right now. And though it's all good stuff: Undone Comic Book, Freelance Writing for amNew York & Inquistr.com, Sire #9...it still gets frustrating when you realize you've been awful quiet. Because at the end of the day, your fan base hasn't heard from you. And they're waiting. [...]

Hey everyone, nice to be back on the mikebooks.com blog. This one is a relative short one though. Just going to list the upcoming awesomeness I've got in store over the coming weeks: New York Comic Con: I just got back from @ny_comic_con Special Edition. A bit quiet compared to the big one come October (ok, MORE than a bit when compared to the week long celebration Reedpop has planned) but it was nice to get the convention juices flowing [...]