2014.07.02 – ACTION COMICS #33 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN #12 hit stores!

This Wednesday, both ACTION COMICS #33 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN #12 hit comic book stores and Comixology!

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ACTION COMICS #33 is the next big installment of the SUPERMAN: DOOMED storyline — and features our hero leaving Planet Earth after being taken over by the Doomsday virus. It’s drawn by the brilliant Aaron Kuder with colors by Wil Quintana. Check out the huge seven page preview here at CBR!

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BATMAN/SUPERMAN #12 tells the story of our heroes’ insane trip across dimensions and time to try to save their counterparts on Earth 2 from the Darkseid invasion. Art by Tom Raney and Ken Lashley. Check out the preview at Man Cave Daily!

Tons of Storm, Turok, and Superman interviews

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In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been interviewed a bunch of times by different cool folks about different projects. Here are some excerpts and links – feel free to check ’em out!

Storm herself (as cosplayed awesomely by Janel McClain, above) interviewed me at the Special Edition NYC comic con for Word of the Nerd.

I talk a lot about the use of history in MAGNETO TESTAMENT, questions of Native American representation in TUROK, and compare Superman and Storm in this interview for Weekly Comic Book Review.

Here’s podcast I did with Ryan and Ben for Marvel.com about the upcoming STORM series.

Comic Attack asked me fun questions about Amadeus Cho.

Dynamic Forces asked me about the new STORM book – and I spill a little about the possible importance of Hank McCoy.

Unleash the Fanboy asked me about Storm, Hercules, the gay romance in X-TREME X-MEN, and what I’d do if I weren’t writing comics. Here’s an excerpt:

You’re trying to learn about and understand people from all different backgrounds and places and tell stories that connect in some way and help people … When we’re writing, we’re struggling to understand the world, you know what I’m saying, and sharing that experience will hopefully help other people as they’re making those same kinds of efforts. This sounds a little silly but because you don’t want to overplay what we do in creating pop culture, but there’s a way that stories bring people together, you know what I mean? That’s what makes us human. Storytelling is probably the most intensely human thing that we do. It’s something maybe that humans do that nobody else does.

Geeked Out Nation interviewed me about Batman, Superman, and Storm.

If your desktop Mac’s internet connection is super slow for no reason…

… it might be because your iPhone is plugged in and “Personal Hotspot” is enabled.

I’ve been struggling with this one for a few days now — I have great broadband connection in my office but the internet on my desktop computer was super slow. Then I realized it was only happening when my iPhone was plugged in for charging. Most obviously, any site using Youtube wouldn’t fully load. Youtube itself wouldn’t load.

And then I realized I had “Personal Hotspot” activated on my iPhone. (I use the Personal Hotspot setting when out of the office to get an internet connection into my laptop — and sometimes forget to turn it off.)

I deactivated “Personal Hotspot” and internet speed on the desktop returned to normal.

Either the computer got confused with multiple choices for internet access and just bogged down. Or, stupidly, the computer was using the iPhone connection via USB rather than the much better office broadband connection.

Just sharing on the off chance it help someone else!

2014.06.25 – TUROK: DINOSAUR HUNTER #5 in stores! Art by Tak Miyazawa!

UPDATE – the book actually comes out THIS week, on Wednesday, June 25! Please do check it out!

The latest issue of TUROK: DINOSAUR HUNTER hits stores this Wednesday! Wherein our Native American hero heads West and meets Altani, the pteranodon-riding daughter of Genghis Khan and the vanguard of the Mongol invasion of the Americas in 1210 AD!

Read on for a lettered five page preview — and ask your local retailer to hold a copy for you today!

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List of books in the SUPERMAN DOOMED crossover!

I’ve gotten a number of questions about the books in the current SUPERMAN DOOMED crossover that’s running through most of the Superman books right now. So here it is! Feel free to ask your local retailer to order the books for you!

MAY

SUPERMAN: DOOMED #1

ACTION COMICS #31

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #8

BATMAN/SUPERMAN #11

SUPERMAN #31

JUNE

ACTION COMICS #32

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #9

JULY

ACTION COMICS #33

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #10

ACTION COMICS ANNUAL  #3

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1

AUGUST

ACTION COMICS #34

SUPERGIRL #34

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #11

SUPERMAN: DOOMED #2

2014.06.14 – 06.15 – Greg Pak’s Special Edition NYC schedule!

I’ll be at the Special Edition NYC comic convention on June 14 and 15 in Artists’ Alley, Table T9, signing books and selling rare physical copies of CODE MONKEY SAVE WORLD, the graphic novel I wrote based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton! Come see, come see!

I’ll also be on the following panels:

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

11:15 – 12:15 – Kickstarter and Comics: How to Fund Your Dream Project – Theater B – 1E21

2:45 – 3:45 – MARVEL: Next Big Thing – Theater A – 1E19

SUNDAY, JUNE 15

12:15 – 1:15 – DC COMICS – Batman 75th Anniversary – Theater A – 1E19 (I’m double booked, so I’ll just be at the first half of this panel)

12:15 – 1:15 – Self Publishing – Theater B – 1E21 (I’m double booked, so I’ll be at the second half of this panel)