The first issue of my End of Nations mini-series from DC Comics when on sale last week. You can get it on your iOS device or online from both Comixology and the DC Comics site.

Issue #0, which was given away as a free premium at San Diego Comic Con 2010 is also available as a free download, so you can get a taste of the world of End of Nations before committing to a purchase.

Issue #0 features the artwork of my friend Cully Hamner on the cover and the super talented Yvel Guichet on panels. The regular series switches to Chris Sprouse on covers.

Go grab your copy now. Who doesn’t like free comics?

Having a great time at NYCC. Was at the DC party last night, chatting up this guy, talking writing, only to discover it is Greg Rucka, one of my favorite DC writers. Was so glad I didn’t say anything really stupid.

Lots of very cool toys for the kiddies this year. My faves are these baby vampire “vamplets”, some really amazing Punch and Judy like puppets, and some plushies that have emotional challenges like frustration and indecision. Accompanying books show how they work through their issues. Brilliant.

And of course been promoting Alganon, which is why I came in the first place. Me and Derek Smart, guy who runs Alganon, at the bottom.

The Alganon comic I wrote as a give away item for SDCC has been released as a free digital download on both Comixology and the DC Comics apps.

DC did an outstanding job with the transfer and the guided panel view is really fun.

If you haven’t downloaded the apps, do it now and check out Alganon. Good read and it is free, yo!

The first comic series I wrote was Resident Evil. I think it ultimately took almost 2 years for the 6 issues to come out. DC and Capcom had planned a trade paperback but with all the delays I sort of assumed it was a dead as the BOWs of RE.

Until today. Got a box in the mail filled with RE trades! It was fun going back through and re-reading it after such a long hiatus. The art work by Kevin Sharpe and Jheremy Raapack really is awesome.

Ray Tate over at ComicsBulletin just posted his review of Gods of Justice, the super hero anthology from Cliffhanger Books that I contributed to. Definitely the best overall review of the book to date. Ray goes story by story and checks off what makes each entry in the book good or bad.

“Death and Life of the Hero” got a special nod, see below:

Finally, Ricardo Sanchez contributes my favorite tale in the book, “The Death and Life of a Hero.” I’m a sucker for such an uplifting story in which the hero receives his due from the people he has saved. I loved that same theme in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer as well as in Early Edition, and I love it here, too. Sanchez also should be commended for creating a unique Superman-like figure that never once actually imitates the Man of Steel. The archetypal Hero really does seem like a different man here.

I am embarrassingly flattered. I definitely had Superman in mind when I was writing my story, specifically the Christopher Reeves version. There is just something about the way he portrayed the Man of Steel that has always resonated with me. Made me feel hopeful. I wanted to re-create that feeling. Seems like, for Ray at least, I did. As a writer, it just doesn’t get better than that.

So go check out the full review then go buy the book. If you believe Ray, you won’t be sorry!