William Harms

My buddies over at MaxPC scoured the floor at Comic-Con, snapping all kinds of pictures. And wouldn’t you know it, one of them was of me.

Comic-Con was an absolute blast. Can’t wait for next year.

Top Cow announced at WW Chicago yesterday that they will be relaunching Impaler later this year. The trade will be released in October and the new series starts in December. I believe that Top Cow will have a special Impaler preview flipbook at SDCC, and I’ll be at the show to help them promote the relaunch.

Artist Josh Medors (Frank Frazetta’s Swamp Demon, 30 Days of Night) has been diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing treatment. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have health insurance.

To help defray the costs of his treatment, there will be a benefit auction at the Emerald City Comic Con the weekend of May 10-11. If you can’t attend EMCC but would still like to help, follow this link to Comic Book Resources for information on what else you can do.

I was a guest on the PC Gamer Podcast today, and they asked me about writing for games and also a little bit about my comic book work. It was a good time, and I hope they ask me back.

If you’d like to listen, simply follow this link.

The Nearly Infamous Zango is available for order. I picked up the first issue, and it’s wall-to-wall hilarity. You definitely need to buy a copy.

Earlier this week, the first script for my next big project was approved by the publisher. It was a lot of work (rewrote the first issue at least two full times and did several other in-depth editing passes), but in the end it was worth it. I’m super stoked about this and can’t wait for it to be announced.

Writer Steve Gerber passed away today. For those of you who don’t know who he was, he’s most famous for creating Howard the Duck and Thundarr the Barbarian. My brothers and I were big fans of Thundarr and watched it every chance we got, usually over at our grandma’s.

Gerber’s recent work included a Dr. Fate story for DC Comics, which was quite good. According to his blog, he continued to write until the very end from his hospital bed. His work brought me a lot of enjoyment over the years.

Art for the Marvel project has started to trickle in. I don’t when it’s coming out (or will be announced), but the art is fantastic. There are a few pages I’m definitely going to have to buy.

I recently wrapped up a one-shot for Axel Alonso over at Marvel. He just sent over some breakdowns, and it’s looking pretty awesome. I can’t wait to see the finished product.

My good friend Rob Osborne has started his own comic book company, Absolute Tyrant. His first offering is The Nearly Infamous Zango, which is about the world’s laziest super-villain and his efforts to destroy the competition. I’ve often told Rob that Zango is his “ticket” to comic superstardom, and I stand behind those words. Zango is wildly hilarious, a perfect blending of Rob’s off-kilter humor and great artwork.

Rob has started doing some promo work for the book. There’s an official trailer, an official MySpace page, and of course, the official site for Absolute Tyrant. It’s all very official.

The Diamond order code for Zango # 1 is JAN083288, and the first issue goes on sale next March. I recommend that you buy several copies. After all, when Zango takes off and becomes a hit TV show, inspires a line of action figures, and garners several Oscars, you’ll want to be able to say you were there at the start of it all.