February 2012
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Meanwhile, On The Internet...
Two big comics blogs have posted articles about me today!
The Comics Alliance has been profiling a number of quality erotic comics this month, and today the focus is on my own Small Favors.
Multiversity Comics‘ Matthew Meylikhov has posted an interview in which I discuss working in a studio, working in Portland, Oregon, working with my husband, digital publishing, the difference between...
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ROMANCE
It’s done. I’ve self-published my first romance short fiction story, Home Port!
Home Port is available now at Smashwords and Amazon and is pending publication on Barns & Noble.
In celebration of my first published non-comics fiction writing, and as a Valentine to you, Home Port is available for FREE on Smashwords using the coupon code JZ72B (expires Saturday, February 18.)...
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Romance Writer Contest Cancelled Due to Gay Story... →
More about my bête noir of the week. This time, I make comments (you’ll have to scroll down):
[…] It all points to the tendency, malicious or otherwise, to see the “other” as something less valuable than whatever thing we see as “ours”. This is exactly how Romance gets dismissed as being trashy porn for ladies, or Sci-Fi is considered nerdy schlock, or...
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Romance Writers Ink decides no same-sex romances... →
From the New York Daily News:
In the weeks before Valentine’s Day, people have apparently decided that unconventional romance should be banned from literature.
How malicious of them.
On Feb. 1, Romance Writers Ink, the Tulsa, Oklahoma chapter of the Romance Writers Association, released its updated guidelines for its annual More than Magic competition .
Ironically, these guidelines defined...
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Friday Work In Progress: Home Port Cover Art
The following is a slightly edited version of a post I wrote for the Goodreads M/M Romance group message board—a private forum for members of the group—to promote my new M/M romance (love story between male characters) short story Home Port.
When it came time to create a cover for my short story Home Port’s ebook, I figured I would stick to what I know and draw it. Here’s...
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Thursday Sketch: Hillbilly
More character sketches for an upcoming story by Nate Cosby. Check out Nate’s and Chris Eliopoulos’ Cow Boy on line for FREE!
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January 2012
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Threadless Comic-On Tees are GO
Today marks the release of Threadless’ fourth volume of Comic-On Tees! What’s that? It’s a comic printed in eight panels on the fronts and backs of four T-shirts. YES.
Go here to read the back story! Comics-On Tees Vol. 4: Monkey Around was written by Chris Roberson with artwork by Mike Allred, Colleen Coover [me], Chris Samnee, and Francesco Francavilla.
You can check out all...
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Friday Work In Progress: Home Port
I’ve written a short story! A non-comic book short story! A non-comic book gay contemporary romance* short story! It’s called Home Port!
Here’s the promo blurb:
After months at sea, Petty Officer First Class Dean Mendez is back in San Diego, and he knows exactly how he wants to spend his first night home. Is the beautiful boy he finds on a nightclub dance floor the perfect...
Paul Tobin on 'The Bionic Woman' and Writing Women... →
CA: So in an industry that often goes wrong with female characters, how do you go about trying to do it right? PT: Oddly… by not being so adamant about writing them as female characters. Women and men are quite similar, really. We both have hopes, dreams, fears, etc. Girls are prettier and look better on bicycles and such, but it doesn’t mean that a woman does everything in a ...
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Sneak Peek: Threadless Comics-On-Tees Vol. 4
Via Chris Roberson:
A sneak peek at Threadless’s Comics-On-Tees Vol. 4, launching January 30th. Written by Chris Roberson with designs by Mike Allred, Colleen Coover (me), Chris Samnee, and Francesco Francavilla
You can check out all the past Comics-On Tees here
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Mark Your Calendar, PDX! (Ladies Only)
February 4 at TFAW in Portland! If you are a Lady, you can come see me get tipsy.
What: Ladies Night at TFAW: Drink & Draw + Q&A With Colleen Coover, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Cat Farris, Alison Hallett, Emi Lenox, Jen Van Meter, and Diana Schutz
Where: Hollywood TFAW, 4133 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland, OR 97214
When: Saturday, February 4 from 7-10 pm.
Portland OR—Following the...
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Creepy Sneak Peek
Digital layout in Manga Studio
Final art: ink wash on paper.
A couple of panels from my upcoming 10-page story in Creepy Quarterly #8, written by Jeff Parker! Coming in April from Dark Horse.
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Coming Soon: ROSE'S HEART in Double Feature Horror...
Coming in March! I will have an eight-page story called Rose’s Heart, written and drawn by me, in the Double Feature iPad app’s next Horror issue!
Having this story come out would be super-cool in any case, but I’m especially excited to have it in Double Feature’s app. Check it out: On each page, the reader can touch a little button on their iPad screen and get all sorts...
The Comics Reporter: Colleen Coover Interview →
You know what’s fun? Talking to a comics reporter like Tom Spurgeon, who actually knows who you are, what work you’ve done, and is familiar with all comics generally.
SPURGEON: With the superhero monolith in comics, it seems like everyone that doesn’t draw giant, muscle-bound figures gets lumped in together into their own group, where you may or may not have all that much in...
Gingerbread Girl: graphic novel of a woman missing... →
Author Paul Tobin’s story is as complex and engaging as possible for a small-format 104-page graphic novel. It’s a kind of story I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed much as a text only novel, but I found this graphic novel to be enthralling.
I’m a sucker for Colleen Coover’s art style: clean solid black-and-white art with monotone color shading. I want to seek out...
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December 2011
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