http://www.steveniles.com/news The latest news from writer Steve Niles. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:10:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A chilling vision of the future unveils a world where the police now patrol for crimes of the imagination. Religious beliefs, along with any tales of false heroes, idols or gods, are illegal. Called to duty to stop a murder spree, Detective Philip Khrome finds himself face to face with ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/07/17/steves-cci-signing-schedule-for-radical-publishing-announced After illustrating covers with many of the best and brightest superheroes in comics, Mike Mayhew returns to interiors as 30 DAYS OF NIGHT writers Steve Niles and Dan Wickline craft a horrific tale of man’s primal nature unleashed in October’s SAVAGE. “As a kid, I was always more drawn to horror ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/07/15/steve-niles-mike-mayhew-and-dan-wickline-debut-savage-at-image-comics Midtown Comics in New York City will host a comic book signing event with acclaimed comic book creator Steve Niles, famous for the comic book series 30 Days of Night. Mr. Niles, on a hot streak, is currently the author of two DC Comics titles, Batman: Gotham After Midnight ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/07/14/steve-niles-signing-even-announced-for-midtown-comics Official Press Release FEARnet, the world’s premiere horror and thriller website and on-demand service, and IDW Publishing, the publishers of the acclaimed, best-selling 30 Days of Night graphic novels, have teamed up to create a 16-page, limited-edition comic book adaptation of FEARnet’s upcoming web series 30 Days of Night: Dust to ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/07/11/idw-to-adapt-fearnets-30-days-of-night-dust-to-dust-web-series-in-a-limited-edition-comic Official Press Release Zune Arts, a creative collective curated by Zune, Microsoft Corp.’s integrated digital entertainment brand, today released “The Lost Ones,” a graphic novel written by celebrated writer Steve Niles. For the Zune-commissioned novel, Niles was paired up with visual artists Dr. Revolt, Gary Panter, Kime Buzzelli and Morning Breath ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/07/09/zune-arts-unveils-graphic-novel-written-by-steve-niles Steve Niles spoke with Comic Book Resources about his newest Hollywood deal, a big screen adaptation of “Wake The Dead,” originally optioned by Dimension Films, but now in the hands of Holding Pictures. How did this movie deal come about? “Wake The Dead” was originally with Dimension. Niles: Originally, it was ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/06/05/steve-talks-about-the-wake-the-dead-movie-deal Variety announced over the weekend that Steve’s “Wake The Dead” story has been optioned by Holding Pictures for the big screen. “The idea is to make a classic horror film, and what I liked was the combination of Jay, in a genre he’s wanted to experiment in for some time, with ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/06/05/steves-wake-the-dead-coming-to-theaters Official Press Release Legendary comic book artist Bernie Wrightson (Swamp Thing, Frankenstein) is returning to full penciling and inking duties on a comic book for the first time is over two decades. Wrightson has joined writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) to create a noir horror miniseries entitled Dead, She ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/05/15/steve-niles-writes-bernie-wrightson-illustrates-dead-she-said Official Press Release ZUNE ARTS TO RELEASE GRAPHIC NOVEL WRITTEN BY CELEBRATED AUTHOR STEVE NILES “The Lost Ones” To Be Released June 2008 in Collector’s and Paperback Editions Zune Arts, the program that aims to bring the best creative minds together to collaborate on inspiring works of art, is producing a graphic novel titled “The ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/05/14/steve-writes-the-lost-ones-graphic-novel-for-zune-arts Comicon.com’s “The Pulse” recently interviewed Steve about his career, how he ended up making a name for himself in the “creator-owned” arena before he worked for Marvel and DC on their characters, his working relationship with his various artist collaborators, information on his upcoming projects and more. Although Niles might have ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/05/12/the-pulse-interviews-steve Official Press Release Marc Patten of Destination Entertainment said, “Shortly after I began publicity for my new sci-fi fantasy adventure series entitled, Khrome with art by Marlin Shoop and Mark Sparacio, a fellow creator brought it to my attention that Radical Comics was producing a series with the same name. I ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/05/07/steve-niles%e2%80%99-khrome-becomes-a-city-of-dust Steve was among several big name comic book creators that CBR interviewed this past weekend at the Los Angeles Festival of Books “Comix Strip.” During the panel Comics: Superheroes of the Page & Screen, Steve, Jeph Loeb and Mike Mignola discussed the current rise in comics to the big screen. With ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/04/29/steve-talks-comic-book-movies-at-the-los-angeles-festival-of-books Steve was recently interviewed on CNN regarding the Universal/Dark Horse Comics deal. One piece focuses on Steve and other Dark Horse creators who have maintained ownership of their creations while working with the publisher, and the other focuses more on the developmental deal itself and it’s pros and cons. http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/04/28/steve-on-cnn It’s a change of pace, but guardian.co.uk has an interview up with Steve about his iPod, and technology in general. What’s the most expensive piece of technology you’ve ever owned? I bought a remote-controlled robot — this is back in the 80s, people — and my girlfriend at the time made me ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/04/24/the-guardian-interviews-steve-about-his-ipod Steve’s Criminal Macabre: The Trouble With Brains featuring art by Kyle Hotz is currently being featured on MySpace Comics. The entire story is online and free to read as a part of issue #9 of MySpace/Dark Horse Presents. Next month’s issue #10 will feature another Cal McDonald adventure, so be ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/04/11/cal-mcdonald-invades-myspace-comics Newsarama’s Steve Ekstrom has an interview up with Steve Niles wherein the two Steves talk about “Gotham After Midnight,” Steve’s first big, mainstream DC project. Steve discusses his approach to the 12 issue Batman maxi series, the story’s place in DC’s continuity, working with Kelley Jones and more SN: Yes, a ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/04/11/newsarama-interviews-steve-about-gotham-after-midnight Comic Book Resources recently went over the last year of Steve Niles projects with Steve himself, looking at the “30 Days of Night” movie experience, Steve’s various comic book projects and what 2008 holds in store for him and his fans. Niles’s most visible project of 2007 was the feature ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/03/17/cbr-reviews-the-year-in-niles Horror Yearbook is running a “5 Days of Steve Niles” feature in celebration of the release of “30 Days” on DVD, and day one kicked things off with a short interview with the man himself. HORROR YEARBOOK: You have the 30 Days of Night screenplay credit, the upcoming Dead, She Said ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/02/27/horror-yearbook-interviews-steve-for-5-days-of-steve-niles Steve sat down recently with CBR, along with Mark Waid, to talk about BOOM! Studios’ new “Cthulu Tales” ongoing comic series. Niles and Waid had already been discussing work for BOOM!’s “Zombie Tales” anthology when the writer was asked to contribute to “Cthulhu Tales.” “In comics you’re either a Batman guy ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/02/12/steve-and-mark-waid-talk-chtulu-tales In celebration of the newly released trade paperback collection, Boom! Studios and Comic Book resources have announced that they’re teaming together to offer Steve and artist Nat Jones’ “Giant Monster” online for free! Starting today, CBR will be presenting a portion of “Giant Monster” on their site for readers to ... http://www.steveniles.com/news/2008/01/23/giant-monster-serialized-online-for-free