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06.25.2010 Attack of the Show on G4

Blair Butler of "Fresh Ink" announces the next chapter of me & Greg Pak's INCREDIBLE HERCULES saga: CHAOS WAR, which begins this October:

06.06.2010 New York Times Review of Books

A very nice review of Action Philosophers (among others) as part of the NYT's summer comics roundup.

04.22.2010 San Francisco Chronicle

"Asian Pop" columnist Jeff Yang interviews my cohort Greg Pak about Amadeus Cho and our upcoming series, Heroic Age: Prince of Power.

03.09.2010 Comics Alliance

I'm very proud to announce my Exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. For the full details, plus the fate of self-published works like ACTION PHILOSOPHERS and COMIC BOOK COMICS (short answer: business-as-usual), click on the above.

02.04.2010 New York Times Bestseller List

You just can't keep the super-undead down: Marvel Zombies Return debuts at #7.

01.28.2010 Deadline: Hollywood

I'm thrilled that current James Bond Daniel Craig is joining the cast of the big-screen adaptation of my graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens.

01.14.2010 NPR

I had the privilege of going on New Hampshire NPR's "Word of Mouth" program to plug the Complete Action Philosophers. Give it a listen.

12.31.2009 Best Comics of 2009

As my cohort Greg Pak says, Incredible Hercules made "about a million Best of 2009 lists", including at Comics Alliance, the Austin American Statesman, Comic Related, Comic Book Resources, and Best Shots. Thanks to Newsarama for nominating Pak & me as Favorite Writer(s).

And thanks to Comixtreme for naming Action Philosophers as one of the Best of the Decade.

12.24.2009 Bill Baker Presents...

The arrival of the Complete Action Philosophers is an occassion for the esteemed comics journalist to sit down with me for a lengthy chat.

12.06.2009 Comics Should Be Good

The annual Fred Van Lente Day tradition continues at CSBG. My favorites from this year are the list of favorite INCREDIBLE HERCULES SFX and this touching holiday portrait.

11.19.2009 New York Times Bestseller List

We're back, this time for MARVEL ZOMBIES 4, which debuts at #4 (appropriately enough).

11.09.2009 Midtown Comics Podcast

I do a podcast in an actual comic book store! That's a first. And it came out real nice, too -- Have a listen.

10.24.2009 Gosh London

Looking forward to my first-ever signing outside the US!

10.15.2009 Newsarama: Change of Pace

A very nice assessment of me and Pak's INCREDIBLE HERCULES from Troy Brownfield.

09.01.2009 The Hollywood Reporter

Iron Man director Jon Favreau is set to direct star Robert Downey Jr. in the big-screen adaptation of my graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens!

08.10.2009 Talking Comics @ Robot 6

A fun, career-spanning interview with Tim O'Shea. Check it out!

08.08.2009 Chicago Comic-Con

Continuing this summer's Big Announcements: Get ready this November for the massive HERCULES crossover, Assault on New Olympus! Welcome Spidey, Agents of Atlas, Ares, Mighty Avengers, New Avengers and more to the party!

08.03.2009 Comixology

ACTION PHILOSOPHERS and COMIC BOOK COMICS are now available for download to your iPhone through the Apple iTunes Store (along with me and Steve Ellis' THE SILENCERS) thanks to our pals at Comixology, and Ryan Dunlavey and I go onto their podcast to talk about it.

07.23.2009 San Diego Comic Con International

The big news out of SDCC regarding Yours Truly is that Dennis Calero and I will be re-teaming for a new installment in the X Men Noir saga: Mark of Cain, starting this December!

06.21.2009 Wizard World Phialdelphia

Big announcements regarding my Marvel work in Philly -- including Amazing Spider-Man and Marvel Zombies Return!

05.21.2009 Halopedia

The clearinghouse for Halography interviews me about the upcoming original comics series Halo: Spartan Black. Best part? I now have my own Halopedia entry and everything.

05.08.2009 Weekly Webbing

As part of Newsarama's weekly Spider-Man feature, I lay out the gang war between The Hood and Chinatown in the pages of this June's Dark Reign: Mr. Negative.

05.05.2009 Rolling Stone

The music industry covers the Eminem vs. Punisher comic I did with Salvador Larroca. The first half appears in this month's XXL Magazine and the story concludes at Marvel Digital Comics. (You can read the first half on-line -- for free! -- there too.)

04.24.2009 New York Times Bestseller List

We made the list again, this time with Marvel Zombies 3!

03.25.2009 NPR

A very nice write-up of Comic Book Comics by Glen Weldon.

03.05.2009 New York Times Bestseller List

The NYT debuts its long-awaited Graphic Novels bestseller list, which is cool, and Incredible Hercules: Love and War debuts at #8 in hardcover, which is even cooler!

02.22.2009 Robot 6

I tell the Sixers "What I'm Reading" as part of their regular feature.

UPDATED AGAIN -- 02.14.2009! 12.10.2008 Wired

It was terrific to learn of the sellout and second printing of X Men Noir #1 on the same day artist/co-creator Dennis Calero and I went to went to Jim Hanley's Universe in NYC to do a signing.

X Men Noir #2 sold out and will return with a second printing too! Thanks to all the readers for their support.

NEW! THREEPEAT! X Men Noir #3 sells out too!

01.22.2008 Comic Monsters

A sneak peak of Marvel Zombies 4 with the Big Bad Wolf!

In a poll of CBR's staff and contributors, Incredible Hercules came in #7 out of the Best 100 Comics of 2008. iHerc was also named Best Revamp of 2008 by Wizard Magazine and made the Best of 2008 list at ComicsBulletins and Newsarama, too. Thanks from the whole creative team!

Many thanks to WILC for selecting me to head their Best Writer category for 2008.

A podcast plunging deep into the grey world of X Men Noir with hosts Paul and Antony.

It's the FOURTH -- count 'em! Fourth! -- Fred Van Lente Day at the CSBG blog, and this year the holiday was celebrated with a live chat with me and the readers. Check out the transcript here! Also, CSBG added a special tag for its FVLD stories, so you can browse the whole archive here.

As part of a look at the comic book industry's reaction to this historic U.S. election, I tell Laura Hudson about my phone-banking for Barack Obama. But only because she asked.

Almost in time for the election, I talk the history of Politics in Comics with Charlito and Mr. Phil in context of Comic Book Comics!

I'm proud to be working with international besteseller Dean Koontz on his next Odd Thomas graphic novel for Del Rey!

Great podcast with Chris Shields where his LISTENERS asked me the questions -- and they came up with some great ones!

A great, career-spanning interview with Eric Ratcliffe.

Pete from the great comics vidcast The Stack interviews me at the San Diego Comic Con! Here's Part One and here's Part Two! (And yes, I know the wonderful artist of Marvel Zombies 3 is actually Kev Walker. I was tired. Sorry, dude.)

The terrific Comic Book Resources news site has a blizzard of articles about my recent projects, inlcuding the upcoming arc in Incredible Hercules by me and Greg Pak, an in-depth interview on the Oct. 1-shipping Marvel Zombies 3 (along with an EXCLUSIVE look at zombie legend Arthur Suydam's variant cover), and, last but certainly not least, they have exclusive coverage of me and Dennis Calero's upcoming mystery series, X Men Noir!

One good turn deserves another, I guess -- Alex Cox of my L.C.S., Rocketship, engages in a great, career-spanning, philosophcial interview with me! Cross-posted at Comics Should Be Good.

How much do I love my local comics shop, Rocketship? I made it the subject of my guest blogger spot as part of Blog@Newsarama's "I [Heart] Comics" series!

Jeff Parker and I had so much fun the last time we're back to trade wisecracks and hype about (his) X-Men First Class and (my) Wolverine First Class ... and respond to creator Robert Kirkman's vidcast manifesto, at least it relates to Marvel's All-Ages output...

Robert Downey, Jr. is in negotiations to saddle up, strap on his ray-guns, and star in the big-screen adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens! Yee-haw!

Joe Quesada, Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, announced I'll be writing Marvel Zombies 3 at his "Cup o' Joe" panel at Wizard World Philadelphia, and check out the blizzard of press that ensued: Interviews at Newsarama, CBR, and IGN!

One of the highlights of this year's NYCC was when Greg Pak and I got to meet that other great Hercules writer, Bob Layton. We both thrilled to his Prince of Power mini-series as a kid, were delighted when he was able to draw a sequence in the upcoming Hulk vs. Hercules, and I think fans of his Herc are about to be very happy, very soon...

I tell all I can about Skrulls vs. Power Pack ... and hint at what the future could hold for Marvel's premiere kids super-team!

Jeff Parker and I take turns answering questions about each other's books, X-Men: First Class and Wolverine: First Class, respectively, and it is the GREATEST!! INTERVIEW!! EVER!! Seriously, make with the clicky.

A five-part look at Incredible Hercules! In Part One, Greg Pak and I discuss Herc's past, and what that might mean for his present. Part Two smashes its way through April's Hulk vs. Herc one shot. Part Three introduces you to our awesome new artist, Rafa Sandoval. Part Four has me and Greg jawin' about Herc's future, which -- in Part Five, is the lowdown on Herc's God Squad and their enemies the Skrull Gods, who throw down in the upcoming Secret Invasion tie-in arc!

A great retrospective look at Marvel Adventures Iron Man with the web's premiere Shellhead site! Plus, scripts and my original pitch for the series!

At the 4th Annual @$$ie Awards, I was named the "AICN Comic Book Writer to Watch"! Thanks, guys! And the fact it was an awards show co-starring a potty-mouthed monkey and Mephisto made the honor that much sweeter. My mother was so impressed!

The international comic book industry lost one of the good guys this month, when the brilliant colorist of Incredible Hercules and many other fine books, Stephane Peru, passed away at the untimely age of 26. My co-writer, Greg Pak, got together the whole Herc team for a tribute to him and his wonderful work on this series.

HULK SMASH PUNY SKIRT MAN!!!

Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11 won a 2007 Nexus Best Mini-Series award ... and MODOK himself showed up to deliver his acceptance speech!

All the kids love YouTube video -- especially when it's video of me and the Pak Man talkin' iHerc at New York City's live Comic Book Club. Watch Part Two (and more) here. And you can listen to the complete audio of our appearance at the Comic Book Club site.

We had so much fun at the first powwow between me, co-writer Greg Pak, artist Khoi Pham and editor Mark Paniccia about the ongoing adventures of the Greek Goliath, IGN came back for a follow-up interview. Check it out by clicking above. Don't forget to check out a great interview with CBR's Dave Richards, by Newsarama's Michael C. Lorah, and a feature by Eric Drumm at Marvel.com!

Scott Tingley and I sit down for an in-depth discussion on all things All-Ages!

It's that special time of year again at CSBG: Their third annual Fred Van Lente Day! Not only was the Internet visited by three ghosts -- FVL Past, FVL Present, and FVL Future -- but I received the best FVL Day present of all, being named one of the 365 Reasons to Love Comics. Thanks, guys! It was a real honor.

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