Comic Book Creator No. 8

This issue of Comic Book Creator features part two of the interview with Batton Lash conducted by editor Jon B. Cooke. 14 pages are devoted to Batton’s comic book career (including Archie Meets the Punisher along with Supernatural Law), illustrated with lots of obscure items, all in full color! Also featured in the issue are…

Batton Interviewed in Famous Monsters!

  Batton grew up reading Forrest J Ackerman’s classic magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, so needless to say he was thrilled to be interviewed by Kelly Dunn for the September/October issue of the magazine! Issue 281 is currently on the newsstands—and with a cover featuring Batton’s favorite, “The Bride”! You can also purchase it directly…

Supernatural Law in Spanish!

Published in Spain by Tyrannosaurus Books, this black-and-white collection of the first eight issues of Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, is now available directly from Exhibit A Press! This is essentially Tales of Supernatural Law in Spanish. The book was featured at the Madrid Book Fair. Here is a review on a Spanish…

COMIC–CON INTERNATIONAL 2015

Comic–Con International: San Diego 2015 has come and gone (after it arrived early this year!). Lovely Wife Jackie and I had a great time . . . as usual! It was nice to see old friends and meet and greet our readers. Jackie debuted her new book, Comic Book People 2 and basked in the…

Comic Book Creator: Batton Lash Interview, Part Deux!

Part Two of Jon B. Cooke​’s career-spanning interview with me is in the latest issue of Comic Book Creator #8. I’m in august company, too– CBC #8 features far-reaching interviews with Madman’s Mike Allred and Flaming Carrot’s Bob Burden​ as well as articles on Harvey Kurtzman, Stan Lee, and Vernon Grant. Published by Two Morrows,…

Denver Comic Con 2015

Both Batton and Jackie were guests at the 2015 Denver Comic Con, held May 23-25 at the Colorado Convention Center. They had a great time meeting new fans and chatting with old friends. We’d like to thank the staff of the show for taking great care of us. Everyone in Denver is so nice! Here…

Batton Gets The Comic Book Creator Treatment

ON SALE NOW: Comic Book Creator #7, Jon Cooke’s acclaimed magazine about, well, comic books and its creators! The current issue, published by Two Morrows, features career-spanning interviews with Bernie Wrightson, Bill Morrison, Richard Bruning, Gabriel Hardman & Corinna Bechko . . . and me! Yes, if you want the inside dirt on who I…

Nixon in China

Once again, thanks to the good graces of the San Diego Opera, I (along with cartoonist Eric Shanower) was invited to sit in and sketch an opera’s dress rehearsal. This time, the opera was a 20th Century one: John Adams’s Nixon in China. I have to confess that I approached this one with some trepidation…

Great “Zombie Wife” Review

Check out this great review of Zombie Wife, And Other Tales of Supernatural Law by Jeff Provine at the Blog Critics site. Here’s a taste: “Throughout all of the captivating stories and delightfully thought-provoking legal experiments on what exactly the zoning of a graveyard is (would it need to be residential if a vampire lurks…