The Jones Method...

As a writer, I often find myself using the Indiana Jones method of creating.

Bobby

THE WRAP UP! TIMEGATE GOES OUT ON A HIGH NOTE!

My Timegate 2016 author table!

Timegate 2016 program book

Last weekend I was a guest at Timegate 2016! I've been a guest at TimeGate a number of times in the past and I always have a great time. Timegate is a small show compared to beasts like DragonCon and San Diego Comicon, but that's a big part of its charm. It's a relaxicon where you can sit back and enjoy spending time with fans and guests alike. Little did I know that this year's con would be the final TimeGate. Yes. As with all good things, this too has come to an end, but this is science fiction so nothing stays gone forever.

Next year, TimeGate regenerates (see what I did there?) into WHOLANTA!

TimeGate (and next year, WHOLANTA) is an annual Doctor Who

WHOLANTA begins 2017!

and British media and culture convention in Atlanta, GA. Attendees come from all over the Southeast, all over the nation and even from as far away as England to take part in the festivities. Launched in 2005, the convention hits its 10 year anniversary in 2015 with special guest Katy Manning and Michelle Gomez. Past Doctor Who guests have included actors Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred, Mary Tamm, John Levene, Colin Spaull and Caitlin Blackwood, script editors Terrance Dicks and Andrew Cartmel, composer Dominic Glynn, film editor Louis Robinson, and more.

Ma and my...
TAAA-AAR-RDIS!

For 2016, we celebrated 20 years of the 8th Doctor with special guest, the 8th Doctor himself, Paul McGann. I was fortunate to meet Mr. McGann, who was easily accessible and such a nice guy. A great guest. I'm kicking myself for not grabbing a photo with him. I also got to spend time with some amazing guests like Louise Robinson (one of the nicest people you'll ever meet) Nicholas Briggs, Terry Malloy, Jason Haigh-Ellery from Big Finish, my pals from the ESO Network, who were out in full force-- Mike Faber, Mike Gordon, Jennifer Hartshorn, Judy Faber, William Faber, Dr. Scott Viguie, Debbie Viguie, Jason De La Torre, Rita De La Torre, and quite a few friends of the station. Also on hand were artist Dimitri Walker, authors Jonathan French, A.R. Cook, and Lee Martindale, Monsterama's Anthony Taylor, Lt. Moxie Magnus, and more.

I had a table set up with my books, including the new Sherlock Holmes/Domino Lady trade collection, which was my biggest seller of the weekend. I also did 3 panels and Gallifrey Game Night, which was more laughs than I ever thought it would be.

I'd also like to say special thanks to Rebecca Perry for helping me with my table during the con while I ran off to do panels. Much appreciated.

Click Read More... to read about the panels and see photos from TimeGate 2016.

MEET AUTHOR BOBBY NASH THIS WEEKEND AT TIMEGATE!

Photo from previous TimeGate appearance courtesy of Geek Behind The Lens Photography.

Join me this weekend for Timegate 2016!

TimeGate is an annual Doctor Who and British media and culture convention in Atlanta, GA. Attendees come from all over the Southeast, all over the nation and even from as far away as England to take part in the festivities. Launched in 2005, the convention hits its 10 year anniversary in 2015 with special guest Katy Manning and Michelle Gomez. Past Doctor Who guests have included actors Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred, Mary Tamm, John Levene, Colin Spaull and Caitlin Blackwood, script editors Terrance Dicks and Andrew Cartmel, composer Dominic Glynn, film editor Louis Robinson, and more.

For 2016, join us as we celebrate 20 years of the 8th Doctor with special guest, Paul McGann. You can see the full guest list here.

I will have a table set up with my books, including the new Sherlock Holmes/Domino Lady trade collection, a good fit for this convention, I think. I'll also be going panels throughout the weekend. 

Click Read More... to see my panel schedule for TimeGate 2016.

TIMEGATE 2016 PANEL SCHEDULE RELEASED!

The panel schedule is live!

Ready to start planning your TimeGate weekend?

The only way to travel.

Well, now you can!

The TimeGate 2016 Programming Schedule is here! This is a full list of everything we have planned for you for this year's convention. Keep in mind that there may still be an edit or two over the coming week, as we finalize panelists and make final tweaks (there are a couple of panelist conflicts we have to resolve). Once the schedule is completely finished, the app will be loaded with all the event information and released. You'll be hearing more about some exciting changes with the app very soon. For now, though, you can consider the schedule to be about 95% complete. (Like battle, no con schedule survives contact with the enemy. Ha!)

You can find the full Google Doc schedule here on on Timegate's website.

Here's my panel schedule for TimeGate 2016.

Saturday 3:00 p.m.

I was an Atlanta Movie Extra and Other Tales of Local Filmmaking

Panelists: Angela Berry, Robert Loyd, Bobby Nash, Anthony Taylor, Adam Throne

Saturday 4:00 p.m.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Too Much or Too Little of a Good Thing?

Panelists: Jennifer Hartshorn, Jonathan French, Bobby Nash, Henry Hanks, Angela Berry

Saturday 10:00 p.m.

Gallifrey Game Night

Panelists: Lt. Moxie Magnus, Courtland Lewis, Bobby Nash, Alan Siler

Sunday 1:00 p.m.

It's Not the Years, It's the Mileage: 35 Years of Indy

Panelists: Darin Bush, Scott Viguie, Bobby Nash, Debbie Viguie

My 2015 TimeGate table

I will also have a table at the convention where I will have books for sale or if you just want to stop by and say hello or chat. 

If you're there Saturday night, please come out to Gallifrey Game Night. I have no idea what I'm in for so I can use all the cheering, friendly faces I can get. I'm a little nervous.

See you there.

Bobby

EARTH STATION ONE EPISODE 220 – ACTORS WHO BECAME POPULAR FOR MORE THAN ONE ROLE

On this episode, the ESO crew is seeing double! Director Mike Faber and the award-winning author Bobby Nash are joined by Alex Autrey and Geek Vs. Week's Tony Henderson as they take a look at actors who’ve been blessed to play more than one iconic character. We also take Dieselfunk author Balogun Ojetade downtown and strap him in the Geek Seat. Plus, a Heroes Con Khan Report from Howdy Mike Gordon and the usual Rants, Raves, and Shout Outs!

Join us for yet another episode of The Earth Station One Podcast we

like to call: Actors Who Became Popular for More Than One Role at www.esopodcast.com
Direct link: http://esopodcast.com/earth-station-one-episode-220/

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:06:12 Rants and Raves
0:17:29 Balogun Ojetade (Author) Interview & Geek Seat
0:36:06 Actors Who Became Popular for More Than One Role

1:39:47 Doctor Geek’s Moment of Science
1:42:36 ESO Khan Report Live from Heroes Con
1:56:28 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

Next on Earth Station One...

Next week, the ESO crew looks to the future as we peel back the various predictions of life in the Future

According to Sci-Fi. Science Fiction books, movies, and TV shows have given us many glimpses of what life might be like in the future. Some of it is hopeful, ala Star Trek’s various TV series while others paint a bleaker image ala Terminator and there are also those that show that people, whether they live on Earth or out in space, are still people ala Babylon 5. Whatever fictional future you like best, ESO is looking forward to visiting it next week. Plus, if that wasn’t enough, you still get the usual assortment of Rants and Raves, Doctor Geek’s Moment of Science, shout outs, The Khan Report, and The Geek Seat. Join us for a journey through time on the next all new episode of the Earth Station One podcast.

ESO would love to hear from you. What is your favorite future as depicted by sci fi? Share your favorites with us at esopodcast@gmail.com, 404-963-9057, www.esopodcast.com, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or Pinterest. Who knows, we might just share yours on the show.

Download ESO Episode 220 mp3 here.

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ALL PULP JOINS COMICMIX

PRESS RELEASE:

COMICMIX GROWS
All Pulp Gets Into the Mix

ComicMix- www.comicmix.com , one of the leading Internet sites for news and opinion about popular culture, today announced that it is expanding its reach with the addition of All Pulp, a well known source for Pulp related news.

Mike Gold, Editor-in-Chief of ComicMix, said, "As someone who loves comics, movies and television, I'm a big fan of pulp fiction. All Pulp is keeping alive traditions that gave us The Shadow, The Phantom, and Indiana Jones. It's a great place for our readers to discover fantastic new entertainment."

All Pulp Founder and Editor in Chief Tommy Hancock said, "This is a great next step for All Pulp. Being a part of ComicMix means that Pulp, both Classic and New, will be exposed to a much larger audience and that's all we've ever wanted to do. Share the work that has been done and that is being done in the Pulp style. And the fit is a good one, with Pulp Fiction being so integral into the development of so many ways to tell stories, especially comic books. All Pulp belongs at ComicMix."

All Pulp is a leading source to the Who, What, When, Where, and How of the Modern Pulp Revival. Interest in Classic Pulps, discussions of then versus now, news and information concerning Pulp Fiction from its early 20th Century Origins through its heyday to the modern revitalization of the style, All Pulp is the go to source for releases, interviews, reviews, and more.

ComicMix is the site for readers who enjoy all types of popular culture, from comic books, television and movies to video games and more. Every day, hundreds of thousands of visitors find news, facts, reviews, commentary, columns and a community environment that traces across the globe, across decades and into the future.

Seal of the Spectacled Seven

For more information, contact
Martha Thomases
Vice-President, Communications and Marketing
212-727-8089
917-727-8089
martha@comicmix.com

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From Bobby Nash: All Pulp Contributor:

I have been a proud member of the All Pulp family, not to mention one of the Spectacled Seven that got this thing started) since the site began way back when. I have had a lot of fun working with the All Pulp gang and have made some new friends and discovered many new books to read and movies to watch. All Pulp joining Comicmix will open the site up to a wider audience and I'm excited to see where things go from here.

That said, however, I will not be moving on with All Pulp. With my writing schedule packed full and deadlines looming, I felt that this would be a good time for me to take a step back and focus my efforts on writing, as I'm sure my publishers will appreciate. Who can say what the future will bring, but I plan to stop by the new All Pulp site regularly to check up on the latest pulp news.

I'll see you there.

Bobby

A BLAST FROM THE PAST!

Art/Colors: Jeff Austin

Pencils/Colors: Nash. Inks: Austin

Over at his blog, artist Jeff Austin shared a couple pages of art he drew from a story I wrote that featured the adventures of a super-powered character code-named Onyx. Onyx and her team would go on amazing adventures, generally with a supernatural or pulpy theme. She was part Wonder Woman, part Indiana Jones and I had a blast writing a four issue mini series for the character.

Unfortunately, only the two pages below were produced. They're pasted below.

Click on images for a larger view.

ONYX "Incubus" Page 1. Art: Jeff Austin

ONYX "Incubus" Page 2. Art: Jeff Austin

Below is the script for these two pages. I can’t believe I had 8 panels on page 1. That’s something I would never even think about doing today. In an odd coincidence, I recently used elements of the Onyx plot as part of a story I wrote for one of Moonstone Books’ upcoming anthologies featuring pulp hero, The Spider. No good ideas are ever wasted.

ONYX "Incubus" Page 1. Story: Bobby Nash

ONYX "Incubus" Page 2. Story: Bobby Nash

Jeff and I did re-team on the character a little later for a comic strip for a local kid’s magazine (mid to late 90's, maybe?). This time I handled the writing and the pencils and Jeff served as inker, although embellisher might be a better word. My pencils were very rough. Jeff decided to leave the strip so I wrapped up the story a little faster than I had originally planned, but I think it was a fun story. I love comic strips and would love to do more. If only I was a better artist.

A total of 21 strips were created and they are pasted below. I'll also add them to the Free Stories Tab above. Click images for larger views.

Onyx comic strip #1. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #2. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #3. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #4. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #5. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #6. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #7. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #8. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #9. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #10. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #11. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #12. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #13. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #14. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #15. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #16. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #17. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #18. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #19. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #20. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

Onyx comic strip #21. Story/Pencils: Bobby Nash. Inks: Jeff Austin

I hope you enjoyed this jaunt down memory lane as much as I did. Oh, and make sure you visit Jeff Austin's art blog at http://pencilbrushblog.blogspot.com.


Bobby

HIPPITY... HOPPITY... TIMEY... WHIMEY...

It's that time of year again. Happy Easter!

Had a fairly busy day. Satrted off by visiting a local convention for a panel. It was a Saturday 10 a.m. panel so not a lot of folks there, but we still had a fun hour. After that it was back home to get some work done. Accomplished quiete a bit except with actual writing.

Okay, so it's a little after 1 a.m. as I write this so I'm going to take that as a sign to give it up and call it a night. Will attempt this writing thing again in the morning. 'night, all.

Happy Easter.

Bobby