30 DAYS OF NIGHT" ONGOING DEBUTS OCTOBER, NILES & FRACTION WEAVE HORROR
by Jonah Weiland, Executive Producer
Posted: July 22, 2004

The world of "30 Days of Night" isn't exactly a happy one. Vampires have wrecked absolute havoc on the tiny town of Barrow, Alaska and the events have been felt the world over. With the conclusion of "30 Days of Night: Return To Barrow" not much has been heard from this world, but that's all about to change.

The first "30 Days of Night" series took the comic world by storm, proving to be an overnight success. It helped cement series writer/creator Steve Niles as a contemporary master of horror. Spin-offs from that original series, books like "Dark Days" and "Return To Barrow," have proven that interest is still very high in that world. Announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego today, fans thirst for more will be quenched this October when the new ongoing series "30 Days Of Night: Bloodsucker Tales" hits the stands from IDW Publishing.

Each issue of "Bloodsucker Tales" contains two stories, one 12 page story written by Steve Niles with art by newcomer Kody Chamberlin, and the second 12 page story written by Matt Fraction ("Last of the Independents") with art by Ben Templesmith...

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CASEY & FRACTION LAUNCH THE BASEMENT TAPES AT CBR JULY 27TH
by Jonah Weiland, Executive Producer
Posted: July 21, 2004

Official Press Release

Los Angeles, C.A. - July 21st, 2004 - Comic Book Resources (http://www.comicbookresources.com), a leading comic book news and resource Web site, is proud to announce a new column from the minds of Joe Casey ("Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes," "The Intimates") and Matt Fraction ("Last of the Independents," "Bloodsucker Tales") called THE BASEMENT TAPES. Familiar names with both fans and the industry, the duo will hold a critical discussion of comics creation, publishing and even fandom.

Fraction said, "Joe and I got to talking and felt that there was a certain kind of discussion not being had about the comics mainstream; at least not in a public space. A conversation about craft, about idiom, about the how's and why's that go on both on the page and off, and how it is we arrived there in the first place. Not anything as turgid as a how-to, and not as odious as a perpetual interview, just two guys shootin' the breeze, basically. Shop talk.

"Joe, what the hell am I saying? What are we after?"

"Mayhem," replied Casey. "That's what we're after. Pure, unadulterated mayhem."