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These Foolish Games

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How to draw every comic cover which features a speedster as part of a superhero team.

Yes, I meant 'every,' as in each one throughout the history of comic book publishing.

The Amazing Totally True Origin of Green Lantern

In which we go back to the source.

The Outrider Dialogues (part three)

In which Bill Willingham and Terrible Mayhew wrap up their three part discussion about Bill's new books coming out next year from Raconteur Press.

The Outrider Dialogues (part two)

In which Willingham and his pal Terrible Mayhew continue their discussion about kindness, arrogance, and the forthcoming Outrider trilogy.

The Outrider Dialogues (part one)

In which a fellow writer by the name of Terrible Mayhew (a pen name, we suspect) interviews Bill Willingham about his new trilogy of adventure novels.

There Was a Haunted Man...

...who walked a haunted mile, He found a haunted sixpence, against a haunted stile; He bought a haunted cat, who caught a haunted mouse, and they all lived together in a haunted little house.

The Giant, the Witch, and the Warlord

Swords, magic, villainy, and nobility, in a protohistoric medieval world

The Black Friday Sale is still on…

But only for a little while longer.

Black Friday Sale

It's for pieces of original art in my store, but not for published items like books.

Commissions List Closed Again

It was wondrously successful this year, but had to come to an end, so Bill could get back to work (which implies doing art commissions for fans/customers/clients was more play than work).

Commissions List Open Again

Just in time to get a nice Christmas gift for yourself or for your loved one (or two).

The Better Angels of Our Supernature

A lesson on how to write funnybook scripts by providing an example from Bill's comic-writing past.

The Complete Prose Works, Part Two

In which we continue to list the places Bill's often-obscure short stories were published, assuming we can remember them.

The Complete Prose Works, Part One

With the understanding that I might have forgotten a thing or two.

Everybody's Wrong But Me, and I Can Prove It

In which Bill sets out to correct the record on a few things related to the storytelling business.

A Writer's Retreat

I used to go on writers retreats with my colleagues in the business, and I miss it.

An Elementals FAQ

In which we try to answer some of the most often asked questions about the Elementals comic book series, and trust you'll check back sometimes for updates.

Checking In...

Hello? Is this thing on?

Our Amazing Sunday Afternoon Update

In which Bill takes questions about the whole DC Comics and Public Domain kerfuffle and even answers a few.

Working on the Weekend

Not (quite) another update on the Fables Public Domain matter.