Rick Lundeen, my partner in crimes against fiction and the artistic genius behind “The Dark”, will be signing copies of The Dark at Graham Crackers in Downers Grove, Illinois on June 2nd

This is an alternative date to the April 7th date, owing to shipping issues with the books.

This is a rare opportunity for fans of the book to meet up with the man who created the graphic novel’s unique look and who gave life to its disturbing creations.

Best of luck to Rick for the signing!

For more details, check out http://www.grahamcrackers.com/events.htm

Rick, Harry, and I have all been interviewed by the Hypergeek website about the forthcoming release of The Dark.

We all answered our questions seperately, and it is interesting to see the areas in which we see the book differently as well as the areas in which we agree!

A great chance to get a little “behind the scenes” peek at the workings of a trans-atlantic creative team and a trans-atlantic publisher.

And, of course, I give a few little clues away as to what the big mystery is in “The Dark” …

Read “Illuminating The Dark: Talking to Chris Lynch, Rick Lundeen, and Harry Markos About AAM Markosia’s Latest Graphic Novel” here.

The Discount Comic Book Service are listing The Dark for pre-order with a free sketch card from Rick Lundeen.

This offer is very exclusive and we’re keeping the sketch card itself under wraps, but if you are based in the US (or don’t mind paying overseas postage!) click this link to order The Dark with a free sketch card from DCBS

Note – this link will open up just the book itself, so hit “add” to put it in your cart and then click the little golden cart to get back to the site proper!

They know me so well! Murky Depths has picked up the SFX “Fanzine of the Month” gong for a 3rd time.

It wasn’t until I met up with Terry from Murky Depths this weekend that I found out that “The Escape Artist” was given a special mention.

Artist on The Dark Rick Lundeen has been profiled by the superb Jazma Online website.

Fascinating stuff with insights into Rick’s work on The Dark and his wider comics portfolio.

I must, of course, go on record as saying I am deeply flattered by Rick’s praise

Read it here … Jazma Online: Interview with Rick Lundeen.

Writing Issue 3 of “The Dark” called for a plethora of new and nightmarish characters. I honestly did wonder what artist-extraordinary Rick Lundeen would make of some of my requests …

Turns out, he’s even sicker than I am.

Without further preamble, I proudly … yes, proudly … present two of the horrors that are being created for Issue 3 of The Dark.

Doctor Needles

The Doctor is in; part doctor, part dentist, part cyborg, and part giant spider. He is, basically, every childhood horror and nightmare that you ever had.

Just don’t ask what Rick has hidden behind those glasses.

Fungus

Fungus is living (well, mostly living) vegetable matter. Puss, goo, ooze, and slime are his best bits. Try not to ask about the rest.

“The Escape Artist”, the first collaboration between myself and Rick Lundeen (artist on “The Dark”), is now available in Murky Depths issue #9.

A tale of magic, love, death, and ouija boards, it will hopefully chill the spine and warm the heart in equal measure.

For anyone who hasn’t seen Rick’s artwork on this, here’s a sneak preview …

The guys over at Sidekick Cast are the first take to take advantage of our reviewer’s preview, and have given The Dark four stars!

When I started the first issue I thought ‘Ok this seems like your standard dark avenger vigilate superhero story with a nice little sci-fi premise for the powers’. I was wrong. The main protagonist reads like the bastard love child of Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne with a hint of the tortured soul of Frank Castle. The idea of information as a weapon is taken to it’s literal conclusion in this story and although it may seem like the stuff of science fiction I suspect Lynch has been flicking through the pages of The New Scientist as liquid information is one of the next big steps in digital information transfer. This is very much on the fringe of science-fact.

By the end of the book everything I thought I knew had been turned on it’s head and I was totally sucked in.

It’s great to see the book already going down well, and hopefully people reading the review will be inspired to pick up that all important first issue.

You can read the complete review here: http://www.sidekickcomicsuk.com/blogs/blog4.php/2009/07/19/the-dark-descends-on-markosia

Thanks to guys at Sidekick Cast!

The first official press release for my new comic book mini-series “The Dark”, with AAM/Markosia, was despatched today.

The first issue should be available digitally from August, with the remaining four issues out by the end of the year, with a graphic novel version in the works shortly after that.

There is a preview version online that you rate and comment upon:

http://www.thedarkcomicbook.com

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I received the finished lettered artwork yesterday for “The Escape Artist”.

Quite simply, it looks fantastic!

Sadly I can’t preview much of the art here without blowing the story, but hopefully my gushing praise for Rick’s work and the small sample we can make available will convince you to seek this story out when it appears in a future issue of Murky Depths.

Rick and I are now talking about partnering up for some new projects in the future, so hopefully I will have the opportunity to wax lyrical about his artwork again soon.