My Comic Con Panels! New Interview Video! Commando Release Date!
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My SDCC Panels
I am doing a lot of panels at San Diego Comic Con this year. Here they all are.
Thursday, 24th July:
1pm: ComiXology Presents: Comix Quiz (23ABC).
Comics creators Tula Lotay (Groupies, Barnstormers, Somna), Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Saucer Country), Kim-Joy (Turtle Bread), Curt Pires (Stillman, Simulation Theory, Wyrd), Michael Conrad (The 99 Legs, Neptune, Doom Patrol), and Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman, Somna, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) test their knowledge against each other in a fun-filled game show in the categories of literature, movies, TV, music, comics, food, and drink. You may get asked a question, too! Bring your game face. Moderated by David Hyde (Superfan Promotions).
Friday, 25th July:
10am: (Don’t) Stay in your Lane (Room 4).
The old creative model advised creators to put all their energies into one specific “brand,” but today, many comics writers also work in other mediums: novels, screenplays, children’s programming, radio dramas, etc. Melissa F. Olson (Archaic), Rachel Pinnelas (Creepshow), Mark Russell (The Flintstones), Paul Cornell (The Might Avengers vs. the 1970s), and Meghan Fitzmartin (All-Star Superman audiobook) have a candid discussion of why some writers move across different mediums and the various challenges, benefits, and drawbacks to bouncing back and forth.
2pm: The Scribe Awards and Media Tie-In Panel (32AB).
Each year the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers presents the Scribe Awards to celebrate outstanding works tied to popular licenses, such as novelizations of movies and TV shows, as well as numerous original works set in the worlds of Star Wars, the MCU, the DCU, video games, popular TV shows, and much more. The awards event at SDCC includes a lively panel discussion with current nominees and past winners. Hosted by New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry, president of the IAMTW.
4pm: ComiXology Presents: How to Write Comix Naked (25ABC).
Award-winning writer Scott Snyder (By a Thread, Batman), acclaimed writer Paul Cornell (Doctor Who), celebrated writer Taki Soma (Alienated, Sleeping While Standing), acclaimed writer Curt Pires (Stillman, Simulation Theory, Wyrd), and rising star Omar Morales (Major Thomás, LA Strong) give a soul-baring, behind-the-scenes look at how to write comics. Moderated by award-winning TV and comic book writer Marc Bernardin.
Saturday, 26th July:
Go behind the scenes with Legendary Comics, the publishing arm of the studio that brought you A Minecraft Movie, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and Dune parts 1 and 2, and hear the latest about their comics, graphic novels, art books, and other tie-in publishing across all of the company’s franchises. Panelists include Brian Buccellato (Justice League v Godzilla v Kong 2), Rosie Knight (Monsterverse Declassified), Paul Cornell (Monarch: The Lost Adventures), Drew Zucker (Canto, Monsterverse Declassified/Monarch), and David M. Booher (Monsterverse Declassified, Canto). Be sure to brush up on your Monsterverse and Dune lore for a special giveaway!
6pm: ComiXology: Your Sci-Fi Comix Fix (28DE).
Hugo award–nominated sci-fi writer of TV, comics, and prose Paul Cornell (Doctor Who), Hugo Award–nominated artist/colorist/writer Taki Soma (Alienated), Eisner Award–winning artist Michael Avon Oeming (Alienated, Galaxy of Madness), acclaimed writer Curt Pires (Stillman, Simulation Theory, Wyrd), and rising star Omar Morales (Major Thomás, LA Strong) discuss the best in science fiction and their newest comics featuring highly imaginative concepts, including advanced technology, space travel, dystopian societies, and extraterrestrial life and why these concepts are so fun to play with in comics and beyond. Moderated by journalist Ernie Estrella.
Sunday, 27th July:
10.30am: Introducing Marvel Age of Comics (23ABC).
Bloomsbury Presents: Introducing Marvel Age of Comics—The first authors to contribute to Bloomsbury Academic’s new collaboration with Marvel will dig into the specifics of how each approached their subject with moderator Barbra Dillon (co-founder and editor-in-chief of Fanbase Press). Chris Ryall will preview his examination of the Daredevil: Born Again books and how they forever changed the ways super heroes and their secret identities have functioned; Paul Cornell will focus on The Mighty Avengers as icons of the 1970s; Ytasha L. Womack explores the hugely successful reimagining of one of the most popular super hero characters as Afrofuturist and Latinx in her upcoming Spider-Man: Miles Morales; and Stuart Moore tells the story of Doctor Strange, one of Marvel’s most bizarre, otherworldly heroes, discussed against the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s.
I’ll also be doing some signings, which won’t get announced until Tuesday, because…
There’s a Special Blog with a Big Surprise Coming on Tuesday!
Keep this page bookmarked, because this Tuesday, 15th July, I have a major announcement to make! (It’s not Doctor Who.)
Commando Release Date and Cover
‘The Longest War’, by myself and the great artist Steve Yeowell, will be Commando #5881, out on 16th August. It’ll be in many UK newsagents and superstores, I’ll have copies at Thought Bubble, and nearer the time you’ll be able to order it by post here at Mags Direct.
Rachael Smith and I Do a Video Interview!
Rachael and I took part in a wide-ranging live interview with Nigel from Mayamada in his Casual Conversations with Comic Creators series. He proved to be a great interviewer, and we got deep into the creative process, and talked a lot about how Who Killed Nessie? came about. It’s a really good one. You can see it on YouTube here.
I’m a Guest at Caption!
On the afternoon of Sunday, August 17th, I’m going to be a guest at the Caption Small Press and Comics Festival in Botley, Oxford. I’m on the Networking in Comics panel. Do come along if you can!
Gnomes of Lychford and The Lychford Collection
On 9th September, Tor.com Publishing is releasing the sixth book in my Lychford series of rural fantasy novellas, Gnomes of Lychford. It’s a re-editing of the serial I ran on this newsletter, and I’ve taken the opportunity to sort out a couple of little plot problems. I think it’s my best Lychford book, and, weirdly, it’s a great jumping-on point, because everything about the series is explained at the start. You can read all about it here.
And you can now pre-order!
“An unlikely group of supernatural creatures terrorizes the sleepy village of Lychford. Okay, they’re gnomes. That’s not a spoiler: you worked it out it from the title. When an ancient prophecy clashes with an unfortunate modern design aesthetic, the people of Lychford must band together to put out fires (both literal and metaphorical) to save their town before the king of the Gnomes (King Greg, and it’s dangerous to laugh at a gnome) calls in the terms of an old promise. Trouble is: no one knows what the promise is, nor how to fulfil it. It’s going to be a long night.”
And also up for pre-order, and out on the same day is The Lychford Collection, which contains my first three Lychford novellas. (Cover design for both by FORT.)
Who Killed Nessie?
On 18th September, Avery Hill will be releasing a bookstore edition of Who Killed Nessie?, the graphic novel by myself and the great Rachael Smith.
You can read all about it, and see lots of sample pages, here.
And you can pre-order it here.
You can also pre-order it from Amazon UK and Amazon US. And from all good bookstores and comic shops.
The reviews are already coming in, including this lovely one from Monkeys Fighting Robots.
And on Saturday, 20th September, from 1pm-2pm, Rachael and I will be signing the book (copies of which will be on sale) at Waterstones London-Piccadilly!
Those of you who backed the graphic novel on Zoop, don’t worry, you’ll be getting a unique edition with a different cover. (And you’ll be getting it first.)
“A cosy comedy murder mystery… with a monstrous twist! Lyndsay Grockle has just started her new job at an isolated hotel. She’s trying to get over heartbreak. She’s amazed to be left in sole charge just before a big convention. When the terrifying guests start to arrive, she realises why: this is a gathering of the fantastic beasts of myth and legend! The attendees ask her to stay in her room and let them be. But when the Loch Ness Monster is found dead, there’s nobody else they trust to solve the murder. She may not entirely believe in them… but they believe in her! Lyndsay is going to have to dig deep into her own fears and vulnerabilities to discover… WHO KILLED NESSIE?”
The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s
I’ve got a book coming out from Bloomsbury that’s part of a new range of popular studies of Marvel Comics! The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s is fully illustrated with panels from the comics, and is my journey through how Marvel’s main super team navigated that difficult decade. This is very much a labour of love for me, a book I’ve wanted to find a way to write for the longest time.
And now there’s a release date and a pre-order link!
You can get the book directly from the publishers (and from all good booksellers) on 13th November.
Thought Bubble
Our application has been accepted, so I’m pleased to say that Lizbeth Myles and I will once more be tabling at the wonderful Thought Bubble comic convention in Harrogate on November 15th and 16th. (You can find the full list of exhibitors here.)
Of Intrigue and Espionage
I have a story in this just-announced forthcoming volume from Stars and Sabers publishing, which is due out in October 2026. I’m in good company, as you can see from the full announcement here.
Telefantasy Time Jump
The new podcast from me and Lizbeth Myles covers the history of SFF on TV, from 1953 onward, with our regular episodes (on the 14th of every month) covering a show released that year in the UK, and the Patron Bonus episodes (on the 28th) covering a show from the rest of the world. The shows for July (covering 1959) are Noggin the Nog and The Twilight Zone. The main episode is available free wherever you get your podcasts. To get the bonus episode, you need to follow us on Patreon at £3/$3 or above. (And you get access to seven years of Hammer House of Podcast bonus episodes!) You can find all the info here.
My Ko-fi and eBay Stores
I’ve re-stocked my Ko-fi store, where you can buy my books and comics, signed and personalised, for shipping worldwide.
Similarly, I’ve now re-stocked my ebay store, full of Bronze Age Marvel comics at bargain prices.
My Linktree
You can now find all my social media links, my website/blog and links to where you can buy my books, in one place here, thanks to Linktree!
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