The Slush Pile

If you didn’t quite get your fill of romance last week, you’re definitely going to want to check out Strange Romance Volume 3. I have an 8-pg short in it called, “The Time We Spend Together,” drawn by the talented Bree Jordan, about a TV who falls madly in love with her owner. It’s a fun, spooky time but there’s so much more in this collection that makes it worth the meager $5 price-tag.

My story happens to be sandwiched between two of wonderful pieces, a silent, dream-like short with art by Jaye Hichley that will blow your mind, and a hilarious comic by Matt McGrath and the brilliant Brendan Tobin (who has another great cartoon-y story later in the anthology) about a romantic evening gone awry. But my favorite piece in the anthology is this great, psychadelic short, “Toxicity Level,” colored all with pencil by Seren Krakens. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen and the fact that it works despite the strange choice of medium speaks worlds of Krakens’ skills as an illustrator and storyteller.

So if any or all of those sound worth your while, take one of those ol’ Abe Lincoln’s you were going to spend on a lunch this week and pick up Strange Romance Volume 3 today!

Good news, everyone!

I wrote a comic that’s going to be featured in this collection!

It’s actually my first non-fiction story and about my grandparents. So if you know them (or would like to get to know them a little better) drop a couple bucks and learn what I got the chance to learn about how they dealt with the aftermath of my grandpa’s electrocution. Olivia Mercurio, the artist I’m working with, is incredible and the final product is definitely going to be worth getting your hands on!

But if you don’t know or care about my grandparents, this collection is still worth picking up! Many of the talented contributors have worked in comics for years and have credits not only with DC, Marvel & Dark Horse but also have their own series running at Image. I could list some, but why not check out the roster for yourself over on the Kickstarter page?

Physical copies are discounted to $20 for TODAY ONLY and will be $25 every day after that, so if you want a hard copy put your order in today!

Thanks in advance to all who can contribute!

– Hal

Today my comic, Angler, is being featured as part of the Horror Haiku event over at BlackShipBooks.com. It’s a fun Halloween short that really shines thanks to the wonderful artwork from Kevin Learn. There’s a lot of other great pieces there too, so close the shudders, turn out the lights, and go check it out!

Happy Halloween,

– Hal