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KOTOR Campaign Guide nominated for Origins Award

July 30, 2020April 25, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

News from the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Trade Show: the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide has been nominated for an Origins Award. The guide, written by Rodney Thompson, Abel Peña, Sterling Hershey, and myself was nominated for “best role-playing supplement.” The Saga Edition rules were also nominated for best system. Attendees at the Origins convention will get a chance to vote for the finalists. This is …

Ride The Comet!

July 30, 2020April 24, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

No, not the roller coaster, nor the old pinball machine from Williams — but the July issue of Knights of the Old Republic, which now has a page on the site here. Knights #43 has a spiffy cover by Benjamin Carré. Order yours now! And I have some notes up on issue #40, touching on everything from Gotal prosthetics to David Letterman…

One (1) update, belated

July 30, 2020April 20, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

Well, I sure as heck didn’t mean for it to be close to a month between posts here — but I’m working on several projects simultaneously, and it’s kept me busy enough that I haven’t had time to discuss those that I can talk about. And none at all to delve into the other bloggy things that bloggers do. So hang in there — and make sure to grab Star …

Midsouthcon 2009: The Gryph Experience!

July 30, 2020March 25, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

This past weekend was something like my eleventh or twelfth Midsouthcon since the mid-1980s, and as usual it was a blast. This time, the big change was in venue — at the Whispering Woods Conference Center in Olive Branch, just outside Memphis — and in the number of Star Wars-related folk in attendance. Above is Cullen Johnson‘s photo of registration — which I liked because it got in the “CSI” …

Midsouthcon schedule

July 30, 2020March 19, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

It is still open to change — check here for updates — but my panel schedule this weekend at Midsouthcon in Memphis is as follows: Friday 9 p.m.: Riding the Current Wave in ComicsFriday 10 p.m.: Pulp Fiction’s Influence on Modern EntertainmentFriday 11 p.m.: Who Did Watch the Watchmen?Saturday 12 noon: Professionals RowSaturday 5 p.m.: Knights of the Old RepublicSaturday 8 p.m.: The Films of George LucasSunday 1 p.m.: Webcomics …

KOTOR #39: Let the duels begin!

July 30, 2020March 16, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

Very busy week coming up here. I’m in Memphis for Midsouthcon — panel schedule when I have it — and also Knights of the Old Republic #39 is set to go on sale this week. Plus, our new storyline just started at Sword & Sarcasm, and there are new posts up at The Comics Chronicles. What? Fill out my NCAA brackets? Sure. Can I do it after the games, when …

Revan and Malak — together at last!

July 30, 2020March 12, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

Yep, the issue you’ve been waiting for — Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #42 has finally been solicited, answering many questions about how the comics characters fit into the video game continuity, and vice versa. This issue also features the first KOTOR art from Ron Chan, whose Zayne sketch appears at right — and whose site can be found here. Check it out! Lots of discussion of the …

Game notes, and more

July 30, 2020March 9, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

Working non-stop, but I finally had a moment to get some pages set up for my game work. There’s a page for my Dawn of Defiance module for the Star Wars Role-Playing Game — it’s not released yet, but that’ll be where the notes go (and where there will be link to the Wizards download page). And, yes — ye cats! — I finally got around to writing up some …

10 Questions on ComicsCareer

July 30, 2020February 24, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

I give 10 answers to 10 questions in the interview series that’s on ComicsCareer.com. A fun interview, and a useful site. On an unrelated note, this year was the first time I saw absolutely no parts of the Oscars telecast whatsoever. I saw exactly three movies last year — Indy, Iron Man, and Dark Knight— and the first two were on the same day! Though I haven’t watched much basketball …

Filling in the gaps…

July 30, 2020February 20, 2009 by John Jackson Miller

The production notes are online for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic #38 — and also for Star Wars: Vector Vol. 1. And in so doing, I discovered there weren’t notes yet for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Vol. 4 — so those are there, now, too. Not much to say — there weren’t many corrections in these later volumes. Whittling away, but writing is not leaving …

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