Hi, I’m David Press, these are my notes. Mostly these notes revolve around writing, comics, and film. MORE / twitter / flickrTumblr (3.0; @davidpress)http://davidpress.tumblr.com/<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="400" height="300" id="mbox_player_d496dbbd1b19e4ce5b"><param name="movie" value="http://player.motionbox.com/VideoPlayer.swf?" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullscreen" value="true" /><param value="video_uid=d496dbbd1b19e4ce5b&security_token=prod3.97271152d7907dbb&type=sd" name="flashvars" /><embed src="http://player.motionbox.com/VideoPlayer.swf?" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="300" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" name="mbox_player_d496dbbd1b19e4ce5b" flashvars="video_uid=d496dbbd1b19e4ce5b&security_token=prod3.97271152d7907dbb&type=sd"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blakeley.tumblr.com/post/252675764/snl-predicts-the-end-of-the-world-in-2012-as-sarah" target="_blank">blakeley</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>SNL Predicts the End of the World in 2012 as Sarah Palin is Elected as President</b></p> <p>(via <a href="http://tv.gawker.com/5410123/snl-predicts-the-end-of-the-world-in-2012-as-sarah-palin-is-elected-as-president" target="_blank">Gawker.TV</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://digg.com/television/SNL_World_Ends_in_2012_as_Sarah_Palin_is_Elected_President" target="_blank">Digg it</a>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Just out-fucking-standing.</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/253013874http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/253013874Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:05:22 -0500Brilliant!Cormac McCarthy on The Road.: WSJ: How does that ticking clock affect your work? Does it make you...http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/252153293http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/252153293Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:36:47 -0500on writingcormac mccarthythe road<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="346" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/22881351001?isVid=1&publisherID=16764841001" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=51597547001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbcamerica.com%2Fcontent%2F123%2Fdoctor-who-video.jsp%3Fbclid%3D26821308001%26bctid%3D51597547001&playerID=22881351001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/22881351001?isVid=1&publisherID=16764841001" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=51597547001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbcamerica.com%2Fcontent%2F123%2Fdoctor-who-video.jsp%3Fbclid%3D26821308001%26bctid%3D51597547001&playerID=22881351001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="346" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://operationfailure.tumblr.com/post/251480941/i-hate-bbc-for-doing-this-but-its-a-three-minute" target="_blank">operationfailure</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I hate BBC for doing this, but it’s a three minute clip from the new Doctor Who special “The End of Time part 1”!</p> </blockquote> <p>I cannot wait for this, just an awesome intro.</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/251491998http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/251491998Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:57:46 -0500doctor who<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kteyapr5HJ1qz7cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Preview of my good friend <a href="http://www.benmccool.com" target="_blank">Ben McCool</a>’s book CHOKER with the brilliant <a href="http://www.bentemplesmith.com" target="_blank">Ben Templesmith</a>.  Probably my most anticipated book of 2010.</p> <p>Solicit:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>CHOKER #1 </b><br/>story BEN McCOOL<br/>art & cover BEN TEMPLESMITH<br/>FEBRUARY 10<br/>32 PAGES / FC<br/>$3.99</p> <p>ISSUE ONE: PAIN<br/>Industry superstar BEN TEMPLESMITH teams up with writer BEN McCOOL for this deliciously skewed tale of hardboiled noir. Johnny “Choker” Jackson, once one of Shotgun City’s most promising police officers, is a bitter private detective with a terrible case of Alien Hand Syndrome. But he’s unexpectedly been offered a job back on the force: provided he can nail a twisted drug dealer selling a very exclusive product, that is…<br/>RETAILER WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES</p> </blockquote>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250958707http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250958707Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:20:48 -0500chokerben mccoolben templesmithmy mom threw mine awaypeople i know<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktevjkDgMu1qz7cydo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My friend Mark Sable’s really awesome mini-series, <i>Unthinkable</i>, has been picked up by Mandalay Pictures, reports the Hollywood Reporter.</p> <blockquote>Created and written by Mark Sable, “Unthinkable” centers on a brilliant man who was recruited just after 9/11 into a government think tank consisting of America’s most imaginative minds and tasked with dreaming up wild scenarios for possible attacks on U.S. soil. Years after the think tank was disbanded, the attacks the man concocted begin to occur, and he becomes the only one who can stop them. But the government has become his pursuer.</blockquote> <p>If you remember, Mark was <a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/06/27/comics-creator-stopp.html" target="_blank">picked up by the TSA</a> earlier this year for one of his issue scripts. Congratulations, Mark, that is awesome.</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250824855http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250824855Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:24:45 -0500unthinkablemark sablecomics and moviespeople i knowis writing comics the latest celebrity trend? : A pretty intriguing article by Lauren Davis, I found...http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250808743http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250808743Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:01:09 -0500my mom threw mine awaycomics and movies<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YlYAhSffEDM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YlYAhSffEDM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://io9.com/5408150/ray-bradburys-advice-to-struggling-writers-struggle-harder" target="_blank">Ray Bradbury’s Advice To Struggling Writers: Struggle Harder!</a></p> <p>Would you expect anything less than awesome advice from Ray Bradbury?</p> <p>[via io9]</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250798042http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250798042Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:44:51 -0500on writingray bradburyWhile walking back from getting my coffee this morning I overheard this conversation. BUSINESS MAN...http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250792270http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250792270Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:36:10 -0500drive-byWhat the hell with Julia Allison on that Peyton/Timberlake tv commercial.http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250325870http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/250325870Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:37 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktcza4C9Yw1qz7cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Acquired.</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/249632709http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/249632709Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:39:39 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbhvh89mI1qz7cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gpoyw. Portait of My girlfriend and I by my good friend <a href="http://www.simonwinheld.com" target="_blank">Simon Winheld</a>.</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/248664413http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/248664413Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:26:00 -0500awesome portraitspeople I love“I made it all of 4 minutes into new PRISONER and thought, fuck, i could be watching old...http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/248662158http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/248662158Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:23:00 -0500My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15): Wolfmother (13)  Radiohead (9)  john siuntres...http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/248447608http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/248447608Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:43:32 -0500<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2009/11/nflcom-buffalo-bills-fire-head-coach-dick-jauron/1">Finally! Buffalo Bills fire Dick Jauron.</a>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/247558234http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/247558234Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:57:38 -0500buffalo billsskeletor<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt9neu0DLc1qz7cydo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>F train platform in Brooklyn. Meeting my friend Simon for lunch. Left my Deadpool Team-up comic on the R train for others to enjoy.</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/247443203http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/247443203Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:29 -0500marvel comicssharing is niceKatiDickinson: RT @WGR550 Titans' Owner fined $250,000 for flipping off Bills fans...http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/247315461http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/247315461Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:38:11 -0500<object width="400" height="243" data="http://www.comicbookresources.com/VIEW/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.7.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="movie" value="http://www.comicbookresources.com/VIEW/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.7.swf" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="config={"key":"#$042fd170e0a29c4abc3","playlist":[{"url":"http://serve.castfire.com/video/191627/cbr-tv-169_2009-11-13-134312.jpg","scaling":"orig"},{"url":"http://serve.castfire.com/video/191627/cbr-tv-169_2009-11-13-134312.flv","autoPlay":false}],"play":{"url":"http://www.comicbookresources.com/assets/images/play_button.png","opacity":0.8,"label":null,"replayLabel":"Play again","fadeSpeed":500,"rotateSpeed":50,"width":200,"height":200},"logo":{"url":"http://www.comicbookresources.com/assets/images/cbr_watermark.png","top":20,"right":20,"opacity":1,"fullscreenOnly":false,"displayTime":0,"fadeSpeed":0,"linkUrl":"http://www.comicbookresources.com/video"},"plugins":{"controls":{"url":"http://www.comicbookresources.com/VIEW/flowplayer.controls-3.0.4.swf","buttonColor":"#000000","bufferGradient":"none","progressGradient":"medium","backgroundColor":"#0719a2","buttonOverColor":"#7e1116","sliderColor":"#000000","timeColor":"#01DAFF","borderRadius":"0","progressColor":"#0d1773","sliderGradient":"none","durationColor":"#ffffff","bufferColor":"#5661c8","opacity":1},"liverail":{"url":"http://static.liverail.com/libas3/flowplayer/LiveRailPlugin303.swf","LR_USE_JUNCTION":"true","LR_PUBLISHER_ID":"9206670f","LR_ADMAP":"ov%3Adefault%3A5%2C50%25%3Bin%3Adefault%3A0%25"}},"clip":{}}" /></object><br/><br/><p>If you have time to kill—say half an hour—enjoy this interview with <a href="http://twitter.com/DamonLindelof" target="_blank">Damon Lindelof</a> talking all things LOST, and his awesome Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk miniseries. The miniseries had to be my favorite of the year; well, the last three years since it took that long to finish, but it was totally worth the wait.</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/246306800http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/246306800Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:23:48 -0500damon lindelofcomicsultimate wolverine vs hulklost<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7ewdiWe51qz7cydo1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pardon me a second while I do some filthy shilling for someone other than myself.  The trade paperback of Brett Lewis and John Paul Leon’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Men-Brett-Lewis/dp/1401225268/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258251951&sr=8-1" target="_blank">WINTER MEN hits stands Nov. 25</a> (or Nov. 30).  Everyone who reads this blog and likes comics needs to buy this book. But first: make sure your comic shop is getting it.  In the meantime I’ll shut up, and you can read some quotes from notable comic types talking about this book.</p> <p>“Intense, original, and impossible to put down…One of the most compelling works of Graphic Fiction of the past decade. A major piece of work.” -Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets, Joker)</p> <p>“Brett Lewis…is writing some of the best dialogue I’ve ever read… rich with personality and music. ”  -Warren Ellis</p> <p>” THE WINTER MEN is a book with a singular voice and style the likes of which I havent seen in quite a while. Lewis also does a great job of capturing the unique mindset and sense of humor that exists only in the Russian people…” -aintitcoolnews</p>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/246153067http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/246153067Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:57 -0500brett lewisjohn paul leonwinter men“The thing that draws me to writing comics is the same thing that has drawn so many writers,...http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/245963097http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/245963097Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:45:12 -0500On writingzack whedonthe whedon family is awesome<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt51mcAwdF1qzs9o3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Agreed. Lafuente is awesome. <p><a href="http://nickmaynard.tumblr.com/post/244507940/the-cover-for-ultimate-comics-spier-man-7-drawn" target="_blank">nickmaynard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>the cover for ultimate comics spier-man #7, drawn by david lafuente.</p> <p>marvel’s best book. THERE I SAID IT.</p> </blockquote>http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/244785537http://davidpress.tumblr.com/post/244785537Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:52:02 -0500