Many of you are probably getting sick of seeing me post everytime.

And the Black Jack Justice fans will have read and enjoyed several posts and comments by BJJ writer, Gregg Taylor and artist, Sami Kivelä.

But many of you Rookie fans will have noticed an strange absence of the otherwise VERY talkative half of the Addictive Comics team, Scott Sigler, during the opening weeks of the site. 

There’s been a very good – and very bad — reason for this.

On our opening day, December 16th, Scott received some very serious news about a family member and informed me that he could not take part in the opening.  

Unfortunately, everything was scheduled, planned and announced.  So we had to go forward with the opening — even though Scott could not be involved.

Out of respect for his and his family’s privacy, we did not even reveal the problem.

However, I are happy to report that the news now is all good!  Out of respect for him (and a fear of getting something wrong), I’m still not gonna go into it here — but you can read about it on Scott’s own site at http://www.scottsigler.com/ and leave some comments of support for him. 

As soon as this crisis is fully over I am sure that General Siglerisimo (is that how you spell it?  For crying out loud — who talks like this?!)  will be back and as active as ever.

See ya soon,

Mark   

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Hello Fellow Junkies!

It probably will come as no surprise to any of you that I am a major Sigler Junkie.   I have been addicted to the FDO’s stories since he was just ”Scott” – long before he was promoted to the Generalisimo! 

Earthcore, Ancestor, Infected, The Rookie — I have been hooked all along.

And now — Nocturnal!

I love the story of The Ninja, Pookie and Marie’s Children — just like you

I have been craving my hits of Nocturnal every week — just like you. 

I wait every week for my next hit – just like you.

Unlike you, though, I’m a week ahead! 

So when Scott sent me Episode #36 and asked me to draw a picture of The Ninja, I was totally jazzed. 

Did you wonder what Bryan Clauser was drawing on the mask in Episode #35?

Here ya go – 

Bryan Clauser, The NINJA — from Nocturnal by Scott Sigler

Drawing by Mark Hester

For a larger view of this Drawing — Click anywhere on it.

I hope you like the drawing.  I KNOW you’re gonna LOVE Nocturnal #36!

Please let us know what you think.  Would you like to see NOCTURNAL, the Comic?

Hmmmm?

See ya soon.

Mark

PS – If all of this “Junkie”, “Generalisimo!” and “Ninja” talk means nothing to you — You are probably here because you love Black Jack Justice.  Don’t worry — we’re not totally crazy.  It will all make sense (somewhat) if you visit http://www.scottsigler.com/  

PPS — I’ve read Contagious, too.  Jealous yet?

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FROM THE EVIL CLOSET OF SCOTT SIGLER:

There’s not much to look at yet, other than this frickin’ amazing ROOKIE page by Mark Hester included below. This is just to get your pulse up, a little tease before we delve into the hotness of full-on weekly webcomics.

Addictive Comics is the partnership of author and podcaster Scott Sigler (the egotistical bastard writing this), artist and art director Mark Hester, and programmer Paul Rogalinski. Our goals are simple — spend five years giving the world amazing free webcomics based on podcast fiction, build a huge online following, then sell out to a big comic company and become the Pimps of the French Riviera.

This blog is ground zero for all the news leading up to the Launch of Addictive Comics, and once we go live, it will continue to document the trials, tribulations and goat sacrifices necessary to establish an online business.

We plan to turn podcast fiction stories into webcomics, releasing a new page from each story every week until the book is complete.  It’s all free. We string you out — hence the term “addictive.” Normally, pushers like us say “first hit is free,” but unfortunately for our business model, all the damn hits are free. We think it will be an amazing experience for you to be able to listen to a free podiobook and either read the comic at the same time or go back and read it after you’re done. No one else in the world is doing this. That’s why we get to wear the big-boy pants.

FLAGSHIP TITLES
We’re kicking it off live and loud with THE ROOKIE, a scifi/football/gangster story that is also available as a free audiobook at Podiobooks.com.  I wrote it. It rocks.

Here’s that page of PNFL action from THE ROOKIE I promised ya.  Click on the picture below if you want to see a bigger, badder, in-your-face look at the good stuff.

Our other feature title is the amazing BLACK JACK JUSTICE, a 50s hard-boiled detective series from Decoder Ring Theater that also available as a free Live-Action Podcast Drama from their Website.

We’ll be telling you more about both of them right here on the Addictive Comics Blog in the next few days.

FUTURE TITLES
I won’t say much about this now, but I will assure you that we are in talks with some of the biggest names in podcast fiction.  And soon, we’ll be adding a little graphic novel called ANCESTOR to the mix … 

SEE YA, WOULDN’T WANT TO BE YA
That’s it for now. See the little “subscribe” link in the upper right-hand corner of this page? Subscribe already. Watch the fun as we build Addictive Comics from the blog post you’re reading now into a worldwide phenomenon responsible for creating A-list artists, best-selling graphic novels and movies based on the stories you see here.

Start tapping a vein, sucker, because once you see the junk we’re cooking up, you’ll be hooked for life.

Scott

A QUICK NOTE FROM MARK:

Hi,

Most of you don’t know me, but I have been working in comics off-and-on for the past 20 years.  Let me tell you something…

I have never been this excited by a project. 

Scott’s comments above are completely over-the-top as usual (Hey, that’s why we love him!) but everything he says it 100% true. 

We are out to create a whole new, exciting experience in webcomics.

The stories and writers we are lining up for you are gonna blow your socks off.  Believe me, “you ain’t never seen nothing like it before!” 

BUT — WE NEED YOUR HELP

I know it’s a tired old cliche, but we REALLY DO want to hear from you. 

This is a whole new experience for us, also — with all the problems and challenges of any new venture.  We are gonna take it very slowly at first but there will still probably be plenty of stops & starts and a few mistakes along the way. 

You really can Help Us.

After all, chances are you arrived at this page because you heard Scott mention it on the Nocturnal Podcast.  That means that you are already a Sigler Junkie and you are a fan of that in-your-face excitement that only Scott can produce.   You know what this guy can do!

Wouldn’t you love to see that same excitement in a webcomic?

I’m not gonna give you a long list of what we are looking for — because we want to hear ANY ideas you have.  What would you like to see? 

You know Scott, nothing — and I mean NOTHING! – is too far out there.

Mark

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If you have stumbled upon this site by another means and have no idea who this Sigler character is — Visit Scott’s Website and learn all about his Thrilling Tecno-Horror Podcasts and Novels  — ScottSigler.com

If you are an Artist — or if you know one — who would like to join us at Addictive Comics, please visit our New Talent Search Page.  We’ll have a post with more information on this in a few days.

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