Mike Carey

J.M. DeMatteis; Mike Carey

Join two of the world’s most popular comic book writers for a session on writing novels and graphic novels with a special focus on the world-building required to bring the fantastic to life. Both authors have written prolifically for Marvel and DC and a host of smaller presses. J.M. DeMatteis, perhaps best known for legendary runs on Spiderman and Justice League International, is the creator of Moonshadow, Brooklyn Dreams and Abadazad, as well as Imaginalis, a novel for young readers. Mike Carey, author of the Felix Castor novels and one of the architects of Marvel’s X-Men line, had acclaimed runs on Lucifer, Hellblazer and Ultimate Fantastic Four and is the creator of Crossing Midnight and The Unwritten. Tickets $10 / $5 reduced. Free for festival members. (thebookpile)… (more)

Mike Carey discusses The Naming of the Beasts.; Andrew Pyper discusses The Guardians.

For those of us who love a little terror between the pages, two master storytellers take us where things go bump in the night. Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Pyper returns with his fifth novel, The Guardians , a chilling tale that reminds us there’s no such thing as an empty house. The UK’s Mike Carey, no stranger to the underworld, wrote Lucifer and Hellblazer for DC Comics’ Vertigo line, as well as five Felix Castor novels, the most recent of which, The Naming of the Beasts , finds the London exorcist fighting to keep all Hell from breaking loose—literally. A free event. (thebookpile)… (more)

Mike Carey signs The Unwritten, Vol. 2: The Inside Man.

Mike Carey will be signing The Unwritten Vol 2: The Inside Man at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Friday 26th November from 5:30 - 6:30pm. Tom Taylor's father created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Potter. The problem: Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his counterpart. When a scandal reveals that he might really be a boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious group. Now, to protect his own life and discover the truth, Tom will travel the world, visiting places where fiction has shaped reality. In this volume, Tom arrives at Donostia prison in southern France and falls into the orbit of another of his stories, ‘The Song of Roland’. Unfortunately, it's a story that ends with a massacre... Mike Carey’s work in has encompassed everything from a biographical comic of Ozzy Osbourne to the astounding and Eisner Award-nominated Lucifer. The list of credits and titles to his name is as sparkling as it is long – and the publication of his Felix Castor series of novels have proved that he can move format without losing his insight, skill or passion. Mike has a first-class degree in English from Oxford and pre-dated his illustrious comics career with 15 years as a teacher. (souloftherose)… (more)

Mike Carey discusses The Unwritten, Vol. 2: The Inside Man.

Bestselling author Mike Carey will be talking at Borehamwood Library on Tuesday, 9th November. As well as his horror writing including the popular Felix Castor series, Mike is also a well known author of graphic novels, including Lucifer, X-Men and The Unwritten series. Mike will be talking about the two volumes of the Unwritten series which have already been published: Volume 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity, and, Volume 2: The Inside Man. This series has drawings by Peter Gross and is about Tom Taylor, a young boy whose father writes boy-wizard fantasy novels about a boy with his son’s name, so fans cannot tell fact from fiction. They follow Tom’s adventures travelling the world to all the places where fictions have shaped reality. St Albans based bookshop Chaos City Comics will be at the event selling books and there will be a chance to get books signed by the author. Tickets £5.00/ Concessions £2.50, 16 and under free of charge. For further information phone 0300 123 4049. (souloftherose)… (more)