The writer has a strong addiction
to the magic imported bean of life..
Likes: Playing with my kids, hanging out with my wife, steamed green beans with almonds, B-grade horror and sci-fi movies, anime, comic books, manga, John Cusack films, Dr. Who, redheads, women in stockings, Scooby Doo (classic, though, not the Scrappy crap), jazz, funk, rock, electronica (love trance particularly), the thin patch of a woman's skin between a tall boot and a knee-length skirt, BBC America, Sci-Fi Channel, pondering the existential angst of religious thought and longing, writing essays, short stories and songs, playing guitar, bass and harmonica, beach volleyball, cheesecake (the food and the art style).
Dislikes: Religious bullying, inability to debate without fighting, talking more than a few minutes having to talk about about ADD or OCD, being away from the computer for too long, close-mindedness, people too much like myself, prudishness, excessive trashiness in clothes, feeling the aches of getting older, onions, bananas, coconut, the redneck mentality, disrespect, contemporary romantic comedies, sports-themed films.
Super Powers: Can makes friends quickly and easily. Transparent to a fault, sometimes a bad thing. Occasionally able to sway people to his will thanks to his charm. A hopeless flirt.
Secret Weakness: An Internet connection. It saps his willpower and strength and locks his butt into the chair in front of the monitor. A redhead or blonde in sexy boots and a knee-length skirt. That's like kryptonite, I'm afraid.
Proficiencies: Able to string words together to create stories and relay facts in ways that dazzle readers. Proficient in designing Internet sites. Can provoke emotional response (in a good way) by playing stringed instruments and arranging pre-recorded loops. Can make a kickin' cappucino. Knows the difference between a salad fork and a dinner fork (and even those tiny seafood forks).
Music
Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Train, The Flaming Lips, Hoobastank, The Rolling Stones, Abraham Laboriel, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Sixpence None the Richer, Vanessa Mae, Kings X, Van Halen, composer James MacMillan, Guardian, Switchfoot, Miles, Davis, John Coltrane, J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Mussorgsky, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, 77s, Steve Taylor, Daniel Amos, and '80s funk, rock, and new wave.
Movies
Citizen Kane, Rashomon, The Seven Samurai, Ran, Rebecca, Meet John Doe, Cat People (original), Sanjuro, Akira, Perfect Blue, Lady of Burlesque, The Blue Angel (original German version), Vertigo, North by Northwest, Gosford Park, Mystery Men, Unbreakable, Run Lola Run, Young Frankenstein, Gross Pointe Blank, Princess Mononoke, The Haunting (original).
Television
Dr. Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kolchak the Night Stalker, X-Files, Smallville, Supernatural, MST3K, Angel, Wise Guy, Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Britt series), Poirot, The Lone Gunmen, The Twilight Zone (original), Coupling (BBC), classic Superman, Wonder Woman
Books
Just about anything by:
John Fischer, Annie Dillard, Shusako Endo, Philip Yancey, Robert Heinlein, Ed McBain, Francis Schaeffer, Stephen R. Donaldson, the Wildcard series, John Donne, T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Kurt Vonnegut, G.K. Chesterton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Brian MacLauren, and Ernest Hemmingway.
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Heroes
Bernice Bailey (my grandmother, or Meme as we called her), Mittry Taylor (my grandfather), Melba Thigpen (my mom), Michael Thigpen (my dad), C.S. Lewis, John Fischer, Bob Dylan, Steve Taylor, Annie Dillard, Todd Wagener, Frank Fradella, Tom Waltz, Scott McCullar
The writer trying in vain to mesh
zen and the writing life together and
still get work done somehow...
Sean Taylor: n. husband, father, friend, writer, comic book creator/editor, coffee nut/barista, cat fanatic,
musician, web designer, self-professed postmodern existentialist Christian mystic, vanity incarnate; v. to possess entirely too much self-confidence
Sean Taylor is a full-time writer of prose, graphic novels and comic books.
I'm the writer of Gene Simmons Dominatrix by Simmons Comics Group published by IDW Publishing and have also written for Gene Simmons House of Horrors, also published by IDW. I'm also currently writing the upcoming fantasy graphic novel Shan: Be My Hero for VLE Comics, the upcoming miniseries Last Chance School for Girls and Jesse James in the Mayan Underworld for Arcana Comics, and the ongoing title The Veil for Rogue Wolf Entertainment.
I'm also the former managing editor of Elfin graphic novels, where I oversaw the publication of graphic novels based on classic literature, world literature and historical biographies, as well as original works. For Elfin, I have written the upcoming graphic novel adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man and contributed to an upcoming Halloween-themed collection of stories, and I'm currently writing an original sequel to The Invisible Man and The Time Machine.
Other projects of note that I'm currently working on include Parodox Alley, a tie-in one-shot (featuring Fishnet Angel, Nick Landime, Phantom Jack and Cyberfrog) with the massive War of the Independents indy comic crossover, with my partners in that venture Erik Burnham and Mike Sangiacomo, Quinn: The Reckoning with artist/co-creator Martheus Wade, "Jennifer's Luggage" (a short comics tale) for Image's Negative Burn anthology, Jesus Manson, Agnostic at Large with artist Oliver Tria, an adaption of the cult-classic novel Less Than Human with author Gary Raisor and artist Douglas Draper Jr. and Gary's Graven Images novella/screenplay with artists Tony Guaraldi-Brown and Kariann Childs, Body Dumper with artist Taki Soma, Ace Robinson, Monster Killer for Hire: Turf War with co-creator/artist George Pitcher III, "Sweetly Felt the Dream" (a comics short) for Terminus Media, and a few others that aren't quite ready for public revelation as of yet.
In addition to all that, I've also been a staff writer, managing editor and editorial vice president for iHero Entertainment's Writer’s Digest Grand Prize Zine Award-winning Cyber Age Adventures magazine ("The very first zine award, as a matter of fact," he said with great pride). I've served as book editor and writer for the two iHero trade paperback collections A Private Little Corner of the Universe and Playing Solitaire.
I've also the former editor-in-chief of Shooting Star Comics, where I edited the critically acclaimed Children of the Grave comics series and edited and contributed to the fan favorite Shooting Star Comics Anthology, and was creator and author of the Fishnet Angel: Jane Doe comic book miniseries.
As if I weren't already overworked and exhausted, I've also written and edited for the role-playing game industry as well, having contributed to the DCU Role Playing Game published by West End Games (Gotham City Sourcebook, Titans Sourcebook, and Green Lantern Sourcebook) and having edited the Cyber Age Adventures Role Playing Game.
I'm the former editor for the Baptist Men Edition of On Mission magazine and the former associate editor of On Mission magazine, and during my tenure on the magazine's staff, it won an EPA Higher Goals award (a religious publishing version of a Folio, basically). I have won lots of fancy awards that used mean something and were nice decorations in the corporate office I used to have before I discovered the joys of poverty and freelance writing. I've contributed articles and book and music reviews to such national periodical publications as Inside the Lines, Home Life, Church Administration, CCM, CBA Marketplace (formerly Bookstore Journal), and others.
Come see me at the following conventions:
Comic-Con International July 24-27, 2008 Sadly, I've had to cancel my appearance in San Diego this year. Sorry. Hope to see you next year though!
I'm also a gigging musician and songwriter. Click here to visit my MySpace music page for my techno and folk (yeah, sue me, I like opposites) original songs and my music bio. NothingRegal.com is the official website for the band I'm in.
I currently live in Atlanta with his wife, daughter, two sons, four cats, two dogs and four fish. For more information, visit my official website at www.taylorverse.com or my ComicSpace page at www.comicspace.com/seanhtaylor.
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Who I'd like to meet: Singers/Songwriters: Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Steve Taylor, Diana Krall, Van Morrison, The Counting Crows, Caroyn Arends, Madonna
Writers: Annie Dillard, Brian MacLauren, Shusako Endo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Donald Miller, Neil Gaiman, Kim Harrison, Stephen R. Donaldson, Kurt Busiek, Mark Waid
Actors/Directors: Raquel Welch, Eve Myles, Drew Barrymore, John Cusack, Jack Black, Helen Mirren, Miyazaki, Sophie Aldred, Woody Allen, Will Smith, Gabrielle Union, Mel Brooks, M. Night Shamalyn, Elizabeth Taylor, Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, Kate Isitt, Richard Coyle, Kareena Kapoor
Statesmen (and women): Margaret Thatcher, Colin Powell, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, Laura Bush
Have Met: Ray Bradbury, John Fischer, Philip Yancey, Chuck Dixon, Kevin Anderson, Forrest Ackerman, Peter David, Marv Wolfman, Todd Dezago, Stefan Petrucha, Steve Seagle, Dwayne McDuffie, Steve Niles, Dick Giordano, Julie Schwartz, Carmine Infantino
Wish I could have met before they died: Ernest Hemmingway, Martin Luther King Jr., Eudora Welty, Toshiro Mifune, Barbara Stanwyck, Akira Kurasawa, Alfred Hitchcock, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Robert Heinlein, Frank Capra, Kurt Vonnegut, Gary Gygax, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The writer doing what he does
best after working so hard...
