So, did you catch Steve Niles on Conan O’Brien last night? Well, the more correct question would be did you catch Brian Posehn wearing Steve Niles on Conan last night? If you’re not a night owl or didn’t get the chance to catch Brian’s comedic stylings with Conan last not, you’re in luck. We caught the show and took a screen grab of Brian’s appearance on the show wearing one of those nifty SteveNiles.Com Skull Shirt. Click the image below to enlarge.

 

Thanks, Brian!

Wait, is Steve Niles on Conan O’Brien, tonight? Well, yeah. Well, sorta.

So it seems that actor/comedian Brian Posehn (Steve’s new bestest friend in the whole wide world) will be appearing on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and will be wearing one of those ultra cool SteveNiles.Com Skull Shirts! Of course, Conan’s seen on the NBC television network at 12:30 AM.

Steve says, “This is probably the closest I’ll get to being on a late night talk show so everybody watch and cheer on Brian and THE SKULL!”

Official Press Release

San Diego, CA, March 26, 2004—Wake The Dead reinvents the story of Frankenstein for a new generation. Acknowledged comic book horror master Steve Niles shows that there is life after death in the trade paperback collection of Wake The Dead.

With Niles doing the story and new art sensation Chee illustrating, Wake The Dead was an instant hit for IDW, with the first issue selling out rapidly and a second printing rushed to fill the demand.

“Wake the Dead is one of the stories I always wanted to tell, because even as a kid I liked the monster better than the humans!” Niles jokes. “I’m so happy with IDW and Chee’s work on this and I can’t wait to see it collected.”

The Wake The Dead trade paperback will be released in June, to insure great summer reading for those who like their horror with an edge.

“Wake The Dead was not only a brilliant piece of storytelling in comics, but it was the kind of breakthrough that gets attention in other arenas as well,” IDW’s Editor-in-Chief Jeff Mariotte said. “Screen rights went immediately to Dimension Films, with X-Men 2 screenwriter Mike Dougherty doing the screenplay. Now with this trade paperback, Steve’s vision of this classic tale will live on in book form and on screen.”

Wake The Dead is a full color, 128-page trade paperback collecting the five-issue miniseries, with a special die-cut cover and a retail price of $19.99.

IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea + Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among IDW’s titles are CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s 30 Days of Night and its sequels, Dark Days and Return to Barrow; Ashley Wood’s Lore; CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations; and Steve Niles’ Wake The Dead, Remains, Aleister Arcane, and Hyde. Columbia Pictures has optioned the movie rights to 30 Days of Night, with Sam Raimi attached to produce. Konami is producing a video game based on CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations. Dimension Films has optioned the movie rights to Wake The Dead and Hyde.

Official Press Release

San Diego, CA, March 26, 2004—IDW Publishing and Steve Niles give a new slant to the meaning of bipolar. With the release of Hyde, Niles proves once again that he is the new king of comic book horror.

Two incredibly brilliant scientists race against each other to unlock the secret of man’s dual nature. When they succeed in uncovering this horror of the mind and body, a terrified city becomes a victim.

“I have to admit, of all the projects I’ve worked on,” Niles says, “Hyde sends a chill down my spine. I am horrified by the idea of a man without guilt or remorse who is motivated by lust, greed, and violence, and in Hyde, that is the sum of the man, and it is a horrifying prospect. This one crawls under my skin.”

Steve Niles, already noted for his blockbuster work on horror titles such as 30 Days Of Night, is joined by artist Aadi Salman of Silent Hill fame.

According to Jeff Mariotte, IDW’s Editor-in-Chief, “Hyde is a brilliant concept—so innovative that Dimension Films snapped up the movie rights before the one-shot was even finished. Fans who like their scares intense and thought-provoking will find a lot to admire in this modern classic.”

Hyde is a full color, 48 page one-shot with a cover price of $6.99.

IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea + Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among IDW’s titles are CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s 30 Days of Night and its sequels, Dark Days and Return to Barrow; Ashley Wood’s Lore; CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations; and Steve Niles’ Wake The Dead, Remains, Aleister Arcane, and Hyde. Columbia Pictures has optioned the movie rights to 30 Days of Night, with Sam Raimi attached to produce. Konami is producing a video game based on CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations. Dimension Films has optioned the movie rights to Wake The Dead and Hyde.

We here at SteveNiles.com have been working hard performing some upgrades on the Web site. One of the most requested additions visitors have asked for was a cover gallery of books Steve’s worked on. Well, we listened and now you have it! Check out our all new Gallery filled with loads of covers, previews and even photos from various appearances Steve’s made through the years (don’t miss the special celebrity visits!). And to help inaugurate the new Gallery, we’ve even got pictures from last weekend’s WizardWorld LA convention.

In the coming weeks we’ll be populating the gallery with even more covers and previews, so be sure to check back often to see what goodies we have in store for you.

Hey everyone, here’s a heads up on some Steve Niles product coming out this week. We figured you’ve all been so good (don’t ask us how we know, we just do) that we’d give you two books to check out. IDW Publishing’s WAKE THE DEAD #5 and Dark Horse Comics’ FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND #2 are both out today. If your comics retailer doesn’t have them on the stands for you, be sure to ask them to place a reorder through Diamond as there’s still plenty of time. And while you’re at it, have your retailer add those books to your pull list. Pull lists play an important role in the orders for any retailer, plus it insures you’ll get your Steve Niles fix each and every month!

When you’ve finished reading the books, drop by the Steve Niles Forum and tell us what you thought.

Those of you looking to hook up with Steve Niles in the coming months are in luck. Between now and May of this year Steve’s going to be at five different locations!

First off this weekend Steve finds himself at Wizard World Los Angeles. Click Here for more information on the convention. Steve will be at the convention Saturday only.

After that, he’s got a busy couple of weekends. Here’s his current schedule:

Planet Comicon, Kansas City, Kansas
Web site: http://www.planetcomicon.com/
Saturday March 27th and Sunday March 28th

Dark Delicacies, Burbank, CA
Web site: http://www.darkdel.com/
Saturday, April 10th, 2:00 PM
Signing with Steve will be HELLBOY director Guillermo del Toro.

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA, Westwood, California
Web site: http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks/
Saturday April 24th only

WonderCon, San Francisco, CA
Web site: http://www.comic-con.org/Pages/WCWhatsNew.html
Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd

Official Press Release

San Diego, CA, March 16, 2004. Due to intense consumer demand, IDW Publishing has gone back to print on Steve Niles’s Cal McDonald novels Savage Membrane and Guns, Drugs, and Monsters. These out-of-print novels have been in huge demand, and with the success of other Niles comics such as 30 Days Of Night and Dark Days—as well as a major film deal for the Cal McDonald character—the demand for his novels has skyrocketed.

Writer Steve Niles said, “I’m just thrilled Cal is back where he started and where he belongs. It’s like I always say, home is where the horror is, and that’s IDW.”

Both books are now available to order from Diamond Distributors:

Savage Membrane (JAN045241)

Guns, Drugs, and Monsters (JAN045242)

“I’m very pleased that we’ve been able to go back to press on Steve’s out-of-print Cal McDonald novels,” IDW publisher Ted Adams said. “Readers and retailers have been asking for these reprints for a long time and I’m glad we can finally help them out.”

Savage Membrane and Guns, Drugs, and Monsters are both 200-page trade paperback novels, priced at $16.99, with covers and black and white illustrations by Ashley Wood.

IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea + Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients. Among IDW’s titles are CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s 30 Days of Night and its sequels, Dark Days and Return to Barrow; Ashley Wood’s Lore; CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations; and Steve Niles’ Wake The Dead, Remains, Aleister Arcane, and Hyde. Columbia Pictures has optioned the movie rights to 30 Days of Night, with Sam Raimi attached to produce. Konami is producing a video game based on CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations. Dimension Films has optioned the movie rights to Wake The Dead and Hyde.

Steve Niles and Kieron Dwyer talked about their upcoming IDW book REMAINS over at Newsarama today with a number of previews pages. You can read the article here.

Comic Book Resources has an eight page preview of FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND #2, due in stores March 24th. Click on over to read the article.