It's Christmas Times in Hollis Queen. But also in Lanoka Harbor, NJ, where I'm visiting with family and amazed at both the destruction wrought by Sandy and at how quickly things  are being been repaired.

The day job has been incredibly busy, so I haven't had a cance to update this site and keep up with my other writing obligations. So here's what's been going on.

Indie Horror Comics

I got a great email from Gary
over at Aazurn Publishing that Indie
Comics Horror #1 is up for The Horror News Network's 2012 Horror Comic Award:

http://www.comicmonsters.com/award-vote-66-Best_Anthology_of_2012.html

My story, the Belt was in issue One.  So if you get a chance, please please please vote Indie Comics Horror in The Horror News Network's  2012 Horror Comic Award:
http://www.comicmonsters.com/award-vote-66-Best_Anthology_of_2012.html

You must register to vote. PLEASE take time to do this now! This is
just the kind of recognition a young indie publication needs! 

Especially since, I'm also  in Issue Two of the comic, I'll have more when it solicites.  

SKY GIRL LANDS IN A NEW HOME

I'm pleased to announce that Sky Girl and the Superheroic Adventures, the second book in the series, is due out from Martin Sisters Publishing,  I'mexcitedto be working with them.

I'll provide more information as it becomes available,.

GREAT ZOMBIES IN HISTORY IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED

McFarland has listed Great Zombies in History on their site for preorder.  Hereis the link

http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-7456-1

RECENT CBLDF ARTICLES AND A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME

I've been chugging away with my little column on the history of comics and censorship.  Recent posts have incuded:

Tales from the Code: How Much Did Things
Change After the Enactment of the Comics Code of 1954?

The Amazing Adventure of The Man of
Steel and the Psychiatric Censor — Superman vs. Doctor Wertham

The Incredible True Story of Joe
Shuster’s NIGHTS OF HORROR

A History of Censorship, NYCC Edition —
CBLDF Defends Manga

Tales From the Code: Whatever Happened
to the Amazing Amazon–Wonder Woman Bound by Censorship

A History of Censorship, Halloween
Edition — My Ears Could Hear the War but the Censors Wouldn’t Let Me Read
It

I have also been working on a new edjucation initiative with them that hasn't been announced yet ( think). And have a very different Christmas column going up later thst week with the amazing Dafu Yu and E.T. Dollman.  Here are some character designs.

And if you get a chance, you should check out my nephews first Scifi book. Info is  available at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/drsherrier

That's it for this month.  Happy Holidays to all, may all your gifts be geeky.

Joe