No Media Kings

Infest Wisely: Now on DVD

Jim Munroe — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:57:30 +0000

The lo-fi sci-fi movie I wrote and co-produced last year is now coming out as a DVD, complete with commentary from all seven directors with DIY no-budget filmmaking tips and tricks. To launch it we’re having a screening at the Royal Cinema, one of the last grand independent theatres in the city, Thurs. May 15th at 9pm (608 College, $10). This’ll be the first time it’s screened in Toronto since the amazing advance screening we did at Innis. There’ll be a q & a with the directors afterwards and as a bonus we’re also showing the premiere of “Luggage”, Craig Macnaughton’s new short. Craig did a great job with the design of the DVD and revamped the Infest Wisely trailer with all the great quotes we got from the media. Check out the official press release and the cover art below. (more…)

Link: Conan O’Brien’s Tribute to My Trip

Jim Munroe — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:01:01 +0000

There was a GTA4 bit recently on Conan O’Brien that made me think the writers might have watched my 2003 My Trip to Liberty City.

Selling Your Wares: 16 Tabling Tips

Jim Munroe — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:09:23 +0000

Locus is a collaboration between two small independent publishers in Melbourne, aduki independent press and Vignette Press, run by Emily and Lisa. They got together to run market stalls (and now also a blog) because they knew doing it with a friend would be more enjoyable than going it alone. They were kind enough to share their advice on selling indie books and zines.

Doing market stalls probably won’t make you rich or sell a truckload of books. Our best market day ever made about $750, mostly we make a lot less than that. Beer money, really. But even if you don’t sell a lot you’re still spreading the word and marketing your product, which is important in the long run. We learned what kind of markets work for our particular books and what sorts of places just don’t. The only way you can figure this out for yourself is by getting out there and trying different markets. Here’s some tips for running a successful market stall. (more…)

What Pulitzer Prize Winners are Reading

Jim Munroe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:34:45 +0000

My comic, it appears.

2008’s Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, Junot Díaz, was asked what he was reading for pleasure and he named my and Salgood’s graphic novel Therefore Repent! “It’s completely nuts,” he said, which is pretty close to what the Quill and Quire guy said (”unhinged”). Seems there’s a literary consensus on that. When my reader poll came out in favour of Lilith being actually daemonic and not just crazy, I committed to doing something over-the-top fantastical in contrast to my more muted stuff — nice to hear it’s working for people. Junot sounds like my kinda booknerd!

In other flattering news, I’ve been nominated for the Joe Shuster Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Writer award. Unlike some of the other talent there with a dozen or so comics to their name, I have only TR! and one other strip that appeared in the Beguiling-produced Comic Festival. You can read it on Salgood’s site.

Also: Chicago launch of Therefore Repent! next month!

Chicago Launch for Therefore Repent!

Jim Munroe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:13:19 +0000

En route to my favourite SF convention Wiscon, I’m doing a launch/signing at my favourite zine store Thurs. May 22, 7pm: Quimby’s. Should be especially neat as Chicago is where the book is set. Jef Smith from Think Galactic will be doing a Q&A with me. Maybe we’ll go for a drink afterwards at the Rainbo, seeing as it was the inspiration for the bar in the book.

Panel on Writing Genre Fiction

Jim Munroe — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:36:14 +0000

I’m moderating a panel on writing and publishing genre fiction at the library with Emily Pohl-Weary (Strange Times at Western High), Kristyn Dunnion (Big Big Sky) and Paul Hong (Your Love is Murder, or The Case of the Mangled Pie).

Eatonville Branch (430 Burnhamthorpe Rd., Toronto), 416-394-5270.
Tuesday, April 29, 7pm.
Free.

Hang Out With Game Makers

Jim Munroe — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:54:54 +0000

The last round of the Artsy Games Incubator was really good — we had a longer run (meeting weekly for six weeks) than the first round, and we all ended up making videogames worth showing. So we’re doing an open house at the Mobile Experience Lab at 52 McCaul St. (3rd floor) on Wed. April 23rd at 7pm, where there’ll be short presentations of the games we made using accessible tools. It’s a great time to find out more about future rounds of the AGI, and we’re also inviting people in the indie games community at large to bring their games-in-progress to demo — and no, you don’t have to identify as an artist. Admission: a game-in-progress, or a snack for the snack table. For a taste of what’s to come, check out some of the screenshots below.
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Strange Grange

Jim Munroe — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:55:49 +0000

For those who’ve attributed my recent silence to Sidney, she’s only part of the cause. I’ve also been doing a gig for OCAD recently — The Mobile Experience Lab was looking to showcase some of the cell phone technologies they’d developed over the past two years in public spaces. I started as a consultant on narrative and then I was kept on to implement the scenarios I’d written. It was a lot of fun working with a bunch of talented folk to figure out how to make these whimsical and odd things happen on John Street. They’re hoping to launch it this summer, funding and situation willing. Below is some documentation we got during the alpha and beta testing. (more…)

Quickie: Crazy Cheap Books

Jim Munroe — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:15:24 +0000

I’m dropping prices on all my books, some up to 50%. Buy 3 books, get a free No Media Kings t-shirt! Check out the dealz in the store.

Link: Therefore Repent! on Top 10

Jim Munroe — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:42:17 +0000

Therefore Repent! is on the Canadian top ten graphic novel bestseller list, and Salgood’s been doing a great job of blogging about the reviews TR!s been getting as well as listing where it’s available.