Last night at the Diamond Retailer Summit, Dirk Manning of Nightmare World gave a keynote address on behalf of Source Point Press, a relatively new comic book publisher on the block with some impressive names behind it Did you see how fast Hope was picked up on Free Comic Book Day? We can look for[...]
Nightmare World Omnibus, a massive anthology funded on Kickstarter, is coming out this February courtesy of Devil's Due/1First. It is a Lovecraft-inspired collection of intertwining stories in the Cthulhu vein. Also, Malefic continues its run. Check out more details on both projects below. MALEFIC #6 (OF 8) (W) Dan Schaffer (A) David Miller (CA) Dan Schaffer As […]
Rhee is a fun horror series of graphic novels written by one Dirk Manning Mr Rhee is a pretty cool character, a magician who helps fix problems in a world already torn apart by armageddon He only works on referrals, but if you are calling on him for his services, chances are you're already boned.This[...]
Horror master Dirk Manning is the hardest working man in comics, constantly touring the country to promote his comics including Nightmare World and Tales of Mr Rhee You may also be familiar with him from his Write Or Wrong column here on Bleeding Cool (NEPOTISM!!!), from his Facebook cult, or simply as "that guy who[...]
Last night I joined Chris Hardwick and Felicia Day on a ride through Splash Mountain in the nearby Disney. Which was fun. Hardwick talked to me about the dangers of getting his phone wet. Then today I just sat through a panel at Wondercon with Allison Baker, Chip Mosher, Jamal Igle, Molly Mahan,, Arune Singh and […]
By Dirk Manning(with special thanks to Victor Dandridge Jr.)Dirk Manning writes for Bleeding Cool when he’s not writing comics or touring to promote them Victor Dandridge Jr prompted this particular column/interview.Yesterday we posted a Write or Wrong column in which Victor Dandridge Jr and I talked about life on the road, whether or[...]
Rhee: "Karmaggedon" by Dirk Manning is follows paranormal trouble-shooter, Mr Rhee, as he protects five orphans in the middle of Armageddon While it makes perfect sense that Mr Rhee would be a survivor amidst the sort of catastrophe that befalls his world there is no sense in why he chooses to take responsibility for five[...]
Rhee: “Karmageddon” by Dirk Manning (writer), Seth Damoose (illustrator), Anthony D Lee (colorist), and James Reddington (letterer) in its entirety here.With Tales of Mr Rhee: “Karmageddon” Issue #3’s release taking place next Wednesday, January 14th (there’s only one more issue after this!), Manning decided to treat Bleeding Cool readers to the full second issue in[...]
Rhee debuted last week, and Devil's Due and author Dirk Manning (he of Bleeding Cool writing fame) are kindly offering us a free issue to get us acquainted with the series.They say:As if launching the first issue Tales of Mr Rhee: "Karmageddon" at $1.99 for 22-pages of full-color horror comic goodness wasn't enough of an[...]
I wasn’t worried — Dirk Manning was there on the other side of the hall, so I could have easily outnumbered him if I had to (I’m just kidding, he’s a great guy, I just liked the Jets vs Sharks analogy that popped into my mind.)Things moved pretty well I was able to catch up[...]
By Dirk ManningAt the end of 2013 I decided to complete the Herculean task of setting up for 13 consecutive comic conventions, horror conventions, and/or in-store book signings in 13 consecutive weeks I was promoting my new/upcoming comics Love Stories to Die For (Image Comics/Shadowline), The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West (Big Dog Ink),[...]
By Dirk ManningTo close out 2013 I decided to go on the road for a signing tour consisting of 13 comic shows in 13 weeks… but before the tour was over it grew into a massive 15 shows in 15 weeks.I learned a helluva lot, in general, about promoting comics, making conventions as successful as[...]
By Dirk ManningTowards the end of 2013 I had four new comics being released, including:• The Love Stories (to Die For) one-shot from Image Comics/Shadowline (previously discussed on Bleeding Cool here)
• My four-issue run on The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West from Big Dog Ink (in which I got to tell the origin of[...]
Dirk Manning writes:Towards the end of 2013, I decided to do something that would either exponentially help my writing career or kill me: I decided to conduct a “13 Shows in 13 Weeks” book-signing tour.As I’ve discussed in earlier installments of this column (and the book/collection Write or Wrong: A Writer’s Guide to Creating Comics,[...]
By Tommy ZimmerDirk Manning told me that cosplayer extraordinaire Amber Love’s powers are strong.I guess they are since I had no idea what she actually looked like from under her costume and makeup until I saw her actual photos on Facebook He clarified why she was scaring me.“She is a Dia De Los Muertos,” Manning[...]
It was cancelled after just one issue making it extremely rare and only a few hundred copies are known to exist.The shops owner, Christopher Rupp, discovered the rare book when he was contacted to appraise a collection for an estate sale earlier this year.
“When I first saw this book, I had to do some research[...]
Andrew Kimball and his friends has been taking blank variant editions of a variety of comic books and, instead of having artists draw sketches them, have been asking writers to create stories on them instead.Here are a few examples.Mark WaidDirk ManningRob HumphreyTim SeeleyKatie CookRyan Browne Andrew Kimball and his friends has been taking[...]
Dirk Manning writes;Before I get to the “meat” of today’s column, let me get this quick little bit of business out of the way:I recently launched my first ever Kickstarter campaign to bring my formerly online-only horror-noir series Tales of Mr Rhee to print as both a standard TPB and – much more awesomely –[...]
[audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2607/0/PCHPodcastEpisode57.mp3]by Chris ThompsonAfter our last episode featuring the triumphant return of Ales Kot (which you can listen to here) and recent film podcast (which you can listen to here) we return to our regularly scheduled programming with writer/columnist Dirk Manning (Write or Wrong, Nightmare World, Tales of Mr[...]
But will it work?Love Stories (To Die For)Pros:Shadowline has produced a number of “sleeper” hits over the last few years, including 27, Morning Glories, Peter Panzerfaust as well as the recent Five Weapons, recently upgraded to ongoing series status
It's a 48 page flip-book containing two self-contained 22-page stories both written by Dirk Manning and each[...]
