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Zubby Newsletter #20: A Sunstruck Conanza
Well…that was one hell of a week.We launched CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 at San Diego Comic-Con ahead of our in-store release date (which shifted from July 26th to August 2nd due to a shipping delay out of...
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Zubby Newsletter #21: Gen Con, On and On
The Hyborian Age is Back, Baby!Conan the Barbarian #1, the launch point for a new era of Hyborian Adventure, is finally out in comic shops nationwide on Wednesday, August 2nd.Thank you for your...
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Zubby Newsletter #22: Gen Conquest
A bunch of readers signed up for this newsletter at SDCC and Gen Con, so - welcome!The Zubby Newsletter is where I keep people up to date with my creative projects (mostly comics and games) and also...
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Zubby Newsletter #23: Entering the Uncanny
On social media some fans and creators were recently sharing anecdotes about the first issue of Uncanny X-Men they read, especially if it hooked them on the series, and that pulled me into a bit of a...
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Zubby Newsletter #24: Common Critique
The always amazing Steve Lieber put together an extremely helpful list of 12 common comic art portfolio critiques and asked if any comic writer wanted to do the same kind of thing, so I picked up the...
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Zubby Newsletter #25: Finding My Fortune
Dungeons & Dragons has had a bevvy of amazing campaign settings over the past 49 years and I have a deep amount nostalgia wound up in Greyhawk, Ravenloft, and Mystara, but Planescape holds an...
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Zubby Newsletter #26: Back to School
Hanging with movie-style Thulsa Doom in Atlanta. After back-to-back four-day conventions, Fan Expo Canada in Toronto and Dragon Con in Atlanta, I immediately rocketed into the Fall term at Seneca. It’s...
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Zubby Newsletter #27: Sprinting to Slow Down
Cascading deadlines, teaching, and conventions. It’s a whole lot right now. Stacy warned me I shouldn’t “fill every box on the calendar like Tetris” and, surprising no one, she was right.I got back...
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Zubby Newsletter #28: A Tiny Piece of History
I received a copy of LORE & LEGENDS, the history and art of D&D 5th edition by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Sam Witwer, arriving in stores on Oct 2nd.It’s an incredible tour...
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Zubby Newsletter #29: Those Souls You Stole
This weekend it’s Canadian Thanksgiving and I have a lot to be thankful for, as you’ll see below. Thank you for checking out my newsletter and sharing it with others!Social media is more mercurial and...
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Zubby Newsletter #30: After Con
New York Comic Con was a whirling dervish and the Conan fandom came out in force. It was a thrill hearing their excitement for the new series and signing a storm of issues, including a pair of...
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Zubby Newsletter #31: Big Jam
Twice a year, Character Design instructor Jim Graves organizes a drawing meet-up he calls Sketch Jam. Instructors and students from Seneca’s art programs hang out, draw for fun, and socialize. It...
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Zubby Newsletter #32: Halloween Magic
What’s your best/most memorable Halloween costume? Here’s mine, from 2007- When Stacy and I started dating she pulled out all the stops and offered to build me a Halloween costume from scratch, any...
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Zubby Newsletter #33: Now and Then
Last week the music world was abuzz with the release of the “last” Beatles song, a cassette-recorded demo called Now and Then by John Lennon completed by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr with...
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Zubby Newsletter #34: Something Savage Stirs
Big. Bold. Black & White.Cover and solicitation info have been revealed by ComicBook.com for the grand return of SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN in February 2024, including this stunning cover by legendary...
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Zubby Newsletter #35: A Brutal Battle Looms
Heroic Signatures and Titan unleash the power of Conan on Free Comic Book Day again in 2024, and this time it’s also the first part of an epic event we’re calling BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE!Peep that...
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Zubby Newsletter #36: A Little Nod
My writing schedule has been intense this Fall, but Stacy and I are slooowly but surely making our way through Baldur’s Gate 3. I’m in the final act of the game, wrapping up side quests and preparing...
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Zubby Newsletter #37: Off The Cuff
It's the Dungeon Master's World - We're Just Trying to Survive ItIn my previous newsletter I mentioned that in 2024 I’ll be at a pair of tabletop gaming events in Wisconsin celebrating 50 years of...
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Zubby Newsletter #38: Deathtraps & Dinosaurs
It's D&D (Deathtraps & Dinosaurs) in the Merry Marvel Manner!I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I might have some Marvel Multiverse TTRPG news coming up and - BAM - here it is!THE MURDERWORLD...
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Zubby Newsletter #39: Disco Dystopia
Over the weekend I finished playing through Disco Elysium, a twisted story-driven game in the style of King’s Quest or Maniac Mansion that uses RPG character exploration a bit like Planescape: Torment....
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Zubby Newsletter #40: A Question of Pacing
A peek behind the scenes, with slight spoilers for the new Conan the Barbarian series- In the epilogue at the end of Conan the Barbarian #4, we see a traveler from Asgard pick up a fragment of Black...
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Zubby Newsletter #41: Happy Holidays, By CROM!
CROM of the Mountain may not care about you or yours (or me...or anyone, really) this season, but I want to wish you and your family the happiest of holidays - Merry Christmas and a Happy New...
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Zubby Newsletter #42: Year In Review, 2023
For the past 13 years I've been putting together a 'Year In Review' post on my website as a way to summarize my thoughts and feelings on the year that was. It's a nice way to measure highs and lows,...
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Zubby Newsletter #43: The Unconquered Future
HAPPY NEW YEAR!I hope your holidays have been prosperous and that the new year is looking bright.I haven't updated my YouTube channel in quite some time and with everything that's been going it's not...
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Zubby Newsletter #44: Pull the Ripcord
Late last week I walked away from an unannounced and unfinished project. I'm pretty sure that's a first for me. (No, I won’t publicly say what it was and probably never will. I’m not here to sling mud....
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Zubby Newsletter #45: Get 'Er Done
The above flowchart meme has been floating around and a lot of people empathize with it for good reason. It encompasses a common unhealthy cycle that creative people can get pulled into.If something is...
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Zubby Newsletter #46: Definitely On Board
Last week, the latest Kickstarter campaign for the Conan Board Game by Monolith launched, based on Red Nails, one of the finest Robert E. Howard Conan tales, and it’s been crushing its way through...
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Zubby Newsletter #47: Savage Stirrings
Superhero Hype has more preview artwork from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1, the magazine-sized black & white epic that launches in late February. I have a short prose story in the first issue and comic...
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Zubby Newsletter #48: Dungeons For Dinner
Over the weekend, Stacy and I watched all six of the released Delicious in Dungeon episodes out so far on Netflix and it is a strangely accurate representation of an actual Dungeons & Dragons...
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Zubby Newsletter #49: Time Flies
Dungeons & Dragons posted a new 50th anniversary tribute video online and it was a nice little surprise to see Stacy and I briefly appear during a montage section of community moments.I have so...
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