Mass Effect

My first Halo comics appear in Tales from Slipspace!

Halo turned fifteen on November 15 — so it’s fun to be right there kicking off Year 16! I’m delighted to announce that my first Halo comics story has just arrived in comics shops. The Halo: Tales from Slipspace hardcover contains “Undefeated,” a post-Halo: Guardians story by myself and artist Eric Nguyen — with colors and letters by my Knights of the Old Republic colleagues Michael Atiyeh and Michael Heisler.  …

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Overdraft Episode 5 now online! Plus Kenobi, Mass Effect, Simpsons news

Welcome back from the long weekend — at least, it was one in the States! Tuesday brings work, yes, but never fear: it’s the release day for episode 5 of Overdraft: The Orion Offensive, subtitled “Tip from a Dip.” Click to subscribe now, or check your Kindle account for it if you’ve already subscribed. In “Tip from a Dip,” things grow a bit more serious for our interstellar sales team. …

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Bart Simpson goes comic crazy — and Mass Effect gets DLC

Some fun stuff available this week! First off, in comics shops today, is my latest Simpsons story, “For A Limited Time Only,” appearing in Bart Simpson #77. Bart and Milhouse, getting hold of a pile of tragically coverless comics, decide to answer all the ads that don’t have expiration dates — and end up destabilizing the world economy! It’s a rollicking story that touches on all kinds of comics ads …

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Production note extravaganza! Lost Tribe: Collected Stories and more

Regular readers of this site know I keep production notes and trivia on just about everything I write. I’ve been posting them since I launched the site in 2003, not long after my first professional comic book was released. Normally, I like to get them done the same week a book comes out — but then I also like to wait until I get feedback and hear what questions people …

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Mass Effect Invasion trade invades stores!

It’s a big day at the comics shop tomorrow — Dark Horse has the first issue of Star Wars: Boba Fett is Dead out, as well as the climactic issues of Star Wars: Crimson Empire III and Star Wars: Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness out. (Plus there’s that Bart Simpson’s Pal, Milhouse one-shot that I’ve been looking forward to from Bongo! Gotta love Milhouse.) So while you’re there, be …

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Reapers invade! Don’t say we didn’t warn you…

Some sort of video game goes on sale this week, or so I’m told — oh, yeah! That Mass Effect 3! And as noted here on the site in the past, I’ve scripted a couple of graphic novels that can supply some supporting information: Mass Effect: Evolution and Mass Effect: Invasion. Evolution is available now, while Invasion ships soon. (Cover of the Invasion collection is at right.) Also, the Collector’s …

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Mass Effect: Invasion concludes! Issue #4 hits shelves Wednesday!

And Wednesday finds the final chapter of Mass Effect: Invasion on your comics retailer’s shelf! It’s a pretty big moment in the Mass Effect universe, determining the future of the Omega space station and setting up events for Mass Effect 3. Issue #4 has two variant covers, one from Massimo Carnevale and the other from Paul Renaud. I’m dreadfully behind in posting production notes on the Mass Effect titles, but …

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Knight Errant Deluge finale and Mass Effect Invasion #3 now on sale!

On a holiday shopping run tomorrow? It’s another double comic day for me — with the final issue of the latest Kerra Holt adventure, Star Wars: Knight Errant – Deluge #5, hitting stands, alongside Mass Effect: Invasion #3! I’ve had a pretty busy day (check out my latest post on my comics research blog, which is pretty interesting — to me, anyway!), so for a change I’ll turn things over …

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Armored anthology line-up set

Editor John Joseph Adams has just posted the line-up for Baen Books’ Armored anthology that I’ve got a story in — it’s due out March 27. In addition to familiar names like Jack Campbell, Dan Abnett, and Alastair Reynolds, the mass-market paperback has stories from some fellow Star Wars authors, Michael Stackpole and Sean Williams. I’ve just posted a page on the site for the book here. Armored is a …

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Mass Effect Invasion #2, Knight Errant Deluge #4 now on sale!

Another double-release Wednesday, with Star Wars: Knight Errant — Deluge #4 and Mass Effect: Invasion #2 on sale in shops across North America. More creepy comics goodness with Hutts and Reapers! The Stormdrivers have come to Aquilaris, and Kerra’s all alone in trying to save her former home. Can Kerra save her friends from the literal flood? This issue’s Joe Quinones cover, you may recall, was the exclusive print from …

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