From July 27th through July 29th, the London Film & Comic Con will be held at the Olympia London on Hammersmith Road in West London. LFCC is a comic con style event with celebrity guests, professional photo shoots, stage panels, and retail exhibitors. The event has around 100,00 attendees over the three days and takes up the whole of Olympia London. Blowback artist, Kev Hopgood, will be in the Comic Zone throughout the duration, alongside a host of other familiar names from

Blowback is proud to have Colorist, Charlie Kirchoff, come on board and use his talents to bring our book's rich palette to life. Charlie has been in the industry since 2003, working with publishers Dark Horse, IDW, Image, and more. His very first job was coloring segments of Humanoids Publishing's Metal Hurlant just as he was finishing up his BFA at Savannah College of Art and Design. Since then, he's been involved in comics projects ranging from Doctor Who and Judge Dredd C

This Sunday, you can find Blowback artist extraordinaire, Kev Hopgood, at the Stoke Con Trent, Staffordshire’s Biggest TV, Film, Comic and Memorabilia Convention. We're talking about the county in England, by the way, not the breed of bull terrier Kev will be giving out "Blowback" bookmarks to a lucky few, and perhaps even penning a character or two from the project, so you can proudly display them long before the book is published. Way to be a trend-setter! Odds are he'll br

This weekend, the "Blowback" creative crew will be at a Convention near you. Provided you're near Anaheim, California or Medway, Kent. Creators, Jim Hereth and Rhonda Smiley will be wandering the aisles of WonderCon in Anaheim, sister convention of the San Diego Comic-Con. They'll be toting around a small supply of "Blowback" bookmarks to hand out to the lucky few. If you see us, please say "Hi." But don't be weird about it. Artist, Kevin Hopgood, meanwhile, will be manning

Artist, Kevin Hopgood, was recently interviewed on the Hero Collector Website. During the interview, he talked about his prolific career, including work on Action Force, Doctor Who, and Iron Man, as well as his current projects, Marvel Fact Files and - of course - Blowback. Click on over to learn more about his history and process. #KevinHopgood #Artist #GraphicNovel #comics #MarvelFactFiles #IronMan

After finishing the design phase for all of Blowback's main characters, artist Kevin Hopgood has transitioned to putting them in action via the actual page layouts. True to form, things are looking great so far. Before the holidays are upon us, the first ten pages of thumbnails should already be complete. #Artist #RhondaSmiley #JamesHereth #ComicBook #KevinHopgood #SelfPublishing #Blowback #GraphicNovel #Art #Thumbnails

We're thrilled to announce that Kevin Hopgood, co-creator of War Machine as well as Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor, will be bringing his artistry to the pages of "Blowback." You can learn more about Kevin and his career on his personal website. #RhondaSmiley #JamesHereth #GraphicNovel #Blowback #KevinHopgood #IronMan #WarMachine #Hulkbuster #Artist

When "Blowback" is finally released in 2020, it'll be writer/creator Rhonda Smiley's first ever published comic, but it won't technically be mine... A few decades earlier, I was both writer AND artist on a little piece of sequential art magic called, "Space Wars." While the book itself is sadly out of print, you can still check out my personal blog to learn more. #RhondaSmiley #JamesHereth #Blowback #ComicBook #SpaceWars #GraphicNovel

After months and months (and months) of research, editing, planning, layout, revisions, and revised layouts, Rhonda Smiley and I have at last finished the script to our graphic novel adaptation of "Blowback." For those of you who have never done it before, know this - it sure as hell ain't easy! Next up is finding an artist who's a good fit for the style and sensibility of the story. #GraphicNovel #JamesHereth #RhondaSmiley #Screenwriting #Adaptation #SelfPublishing #Blowback

Before being adapted as a graphic novel, "Blowback" started life as an action adventure screenplay. Under its former title of "Revolution Redux," the script took First Prize in the Sci Fi Category of the 17th Annual Fade In Screenplay Competition, besting hundreds of other entrants. You can check out all of the finalists here. #FadeInAwards #ScreenplayCompetition #RhondaSmiley #JamesHereth #Screenwriting #GraphicNovel #Blowback