This impromptu performance took place at the wedding reception of our friends’ Dan and Carolina Cooney in the Japanese Friendship Garden of San Diego, California (on the Friday of Comic Con). The backup band were just a bunch of high school kids, but they really showed their improvising chops. And I do believe Leigh was at his best here. He made BPM proud that night.
(Taken with a crappy Samsung SCH-u740 camera phone, hence the hiccup in the middle.)
I was cleaning out my hard drive and found this playlist that I used while making my “Battle Cry” comic. I also used it while playing Call of Duty II. I know it’s pretty meaningless to the reader, but I thought it would provide some insight into my state of mind while drawing (and killing). I don’t know about you, but I always find this shit fascinating. What’s also cool is, that every time I listen to these songs, it brings me back to the time I was either reading my Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat comics on the subway, playing multiplayer team deathmatches in Call of Duty II, or drawing my WWII comic. Enjoy.
-Jeremy
P.S. I’ve embedded a Youtube video of the Radio Dept. song. I wanted to use Plus/Minus’s (which I think represents the comic the best), but nothing was available.
Battle Cry, The Soundtrack Radio Dept, The - Where Damage Isn’t Already Done Dirty Three - Lullabye For Christie Shout Out Louds - Shut Your Eyes Taking Back Sunday - A Decade Under The Influence Killers, The - Mr Brightside Stills, The - Animals & Insects Stills, The - Gender Bombs Cure, The - The Exploding Boy Depeche Mode - Precious BRMC - The Line Plus/Minus - Queen of Detroit VNV Nation - Dark Angel VNV Nation - End Of Days VNV Nation - Forsaken Walkmen, The - The Rat Asobi Seksu - New Years Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts Magic Numbers - Take A Chance Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Radio Edit) Beirut - Brandenburg Beirut - Mount Wroclai
I’ve just uploaded the covers and first 2 pages of each of our stories from BPM#1, just to give a taste of what you’ll be getting if you buy a copy. See links to the right or click on the image below. Enjoy!
hello. i’ll keep this short as we’re working on issue #2 diligently in our respective caves around two of the Five Boroughs. today is super tuesday so go and vote. aside from that click this link: Comic Book Noise it’s our first review for BPM #1. to summarize… it’s good. we’re very happy with what was said and glad to have Bruce Rosenberger train his keen eye on our scribbles and mad rants and not crush our spirits!many, many thanks to Derek and Bruce for taking the time and doing us a solid. go check out their site at Comic Book Noise. cheers!-g
Actually, Glenn did…but I couldn’t resist. Check out these pics I took today at Jim Hanley’s:
There were 4 copies on the shelves, so I guess someone bought a copy. Ka-ching!
Other news: we sold 6 copies to Cosmic Comics on 23rd Street! The guy (Mark) said they’ll be up this Wednesday (Jan 16th). See links to the right to find out ‘where to buy.’
Jim Hanley’s Universe and Midtown Comics in NYC are now carrying copies of BPM #1. You can also order it online from Comixpress and the Midtown Comic’s website. See side links for ‘where to buy.’
the holidays are over and it’s time to get back to work. 2008 rolls out ahead of us with nothing guaranteed save for sleepless nights, long hours, bouts of lonely frustration hovering over drawing tables, the soft glow of computer monitors and the waxy pallor of people that don’t keep store hours… and if you were us you’d know that you’d be pretty damn happy about that. here’s a little something for people to gnaw on. it’s a cropped detail of the title page for GRAVEL ROADS, a short story that i cooked up a little while ago. it’s got racing muscle cars and pretty ladies and is a touch more fun than the mope-fest that was THE BIG GO ROUND. i’ll post more later as i get it done. cheers!-g
I’m the third guy in this trio and a bit of a procrastinator (as it seems).I am a huge fan of science fiction and a bunch of my stories tend to veer in that direction whether I want them to or not.So in the spirit of science fiction, I would like to impart to you, the fine funny book readers, a glimpse into the future.
I write a ton of stories and even though I would like to complete all the stories that I commit to composition notebook paper, I’m sure time will not permit me to…
… or will it?
Anyhoo, I hope you enjoy this glimpse of Bloody Pulp Magazine yet to come.
-glenn here… this is the sketch for the cover of issue #1. it’s being printed now and leigh has popped an image of it on the myspace page so the cat’s out of the bag. but this is the OFFICIAL BPM site so here it shall be as well. check out the rest of the step-by-step at http://www.glennurieta.com/ cheers!
“Battle Cry” is the war/science fiction comic I made for the first issue of Bloody Pulp Magazine. This story was a melding of two of my current obsessions: WWII and video games.
