tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79548776261597466672011-04-21T19:22:15.119-07:00The Official Blog of Steve Ekstrom--comic book writer, journalist, and all around evil-doer.Steve Ekstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05751874869979252897noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954877626159746667.post-70039010226075618292008-03-21T08:19:00.000-07:002008-03-21T08:33:39.373-07:00Started lettering the roughs for "Haunted" on Wednesday night. Right now, as it stands, Doug and I are at 11 pages--which is a little weird for a short story--so we may try to trim it back to 10 or spread it out to 12. We had a false alarm the other day when we thought we had found a home for the story--but it wasn't a good fit for the material in the anthology. More to come on that...<br /><br />I've got pending articles with Roger Stern and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa heading to Newsarama sooner than later. I also have a Steve Niles interview coming.<br /><br />I've also started to feel out the "X-Beat" for Newsarama, now that Matt has given me that task. Works for me--I love those damn books. Look for interviews with Charlie Huston and Jason Aaron over their X-Force One-Shot as well as pieces with Simon Spurrier, Rick Remender and Daniel Way in regards to their work with Wolverine.<br /><br />Have to work all weekend at my "slave job". Not looking forward to it--but I am a slave to those little green pieces of blended cloth and paper.<br /><br />Next entry--look for some concept art for "The Mantle" by Bob Rivard and possibly a page or two from "Haunted" by Doug Draper. I've been so fortunate to have both of these talented individuals to work with.<br /><br />Didn't get to see Katie this week--understandably so--but I miss her and Karyn both. Her birthday and my Dad visiting really made my month. She's really becoming quite a unique little person--I think Karyn and I really lucked up when it comes to how perfect Katie is turning out. I'm totally putting her on a pedestal and setting the bar of expectations high--once you meet her though...you just know she's going to be someone special in life.<br /><br />Miserably busy, aren't I? At least I'm relatively happy...more to come on that too. :)<br /><br />Thanks for reading.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7954877626159746667-7003901022607561829?l=rated-eks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Steve Ekstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05751874869979252897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7954877626159746667.post-17249767136478172932008-02-25T17:45:00.000-08:002008-02-25T17:54:27.987-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc52/eks_comics/HATEASERLETTERED.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc52/eks_comics/HATEASERLETTERED.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Last week, one of my cohorts and "Breakfast" artist, Doug Draper sent me a character study of me...from 10 years in the past. I started toying with it--to create a faux-movie poster of our next project, "Haunted: Autobiographical".<br /><br />'HA', as we've been affectionately calling it, is a semi-fictional story about something creepy that I had experienced from a very young age until I was about 24--and the story doesn't have a home yet.<br /><br />More to come...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7954877626159746667-1724976713647817293?l=rated-eks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Steve Ekstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05751874869979252897noreply@blogger.com0