After a too-long hiatus, the superhero fashion site Project: Rooftop has returned. The site, which I co-founded with Dean Trippe, showcases the best in superhero costume design — offering tips, hints and tricks that seem to make superhero’s wardrobe closet better for everyone.

We’ve started off by highlighting some Supergirl redesigns by Cory Walker (Invincible) and have plans for a contest to redesign DC’s Black Canary. Stay tuned!

This week, comics website Newsarama.com is running an extensive interview (in five parts) I conducted with film & comics writer J. Michael Straczynski about his recent and upcoming projects (Parts 1, 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 online now). I’ve had the opportunity to interview JMS (as he’s known to fans) on ten previous occasions, all save one for Newsarama.com (the odd one out was a Q&A I did for Marvel Comics’ Marvel Spotlight magazine).

In light of my extensive interview on Newsarama.com, here are links to nine of the preceeding pieces — the Marvel one is print only and sadly unavailable.

Q&A about his then-upcoming run on the Fantastic Four comic (published on Dec. 28, 2004) link
Q&A about his one-shot comic Dream Police (published on March 15, 2005) link
Q&A on his comic series Book of Lost Souls (Published on June 14, 2006) link
Q&A on his comic book one-shot Amazing Spider-Ham (Published on Oct. 31, 2006) link
Q&A on his then-upcoming run on the Thor comic series. (Published on April 5, 2007) link
Q&A during his run on the Thor comic series. (Published on Oct. 17, 2007) link
Q&A on the eve of the debut of his first major film Changeling directed by Clint Eastwood & starring Angelina Jolie. (Published on Oct. 31, 2008) link
Q&A on the Red Circle comic miniseries. (Published on April 29, 2009) link

Snowblind

18Jan10

Snowblind originally appeared in my 2006 self-published anthology, Four Stories. Illustrated by Jessica Hickman, it was one of the more popular comics of the four with reviews, with Rue Morgue magazine comparing it to “Rod Serling” and comics commentator Steven Grant saying Snowblind “could easily have run in Snowblind in its heyday”. The comic was reprinted in the 2009 Desperado book No Formula: Stories from the Chemistry Set.

Here it is now, online and free:
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Chris Arrant is a freelance writer working in journalism and comics. In comics, he wrote the 2009 one-shot Female Force: Princess Diana and he's had stories published in anthologies such as Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo, 24Seven Vol. 2, Negative Burn, No Formula: Stories from the Chemistry Set and his own Four Stories. As a journalist, he is a regular contributor to Newsarama.com, Marvel's Marvel Spotlight, GeekWeek.com and ComicVine.com. In the past he has written for Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Comics, AdHouse Books, TalesofWonder.com, TOKYOPOP and The News Herald (Panama City, FL.).