Saturday, January 26, 2013

Big Episode!

After being told if he sets foot on the planet Kismet, he's a dead man...
After chasing bizarre artifacts around the galaxy trying to make amends for things he didn't even do...
After sneaking onto Kismet disguised as a cat-like Dakhur...
...Alibi Jones is finally ready to try to free his two closest friends, the Dakhur Kit and Alibi's ex-girlfriend Katie, from the clutches of the crime lord who controls Kismet, Rene Laveillur!
That's all you need to know of the story to get into the science fiction adventure on this episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio featuring Chapter Twenty-Three of Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur!
Get more info on Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur in eBook and paperback, on The Adventures of Alibi Jones #1 – New Expanded Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics Edition, and the brand new Alibi Jones story - "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" in Black Oak Media's new anthology Hunting Ghosts: Thrilling Tales of Paranormal Investigation at http://glowinthedarkradio.com and http://alibijones.com.

We are also part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – you'll find us every week at http://ComicRelated.com.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

On The Verge...

Get quickly caught up on the story – then get into the next chapter of Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur! Chapter Twenty-Two of this free science fiction audiobook adventure, on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio. Crime Lord Rene Laveillur who owns the planet Kismet has two of Alibi's friends captive. Alibi is determined to get them out – his plan is about to get underway! Alibi is sneaking around disguised as a Dakhur. He's been warned – if he's discovered on Kismet, he's a dead man!



The Adventures of Alibi Jones #1 – New Expanded Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics Edition

The brand new Alibi Jones story - "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" – is in Black Oak Media's new anthology Hunting Ghosts: Thrilling Tales of Paranormal Investigation – Available now! Get it at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Ghosts-Thrilling-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B00AQ18N3E/

We are also part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – you'll find us every week at http://ComicRelated.com.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

New Logo By Ken Lateer!

Check it out - in case you haven't seen it yet - here's the new logo by Ken Lateer!




Saturday, January 12, 2013

Making Escape Plans...

Free science fiction audiobook adventure, on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio! Get quickly caught up on the story and then get into Chapter Twenty-One of Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur!

Alibi Jones is sneaking around on the planet Kismet disguised as a Dakhur. He's been warned – if he's discovered on Kismet, he's a dead man! But Crime Lord Rene Laveillur who owns the planet has two of Alibi's friends captive there, and Alibi is determined to get them out. He's now making plans to help them escape – listen in and find out what they are...



The Adventures of Alibi Jones #1 – New Expanded Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics Edition

The brand new Alibi Jones story - "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" – is in Black Oak Media's new anthology Hunting Ghosts: Thrilling Tales of Paranormal Investigation – Available now! Get it at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Ghosts-Thrilling-Paranormal-ebook/dp/B00AQ18N3E/

We are also part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – you'll find us every week at http://ComicRelated.com.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Winds Of Winter - Cover!!

Did you see they've released the cover image to the next George R.R. Martin book? Oh, there's a horn on the cover! If you've read the books... you know...

cool.

Monday, January 07, 2013

Preview The New Expanded Alibi Jones #1 Comic

The first release from the newly revitalized Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics is a new expanded edition of The Adventures of Alibi Jones #1. The "expansion"? The book now includes "Alibi Jones In Over His Head" with art by Juan Carlos Quattordio. When the story originally appeared in Earthbound Comics Presents #1, Ain't It Cool News' reviewer said it "...brings to mind the lighter works of sci-fi legends such as Henry Kuttner or Ray Bradbury, dealing with the inevitable complications that accompany the meetings of two different cultures..." - which was awesome! There's fun and funny and deadly serious stuff in this issue. Get a pdf today at Drive Thru: http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product/94851/The-Adventures-of-Alibi-Jones-%231---Expanded

Here's a preview of the issue with a few pages from each of the stories:

The Adventures of Alibi Jones #1 - Expanded Edition Preview

Sunday, January 06, 2013

Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics!!


The Return of
Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics!

Mike Luoma Announces New Initiative
For Comics Imprint
For More Information & Review Copies Contact Mike Luoma:

Science Fiction Adventure a la Heinlein and Bradbury – Legacy Superhero Tales of Justice and Generations – Superhero Period Noir set in 1965's Boston – Comic Creator Mike Luoma brings his characters and stories home: The Adventures of Alibi Jones, Introducing... Red Hot! and Good Samaritan: Unto Dust are now published by Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics! Writer, letterer and producer Luoma re-energizes the imprint that released his Panthea Obscura: Deifornication and everybody lies with artist JC Quattordio, his graphic novel adaptation of Vatican Assassin with artist Cristian Navarro and his first, critically acclaimed solo book Holy Shit: Or... Pat Robertson Is the Anti-Christ.

"When Earthbound Comics folded, I checked with my artist collaborators to fill them in on what was happening," Luoma said. "They all took the news pretty well – everyone wanted to keep working on our books. That inspired me to give Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics another go!"

The new initiative includes issue twos for Alibi Jones, Good Samaritan and Red Hot later this year, with expanded new editions of their issue ones on the way first. In fact the new Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics edition of The Adventure of Alibi Jones #1Expanded is available for download right now (print books mid-month).

Underwater aliens... Time travel... Con games... Murder... Welcome to the world of Alibi Jones! Alibi's a mediator in the Solar Alliance Interplanetary Force (SAIF) in the year 2135, negotiating agreements between humans and aliens as we expand into the stars. Come on along for the ride!


Next up: Vatican Assassin – The Graphic Novel Adaptation – #4 – in February. An expanded new edition of Good Samaritan: Unto Dust #1 in March. The brand-new Adventures of Alibi Jones #2 in April. The expanded Introducing... Red Hot! #1 in May. The collected Vatican Assassin – Graphic Novel Adaptation in June. And more to come...

Now Available from Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics: The Adventures of Alibi Jones #1: Expandedeverybody lies (one shot) – Good Samaritan: Unto Dust #1 – Holy Shit: Or... Pat Robertson Is The Anti-Christ (one shot) – Introducing... Red Hot #1 – Panthea Obscura: Deifornication (4-issue collected TP, individual issues) – Vatican Assassin – The Graphic Novel Adaptation #1 -3. Digital distribution is through DriveThruComics.com, with Print-On-Demand books on sale through IndyPlanet.com. More info and links to books, downloads and free stuff at http://glowinthedarkradio.com.

Saturday, January 05, 2013

We're Talking Evil...


Alibi Jones is sneaking around on the planet Kismet disguised as a Dakhur. He's been warned – if he's discovered on Kismet, he's a dead man! But Crime Lord Rene Laveillur who owns the planet has two of Alibi's friends captive on Kismet, and Alibi is determined to get them out.

Get some insight into the world of Rene Laveillur in chapter twenty of Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur, as we get in on his side of a curious conversation. We also hear from another of Alibi's antagonists, the Ancient Enemy scientist Azhumet, and get a glimpse of his plans... listen in for free science fiction audiobook adventure, on a new episode of Glow-in-the-Dark Radio!


There's a brand new Alibi Jones story - "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" – in Black Oak Media's new anthology Hunting Ghosts: Thrilling Tales of Paranormal Investigation!
Available now! Get it at:

We are also part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network – you'll find us every week at http://ComicRelated.com.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

And Now For The New Year... Hello 2013!

"...and so it begins..."

Words that have been used many times in literature, movies and TV shows; however, in my brain the words are spoken in the voice of the Vorlon Kosh in Joe Straczynski's Babylon 5... 'cause that's the way I'm wired. I'm also hearing Dan Wilson's voice singing "...every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..." as Semisonic's "Closing Time" plays on my cranial radio. The new year does bring with it some new beginnings and the old one ushers out with it a few odds and ends.

Got a lot of new creative work out in 2012. The challenge in the new year will be in promoting what's out there and creating more cool stuff that people will want to read and explore. The next Alibi novel will be building off the just-released short story "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" in the Hunting Ghosts anthology. I've been writing and outlining that project, and it will probably be my next major writing project. Probably. But there is this other thing... takes place in the true Arthurian past and the far future in Alibi's & the Vatican Assassin's universe. Been wrestling with pieces of it for years. Might wrestle with it some more and see what happens.

And there will be comics in the new year! Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics! The imprint is born anew. As 2012 ended, Ben Ferrari decided to fold Earthbound Comics. Sad as I was to see that happen, I understood Ben's reasons - there's no bad blood between us. And the artists I work with have all agreed to continue on as a revitalized Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics! My new issue twos from Red Hot, Good Samaritan and Alibi Jones will still be appearing, only now from Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics. I'm emailing with an artist right now about turning my romantic comedy miniseries Strike Out! into a reality, a new project in the works. There's a final issue of the Vatican Assassin adaptation yet to come, one of the first releases from the new Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Comics!

That's some idea of what's ahead as we sail on into the new year...

A Creative, Productive 2012

Sat down yesterday to assess the year that's just gone by. Did a little music post, and then started to look back over my creative accomplishments for the year. Took me lots longer than I though it would - made me realize it's actually been a pretty good year! First a list, then a look back.

2012 Books:
Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur
Vatican Ambassador - New 2nd Edition
Earthbound Dossier
Good Samaritan: Unto Dust #1
Introducing...Red Hot #1
The Adventures of Alibi Jones: Six Short Stories


2012 Stories:
"Alibi Jones and the Ghost in the Machine" in
Hunting Ghosts: Thrilling Tales of Paranormal Investigation


2012 Columns:
"Cosmic Crackle" @ Comic Related -
Marvel Comics' Thanos
http://comicrelated.com/news/16094/the-mad-titan
Marvel Comics' Guardians of the Galaxy
Part One: http://comicrelated.com/news/16790/guardians-of-the-galaxy
Part Two: http://www.comicrelated.com/news/16855/guardians-of-the-galaxy
Part Three: http://comicrelated.com/news/16856/guardians-of-the-galaxy
 Marvel Comics' Star-Lord
Part One with Chris Claremont, Steve Englehart & origins:
http://comicrelated.com/news/17021/star-lord-part-1.
Part Two on Doug Moench's years w/character: http://comicrelated.com/news/17937/star-lord-part-2.
Part Three with writer Timothy Zahn: http://comicrelated.com/news/18390/star-lord-part-3

Guest post on the "Contradictions of Creativity" for the blog Chocolate Scotch: http://www.chocolatescotch.com/2012/04/74-mike-luoma/.

Not bad. It was a year with some nice, creative high points - a productive year.

December brought a brand new Alibi Jones story "Alibi Jones and the Ghost In The Machine" in Hunting Ghosts: Thrilling Tales of Paranormal Investigation a new anthology from Black Oak Media. This new Alibi Jones story takes place after the new novel and stands alone as a single story: http://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Ghosts-Thrilling-Tales-Paranormal/dp/1618760165/.

November marked the release of my new second edition of Vatican Ambassador. When re-podcasting the novel this past summer I revised/rewrote about half of the book! The paperback also got a new cover, to match the update my eBook covers received earlier in the year. Vatican Ambassador is now big, shiny and gold! Also delivered a third installment in my look at Marvel Comics' Star-Lord for my Cosmic Crackle column at Comic Related, including an interview with writer Timothy Zahn: http://comicrelated.com/news/18390/star-lord-part-3

Celebrated wide release of Alibi Jones and the Sunrise of Hur in October. When you self-publish, you rely on your distributors to get your books out into the retail outlets of the marketplace. I use Lulu.com for print on demand paperbacks - they get those into Amazon. It takes about a month. Smashwords.com does most of my eBook distribution. The various retailers they ship to add titles at different rates, with the longest also taking about a month. So... about a month or so after releasing Alibi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur, I could finally celebrate it being available everywhere!

October also saw the release of Earthbound Dossier, a pin-up book filled with the heroes appearing in Earthbound Comics' books. I was heavily involved in the production and release of the book, featuring contributions from over 20 creative people – it came out really well. Kudos to Ben Ferrari of Earthbound for shepherding the project from concept to reality. It's free – here, have a copy: http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product/106128/Earthbound-Dossier

Albi Jones and The Sunrise of Hur was officially published on September 16th, 2012. A long time in the creating. It was great to get the novel out. Still currently serializing the audiobook chapters on my weekly Glow-in-the-Dark Radio Podcast. That wasn't all for September. Another of my Star-Lord columns for Comic Related – Part two - came out, covering the years when Doug Moench wrote the character: http://comicrelated.com/news/17937/star-lord-part-2.

August was a fun month that included attending both Pi-Con and The Boulder Triple-A Convention. Invited as a guest for my writing to Pi-Con once again, and represented the radio station at the Boulder conference, hearing over 30 different musical acts in 3 days. Also managed to win the Seven Daysies Award for Best Hair on a Local Personality, an "award" from the local weekly newspaper. And all month I was showing off the new, full-color Good Samaritan: Unto Dust #1 – written by me, art by Federico Guillen and color by Ken Lateer, released by Earthbound Comics on August 1st.

Published a few Cosmic Crackles web columns in July. Started the series of columns on Star-Lord at Comic Related. Both Chris Claremont and Steve Englehart were interviewed for a look at Star-Lord's origins: http://comicrelated.com/news/17021/star-lord-part-1. And earlier in the month, I wrote a 3 part look back at the original Guardians of the Galaxy team: http://comicrelated.com/news/16790/guardians-of-the-galaxy  http://comicrelated.com/news/16856/guardians-of-the-galaxy.

In June, Glow-in-the-Dark Radio became part of the Comic Related Podcasting Network. It was an honor to be asked to join them as they expanded, joining the ranks of Zone 4, The Related Recap and more: http://www.comicrelated.com/podcasts.php. My weekly rewriting/rerecording and repodcasting of Vatican Ambassador was ongoing. I was also working on the new Alibi Jones short story which has just recently been released.

In May we published my free eBook short story "Souverain: The Kid" by Earthbound Comics, on the 1st. A free prose story which was originally featured in the comic book Souverain #1, this stand-alone freebie was an attempt to attract new readers. My first column for Comic Related also appeared in May. I'd put a piece on Thanos together in light of his scene at the end of The Avengers movie, and it became my first Cosmic Crackle for CR: http://comicrelated.com/news/16094/the-mad-titan

Glow-in-the-Dark Radio reached it's 200th episode in April. The podcast episode featured some friendly greetings and the first podcast of Alibi Jones and the Wishing Stone: http://glowinthedarkradio.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-22T12_45_37-07_00. Also wrote a Guest post on Creativity for the blog Chocolate Scotch in April: http://www.chocolatescotch.com/2012/04/74-mike-luoma/.

Updated the cover of VaticanAssassin in both paperback and ebook with brand new layout and art, and updated the eBook covers on the rest of the trilogy in March. Time had come. The old, boring black ones needed spiffing up! Vatican Ambassador, as I mentioned, would later get some interior spiffing up as well.

February brought a proud creative moment, when Earthbound Comics published Introducing...Red Hot #1 – art by Rhys ap Gwyn – February 1st. By the way, Rhys is ready to work on more of the series now, so expect more Red Hot in 2013!

January was spent promoting my new audio book collection, as The Adventures of Alibi Jones: Six Short Stories came out in the final days of December, and appeared in iTunes as January began: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adventures-alibi-jones-six/id570595252?mt=2

The creative year that was... good to take a look back. Now, time to take a deep breath and head onward into the future - hello 2013!