New review of the first Saint James comic I wrote, Ex Occultus “Badge of Langavat” now online.
Check it out here.
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EX OCCULTUS: WAKEFIELD’S JOURNAL “The Wicked King” now online (and FREE)
2010
06.08
06.08
Lots of quotes in that title. Eep!
The newest story in the monthly Ex Occultus: Wakefield’s Journal series of stories is now live on the Saint James site. The synopsis:
1875. While accompanying an Antarctic expedition lead by the acerbic Admiral Wilkes, a man lusting for revenge against a mythical creature called the ningen, Wakefield and Hollander find themselves stranded on the ice, nearly done in by his obsession.
Check out the story (for FREE) right here.
All the “Seal of Solomon” reviews you could ever want…in one place!
2010
05.25
05.25
We’ve consolidated all of the reviews of the newest Ex Occultus one-shot “Seal of Solomon” over at the Saint James site so it’s easier for you, the reader, to do your thing and check them out.
The full list is here (under the image).
Interview with Cosmic Book News
2010
05.17
05.17
My Saint James partner Jesse Young and I did an interview with the comic book site Cosmic Book News – where we discussed the comic industry, our series, the nature of digital publishing and more – which you can check out here.
Enjoy.
Free comics!
2010
05.04
05.04
So, the comics I write for Saint James Comics are available to buy a variety of ways online (for mucho cheaper than what the print versions go for,just FYI), and there’s a new company called WOWIO carrying our wares that’s been making some great headway as of late with their digital comic offerings.
Anyway, the cool part: right now, thanks in part to a company called Logic, you can get 5 free comic downloads via WOWIO. Like, you literally have to do nothing. Sign up (for FREE), and pick any five comics you want. Saint James has three comics I’ve written up on WOWIO (which you can see here–two Ex Occultus comics and the first issue of Indego Blue), so, you know, if you get those three, you have two left to use on…whatever. 
Anyway, click here and look for the image on the left (which is on the bottom of the screen)…then just follow the instructions, check out the Saint James library, and you’re all set.
Woo!
‘Ex Occultus: Seal of Solomon’ reviewed by Aint It Cool News!
2010
04.07
04.07
Man, some days all your hard work really does pay off. In this case, getting a glowing review the newest Ex Occultus comic I wrote (“Seal of Solomon”) from the gang over at Aint It Cool News just makes any and all stresses melt away.
If you’re not familiar, this is one of the BIGGEST movie/comic/TV news sites on the web, so the fact they not only read and liked the comic, but featured it in their Wednesday post is just plain awesome. A bit of what the reviewer, Mr. Pasty, had to say:
What I like most about this book is how Russell slowly peels back the layers of his narrative so that as we get further into the story we begin to understand that returning the ring to its rightful (?) owner is just a small piece of this supernatural puzzle.
Yay! Check out the full review here, and, don’t make me remind you again, folks…you can get your very own copy of “Seal of Solomon” right here.
‘EX OCCULTUS: SEAL OF SOLOMON’ now on sale! Buy a copy and support a hungry artist!
2010
03.31
03.31
As you may or may not know, I write a few series of comics for Saint James Comics. I’m proud to say that the newest one-shot I wrote for the Ex Occultus series is now available for purchase. Woo!
Series overview: Ex Occultus is a globetrotting, serialized epic combining elements of Indiana Jones, H. P. Lovecraft and The X-Files as it follows the exploits of adventurer and fortune-hunter Francis Wakefield, the gruff and grizzled Englishman with a tortuous past, and his protégé, a young man only known as Hollander, as they journey through the arcane in search of treasures and fortune, righting wrongs as they go.
The first one-shot I wrote, “Badge of Langavat,” was sort of a prequel to the series, following Wakefield before he met up with, and subsequently took under his tutelage, young Hollander. It involves werewolves in Scotland and you can get your own copy right here.
“Seal of Solomon” takes place in 1874 in Sofia, Bulgaria, and finds Wakefield and Hollander tracking down a ring of supernatural origins that may or may not have demon-culling abilities (hint: it does). You can get your own copy of this one right here.
On top of all of that, if you haven’t already heard me pimp them before, there are FREE monthly Ex Occultus adventures on the Saint James website available right now. These are 8-page mini adventures that fill in the gap between full issues, drawn by a plethora of talented artists. Check them out here (again…for FREE).
Photos from I-CON 2010
2010
03.29
03.29
James Emmett (see below), artist of the Ex Occultus one-shot “Seal of Solomon” I wrote for Saint James Comics, attended I-CON this past weekend in New York. There he was invited to join nine different panels and talk about comics, film, Saint James, and “Seal of Solomon” itself.
There’s a nice little slideshow of pics over at the Saint James site, which you can check out here. There’s also a FREE 8-page preview of Ex Occultus “Seal of Solomon” right here.
Saint James interview with comic writer Cullen Bunn
2010
03.14
03.14
Just posted an interview Jesse did with Cullen Bunn on the ole’ Saint James blog. He’s the writer of the fantastic The Damned and even more fantastic The Sixth Gun.
Check out the interview here.
Upcoming comic book happenings
2010
01.17
01.17
2010 is going to be a good year for my comic book company Saint James (and me and my writing, by proxy). In 2009 we managed to put out the first issue of two of our series (Ex Occultus and Indego Blue), as well as a host of free Ex Occultus mini-adventures exclusive to our website (which you can find here). This year, though, we’re really going to shine.
It was our hope (Jesse and I) upon starting the company that we would not fade away, that we would, in fact someday become a powerhouse comic book publisher. I don’t think that’s too lofty a dream, and I know we have the ideas and the MMPH to get there, it’s just a matter of increasing our fan-base and showing the world what we can do…given the opportunity.
That being said, we will be almost tripling our current roster of for-sale comics in the coming months, which is pretty sweet. I’ve been writing my butt off, as have the other Saint James peeps, and we really are excited at what’s coming:
MINUTEMEN #1: Minute Men is the story of John Parker, a time traveling agent for a top secret government organization whose job it is to patrol key points in history to ensure that events play out they way they are supposed to. On a routine trip back to Lincoln’s assassination, he finds an old partner shot dead and robbed by what looks like a twenty-first-century weapon. As more agents are killed in action, Parker must find out who is responsible for murdering the agents before the mysterious, rogue assailant is able to alter the course of history forever.
YOUTH IS SWEET #1 (of 6): Eldon Finch was supposed to be enjoying his golden years. Instead, he is nearly gunned down by a mysterious group of men. Finch soon learns the incident is related to his distant past – that his involvement in a Cold War-era covert ops group, SPECTRUM, may have finally caught up with him some thirty years after faking his own death. Youth is Sweet is a six-issue limited series that follows sexagenarian Finch as he tries to reconnect with the surviving SPECTRUM members, men who don’t want to be found. Together they desperately try to discover why the government thinks they are so dangerous, as they stay one step ahead of a murderous new breed of Government Black Ops soldiers bent on silencing them once and for all.
EX OCCULTUS: SEAL OF SOLOMON (one-shot): 1874. Sofia, Bulgaria. Wakefield and Hollander are hired by a mysterious nobleman to track down the fabled Seal of Solomon, a ring of supernatural origin with the abilities to summon and control demons. What first appears to be a simple mission, however, soon becomes something far more deadly.
EX OCCULTUS: TOMB OF ACHILLES #1 (of 2): 1875. Island of Tenedos, Aegean Sea. Kidnapped by rival occultist Henry Salt and his band of thugs, Wakefield and Hollander are forced to scour an ancient, forgotten crypt for the fabled arrow that pierced Achilles’ heel. With menacing traps around every corner and the maniacal Salt pulling the strings, can they make it out alive?
There are also a few new series we’ll be debuting pretty soon, including a Conan-like saga called Thorn and a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max-meets-Twisted Metal series called Mother Trucker. Both are very, very cool comics.
Last but not least, what would a comic nerd be without a venue for his nerd-dom? A (tentative) list of comic cons I’ll be attending with Saint James in 2010:
- Mega Con – Orlando, FL – March 12th-14th, 2010
- C2E2 – Chicago, IL – April 16-18, 2010
- Motor City Con – Novi, MI – Dates not released yet (it was in early May in 2009)
- Heroes Con – Charlotte, NC – Dates not released (it was in June in 2009)
- NY Comic Con – NYC, NY – October 8th-10th
That’s about it. I’ll be updating more as I go, including release dates for said comics, so stay tuned for those announcements. Good times ahead! Rocknroll.
