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Play Ball!
The Comic Book Story of Baseball is out today! Thanks to Tomm Coker and C.P. Smith for making it look so good, Jason Yarn for his indefatigable agenting, Patrick Barb and Chloe Rawlins for their sharp editorial and design work — and you for reading. What’s that, you say? You would like to purchase a…
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Baseball Countdown Numbers
If you were following along and perhaps wondering who some of the players were in the countdown to The Comic Book Story of Baseball‘s launch, here’s a complete list: 60 Dallas Keuchel 59 Todd Jones 58 Jonathan Papelbon 57 Johan Santana 56 Mark Buerhle 55 Orel Hershiser 54 Goose Gossage 53 Don Drysdale 52 CC…
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Walt Whitman and Baseball
This is one of my favorite panels from The Comic Book Story of Baseball. (Whitman did say this, and reflected on baseball at other moments as well.) There are some more sample spreads at the book’s Amazon page. (But if you can order local, please do.)
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Forthcoming Work: Baseball, Halo, Stories
Here’s a quick rundown of new stuff I’ve got coming out in the next few months: May 8: The Comic Book Story of BaseballMay 30: “Black Friday,” a story on Tor.comJune 6: Halo: Collateral Damage #1July: Halo: Collateral Damage #2August: Halo: Collateral Damage #3Sometime in 2018: “The Atonement Path,” a story in Lightspeed
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New Lineup for Yesterday
Inspired by the legendary Ogden Nash doggerel “Lineup for Yesterday,” and by Opening Day, and by all the research sloshing around in my head from writing The Comic Book Story of Baseball: NEW LINEUP FOR YESTERDAY after Ogden Nash A is for Alan, who turned two with Lou As well as any pair ever could…
Crooked House Fictions 