Hey folks. I just wanted to let you know that I am moving my blogging efforts to the site of my webcomic The Adventures of The Snarky Avenger (http://snarkyavengercomic.com). This is to better allow me to focus on my webcomic.
So in the future look for my ramblings and reivews at the home of The Adventures of The Snarky Avenger: http://snarkyavengercomic.com.
Well folks, it has been a long time coming and now it is finally here, as of April 19th The Adventures of The Snarky Avenger web comic will return to the interwebs. Aaron (Aaron Siddall, the guy doing the awesome artwork) and I have spent the last year (more or less) re-tooling the comic and the site. Starting April 19th (tomorrow), you will be able to follow the adventures of The Snarky Avenger, Steve AKA The man with the Bionic Extension (no it is not what you’re thinking), and the beautiful Ninja Princess BruceAnn twice of week (Tuesday and Thrusdays) as they face off against Bugbears, The Easter Bunny, and other nefarious villains from around our world and galaxy. So head over to http://snarkyavengercomic.com and check it out (starting April 19th, 2011).
On a related note, Aaron and I will be attending Demicon 22 on April 29, 30, and May 1st in Des Moines, Iowa. I (Taylor) will be sitting the Podcasting 101, Pro Signing and Chat, RPG’s you might have missed, and Audio Books: Good – Bad – Ugly panels. Aaron will be sitting the Pro Signing and Chat and RPG’s you might have missed as well, and he will have some pieces of his awesome work in the Art show. If you are attending the con, stop by and say “hi”.
As most of you know I am a reader, reviewer, and writer (and interviewer of writers). As traditional publishing has crumbled with the rise of “print on demand” and ebook, many large traditional publishing companies have floundered and failed. Some of them have tried to stay afloat by screwing over the very people who have made them rich in the first place, their authors. One of the worst offenders in this regard is Dorchester Publishing. Since they fell in to bankruptcy they have screwed over their author and former authors in a number of ways. Brian Keene has called for a boycott of Dorchester, and I am with him. (You can get a lot more information on the whole Dorchester situation at Brian blog.) I will no longer buy or review any books published by Dorchester Publishing, and I encourage you to do the same.
It saddens me that it has come to this. In the past I was a fan of Dorchester’s line of horror books because they produced quality paperbacks, and they published many authors I know and love: Brian Keene, Mary SanGiovanni, Edward Lee, Gary Braunbeck, Bryan Smith, J.F. Gonzalez, Craig Spector, among many others.
Help me and many other’s fight the good fight. Please boycott of Dorchester Publishing.
Again you can get more information at http://www.briankeene.com
Taylor is a published author, former new media broadcaster, amateur voice-actor, and a fan of Horror and Science Fiction. He lives in Minnesota and attends many of the local Sci-Fi/Horror/Comic Book Conventions. You can find the archives of his broadcasting efforts at the Snark Tank Productions website.
