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1977 Review of the Demon Seed film
August 9, 2015
Say hello to the May 1977 issue of Texas Monthly. Click the cover for a link to the Google Books version of the article titled “Bombs Bursting in Air” featuring reviews of Black Sunday and Demon Seed.
Forbidden Panel Episode #137: Odd Thomas (and other topics)
August 1, 2015
Source: http://forbiddenpanel.com/PanelCast/episode-137/
Details about the next Frankenstein comic from Previews
July 30, 2015
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
July 25, 2015
July 21, 2015 – Ficiton
1. Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee, narrated by Reese Witherspoon (Harper Audio)
2. Armada by Ernest Cline, narrated by Wil Wheaton (Random House Audio)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, narrated by Sissy Spacek (Harper Audio)
4. The Martian by Andy Weir, narrated by B.C. Bray (Podium Publishing)
5. Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as told by Christian by E.L. James, narrated by Zachary Webber (Random House Audio)
6. Die Again: Rizzoli & Isles by Tess Gerritsen, narrated by Tanya Eby (Brilliance Audio)
7. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, narrated by Clare Corbett, Louis Brealey and India Fisher (Penguin Audio)
8. Dust to Dust by Tami Hoag, narrated by David Colacci (Brilliance Audio)
9. You by Caroline Kepnes, narrated by Santino Fontana (Simon & Schuster Audio)
10.The Funhouse by Dean Koontz, narrated by Karen Peakes (Brilliance Audio)
Source: The Houston Chronicle.
DC Comics artist discusses career, life and industry future
July 25, 2015
Fans of DC Comics are no doubt familiar with the drawings of Brett Booth. And today they will get another dose of his creative ways when DC Comics releases “The Flash No. 42.”
Booth, who lives near Fort Hancock (about 50 miles east of El Paso) has worked on The X-Men, Fantastic Four and Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein.
He has also worked on some big names in the DC Universe, doing art for Teen Titans, Justice League of America, Nightwing and Batman/Superman, as well as The Flash, a mainstay in the DC Comics stable.
Red the full article @ The ElPaso Times.
More details on Frankenstein: Storm Surge
July 10, 2015
Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce the October launch of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Storm Surge, an all-new six-issue miniseries. From the celebrated imagination of the bestselling novelist comes a powerful reworking of one the most classic stories of all time, co-written by veteran comic book author Chuck Dixon (Batman, The Punisher) and illustrated by Andres Ponce (Doctor Who, Transformers Prime).
Frankenstein: Storm Surge #1 continues the fan-favorite reimagining of “The Modern Prometheus” seen in Koontz’s previous Dynamite series, focusing on cast members Victor and Erika. While healing from a beating she suffered at the hands of Victor Helios – once Dr. Frankenstein – and her own maker, Erika Five decides to leave the comfort of her glassed-in porch and bottle of cognac to go exploring into Victor’s secret home lab, which she believes is an antechamber to something more sinister. With the help of the bodiless head Karloff and his disembodied hand, Erika finds a secret lab and within sees experiments revealing Victor’s attempts to do more than create a race of super-immortals… and a mirror-like portal to another universe, one of infinite realities Victor is trying to bridge for his own terrifying reasons!Regarding the new series, Dean Koontz says, “With Frankenstein: Storm Surge, Dynamite has wonderfully revitalized this series. Uber cool!”
Happy 70th Birthday Dean!
July 9, 2015
More (original) Frankenstein comics on the way!
July 8, 2015
Horror novelist Dean Koontz is coming back to Dynamite for a new six-issue miniseries Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Storm Surge. Koontz has written five novels featuring his re-imagined version of the classic Mary Shelley tale and this will be his second time bringing the world to comics. The first series adapted the novel Prodigal Son, but Storm Surge is an original story in the Koontz created universe. The new series will be co-written by Chuck Dixon (The Punisher) and drawn by Andres Ponce (Doctor Who).
Read the full article @ story synopsis @ BleedingCool.com
New Odd MP3-CDs
July 3, 2015
Looks like Brilliance is starting to double up titles when it comes to MP3-CD audiobook releases. With official release dates of 1 July 2015 here’s Odd Hours/Odd Interlude and Odd Apocalypse/Deeply Odd.
Another Foreign Edition Quiz
July 1, 2015
Here’s another foreign language edition of a Koontz title. Leave your guess in the comments.
Two Ashley Bell e-novellas are coming
June 29, 2015
Just found this via edelweiss, a multi-publisher promotional Website:
SUPPORTING NOVELLAS AND OTHER GROUNDBREAKING DIGITAL INITIATIVES: Dean will write two 20,000 word E-novellas in support of the novel, and we will be developing other fresh promotional initiatives as part of our major marketing campaign.
Not one, like recent books, but two this time. Details as I discover them.
Ashley Bell moved up to December 2015
June 29, 2015
Received this notice from Amazon.com early this morning.
Koontz, Dean “Ashley Bell: A Novel”
Previous estimated arrival date: January 12, 2016
New estimated arrival date: December 08, 2015
So it looks like the wait for Ashley Bell just got a month shorter.
Childrens Hospital: “Koontz Is Coming”
June 27, 2015
But when Childrens Hospital gets it right, it really gets it right. That’s the case again for this week’s latest episode, “Koontz Is Coming.” The episode is an homage to British sitcom Fawlty Towersand also a tip of the hat to the work of “the one and only suspense thriller novelist, Dean Koontz.” It’s also another fantastic showing for Childrens Hospital.
Read the whole review @ A.V. Club.
I was previously unaware of this show and just watched this episode. Not sure I’ll watch any more, but it was fun
Artfully Odd: How a book designer captured the essence of Dean Koontz’s bestselling Odd Thomas series
June 25, 2015
Virginia Norey, associate design director for the Random House group, has worked on the entire Odd Thomas series, in which each book features unique original art on the title page and elsewhere. As the series comes to a close with Saint Odd, she reflects on the choices behind each image. She says, “The art within the Odd Thomas series sets the reader on a journey; it illustrates nuances of mood in each book, and depicts the movement of his story.”
Read the full article @ Random House Books
DDSCast Book 5: Odd Thomas
June 25, 2015
Starring James Bricknell and Walter Pavlik with Guest Becca Howes
(Duration: 47 minutes 16.3 MB)
Welcome to the Dewey Decibel System, “A social bookclub for the internet age.”
Join Walter, Becca, and James for our review of Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
This episode is the only one for Odd Thomas as the team wanted to talk about the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett and any way, we didn’t get any emails!
Horror in Vancouver: talking spider-munchin' on the set of FOX-TV's Intensity
June 25, 2015
Back in ’97 I got assigned by Fangoria magazine to cover the filming of a FOX-TV miniseries called Intensity. Normally I wouldn’t give a rat’s ass about a FOX-TV miniseries, but this one was based on a novel I really loved by Dean Koontz, so I was in.
Here’s a shortened version of the story that ran in the September 1997 issue of Fango, the one with Spawn on the cover.
Like a master carver, Dean Koontz meticulously sliced away everything that wasn’t essential on his 1995 novel Intensity, ending up with a tidy, 300-page knockout of a horrific suspense yarn. With just two main characters, one storyline, and everything squeezed into a 24-hour time frame, his lean tale of philosophical serial killer Edgler Vess and Chyna Shepherd—the young woman who courageously steps into his blood-spattered path to save a teenage girl—was a short, sharp little switchblade of a story.
Even literary types were impressed.
Read the full article @ The Georgia Straight
Character in 'Odd Thomas' series leads adventure between living, dead
June 25, 2015
During the past eight years, Dean Koontz has kept my interest with his tales about an extraordinary young man named Odd Thomas, who is the focus of a series with the same name. That is a difficult feat considering Odd’s story spans 12 books if you include the graphic novels and short story novellas. But when your main character uses his ability of seeing the dead to save the lives of the living, how can you not look forward to each new adventure.
Read the full review @ Victoria Advocate.
Odd Thomas on Netflix
June 20, 2015
It looks like Odd Thomas is making his appearance on Netflix this month. Here’s two article about and/or in review.
- Netflix: June Horror Roundup (Dread Central)
- Netflix Picks: ‘Odd Thomas’ (Big Shiny Robot)
Get Your Digital Editions of the Frankenstein Comics at StoryBundle
June 19, 2015
We’re super excited to team up again with Dynamite to bring you the Dynamite Comic-Con Omnibus Bundle! To celebrate Comic-Con, we have 15 omnibuses totaling more than 4,000 pages of comics, which is the perfect way to start or grow your digital comics collection. Each comic is available in multiple DRM-free formats (.PDF, .EPUB and .CBZ), so you’ll be able to read it on just about any device you own. And as always, you can support two worthy causes when you purchase the bundle: Girls Write Now and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
As always, StoryBundle lets you name your own price to get a set of tremendous titles. If you pay the base price of $5 or higher, you get these omnibuses:
- Jungle Girl Omnibus (Season 1 and Season 2) by Frank Cho, Doug Murray and Adriano Batista
- Miss Fury #1-11 by Rob Williams, Jack Herbert and Marcio Abreu
- Project Superpowers Chapter Two #0-12 by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Edgar Salazar, Doug Klauba and more
- Red Sonja Omnibus Vol. 2 by Michael Avon Oeming and Brian Reed
- Twilight Zone #1-12 by J. Michael Straczynski and Guiu Vilanova
- Vampirella Vol 1. #1-12 by Eric Trautmann, Wagner Reis, Fabiano Neves and Johnny Desjardins
- Zorro Vol 1. #1-12 by Matt Wagner and Francesco Francavilla
Even better, if you pay $15 or higher, you unlock eight more omnibus volumes!
- Black Bat Omnibus by Brian Buccellato and Ronan Cliquet
- Blood Queen #1-6, Blood Queen Annual and Blood Queen vs. Dracula #1-4 by Troy Brownfield and Fritz Casas
- Damsels #1-13 by Leah Moore, John Reppion and Aneke
- Dark Shadows #1-9 by Stuart Manning, Aaron Campbell and Guiu Vilanova
- Dean Koontz: Frankenstein Prodigal Son Vol 1. #1-5 and Vol 2. #1-5 by Chuck Dixon, Brett Booth and Scott Cohn
- Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle #1-4 and Full Moon Vol. 1 by Jim Butcher and Adrian Syaff
- Mercy Thompson: Alpha & Omega: Cry Wolf #1-8 and Homecoming #1-4 by Patricia Briggs and Mark Powers
- Sherlock Holmes: Trial of Sherlock Holmes #1-5 and Moriarty Lives #1-5 by Leah Moore and John Reppion
And when you purchase a bundle, you can donate to two worthy causes: Girls Write Now and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! Help keep our beloved medium going strong well into the future.
The bundle is available for a very limited time only, via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.EPUB, .PDF and .CBZ) for all comics!
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June 17, 2015
SAINT ODD will be shipping late June. The books are in and waiting for their slipcases.
ASHLEY BELL. by Dean Koontz is also in production and scheduled for January. Be prepared to bounce around like a pinball as you try to figure this one out.
Source: CharnelHouse.com