Canister X – A.P. Fuchs: Zombie, Paranormal Romance and Superhero Novelist, Blogger, Artist, Publisher

For the majority of Coscom Entertainment’s books, I like to do something other than plain *** for scene breaks in a novel/story. Whether it’s the dripping blood in A Red Dark Night or the claw-made slash marks in Animal Behavior and Other Tales of Lycanthropy, to me, inserting something other than a simple *** adds to a book, creates some atmosphere and, in the end, gives the reader a little something extra as a thank you for picking up a Coscom book.

I’m in the process of finishing up the formatting for the newest anthology I’ve edited called Metahumans vs the Undead, which is a superhero vs zombie anthology featuring a bunch of stories all spotlighting established indie superheroes vs zombies.

Below is the image I drew to replace the *** breaks in the stories, a kind of zombie super symbol.

Most people know I’m a Christian, based on some of the stuff I post here. Given the craziness of the world these days, this needs to be posted.

If you didn’t make it to church this morning (Sun.), then I want to share this video of where this world is shortly headed. Our present day news verifies what the Bible told us would happen in the last days.

We are there.

Thanks, and God bless.

If you’re not sure if you’re ready, then go here. Just take thirty seconds and secure your eternity now before the above comes to pass.

Hope you do.

I’m a big fan film guy. Granted I don’t scour the Web for them daily, but I really enjoy the gems I do find when I go a-huntin’.

Yesterday, a full-length fan film called Superman: Requiem came out. I watched it. I loved it. The acting was good, the story was solid. Very a “future history” of the Christopher Reeve movies, which are the pinnacle of Superman perfection. Same flavor, tone. Well done. The effects were great, the score awesome, and it showed me that while, obviously, this film didn’t have a 200 million-dollar budget, whatever the budget was showed you can make a terrific Superman film for a fraction of the cost of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Take a look at Superman: Requiem here:

Batman: City of Scars (already posted about this but it’s really good):

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Wonder Woman (working my way through this one):

For those who follow me on Twitter and Facebook, you know I’m a huge American Splendor fan. Harvey’s autobiographical comic book series is sheer genius and displays not only his writing talents, but also fantastic art from R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, and even *gasp* Alan Moore (back when he did cartooning). Of course, a ton of other awesome artists have illustrated Harvey’s stories over the years. The more American Splendor I read, the sadder I get that Harvey is no longer with us. Would loved to have met him at one point.

The movie, American Splendor, is awesome. The following graphic novel gives you a look behind-the-scenes at how the movie came to be, Harvey’s adventures and misadventures while promoting it, and an inside look at a man who found out that fame isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.

Pick up this book. It’ll be good for you.

This year’s C4 Comic Con was the most successful than previous years for both Coscom Entertainment and myself. Loads of books went, lots of fans were met, lots of autographs were signed, lots of pictures taken. It was awesome.

Usually I report on the con over the course of three days. Well, I’m shaking it up this year and am giving you a mammoth report now. All pictures taken are below.

It was also thrilling to be surrounded by so many people I work with. My wife, Roxanne, was there with a table for her Fuzz Society comic books and her 24-hour comic, Average Jill. Axiom-man cover artist Justin Shauf was there, and he and I promoted our special edition minicomic, Meet the Maximums. Rhiannon Paille was there promoting her debut novel, Flame of Surrender. From out of town came J.L. MacDonald (author of the Nightcat book series), and J.B. Robb. They both appear in the upcoming Metahumans vs the Undead anthology that I just edited and is going to press soon.

What was really cool was Roxanne, myself, Justin and Rhiannon were all in the same area in a kind of U-shape, making it easy for us to refer fans and readers to our respective tables for signatures and sales.

Last, thanks to everyone who came out and bought a book, comic, artwork, said hi, and checked out our stuff. Because of folks like you, we can keep creating and sharing it with the world.

Here’s a pile of pics from the con from over the weekend, displayed in the order they were taken.

Comic con is my favorite time of year aside from Christmas. I’m still sitting here processing all that went down (including say hi to Kevin Sorbo, giving Jonathan Frakes a nod in the VIP room, and walking past William Shatner as I went to get a sandwich).