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 (just the) "Comics" Entries My Interview at the Comicon Pulse September 21, 2007 A few months ago, writer Chris Beckett interviewed me for his Pulse indie-spotlight column "For Your Consideration." Went up last night. Strange and wonderful to see one's name in the top headline on the front page of the Pulse (until the next story's posted anyway, heh). Thanks, Chris!
 Hope: New Orleans in comic shops THURSDAY! September 4, 2007 At long last, the fundraising anthology from Ronin Studios is getting into stores on Thursday the sixth (it's a holiday week).  Four random panels from "Persistent City," the second piece in the book (click for larger):  This is my story with Mario Boon (of Texas Strangers fame), written two years-and-a-day ago. The story also appeared in the literary magazine The Florida Review in the interim between completion and this book's release. Thanks for your patience, all! Looking forward to finally reading the other 35 stories. And my understanding is that your local comic shop (find the store nearest you) can order more copies from Diamond with the original order code: MAY07 3690. Profits go to the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the Red Cross. More info.
2007 Submission Log: Weeks 31-32 August 14, 2007 Submissions 414-415 Two comics pieces to MAD Magazine about a week apart. Rejections 292-294: Weird Tales, story, 36 days. The New Yorker, gag cartoon, 32 days Actor's Theatre of Louisville, play, 285 days Of Interest: MAD Magazine just might be the first place I ever submitted anything, back when I was a kid (and before I started keeping track). IIRC they didn't actually _take_ subs back then, though. Don't remember whether I ever got a reply. Quite a different experience to be following the guidelines, though they still say they don't reply to every query. Still: the one part of DC Comics that actually considers script submissions. Until Vertigo answers a query, this is as good a bet as any. The one year anniversary of my graduation from Clarion hit a week ago. I'll say more about that later this week.
400th Submission today July 3, 2007 Took 8 years, 8 months, and 2 days from my first submission. It was a gag cartoon sent to F&SF (1st gag sub, 19th sub overall). Phew. Glad that's out of the way.
Indie Spinner Rack mentions IA June 27, 2007 "These things are tiny. These are awesome." Thanks to Indie Spinner Rack! They gave a mention to my Inconsequential Art minicomics/zines in episode #80 last month. (Obviously, I'm woefully behind on my podcast listening, but these guys have been in my queue since their interview with Dave Sim--probably one of the best single podcasts ever.) Thanks, guys!
2007 Submission Log: Weeks 20-21 May 29, 2007 Submissions 386-390: Stories to Interzone (my 2nd), ParaSpheres (my 1st) and Tin House (my 5th). And two more entries into the New Yorker Gag Cartoon Caption Contest. Rejection 265: 62-day rejection from Strange Horizons, with a note about humor being subjective. Of Interest/Queries Corner: After ten unanswered queries to Marvel, I've received my first ever response! It was a form letter saying that I don't quite have what it takes to be an illustrator for Marvel yet. Which I agree with. Which is why I queried them as a writer looking to pitch some stories. But if that wasn't clear, then my writing chops really need work. (Or maybe it was just payback for this submission faux pas). So I have finally gotten Marvel to open one of my envelopes. I know this because the form letter came in one of my SASEs. Now how do I get an editor to read what I send them? It just might take ten more queries before I figure it out...
2007 Submission Log: Week 19 Part Deux: The Revenge May 16, 2007 As discussed earlier, I have begun sending out queries, so I'm thinking I should put some sort of tracking system in place, as I have with my slush submissions, "before I get overwhelmed." And why, pray tell, would someone who has almost 400 submissions under his belt need to bother about organization? What rookie mistakes could I possibly be capable of making after 8.5 years of this? I'll give you a hint: Who has two thumbs and just sent three queries to Vertigo editors at Marvel's mailing address?
Hope: New Orleans in Diamond Previews May 10, 2007
Hope: New Orleans, the long-awaited comic book anthology from Ronin Studios, is solicited in this month's Diamond Previews catalog, page 338. It includes the reprint of "Persitent City," my Florida Review story with illustrator Mario Boon (which was originally created for this book, first blogged about in September 2005). If you ask your local comic book store to reserve a copy for you, tell 'em: Diamond Order Code: MAY07 3690. Profits go to the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross. Thanks!
Inconsequential Art at Chapel Hill Comics May 4, 2007  Tomorrow! A limited number of free FCBD edition copies of Inconsequential Art #1 will be available at Chapel Hill Comics in Chapel Hill, NC, as part of Free Comic Book Day. First come, first served.
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Alex Wilson writes fiction and comics in Carrboro, NC. His work has appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Weird Tales, The Florida Review, Futurismic, Shimmer, ChiZine, FutureQuake, Pif, and Dragon. Locus Magazine has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Alex runs the audiobook project/podcast Telltale Weekly and the writer wiki Guidevines. He publishes the minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art. He is a 2006 Clarion graduate. Blog Archives 2008 - Clever Label TBA 2007 - BadYearNoCookie 2006 - Clarion! 1st Pro Sale! 2005 - Peers and Peerless 2004 - Telltale Launch 2003 - Dog bites, acting out 2002 - In my mind, I'm going... 2001 - Marriage, Macs, 1st Cons 2000 - Setback, Milestones 1999 - Engaged, Graduated 1998 - Creative Independence    Powered by MT 3.35 MySpace Profile Technorati Profile |
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