There's some Weird Work happening in comic stores tomorrow...
Welcome back to Burnt Barn Business.
The place is really blazing this week as the first issue of my and Shaky Kane’s Weird Work series hits stores tomorrow.
If you haven’t got a copy put aside for you it would be wise to get to your comic store sharpish to ensure you get the cover you want. Here are the four beauties all together.
On top of the constantly pushing Weird Work I also handed in the final issue script to my editor for a yet to be announced series last week as well as everything going over to our new publisher for issues one of another book we recently signed the contracts for.
I know I’m always teasing things soon to be announced but I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to share something on at least one of these very soon.
WHAT ELSE…
Since getting back to Spain I’ve been doing a lot of reading and watching.
I finally got to Last Night in Soho, which I’d been meaning to get to for a while. I thought it was really great. A bit of a departure for Edgar Wright but still displaying all his flair and visual inventiveness. The performances were top notch as well and I found it quite an emotional experience.
Saying that I also got emotional last night watching the Sweet Tooth season 1 recap, so maybe I’m just having a moment.
I also made a couple of cinema trips to see Asteroid City and the new Indy movie. Neither were up there with the best of either Wes Anderson or Indy for me, but I enjoyed them both. AC was of course beautiful, maybe the most beautiful of any Anderson movie, but a little light on story for me personally to put it up there with my favourites of his. Dial of Destiny was certainly an improvement on the previous instalment and a better way to say goodbye to one of the all time great cinematic characters in my book.
Finally on the watched list was Triangle of Sadness, the most original and, for me, best of the whole lot. I wouldn’t want to spoil any of this unusual film but if you like a movie that is a little challenging but still very funny and entertaining I would recommend giving it a spin.
Reading wise I tore through a whole bunch of comics whilst home in England.
I read to the two latest Brubaker & Phillips Reckless books. I never don’t enjoy a collaboration from these two modern masters, however I had found myself finishing a couple of the previous volumes with a feeling of, “Is that it?” where I just wanted to go a bit deeper into the story. However, these two recent additions were both great and probably my favourites since the first one.
I also got done with the second William Goldman book, Which Lie Did I Tell? Which I loved just as much as his first book. I think all writers should give Goldman’s books about screenwriting a read as they are full of great advice, and for anyone that loves the movies they are also packed with great Hollywood anecdotes that are equal parts hilarious and exasperating.
Finally, I read William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist - a real “can’t put this down” of a book, which I found engrossing despite how closely it sticks to the film, which I’ve seen multiple times, for the most part. It is full of great characters, interesting ideas and very tense moments. A great read.
I’m now onto the sequel, Legion, and to be honest I’m not enjoying it half as much (made obvious by the fact I’ve been reading it for a week and am still only 100 pages in). The one part of the previous novel I was less keen on was Detective Kinderman and his rambling pontifications and well…that seems to be the majority of the sequel as all the characters I enjoyed the company are gone and we’re left with the rambling detective who just tends to irritate me. I shall persist though as I am made of strong stuff.
That’s it for me.
I’ll be back soon with more Burnt Barn Business.
Stay safe out there!