Jim Munroe

Toronto Comic Arts Festival

May 2, 2010

The amazing TCAF is happening May 8-9th. Reasons to go, organized via flavours of nerds:

Comix nerds: It’s got an amazing array of international talent and all the local lights as well.
Book nerds: It’s at the newly renovated Toronto Reference Library, with new rooms and facilities to wonder at.
Game nerds: The Torontron will be there alongside the Hand Eye Society table.
No Media Kings nerds: Shannon and I will be there selling & signing Sword and chatting on panels
Cheap nerds: It’s free. (more…)
Sword of My Mouth graphic novel launch, Detroit

May 2, 2010

We’re driving over to Detroit to launch the book in the city it’s set in on Saturday May 15 (7pm, Leopold’s Books, free) with Gayla Trail. (more…)
Sword of My Mouth graphic novel launch, Toronto

April 8, 2010

Our graphic novel, a stand-alone follow-up to Therefore Repent!, is launching as a part of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival on Thursday May 6th, 7pm, Tequila Bookworm (512 Queen Street West, upstairs), free. (more…)
Ad Astra SF Conference, Toronto

April 8, 2010

I’ll be doing a few panels at Ad Astra this Saturday April 10th: (more…)
Double-Barreled Comic Release

March 6, 2010

Issues (or chapters, I guess) #4 and #5 are up on the Sword of My Mouth site for folks who’ve sprung for the $6 digital subscription or the $12 preorder. The final part of the book, #6, will be up a month from now, so subscribers get a sneak peek a month before the book’s debut as a part of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Plus commentary!

It was a push to get the book ready in time, and tricky to manage as it’s a IDW / NMK single edition co-publishing dealy, but Shannon still took the time to do these hilariously amazing bio illustrations of the two of us, check ’em out after the jump! (more…)
PAX East IF Gathering, Boston

February 9, 2010

Due to a confluence of many factors (Boston is the ancestral home of Zork and MIT, an active IF community in the area, and the launch of the IF documentary GET LAMP) PAX East is looking to be the largest gathering of interactive fiction authors ever. (more…)
Roofed, a Preemptive Spin-off Game

February 2, 2010

I made a text adventure videogame for the jayisgames interactive fiction competition that you can play now. Because they’re on my mind — Tate’s making steady progress on the rough edit for our new lo-fi sci-fi feature — it features two characters from the upcoming Ghosts With Shit Jobs movie, the Karrento Brothers.

So if you’re up for a bit of transmedia fun, you can play the game before the movie’s released. Check out the cover art, a description of the game, and some info about the competition after the jump. (more…)
GDC Indie Summit, San Francisco

January 17, 2010

I’m super-flattered to have been asked to talk at the world’s most respected games conference. (more…)
Wrapped!

December 13, 2009

We finished shooting Ghosts With Shit Jobs, the new lo-fi sci-fi feature I wrote, just before Halloween. We’re currently looking for volunteers to help with post-production duties such as:

* soundtrack composition
* special effects ~~and titling~~
* colour correction
* audio post and ADR

If you or someone you know are into finding out more, drop us a line! We unfortunately can’t pay up front, but click through to see if you’re excited enough by what we’ve shot so far to help us out anyway. (more…)
Montreal: Expozine and Game Summit

November 10, 2009

I’ll be tabling at the excellent zine fair Expozine this weekend (more…)
Canzine Artcade 2009

October 15, 2009

I’m producing another Artcade at Canzine on Nov. 1st with the Hand Eye Society. (more…)
Everybody Dies an Indiecade Finalist

September 30, 2009

The most excellent festival Indiecade has nominated my illustrated text game Everybody Dies as a finalist in their annual competition. Even better, they’re flying me out to Los Angeles to take part in the whole conference, which includes hanging out with the other awesome finalists and talks by the designer of Katamari Damacy (Keita Takahashi) and the Sims (Will Wright).

It’s been tremendously encouraging to see the response to Everybody Dies, so much so that I’ve started planning a new adventure game with crazy-talented artist Ben Shannon. Click through for more! (more…)