Latest Published Work

THE PROTECTORS - A new shared world superhero prose fiction anthology that includes a couple of stories featuring my multi-generational mythos, The Raven. - Now available on Amazon.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

From HASSLEIN BOOKS

• THE JAMES BOND LEXICON: The Unofficial Guide to the World of 007 in Movies, Novels and Comics. (scheduled for publication 2013) - Check out the book's tumblr blog for updates, background information, and progress reports.
• THE LEXICON AFFAIR: The Unauthorized Guide to the World of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (scheduled for publication in 2014)

From AIRSHIP 27

• THE RUBY FILES VOL. 2: The continuing adventures of 1930's PI Rick Ruby in New York including my short story "Mars McCoy Is Dead." (scheduled for publication in 2013.)
• ALLAN QUARTERMAIN: THE NEW ADVENTURES VOL. 1 Will include a new novella from me featuring Quartermain in search of a long lost relative you might just recognize. (scheduled to be published in 2013)
• HOUDINI IN NEW YORK including my short story with the master escapologist tackling a gang of fraudulent ghost-busters. (scheduled for publication in 2013)
• THE RUBY FILES VOL. 3 will feature PI Rick Ruby investigating "The Pig Skin Murders." (scheduled for publication in 2014).

From KID DOMINO

• FORGOTTEN CITY: Ongoing science fiction comic book series.

Business Books from XML Press

THE CONTENT POOL  Leveraging Your Company’s Largest Hidden Asset makes the case for placing content creation, management and distribution on a par with other core strategic business activities.  - available to order on-line through the publisher's website, or via Amazon.

• “Great, easy to read book about one of the most important assets a company has.”
• "This is a fantastic book! Strongly recommend this book to any manager who is involved with defining a company's digital product definition (marketing, engineering, service, technical publications, etc). The Content Pool is an easy to read book that is loaded with interesting perspective, executable suggestions and fresh examples/data."

WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit introduces the concept of wikis, and show why they are becoming the must-have communications and collaboration technology for businesses of any size. - available to order on-line either through the publishers website, or via Amazon, an eBook Kindle version is also available for just $9.99. 

• “This is an indispensable book for people who want to get a wiki going.”
• "A welcome addition to the promotion of wikis and wiki culture.”
• “Does a great job of introducing this most powerful collaboration and knowledge management tool, wikis.” 
• "Spot on when it comes to the benefits a wiki can offer and the implementation approach to take.” 

Comics

 CARS (BOOM! Studios & Disney Publishing)

I had a great time writing the ongoing stories from the world of the Disney*Pixar CARS movie.

All individual issues are available in good comic book stores.

Mini-Series : CARS: The Rookie #1-4 (Trade paperback collection available).

Mini-Series: CARS: Radiator Springs #1-4 (Trade paperback collection now available).

CARS on-going series:

#0-#3 "Road Rally" (Trade paperback collection now available) - Also Available in magazine format in Issue #1 of Disney*Pixar Presents CARS.

#4-#7 "Route 66 Dash" (Trade paperback collection now available) - Available in magazine format in Disney*Pixar Presents CARS: Route 66 Dash (Out in January 2012 from Marvel Comics)

Click here for a cover gallery featuring the various issues of CARS I wrote.

I am also contributing CARS stories for the Disney Publishing on-going CARS magazine.

GOD SHOP (Tokyopop)

God Shop - an online manga pilot project produced for Tokyopop.

What would you do if you were gifted with the power of a god for a day? Would you use it for good, or for selfish advancement?

Pop-Culture History & Reference Books: Available Now

Books I've written that are currently in print:

• STAR TREK: A Comics History (Hermes Press - 2009)
• JAMES BOND: The history of the illustrated 007 (Hermes Press - 2008)
• BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES: The Early Years (Xlibris - 2003)
• The Unauthorized BATMAN Collectors Guide (Schiffer - 1997)
  

Books: Articles and Essays

I contributed either feature articles or essays to the following titles, most of which which are still available:

• Comics Through Time: Vol 1. (Greenwoood Press)
• The Time Tunnel: The Complete Series (Hermes Press - 2009)
• James Bond: Death Wing (Titan Books - 2007)
• James Bond: Shark Bait (Titan Books - 2008)
• James Bond: Paradise Plot (Titan Books - 2008)
• Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers and Heroes in Gotham City (BenBella Books - 2008)
• An Unofficial Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett (Greenwood Press - 2008)
• Mansell: The People's Champion (HarperCollins - 1995)
• The Official Comic Book Price Guide for Great Britain Vol. 4 (PGP - 1992)
• The Official Comic Book Price Guide for Great Britain Vol. 3 (PGP - 1991)

Articles in Print and OnLine

ONLINE

• Regular monthly column "Pulp Perusals" at the New Pulp web site.
• Editor at Large for RevolutionSF.com - mainly movie, and book reviews along with the occasional column.

LATEST PRINT ARTICLES:

INTERCOM - May 2012 -  Feature cover article - "Communicating with Color."

BACK ISSUE #53 - November 2011 - Exclusive interview with SF writer Michael Moorcock. - [A translated version of this interview is scheduled to appear in MAGRIA, the 2012 edition of German Yearbook of Fantasy.]

Over the years I've also had articles published in the following magazines:

Ars Technica / Austin Monthly / Back Issue / Beatlology Magazine / Comic Buyers Guide / Comic & Games Retailer / Comicopia / Comics International / Comics World / The Communicator / Computer World / Computing / Disaster Recovery Journal / Disclosures / Flightpath / HP Solutions / Information Management / Intercom / The Manual / Net*Works / New Pulp/ Popular Culture / Socialist Alternative / TechComm Manager / The Smell Of Napalm / Venue