ZOMBIE-PROOF: ZOMBIE ZOO in PREVIEWS

An all-new one-shot, stand-alone story picking up from the back-up features in VAMPIRE, PA and the original ZOMBIE-PROOF mini-series...

It's on Page 290 in the September 2010 PREVIEWS and should go on sale in November.

The one-shot is by yours truly and Vincent Spencer, with a cover by VS and variant cover by Jacob Jordan.

VAMPIRE, PA #2 is at the Printer

As soon as I have an on sale date, I'll post it!

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PHOTOS FROM COMIC-CON 2010

Comic-Con International: San Diego (July 21-25, 2010) was a ton of work since it was the launch of the 40th anniversary edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, but it was also fun because it offered the chance to catch up with good friends.

Photo #1
Scoop photographer Michael Solof (right) and I had the chance to visit with our friend Ming-Na, star of Stargate Universe on SyFy (what was wrong with Sci Fi Channel I'll never know), who I've known since junior high and Mike's known since high school. It was a blast seeing her at the show, and it was funny getting stopped every 30 or 40 feet so folks could take pictures with her. It's cool when good things happen to your friends.

Photo #2
I did two signings (one on Preview Night and one on Saturday) with Insight Studios Group supremo Mark Wheatley (right) at his booth for Vampire, PA #1. We had about 100 advance copies on hand (it actually goes on sale in comic shops this week).

Photo #3
And though we work together just about every day, it was was the first time in a couple of years that I'd seen Bob Overstreet (center) because he lives in Mississippi. Mark Huesman (left) works in Timonium, Maryland (though I see him more frequently than I do Bob) and I work in New York. The online world makes so much possible!

There will be a LOT more photos in this week's edition of Scoop.

VAMPIRE, PA #1-3 COVER GALLERY

BEDTIME STORIES FOR IMPRESSIONABLE CHILDREN

A brand new horror anthology in the spirit of the classics!

Meet Alonzo Del Vecchio, a former construction work forced by the tough economic times to become, much to just about everyone’s regret, a babysitter.

Modern horror masters James Kuhoric (Dead Irons, Army of Darkness), Robert Tinnell (The Black Forest, The Living and The Dead), Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker, Blood of the Innocent) and J.C. Vaughn (Vampire, PA, Zombie-Proof) provide a series of terrifying tales the babysitter probably should have left at home.

Covers by Mark Wheatley and Jacob Jordan.

32 pages, B&W $3.99

In the AUGUST 2010 issue of PREVIEWS, on sale in October!

Gene Gonzales, artist on the acclaimed Tales of the Cherokee, is now on board for Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children #1. Gene and I have worked together many times over the years, most recently on The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics, which was Gemstone Publishing's Free Comic Book Day 2010 offering.

More news to follow soon.

VAMPIRE, PA #3

The concluding chapter of the first Vampire, PA mini-series finds Dean desperate to track down the vampires who grabbed Dee-Dee, and he’s not about to let their minions stand in his way. It’s an all-or-nothing series of battles across Dormont with one life and many un-lives hanging in the balance. Also in this issue: two more chapters of Zombie-Proof: Zombie Zoo, leading into the upcoming Zombie-Proof one-shot! 30 pages of story and art. Covers by Brendon & Brian Fraim (75%) and Jacob Jordan (wraparound, 25%). 32 pages, full-color, $3.99

Look for it in the August 2010 PREVIEWS, on sale October 2010!

Vampire, PA is written by yours truly, J.C. Vaughn, illustrated by Brendon and Brian Fraim, colored by Mark Wheately, lettered by Marshall Dillon and edited by Charlie Novinskie. The Zombie-Proof back-up feature is written by JCV and illustrated by Vincent Spencer.

BEDTIME STORIES AD

This will be featured on the inside back cover of Vampire, PA #2.

JCV PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

From this month (May) through the fall, I'll have something out every month except September (hey, a guy's got to sleep sometime!). In addition to these projects, I have several more brewing at the moment.

The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics - FCBD 2010 - May 1 (Gemstone Publishing)
Vampire, PA#1 - June (Moonstone Books)
Creepy Archives - Volume Six (Introduction) - July
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #40 - July (Gemstone Publishing)
Vampire, PA#2 - August (Moonstone Books)
Bedtime Stories For Impressionable Children - October (Moonstone Books)
Vampire, PA#3 - October (Moonstone Books)
Zombie-Proof: Zombie-Zoo - November (Moonstone Books)

If you on Facebook, look me up under "Jeffrey Vaughn" and join see what's cooking.

VAMPIRE, PA #3 COVERS - First Look!

Vampire, PA #3 cover A by Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim and Mark Wheatley, and Vampire, PA #3 cover B (wraparound) by Jacob Jordan.

BEDTIME STORIES FOR IMPRESSIONABLE CHILDREN

Sometimes a good idea just won't die. Of course it sort of helps when it's undead to start with.

To say that Bedtime Stories For Impressionable Children has been percolating for a long time would be something of an understatement. I had read Creepy and Eerie, of course, but years and years before I got to work on The EC Archives, even before I discovered Bruce Jones' Twisted Tales, the first screenplay I tried to write while I was still in high school was Bedtime Stories For Impressionable Children.

Sometimes, as was the case with Antiques: The Comic Strip, you just don't know enough to do a good job writing a project when it first hits you. Then later -- sometimes much later -- how to actually do it hits you suddenly. That's the case with this one.

I was having lunch with James Kuhoric, my good friend and the only comic book writer who has made Army of Darkness really come alive (so to speak) for me (he's also the creator of the great Dead Irons and Legendary Talespinners). We weren't even talking about horror anthologies are first, but then (with a nod to Ross Richie and company) ... BOOM!

A couple of minutes later we had the whole first issue figured out.

That same night I had dinner with two other good friends, photographer Michael Solof and multi-media artist Mark Wheatley (creator of, among other things, Vertigo's Breathtaker and the recent graphic novel EZ Street). We talked it over, and it really got rolling.

I wrote up a quick proposal about the one-shot (we're ready to do more if it's a success), sat on it a few days, good some feedback, and then sent it off to Joe Gentile and our friends at Moonstone.

The result will be a 32-page comic book of horror tales by the aforementioned creators along with one by writer-director Robert Tinnell (The Black Forest, The Wicked West). It should be fun, and I already have a lot of other really talented friends ready to roll if people like this one.

We've already started a Facebook page on it, so check it out.

More to follow.

CREEPY ARCHIVES - Volume 6

Due out in July 2010 from Dark Horse Comics, Creepy Archives - Volume 6 is a great collection. It features the material from Creepy #26-32 (not including the stories reprinted in previous volumes of this series, all of which I recommend heartily). The bulk of the art is by Ernie Colon and Tony Williamsune, but there's also work by Reed Crandall, Tom Sutton, Angelo Torres and one really interesting collaboration between Harlan Ellison and Neal Adams. It also has an introduction by yours truly.

VPA: BRENDON & BRIAN FRAIM INTERVIEW

Dinosaurs For Hire creator, TV scribe, and all-around writer-guy Tom Mason has interviews Vampire, PA artists Brendon and Brian Fraim about their work on the series on the Comix 411 site. Check it out!

JCV INTERVIEW on ComicMonsters.com

A very nice interview about Vampire, PA is now posted on a great site, ComicMonsters.com. Check it out!

VAMPIRE, PA #1 Eight-Page Preview

VAMPIRE, PA #1 (of 3)
J.C. Vaughn, Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim

Vampires in suburbia? Dean Marklin didn’t think so. In fact, he didn’t believe in vampires at all. Then he met one. Then he met lots more, and they all wanted to kill him! Now he’s a vampire hunter, and he’s pursued by a beautiful vampire while he tries to hold onto what’s left of normal life. How do you think that’s working out for him?

From the writer of Zombie-Proof comes this trip to Western Pennsylvania’s oddly vampire-rich environment.

Cover A by Mark Wheatley. Cover B by Jacob Jordan.

VAMPIRE, PA #1 will be listed in the April 2010 PREVIEWS from Diamond Comic Distributors under MOONSTONE BOOKS and is set to go on sale in June!

The three-issue, bimonthly mini-series is based on my short story "Vampire Hunter Dean," which appears in the prose anthology Vampires: Dracula And The Undead Legions, also from Moonstone Books, and which is on sale now.

BRENDON and BRIAN FRAIM are the artists on the series. In addition to working previously on Antiques: The Comic Strip, they have also done The Odd Squad from Devil’s Due Publishing and America, Jr. from Image Comics, and other cool stuff.

The mini-series is being colored by multiple award-winning creator MARK WHEATLEY, the driving force behind such projects as Breathtaker, Blood of the Innocent, Mars, EZ Street, Lone Justice, Radical Dreamer, and more.

My previous credits include Moonstone’s mini-hit in 2007 Zombie-Proof, the adventures of Jack Bauer in 24 from IDW Publishing (based on the Fox series), Billy Tucci’s Shi from Crusade, Avatar and Dark Horse, and other stories. I’m also the Associate Publisher of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and the writer of Gemstone’s Free Comic Book Day entry, The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics.

This issue features 32 pages of story and art! Vampire, PA #2 and #3 will feature a Zombie-Proof back-up story (and at least 28 pages of story and art each) leading into the upcoming new one-shot, Zombie-Proof: Zombie Zoo.