The blog of Brian Kirsten

 

Brain Scan Studios to publish Watchmensch

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Boston, MA December 22, 2008 - Brain Scan Studios proudly presents Watchmensch a parody of...you know.

After one of them is murdered, a team of lawyers who have had dealings with the comics industry must band together again against a conspiracy. But who is trying to kill Nite Nurse, Spottyman, Silk, 1700 Broadway Manhattan and Ozzyosbourne? And what is the cloned creature about to be dropped on New York City?

From the writer of Civil Wardobe and Lying In The Gutters comes this nine-panel-grid parody of comics, the comics industry, the movies they spawn and the creators that get trampled on. Oy vey.

24 pages B+W with full color covers.

Previews Order #: JAN094081 ISBN: 9780615234182

Watchmensch will be available in comic shops everywhere in March 2009. Visit the Brain Scan Studios website for more information.

Brain Scan Studios is an alternative media company based out of Boston, MA that publishes a variety of blogs and creator-owned comics. www.brainscanstudios.com

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   Civil Wardrobe   Comics   Projects   Watchmensch  
Posted December 22, 2008
 

Brain Scan Studios to publish Serial

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Orlando, FL July 1, 2008 - Brain Scan Studios proudly presents Serial, a new monthly anthology series spotlighting famous, infamous and virtually unknown real serial killers. Laid out and reminiscent classic horror anthologies of the 50s, each issue features a 10-page main story, 6-page back up story and a 4-page spotlight story. The inaugural issue features John Wayne Gacy, Angel Resendiz and Albert Fish.

Featuring the creative team of David Hayes, Kurt Belcher, Kevin Moyers and many more, Serial #1 is 24 pages of truly terrifying serial killer tales. It will be available July 2nd in e-book format, visit the Brain Scan Studios website for more information. Mature readers.

Brain Scan Studios is an alternative media company based out of Orlando, FL that publishes a variety of blogs and creator-owned comics. www.brainscanstudios.com

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   Comics   Projects   Serial  
Posted July 2, 2008
 

We launch I Has a Coupon!

We folks at Brain Scan Studios are a busy lot. Traveling, sleeping, eating, and occasionally writing fills up our days. Somehow we got the time to launch a new blog, I Has a Coupon! It's basically a blog about deals, big deals, small deals, some as big as your head. Yes, I know I can hear your griping, the blog is badly in need of a design, but with the holidays and all we launched it so the awaiting public can get their hands on all those juicy discounts. Please enjoy.

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   My Projects   Projects  
Posted November 28, 2007
 

One Last Song review at Atomic Avenue

Atomic Avenue has some nice things to say about One Last Song #1

The future One Last Song paints is bleak, though perhaps not completely unrealistic given the current political climate of the United States, and the interesting artistic choices by creators CJ Hurtt and Shawn Richter, especially in the way of panel layout and scene juxtaposition (they like to cross-cut a lot), really sell the paranoia and general unease that make this book compelling.

Filed under  //   Book   Brain Scan Studios   One Last Song   Projects   Review  
Posted November 2, 2007
 

Fiendish Fables Review

Ryan Brandt has a whole lot of kind words for Fiendish Fables.

First off, I want to congratulate John on a beautiful looking book. Really leaped out of all the other Dial R books at San Diego and comes off truly as a professional book. I will say that reading the book, I think Fiendish Fables ended up being a much better title than Whisper/Scream because most of the stories came off as being fables (since a whole lot of 'true' fables were very dark, had some sort of 'meaning' to the story or comeuppance happen) and they definitely were fiendish to say the least. I'll go on record as saying that I enjoyed the book a lot and it is worth the price. It's not flawless (I'll get to that in a second) but it really showcases John's talent and why he's been able to get most of the deals he's gotten with Arcana and other places. It's because John is just that dang good.
We think John's that dang good too.

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   Fiendish Fables   Projects   Review  
Posted August 27, 2007
 

Where you can find me on the web

BrianKirsten.com Flickr FindParadise (travel blog I try to keep updated) Twitter (this is my mini-blog for FindParadise) LinkedIn MySpace ComicSpace You can also check out the projects I'm part of at Brain Scan Studios, and download all of the comics we publish over at Wowio.

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   Interesting Links   Projects  
Posted August 21, 2007
 

Download Brain Scan comics for free!

Publishing comic books for me is both business and pleasure. The business side is tough, getting books into people's hands can be quite an undertaking. The pleasure side is seeing those books in people's hands and having them (GASP!) enjoy them. I had a personal note to myself for quite some time after hearing about Wowio starting. The note just said "Contact Wowio", and it took me WAY too long to get to them. But I'm glad I did. For those of you who don't know, Wowio offers books and comics on their website for free. Yes I know it sounds like magic, but it's that simple. You download, myself and the creators we represent get paid. Which is a wonderful thing. No this isn't Brain Scan's attempt to thumb our noses at the hard working retailers out there who tirelessly sell our books and the books of our competitors. We just see it as opening the field to folks who might not ever have thought to pick up a comic or walk into a comic shop. And we feel really good about that. Listing of all our books on Wowio Civil Wardrobe on Wowio Touch of Death #1 on Wowio Touch of Death #2 on Wowio Touch of Death #3 on Wowio Fiendish Fables on Wowio One Last Song #1 on Wowio

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   Civil Wardrobe   Comics   Fiendish Fables   One Last Song   Projects   Touch of Death  
Posted August 13, 2007
 

One Last Song #1 in Stores!

Yes it's been a long time coming, One Last Song #1 is finally in stores! Drop what your doing and pick it up at your local comic shop!

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   Comics   One Last Song   Projects  
Posted June 13, 2007
 

Add the GiftBop widget to your blog!

First off I should probably explain what GiftBop is. GiftBop is a gift list website, for telling folks what you desire most in the world (that can be purchased). Head on over there and start building your list, it's FREE! For folks who have websites of their own they can add the GiftBop widget to show off what people are asking for.

Get this widget!
You can also building a widget of your own GiftBop RSS feed over at SpringWidgets.

Filed under  //   Brain Scan Studios   GiftBop   Interesting Links   Projects  
Posted June 8, 2007