BarryLyga.com http://www.barrylyga.com/new/Feed.html Ditto 1.0.2 powered by MODx CMS en Barry Lyga Dot Com 2006 120 Memory Monday: The Flash vs. His Dad http://www.barrylyga.com/new/mem-mon-5-14-12.html Don't you just hate it when one of your dead enemies possesses your father, has sex with one of your other enemies, and then threatens to commit suicide in your dad's body? 

I hate when that happens.

(From Flash #303, November 1981. Written by Cary Bates. Art by Carmine Infantino and Bob Smith.)

]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 09:15:18 -0500 http://www.barrylyga.com/new/mem-mon-5-14-12.html Barry Lyga <barry@fanboyandgothgirl.com> This Week in Rejection!: Absolute Magnitude http://www.barrylyga.com/new/twir-absolute_magnitude.html Here we have a first for This Week in Rejection! We've seen long, detailed rejection letters and we've seen short bits on scraps of paper. We've seen personalized notes and we've seen form letters. We've seen the word "Sorry" scrawled on a rejection slip.

But this is, I believe, the first-ever rejection sticker:

 


 

]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 10:12:43 -0500 http://www.barrylyga.com/new/twir-absolute_magnitude.html Barry Lyga <barry@fanboyandgothgirl.com> I HUNT KILLERS Goes to Norway! http://www.barrylyga.com/new/killers-norway.html I am super-excited to announce that the entire I Hunt Killers series will now be published in Norway!

Publisher Gyldendal (insert obligatory, punning Donnie Darko reference here) will publish the series in Norwegian, beginning in Spring 2013. Am I psyched to be published in Scandinavia, land of Beowulf?

Duh.

Thanks to my agent and to the folks at Little, Brown who made this happen, especially Kristin Dulaney!

]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 09:38:45 -0500 http://www.barrylyga.com/new/killers-norway.html Barry Lyga <barry@fanboyandgothgirl.com> Memory Monday: Superman Splits Metaphysical Hairs http://www.barrylyga.com/new/mem-mon-5-7-12.html Today: 


Er... Superman? Sir? Not to quibble, but... Isn't having a fireball change you "into pure energy...for the rest of all time!" sorta, kinda the same thing as being disintegrated?

(From Action Comics #516, February 1981. Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by Curt Swan and Frank Chiaramonte.)

]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 09:54:07 -0500 http://www.barrylyga.com/new/mem-mon-5-7-12.html Barry Lyga <barry@fanboyandgothgirl.com> The KILLERS Tour Continues! http://www.barrylyga.com/new/killers-tour-continues.html Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... (Hat tip to Jaws 2...)

The "KILLER Time" Tour isn't over just because April is over. Oh, no. There are still some events to be had. Check out my calendar for all of the details, but here's the basics:

  • May 5: Hudson Children's Book Festival, Hudson, NY
  • May 19: Teen Book Festival, Rochester, NY
  • May 20: river's end bookstore, Oswego, NY (with Terry Trueman, Melissa Walker, and Laurie Halse Anderson!)
  • May 25: Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ (with Lisa McMann!)
  • May 26: Maricopa County Library District Book Fest, Phoenix, AZ

Whew! Come on out and have some fun! (And check back later for details on the June events!)

]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 09:32:29 -0500 http://www.barrylyga.com/new/killers-tour-continues.html Barry Lyga <barry@fanboyandgothgirl.com>