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This month in Tricorner News:
1. Blaze: The Iron
Horse- Release date set
2. Town Invaded! Report
from Blobfest
3. Author Interview: Kuzibah
4. StrangetaleS: A final
farewell
5. Future News: Crab Cake
Nebula Explodes
6. Blaze Sample Strip
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Blaze: The Iron Horse- Official Release Date Set
September 1st, enough said,
right?
But of course I'll say more, that is what I do.
After a year in the making, Blaze: The Iron Horse, hits
the streets September 1. The Premier issue, Sex, Flies, and
Video Tape, will be out in a one off, large format bound paperback.
This is the first in a series of graphic novels coming from Tricorner
Publishing's 3CP imprint.
Blaze is a biker from Pennsylvania's Lancaster county, he's big,
and burly, and carries a bad attitude. He's everything you'd expect
a real life biker to be, except Blaze happens to be a 1200 pound
talking horse.
Sex, Flies, and Video Tape focuses on Blaze's attempt to
thread together his scrambled memories and discover why exactly
he can't remember. Along the way you'll meet Rip and the rest
of his Asskickers motorcycle club, and CB, leader of the Skunks
MC, and Rip's main rival. You'll also meet Humphrey Rothschild
III, Blaze's lawyer and proverbial thorn in the posterior, Wallace
"the Walrus" Stubbs, Biggs the bartender, Fright, Nutsack,
and even Venice Marriott. While Blaze tries to stitch his memory
back together, someone lurking just behind him is waiting to give
him some stitches.
The Premier issue will be available in a limited printing. The
first official issue of the series will be out in January, 2008,
and a new issue will follow every three months from there.
The series follows Blaze as he tries to avoid becoming involved
in a deadly territory war brewing between many rival motorcycle
clubs. Each club is persuading Blaze to prospect for membership.
All Blaze wants is to be left alone. But solitude, or peace, is
not something a talking quarter horse is likely to find. www.tricornerpublishing.com/blaze
*Ed. Note: Also see the original
Blaze sample strip included in this issue.
A Town Invaded: Report from Blobfest -By Tricorner's very own Robert Thompson
Dateline:1958. The small town
of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania is under alien attack. An extraterrestrial
being of unknown origin is digesting the townspeople one by one,
and 
growing
larger and stronger as it does. Impervious to bullets, and fire,
and electricity, the oozing terror seems unstoppable, unless you
happen to be carrying an extra large slurpee.
The Blob, a classic 'B' horror film, and cult classic by
its devotees, was filmed in Phoenixville. And, thanks to a very
dedicated theater staff, lives on in an annual event called, Blobfest.
And this year Tricorner Publishing was there, strategically placed
on the restored theaters 3rd floor, and parked right beside the
original Blob itself (carefully kept dormant by an ample supply
of dry ice), While I was most often shackled to our table, answering
questions, selling book, and avoiding my deadlines, what I did
get to see of the event was, well...a scream.
Aside from the annual scream contest is the ever popular reenactment
of the "Running out of the theater screaming your head off,"
scene from the movie. There were lots of vendors, lots of Blob
related events and merchandise, a 1950's car show, and a rock
band playing music from 1958. The turn out was impressive, and
the fans were terrifically fun and friendly. A personal highlight
was getting to meet members of Ghoul-A-Go-Go (I'm a big fan, don't
tell anyone).
But all this was topped in scope of awe by the appearances of
Kuzibah and Grim from the Patient Creatures. Though, as their
publisher, we have worked together via telephone and the internet,
this was the first we meet face to face. And to face it, they're
pretty darn weird, and scary, and lived up to all of my expectations.
But their fans were thrilled and entertained, and the Creatures
were all to happy to sign books, and sign many they did.
So next year be sure to check
out their website and mark the date on your calendar. We'll be back
with the Patient Creature's new book, and I feel certain the Creatures
will be back as well, happy to sign books, pose for photographs,
and scare the heck out of us all. And next year one of the other
jerks that work here are coming too, so I can get away from the
table and run out of the theater screaming (Oh yeah, I did that
anyway-never share an elevator with Grim, he carries a chess set.)
Author Interview: Kuzibah,
a very patient creature.
Each month we sit down with one of the Tricorner Publishing authors for a brief Q&A. This month's featured author is Kuzibah, of the Patient Creatures, a storyteller par excellence, a demon, and now one of Tricorner Publishing's new stars. She is one of the authors of Essential Creatures: The Best of CreaturesEast.com 2006. In this rare, one on one interview Tricorner's own BB sits down for a chat with a demon.
BB: Kuzibah, let me welcome
you to the Earth realm.
K: Thank you, BB. It's
a pleasure to be here.
BB: Now, without revamping
the Patient Creature history included in the beginning of the
new Essential Creatures book, how long have you been a member
of the troupe?
K: I joined in the early
90s, the first year we performed at Six Flags America, then called
Adventureworld.
BB: Wow, cool. So why wait
this long to bring us a Creatures book?
K: Well, it came out of
a change in the website. For a long while, the site was primarily
written by one person. Then, about two years ago, the site split
into two and our side, www.creatureseast.com, began featuring
articles and essays by a number of very talented people around
the country. There were also features compiled from submissions
by our readers. Every month, I felt a little heartbroken seeing
some of these works go into the archives, and wanted to find a
way to bring them to a larger audience. Plus, my mother never
reads the interweb.
BB: Now my editor said I have
to ask you this, how do you feel about people on the internet
calling you Horn-Head?
K: It's annoying, but then
I realize they walk around every day with unadorned heads and
with cold, naked lower extremities and realize fate has punished
them enough.
BB: Is story telling something
you do because you enjoy it, or is it somehow part of a demonic
curse, like the ancient mariner?
K: No, I do it purely for
love. And also remember, I've lived quite a long time. When I
was small, this was an evening's entertainment, and I feel bad
that modern children only have TV, which is so boring. I mean,
they don't even let you imagine your own pictures; they just put
them on the screen.
BB: How did you meet Grim and
Moira?
K: We ran in the same group
of friends.
BB: What's your favorite part
of the book, or the part you're most proud of?
K: It's hard to pick one
favorite part, but let me tell you a story related to the book
that surprised me: I got a letter in early spring from a reader
who had just picked up the book and was asking about some of the
plants mentioned in the "Haunted Botanical" section
(originally featured in the 13 List section of the site.) The
article had so inspired him, he wanted to plant a haunted garden
for himself. That was a pleasant surprise for me.
BB: And any advise for junior
demons looking to break into the business?
K: Don't sweat the contracts
for the purchase of souls. It's really a buyer's market these
days.
Well, I have to thank Kuzibah for offering us a bit of her eternity. Click on the title for more on the Essential Creatures book.
Next Month: Dina Leacock, author
of Elements of the Short Story
StrangetaleS: The Captain goes down with the Ship
Strangetales was the series we cut our publishing
teeth on. Through it we learn to crawl, to walk, and to use the
toilet (most of us anyway). And though the Captain and his crew
defeated many a foe, they finally met their match; fire! To say
the least here, after a long struggle the series has finally been
officially shelved. We again want to offer our deepest gratitude
to all our devoted fans, and thanks for all of your enduring support.
Still the Captain is made of sterner stuff. He will continue to
be a feature here at 3CP, and, without saying too much, we assure
you all that he, the Dragon, J, and the rest of the crew will
return to fight again. But for now it's a sad adieu to the mighty
steam engine called Dragon.
For more information visit: www.tricornerpublishing.com/strangetales
*Editors Note- Due to the nature of reporting events that have not yet transpired, we make no claims as to the accuracy of the following information.
Date Line- 3464. In a surprising circumstance the entirety of the Crab Cake Nebula exploded on Merpsday (old Earth Tuesday). The source of the explosion was one of the nebula's twin suns turning super-nova. The relatively young star unexpectedly exploded during some routine maintenance being conducted by Solar-Cleaners Local 99456. Apparently an unidentified alien, thought perhaps to be the nefarious Kacekan, PeeDee3, had been reported in the area earlier in the week.
"We'd hired the bug to help us counter our recent nana-flea invasion," the Mayor-elect of planet Poo-Pee admitted to investigators after the explosion. "My guess is the creepy-crawler decided the best way to eliminate our itchy flea problem was to take out the entire system."
According to an earlier report from investigators, someone sabotaged the Solar-Brush Delta Chimney Cleaning Vacuum, causing it to reverse flow and pack the stars output flow structure. Eventually the pressure inside the core rose to a critical level, and with a massive release of methane gas, exploded.
The Mayor-elect and his cupboard have issued a reward for any information leading to the Kacekan's death.
This is hardly the first time this particular being has caused our fair star system troubles. Time after time I've had to come to you and report a crime he was to commit in the distant future. And I think it's about time that one of us future reporters take up the mantle of responsibility and alert law enforcement officials to a future location of the Kacekan that could lead to his capture and termination.
However, taking into consideration the barrel of the Oric 3000 Whispersonic Bowlingball Cannon pressed to the side of this reporter's head, I have a strong feeling Mr. PeeDee3 is about to make yet another Solar-Clean getaway.
Next month:
Interview with Dina Leacock, author of Elements of the Short Story
Future News: Dark Star finally Pays Up
From Blaze: Wallace "the Walrus" Stubbs, speaks out
(cautiously)
A Squiff sample strip straight out of the upcoming Snobgook comic
And Much More!
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