In the tradition of H. G. Wells and Richard Matheson, Hater is one man’s story of his place in a world gone mad— a world infected with fear, violence, and HATE.

FeoNote: Director J.A. Bayona (THE ORPHANAGE) is onboard as director of HATER, which is tentatively scheduled as a 2010 release.

Wolfman will write compelling story arcs, exciting quests and in-game events for DCUO. Wolfman's seminal run on The New Teen Titans is a favorite among comic book fans, and along with his work on series such as Crisis on Infinite Earths, Batman and Superman, he has become one of the most recognizable names in comics of the last three decades. His illustrious comic credits also include creating and writing Blade, The Vampire Hunter.

Wolfman joins an all-star roster already at work on DCUO, including legendary comic book artist Jim Lee, who serves as the game's executive creative director, and renowned DC writer Geoff Johns, who is crafting the game's overarching story. DCUO is currently in development at SOE's Austin studio in collaboration with DC Comics and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

"Getting Marv on board with DC Universe Online shows just how passionate and determined we are about making sure this franchise delivers for both video game players and comic book fans alike," said John Smedley, president of SOE. "This is a true collaboration between the top talent at DC and SOE, and I believe the result of this creative alliance will be one of the most exciting, memorable online game experiences to date."

Wolfman has been a creative force both on and off the pages of comic books. Wolfman recently worked as a writer for the popular Teen Titans animated series. In addition to Blade, which was turned into a TV series and three hit movies starring Wesley Snipes, he created Bullseye, the prime villain in the 2003 movie Daredevil. Wolfman has received numerous awards and recognition for his work, including the SCRIBE award for best speculative fiction novel adaptation for Superman Returns, and a special commendation by the White House for his work on three anti-drug comics for the "Just Say No" program.

"As a gamer, this is a dream project in many ways," said Wolfman. "I get to create new stories in the DC Universe that will make this video game world a truly unique, unforgettable experience."

From Stacy Miles
On Saturday at New York Comic-Con, Marv Wolfman will join Jim Lee, Geoff Johns and SOE developers Jens Andersen, Wes Yanagi and Jared Carr for the panel "Bringing the DC Universe to Life Online." The panel will take place at the Jacob Javits Center in Room 1A24 from 4:15-5:15pm.
Following the panel, SOE will host a fan party in the same room, where fans and press will be able to get their hands on DC Universe Online.

When In Cold Blog’s editor, Michelle McKee, went looking for someone to represent the voice of America’s freedom of speech, censorship, morality gone wrong, exploitation, and the removal of one’s Constitutional guarantee of freedom, she looked no further than the notorious publisher of Boneyard Press, Hart D. Fisher.

Fisher’s opinions on serial killers and serial killer culture have been sought by numerous television producers for programs such as ABC's DayOne, CNN's Murder By Numbers, Entertainment Tonight, Larry King Live, The Jerry Springer Show, CNN Headline News, A&E's Biography, and in magazines such as Time, Tattoo Savage, Hero Illustrated, People, The Comics Journal, and the non-fiction best seller The A-Z Guide to Serial Killers, to name only a few.

An individual who takes his work to the extreme, Fisher pushes the envelope on the boundaries of freedom of expression beyond that which many are comfortable with. His work has been banned and pulled from shelves and his books have been destroyed by the distribution house itself.

With credits dotting his portfolio that include the production of indie horror films, the creation of serial killer comic books, the production of pornography, horror porn to be specific, as well as critically acclaimed poetry, Hart D. Fisher has been called one of the "100 Most Important People In The Comics Industry" by Hero Illustrated. He has also been one of the most universally despised individuals to have ever set foot in adult theme comics, let alone within in the crime genre itself. As the controversial publisher behind Boneyard Press, Fisher created Jeffrey Dahmer: An Unauthorized Biography of a Serial Killer, A comic book that started a firestorm which brought death threats, stalkers, lawsuits, protest marches, including a threatened KKK protest march on his home in Illinois, a SWAT team to his door, and a request by the local police to leave town. As managing editor of Glenn Danzig’s publishing company Verotik, Fisher created a comic book murder story, Verotika #4, “A Taste of Cherry,” that was considered to be so offensive and obscene it shut down Planet Comics in Oklahoma City in the early 90’s and the work was banned. It is still banned in that state today.

Even OJ Simpson has sued Fisher for his satirical portrayal in Boneyard Press’ comic book creations. Hart Fisher produces the type of material that members of the morality police generally object to. His work is considered by some to be vile and offensive, and it is exactly the type of unpopular speech that is at the forefront of assaults by the so called moral majority against our Constitutional liberties. It is the type of material that is typically blamed for various public ills and criminal activity; after all, we've all heard what the Uptight Ninny Brigade has to say about sex crimes, metal music and video games.

Fisher couldn't be a more appropriate voice representing freedom of expression, and the shredding of the Untied States Constitution. Hart D. Fisher has fought for his right as an American citizen to exercise his freedom of speech – and he has lost.

For more information on indie publishing legend Hart D. Fisher, visit:
Americanhorrors.com
BoneyardPress.net
CrimePaysInc.com
YouTube.com/profile?user=crimepayshart

The Film will also have Exclusive Midnight Theatrical engagements at IFC Center in New York City this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 06 and 07, at 12:20am (following day), and will open at LA’s Laemmle Sunset 5 on March 13.

IFC’s “In Theaters” reaches 50 million US homes with independent films made available simultaneously in theaters and on demand, bringing specialty films to an audience that might never have has access otherwise.

This year´s convention will be held November 13-15, 2009, at the InnSuites Hotel in Tucson, Arizona. Last year found the weather in the low 80s, with convention goers swimming in the Olympic-sized pool, drinking and conversing beneath the fronds of palm trees. Not a bad way to spend a fall weekend. In addition to regular convention programming, TusCon has a dealer´s room, an art show, a gaming room and a ConSuite where food and drinks are served to convention goers. A breakfast buffet is included in the room rate, as is a free happy hour every evening.

Weston Ochse is the Bram Stoke Award-winning author of the novel, Scarecrow Gods. In addition to novels, his work has appeared in comic books, anthologies, professional writer´s guides and magazines. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2003 and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Pending June 2009). Current works in print include Scarecrow Gods, Redemption Roadshow, Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way and The Golden Thread. Blaze of Glory will be available from Bloodletting Press by the time of the convention.

Weston is married to fellow author, Yvonne Navarro (AFTERAGE), and lives in Southern Arizona. His website can be found at westonochse.com.

General information for TusCon 36, as well as registration information, can be found at http://home.earthlink.net/~basfa/.

FeoNote: Nobody, not even Weston asked me to make a comment here. But I know a lot of you have never been to BASFA, perhaps have never even heard of BASFA, and your first impression will be their website when you click through that there link. So I'll say it before you do, as I don't want you to avoid this convention when you see the page.

Holy Crap what the hell is WRONG with that website? Pretty freaking luddite for a purported Science Fiction convention! And Good luck with registering for 2009! BASFA is virtually unchanged since the dawn of the Internet (they got rid of their old background). Most of their links are broken - including the one to Weston Ochse' website - or haven't been updated in over ten years. Here's an archive snapshot from April 2001 (web.archive.org/web/20010515214843/http://home.earthlink.net/~basfa/). They still have a link on their homepage to Horrornet.com before it was .com and back when it was up at Michigan Tech in the early 1990s! Seriously! There is just no damn excuse for that! Great Cthulhu is that an ugly website!* I sat on this story for a day and as of this writing, they still haven't updated their page since November 2, 2008. You CAN'T register for 2009 yet! I mean, anyone can have broken links. I probably do myself on some of the old archive pages. But we're not talking about some website 100+ pages deep. I'm talking right on their freaking home page! DAMN, MAN!

So if you are in the Arizona area, you should check it out the convention all the same. Half-assed website notwithstanding, I hear they put on a good show (I guess the folks who run the show don't run the website). Besides, Weston Ochse is the Guest of Honor! He's an old feoamante.com alumni. And once again, this is Weston's proper website WestonOchse.com/

*And I know ugly websites! So if you think the BASFA website is being terribly retro-trendy rebellious, here are some more that you should love.
TheBigUglyWebsite
Havenworks.com

And if you think I'm being unpardonably cruel to BASFA, just click the link and look at that goddam website!

NARUTO was the top VIZ Media manga title on the list, placing highest at Number 2 overall with nine volumes of the internationally popular series placing in the Top 20 at #’s 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16 and 18. This is the first time so many volumes of a single series have dominated this particular list. Three other VIZ Media manga titles made the top 20 as well: DEATH NOTE (with three spots at #9, 12 and 19), BLEACH (at #17), and the gothic melodrama VAMPIRE KNIGHT (securing two spots at #14 and 20) joined NARUTO in the Top 20.

“It’s very gratifying to see such continued strong sales of these top titles throughout 2008,” says Gonzalo Ferreyra, Vice President Sales & Product Marketing, VIZ Media. “Six of the Top 10 graphic novels featured on the 2007 list were also NARUTO volumes, and with the launch of the new NARUTO SHIPPUDEN story arc last year we’re very pleased to see the series continuing to dominate the list. Likewise, we are also very excited to see other unique manga titles like DEATH NOTE, BLEACH and VAMPIRE KNIGHT featured among the Top 20. Each of these series is critically acclaimed and holds a wide appeal that transcends multiple reader demographics. As we begin 2009, we look forward to a variety of VIZ Media manga continuing to find such a loyal and sizable domestic audience.”

Please visit ICV2.com/articles/news/14161.html for the full list of Top 20 BookScan Graphic Novels.

Anchor Bay Films President Bill Clark said about the acquisition, “We are thrilled to be working with Myriad Pictures and releasing Not Forgotten. Over the past year, Simon Baker has established himself as an even bigger star with feature as well as television audiences and we know they’ll love this film too.”

Baker plays Jack Bishop, a man with a secret past that is revealed when his daughter is kidnapped. To find her, he enlists the help of the cult La Santa Muerte and returns to his roots in the squalid, seedy barrios of Mexico. In the twists and turns that follow, Bishop is forced to confront his own demons and the growing suspicions of his wife Amaya, played by Paz Vega, until the surprise ending.

La Santa Muerte is a centuries-old mixture of Catholicism and paganism in which devotees pray to the saint known as The Holy Death for revenge and other acts against their enemies. It has a particularly strong presence in U.S./Mexico border towns.

The crew includes such highly respected professionals as Director of Photography Steven Bernstein, ASC (FORSAKEN, SCARY MOVIE 2), Production Designer Craig Stearns (John Carpenter's THE FOG, Tobe Hooper's INVADERS FROM MARS, Stephen King's CHILDREN OF THE CORN, THE BLOB [1988], THE MASK, Stephen King's THE SHINING [TV], Stephen King & Clive Barker's QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY [TV], Stephen King's STORM OF THE CENTURY [TV], Stephen King's ROSE RED [TV], Stephen King's KINGDOM HOSPITAL [TV]), and Academy Award®-winning composer Mark Isham (THE HITCHER, BLADE, IMPOSTOR, THE MIST) and composer Cindy Connor (BLADE, IMPOSTOR, NEXT, THE MIST).