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Michael

Another writer/musician in LA.

About Me

I am a ficiton and comic book writer. You can read my .. novel DINGO for free (though a donation is greatly appreciated). My comics include Second Wave (War of the Worlds), the "Tales" anthologies (all three Zombie Tales, Cthulhu Tales, Pirate Tales and Ninja Tales), Fear The Dead, my two collaborative projects with Eureka co-creator Andrew Cosby: X-Isle and Enigma Cipher, Dominion, and Fall of Cthulhu. All of these books can be found at quality comic shops near you or can be purchased directly from BOOM! Studios .

My Interests

Japanese culture and language, writing, reading, music, guitars, comics, fantasy, science fiction, horror, hiking, camping, yoga, tennis, wrestling, dancing, the beach, live music

I'd like to meet:

I am actively looking for a Japanese language partner. I've just started learning the language and would like to find someone who would like to help me improve my conversational skills (which are practically non-existent at the moment). So if you speak Japanese and would like to help, I'd love to hear from you.

Music:

L'Arc~en~ciel, Brent Locke and the Loaded, Quadrivian, Joe Satriani, Dream Theater, Christian Kane, Mediaeval Baebes, Loreena McKennit, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Weezer, Maroon 5, Mars Volta, Papa Roach, The Killers, The Darkness, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Steve Vai, Lit, Foo Fighters, Tenacious D, Living Colour, Megadeth, The Police

Movies:

The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Legend, Kill Bill Vol. I&II, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead (hey, you can't go wrong with zombies), Primer, Casshern, Kung Fu Hustle, House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Bourne Identity-Supremacy, Spinal Tap, Noises Off, War of the Worlds, Garden State, It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, Vertigo, Philidelphia Story, Bend in the River, Shop Around The Corner, (anything with James Stewart in it), The Core, Usual Suspects, Seven, The Shining, The Exorcist, The Ring, Wild Zero, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Cowboy Bebop The Movie

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Cowboy Bebop, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Happy Tree Friends, The West Wing, Lost, Global Frequency (never aired, the bastards!), Coupling (the British version), Deadwood, Carnivale, The Daily Show

Books:

Wizard's First Rule (whole Sword of Truth series), Ender's Game, The First Book of Swords (Second and Third as well), The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Princess Bride, Otherland, Bone, Zombie Tales (I'm a shameless self promoter), just about everything by Shakespeare, Altered Carbon, The Nine Billion Names of God, Harry Potter, On Writing by Stephen King, Ulysses, Dingo (you haven't heard of it yet-but you will!), Y The Last Man, Every D&D and D20 manual out there (yes, I'm a geek-deal with it), Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Gap Series

Heroes:

My dad. 'nuff said.

My Blog

The devil's day.

666.  The number of the Beast (though there is some scholarly debate that it might actually be 616, but let's stay focused).  Today's date.  My birthday.  That's right.  Bow t...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:20:00 PST

All the cool kids are doing it.

This past weekend I decided to treat myself to an early birthday present and went out and bought myself an iPod nano.  It is the cat's ass (that means I like it very much, in case you were wonder...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:42:00 PST

Wondercon

If you're in San Francisco this weekend, stop by the Moscone Center West.  I'll be in booth 205.
Posted by Michael on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:04:00 PST

Varient Cover

Yeah, bitches.  Check this out.The special Wonder Con exclusive cover to WotW:SW #1.  It's some really nice work from Jeff Rebner and Ron Riley.  ...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:28:00 PST

L'Arc~en~Ciel

I love this band.  Their song "Driver's High" is used as the intro to the first several episodes of GTO.  So I did a little searching and found the band who played the song.  L'Arc~en~C...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:10:00 PST

Blessing in disguise

Last night was the worst New Years I've ever had.  Not only did I spend it entirely alone, but I was drunk and in bed by 10:30.  It came and went without my even noticing. However, I did wak...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 05:01:00 PST

The coming storm.

I have to admit that I may be putting the cart before the horse, but I have a very strong feeling that 2006 is going to be a whirlwind of a year.  This morning I was at Earth 2 for their specia...
Posted by Michael on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 04:41:00 PST

I am fucking Aleph.

And when I say "fucking" I don't mean the fun, bent over my kitchen table kind.  For those of you who don't know who Aleph is, she's the communications guru/tech-geek/hub of the Global Frequency ...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 11:15:00 PST

Changes

So it happened.  My car has finally reached Nirvana after only having to be reincarnated once.  For those of you who don't know, my car died last summer (the first time).  I had to turn...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:25:00 PST

Halloween

About a month ago, my friend Andy sends out an email with only three words.  "Halloween.  Us.  Vikings." Below is the destruction those three words wrought on Friday night (I'm the bal...
Posted by Michael on Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:16:00 PST