This is definitely catch-up weekend, with posts I meant to put up weeks and months ago.
In July, Zune Arts ( a division of Microsoft) announced the release of The Lost Ones, “a graphic novel written by celebrated writer Steve Niles” and illustrated by “visual artists Dr. Revolt, Gary Panter, Kime Buzzelli and Morning Breath.”
Niles is best known for writing the graphic novel 30 Days of Night, that was also turned into a motion picture. He chiefly specializes in the horror genre.
My friend Larry owns a store in Burbank, CA that sells collectibles from comics books, movies and television. Earlier this year, on the occasion of the release of the 30 Days of Night DVD, Steve Niles was at this store Blast from the Past to do a signing. I happened to be in town, so I stopped by. Niles turned out to be very gracious and smart and well-versed in the horror genre.
In July, I read that Niles was going to be doing a signing of The Lost Ones in Maryland — along with Gary Panter! Panter is best known for his comic Jimbo and his production design for the TV show Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.
So, I knew I had to go. There are some photos of the event at the Big Planet Comics website. Niles was again quite gracious when I met him for the second time. Panter was drawing pictures in copies of the book; he drew a surfer, inspired by the shirt I was wearing.
I must mention that aside from Panter’s work, I was really impressed by the section in the book illustrated by Morning Breath, a design studio. And here’s an interview with Niles about The Lost Ones project.
Tags: Steve Niles, Gary Panter, The Lost Ones
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[...] Dr. Leslie Arzt from Lost. As you can see from the photo above, there’s writer Steve Niles (who I’ve met before) sitting next to legendary comic book artist Bernie Wrightson. They had done a graphic novel [...]