Moving to Word Press
Hey Gang, in case you didn't notice, I picked up from Blogger and moved over to Word Press. Should have it straightened out in a week or two, cause, damn am I slow at coding and tremendously busy these days.
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Noel Draws Punks
My Week Swallowed Me Up
From getting back from San Fran on Sunday night, I was literally running non-stop from place to place. Gary and I were on a game show on Tuesday and squarely got our asses kicked. It was thoroughly embarassing. Been plugging away at both the day job, the writing assignments, and a bit of transcribing every day. I also finally settled down and watched the original BBC version of The Office. I don't know if it's a problem with my BBC America or DirecTV or what, but whenever I'd watch it on TV, I'd go nuts because I couldn't hear what the fuck they were saying, to the point of utter irritation. So, now, armed with the DVD's, I'm almost the whole way through and pretty well in love. I still prefer the American version (Steve Carrel is less irritating and considerably less 'mean' than Ricky Gervais's version of the character which goes a long way.)
The biggest pleasure of the show, which is also the highlight of the American version, is the relationship between Tim/Jim and Dawn/Pam. It's the most honest and natural thing about the show, and it helps smooth over the more forced stuff that surrounds it.
Aside from that, getting the last of the stuff ready to send out for World's End, which'll be going to publishers this week-ish, getting the business plan together on Punks, doing takes for two different properties (a tv show and a comic), and getting ready to pitch for a gig writing a low-budg feature. In other words... busy fucking week.
Jebus, Noel’s Busier Than I Am…
Scryptic Studios :: 12 Questions with Josh Fialkov
Big Ol' Swear Filled Interview with Me over at Scryptic Studios. Go. Enjoy. Or else.
Elk’s Run #6 — In Previews Now!
Cover and Preview Art Below. Click Images for Full Size. Diamond Order #DEC05 3188
PLEASE PRE-ORDER, we really need the help.
Comic World News & Mark Fossen Do Elk’s Run Giveaways!
Right Here you can win a free copy of the Elk's Run Bumper, courtesy of the fantastic Comic World News and the wonderfully talented Michael May. Check it out, and make sure to fish around the site for some of the great articles the make up their archives.
AND... Here super-blogger Mark Fossen is ALSO giving away a bumper and some of the individual issues. ELK'S RUN ACTIVISM! GO!
Millarworld Magazine on Elk’s Run
"The Elk’s Run Bumper Edition is a collection of the first three issues of Elk’s Run, an independent comic book with too much press and not enough sales. This trade paperback is designed to bring new readers to a sagging miniseries that should be at the top of the independent charts.Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and illustrated by Noel Tuazon, Elk’s Run is one of those rare stories that appears every few years that changes how the medium is looked at. It’s not the best book on the market—though it’s pretty close to it—but Elk’s Run is a uniquely told story deserving of every amount of praise it has received."
Iowa Photoset Up
Click Here for an assload of pictures of my family.
View the absolute cuteness of my niece.
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The Last Night
The Last Night
Originally uploaded by Joshua Hale Fialkov.
Tonight is probably the last night I'll ever spend in my hometown. Tomorrow,my folks are leaving for the Iowan Corn Fields. So. Here I sit at the Eat n Park at two in the morning,reliving a teenage past time. To think about the difference... How far I've come. Very strange feeling.
I fucking hate flying.
I fucking hate flying.
Originally uploaded by Joshua Hale Fialkov.
On the Road Again
Ah, here we go. First, I've been unpostable for a bit, as I've had a bit of diabetes resurgence (which contributed to the bladder, and really made things unpleasent), and now I'm heading back East to Pittsburgh for a few days, and then onwards to Des Moines, all in an effort to help my folks move from my childhood home.
So, in other words, you'll be getting lots of pictures and not much commentary.
Oh, and this week's issue of Hellblazer is fucking outstanding. Go get it.
Swamp Thing #20
I don't often do this. I've been known to pimp for friends on occassion, and pimp for writer's I idolize every once in a while as well. But, in one single issue, Josh Dysart (the other Comic Book Writing Josh who I'm frequently confused with) has been writing Swamp Thing for around a dozen or so issues now.
Here's the thing about Swamp Thing. Alan Moore did such a brilliant job on his issues that NOBODY has been able to do shit with the character since. Brian K. Vaughan, easily the best writer in comics today, even struggled with Big, Green, and Gassy, and instead focused on the daughter of the earth elemental. The fact is, Alan Moore really did say everything there is to say about Swampy.
And then Dysart had to go and fuck it all up. Josh's been doing what've been easily the most interesting Swamp Thing stories in a while on the book. Focusing on peripheral characters, using Swamp Thing as sort of a foil in his own book. Again, that's really the only way to do the character justice these days.
And then there's issue 20 (which I believe came out a week or two ago.) In a single issue, Josh manages to pose a new fucking question. It's a story of delicacy, intensity, poetic brilliance, and sheer amazingness. Add that to some beautiful Richard Corben art... and, well, you have the best Swamp Thing story since Alan Moore's very first issue.
Kudos, Dysart. I'm gunning for you now.
Oh, and the book's selling okay, but not great, so, if you read this issue and love it as much as you certainly fucking will, then make sure to let your shop know to put it on your subscription or pull list or whatever. Every copy helps.
Medium
I've been slowly working my way through Season One of Medium, off some rips of the series I got from some friends. I'm actually surprised the show's been more or less ignored by the internet fandom world, cause it's damn good. It starts off a bit rough, but as it goes on it gets better and better, and the current season is actually pretty fantastic.
The only thing it really lacks is an overall arc. The first season has sort of a bookend arc where the first case and the last case are tied together, but aside from that, no real over-arching anything.
That's actually not true. The slow corrosion of the family relationships because of her 'abilities' serves as that sort of throughline. Again, in season one, it's a bit too one note, husband gets frustrated, kids feel ignored, she saves the day, mix and repeat. But, again, as it goes on, it's gotten considerably stronger, and we see a true falling apart of the familial unit.
All in all, it's a pretty great take on both the cop show and the family drama, plus it's got some good supernatural fun to boot. Anyways, check it out.
Elk’s Run #6–Cover
Elk's Run #6--Cover
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Art by Datsun Tran
Komikwerks Interviews!
Man, I did this interview like... forever ago. I seriously don't even remember doing it. But, here it is, now up, and not particularly contradictory to anything going on now, so, go team! It's a quick fun read. Enjoy.
WordBalloon.com has me
Talking about Elk's Run, Western Tales of Terror, Future Projects, and the comic industry in general. Check it out!
For those of you who don't know, Word Balloon is a long form radio interview show hosted by John Siuntres (and his mighty radio voice) interviewing some of the best and brightest (and me) in the industry.