Some Ghouls Wander By Mistake

Issue one is already out, and available through MykeAmend.com, as well as EttaDiem.Etsy.com, which is a combined profile for myself and Bethalynne Bajema.

I’ve made it available through these sites, for starters, while I get some merchandising underway for this project.

I hope you like what you read here, and if you do, I hope you will be interested in buying the comic. Many of the best, funniest, and most interesting pages are in those pages not included here.

“The December 2008 issue of Weird Tales features an exclusive interview with the leading dark-fantasist of our generation, Neil Gaiman — so this holiday season, we’re doubling up on the Gaimany goodness! From now through Dec. 31, all new and renewing Weird Tales subscribers in the U.S. will receive a free copy of THE NEIL GAIMAN READER, a fantastic book of essays about Neil’s work that includes two extensive interviews with the man himself. What’s more, order by Dec. 15 and the READER will reach you by Dec. 23 with free shipping. That’s $47.95 worth of weirdness for $20 flat!”

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Nine Inch Noels (funny NIN parody)

Heart Automation Made of Moving Gears (Awesome)

“Stand back everyone, I’m from Cincinnati!”, I yelled, intelligently, at the frightened masses huddled inside of the aeroplane cabin, their faces ugly with fear.

There I stood, alone, amidst the crowd, looking over a rather broken man, who was gasping in pain, clutching at his own hideously twisted form.

“Just what does being from Cincinnati have to do with medical emergencies?” huffed she, a rather pointy-faced old lady, who by the tone of her voice, and the sheer stupidity of her question, was obviously from Toledo. [the rest of this story at The Miskatonic Archive]

Here in Michigan, it is Saturday night, and I’ve decided that, rather than walking around the block to Los Angeles for some warmth and fun, I would instead stay home and have a terrible headache - one of those types where it hurts to look at things, even boobies.

Actually, I’ll let you in on a little secret: The headache isn’t actually on purpose. I’ve had these many times, and rarely ever of my own choosing - they are the result of many a creative genius tapping into my immense subconscious in order to have great ideas before I can - sometimes many years in advance.

As evidence, I submit to you: zombies.

Ever since I was a child, I often thought how amazingly wonderful it would be to live in a world where corpses wandered the earth eating the brains of slow-moving screamy people, and little did I know that someone had already used this brilliant idea not years before I was born.

You will also note that nowhere, on anything related to zombies, am I given any credit whatsoever. “Aha!” You say, now realizing this which I have come to realize over my many years visiting planet earth: That suspenders should always be worn with pants, except in those emergencies which demand otherwise.

I suppose what I am getting to in all this, is that I really wish I could stand naked in volcano-fire, wearing nothing but a wooden mask, shaking my shaky stick all who oppose me - but tonight, I have opted to stay home, so I can have this headache.

A while ago, I made all these random 404 images from the works of Gustave Dore. The 404 pages themselves rotate these images at random, along with titles, descriptions, and flavor texts which are also randomly generated.

I had sort of hoped that they would make getting lost at The Miskatonic Archive an addictive experience, thereby nullifying my need to write actual content for the site. Unfortunately, not enough people get lost or misdirected.

For those who do not know how to get lost, I linked the above image to a corner of nowhere on the Miskatonic Archive. Please, if you have the time, give it a try.

So, this domain has gotten a bit dusty over past months.

I have been a bit busy with painting and web design lately, and haven’t had enough time to give the project the attention I would like to.

Late April through Summer are most of the conventions I would like to visit, which should breathe some new life into this project if all goes well.

Things have been tough for me, for everyone this past year - and I do not know if I am going to be able to make the convention circuit at all, but I am trying. Any news related to this will be posted here, but you can also keep up to date at my less-neglected domain: MykeAmend.com.

If you haven’t read the full comic, but would like to, I am giving out free copies on orders over $30 over at MykeAmend.com, all you need to do is tell me that you would like one when you order (put it in the comments on your paypal transaction, or shoot me an email right after).

Thank you for dropping by.