Author: David Jón Fuller

• April 23, 2012

  Graphic novels / comic books, The coolest stuff

  If you think comic books are expensive, try publishing one

  Creating your own comic book series can be an all-or-nothing endeavour. Just ask Rachel Deering, the woman behind Anathema. Telling the story of Mercy Barlowe, a woman whose lover, Sarah, is burnt at the stake for being a lesbian, the first issue shows us how Mercy seeks out supernatural help to rescue Sarah’s soul from…
• April 19, 2012

  Music, The coolest stuff, Writing

  Guest post: Armand Rosamilia, author of Dying Days 2

  Today I’m very pleased to host the second blog tour to stop by As You Were, and it happens to be from another zombie writer, Armand Rosamilia.  Don’t try to pigeonhole him to flesh-eating undead, though. While he’s currently on tour supporting his new zombie novel Dying Days 2, Armand is also the founder of horror…
• April 18, 2012

  Music, The coolest stuff, Werewolf Wednesday

  Werewolf Wednesday: Tunes to wolf out to

  As I work on my own interminable werewolf work-in-progress, I think often of what would be on its official soundtrack. This is one of those tricks authors use to avoid writing. We call it brainstorming, or world-building, or visualizing. But it’s not.
• April 16, 2012

  Music, Uncategorized

  Coming soon: Werewolf tunes and Metal Queens

  Hoo boy, it’s going to be a busy week here at As You Were.  We will of course be celebrating Werewolf Wednesday on said day, but we have another guest post coming up, this time courtesy of prolific horror writer and editor (and metal fan) Armand Rosamilia. On Wednesday, we’ll be looking at the top…
• April 12, 2012

  Graphic novels / comic books, Thunder God Thursday

  Norse code

  ONE of the reasons Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were able to cast ancient Norse gods as modern comic-book superheroes was that they were comparatively unknown, Richard Wagner and the names of our weekdays notwithstanding. Here, then, are a few terms so you can tell your Asgard from a Hel in the ground.
• April 11, 2012

  Graphic novels / comic books, The coolest stuff, Werewolf Wednesday

  Werewolf Wednesday: Grant Gould’s The Wolves of Odin

  I had the opportunity to interview comic book writer and artist Grant Gould a few years ago about his labour of love, The Wolves of Odin.  Since then, he’s continued it as a webcomic and worked on a sequel volume, Marauders of Midgard.  I thought I’d post this 2009 interview ahead of Grant’s upcoming appearance at…