The Butcher Block

[12min 23sec] It's the second episode of Butcher 'Spress!

Upcoming Glee:

• 4/16: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #1 (sold out 5/2!)
  • Diamond's Comic Shop Locator
• 5/21 or 5/28: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #1 reprint
• 5/28: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #2
  • New Comic Covers on the forum
• 6/25: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #3
• 7/23: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #4
• 7/30: Chris McGrath Cover Art Calendar (Christian McGrath.com)
• 10/21: Blood Lite, "Harry's Day Off"
• 10/21: Welcome to the Jungle trade hardcover
• 10/31: Backup from Subterranean Press.
  • Cover art and sample image.
  • pre-order Storm Front (no date yet)
  • Subterranean Press is also planning special editions of "Fool Moon" and "Grave Peril," but we don't have any details yet.
• 11/20: Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury, and Cursor's Fury on audio
• 11/25: Princeps' Fury audio
• 12/02: Princeps' Fury hardcover -- Cover Art!
• and April 2009: Turn Coat hardcover

Con Schedule:

• 4/18-20: MobiCon in Mobile, AL
• 6/10: Signing Marathon with Jim and Shannon in the Jefferson City area
• 7/11-13: Polaris in Toronto, Canada
• 7/24-27: Jim and the Dabels at San Diego Comic Con
• 10/24-26: MileHiCon in Denver, CO
• 2/20-22/2009: ConDFW in Richardson, Texas
• 10/16-18/2009: Jim and Shannon at Kingsport Women's Festival in Kingsport, TN

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The Music

• 2006 Pl@stic Soul
• .22

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(32m 44s) Fred returns after a long hiatus with an interview.  Our guest is Ernst Dabel of the Dabel Brothers, publishers of the upcoming Dresden File comic.

Plugs:
- rpgpodcasts.com
- Catie Murphy
- The Dresden Files Comic Book
- New York Comic-Con

Music:
- 2006 Pl@stic Soul
- .22

(12m 38s) The Butcher Block is back with a new style of episodes: Butcher 'Spress, all the news you mortals need to know!

The News
12/04: Captain's Fury hardcover
12/26: My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon, "Heorot"
3/27: Captain's Fury audio
4/01: Small Favor US hardcover and audio
4/03: Small Favour UK hardcover

4/16: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #1
    -- druiz (at) dabelbrothers.com to inquire about missing posters
    -- Diamond's Comic Shop Locator
5/28: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #2
6/25: Welcome to the Jungle, issue #3
7/30: Chris McGrath Cover Art Calendar
10/21: Blood Lite, "Harry's Day Off"
10/21: Welcome to the Jungle trade hardcover
10/31: Backup
    -- cover art
    -- pre-order Storm Front
11/20: Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury, and Cursor's Fury on audio
11/25: Princeps' Fury audio
12/02: Princeps' Fury hardcover
and April 2009 (whoops! we said 2008 in the podcast!): Turn Coat hardcover

Call in and leave the show voicemail at 301-6377-HAT!

The Music
- 2006 Pl@stic Soul
- .22

(26min 21sec) Fred and Priscilla talk news, and the listeners phone in their Alera Love.

Call in and leave the show voicemail at 301-6377-HAT!

The Music
- 2006 Pl@stic Soul
- .22

News Items with Priscellie
- September 4th, Release of Many Bloody Returns, "It's My Birthday Too." Book signings all across the country. Jim was in Kansas City at B&N. Early September book signings for Many Bloody Returns
- Cover art for Supernatural Honeymoon! Edited by P.N. Elrod, out December 26th. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon Cover Art
- Subterranean Press
- Real Life Comics Dresden Files Sighting
- Codex Alera on Unshelved
- The Drumstick Campaign
- Jericho
- dresdencity.org
- maenad.tripod.com
- dresdenfiles.org
- New Home 4 Dresden Petition
- PhauxCon in Philly, October 5-7
- Shannon Butcher
- The Dresden Files RPG Playtest Application

Alera Love
- Read about the Codex Alera
- We hear from Fred, Priscilla, Jackie in Austin, Meg, Charles from Texas, Gloria, and "The Man in the Shadows"... spooky.

Quick Addendums
- Strange Brew on P.N. Elrod's Livejournal
- Captain's Fury cover art preview

Comment on this Show over at Jim-Butcher.Com

(14m:23s) Short and bittersweet. Here are the relevant notes.

TV Guide on the Cancellation

The Mos Eisley that is the Sci Fi Dresden Files Board

The TV Series Forum Board on Jim-Butcher.Com

Alera Love Call-In Number! 1-301-6377-HAT (1-301-637-7428) Call in and share the love, dammit!

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(30m 24s) Fred talks with Ryan Macklin about Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings. Also, updates on various Jim-Butcher.Com news items from Priscellie, and a TV show news update (such as it is) from Mickey Finn.

New Blurbs - Captain's Fury and It's My Birthday Too: News Item!

Heorot: News Item!

The Laws of Magic Series on Dresden Files RPG: Part One Part Two Part Three

Free Button Giveaway: News Item!

Dresden Files Series Season 1 DVD: Amazon Preorder

Storm Front and Fool Moon in Hardcover: Preorder Storm Front Preorder Fool Moon

The Jim-Butcher.Com Store: Store Link

Mickey Finn's TV Show News: Forum Thread

Going Green - Reduce your carbon emissions! Learn more here

My house's stats on what going green did for us and the environment: Blog post

Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings: Product info page

Preorder Finis at Indie Press Revolution: Preorder it here!

Ryan Macklin's Master Plan: The Podcast

Paul Tevis's Have Games, Will Travel: The Podcast

Discuss this episode over on the Jim-Butcher.Com Forums

(31min 45sec) Fred plugs in for a quick episode in a new format. He checks in with Butcher Block News Correspondant Priscellie for an update on everything that's happened since the last episode, and goes over to the grill with Chad Underkoffler to cook up some "butcher burgers", looking into discrepancies in the continuity of the novels.

The Music:

• The PodSafe Music Network
• 2006 Pl@stic Soul
• .22

News with Priscellie:

• Bestseller News
• Continuing Bestseller Success
• Storm Front will be coming in hardcover
• New cover art for Small Favor from Christian McGrath
• TV Show Renewal Watch - Forum Thread
• Season Two Renewal Campaign - Bonnie's
• Season Two Renewal Campaign - DresdenFiles.Org
• Dresden Files Short Story Anthologies
• Future of the Dresden Files Books
• Small Favor - April 2008

Bumper

• Sturgeon's Law

Breaking News

• Season 1 will be on DVD

Bumper

• Ryan Macklin's Master Plan

Butcher Burgers with Chad Underkoffler (Spoiler Warning!)

• The Dresden Files RPG
• Evil Hat Productions
• Atomic Sock Monkey Press

(43min 04sec) Fred (or is that Iago?) talks about visiting with Jim at StellarCon, dishes on the future of the Dresden Files and Codex Alera series, and with White Night about to hit stores, talks about Dresden #10. Plus, information about Jim's signing tour and bookstore appearances, a deeper look at the foundations of the Dresden Files RPG, and a chat with one of our forum regulars about the last four episodes of the TV show.

The Music:

• The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
• 2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
• .22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Catching Up at StellarCon:

• Stellarcon: http://www.stellarcon.org/home
• Audio "bloopers" from Summer Knight: http://www.jamesmarsters.com/james/summerknight.html
• Summer Knight Audio CD version: http://tinyurl.com/2llc2m
• Summer Knight MP3 version here: http://tinyurl.com/39sl6d

Jim's April Signing Tour:

• Signing Tour: http://www.jim-butcher.com/news/000174.php
• Feedback page with Jim's publicist's info: http://www.jim-butcher.com/feedback/

White Night

• Buy it at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/egcch
• Or do the Virtual Signing with Dog Eared Half-Price Books: http://www.dogearedhalf-pricebooks.com/virtualsigning.htm

Codex Alera

• The series: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/alera/
• Cursor's Fury: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/alera/3/

The Dresden Files RPG

• Website: http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
• Based on Spirit of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit

Dresden Files TV Downloads

• Available on iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Fred's Quick Plugs

• Beast Hunters: http://www.berengad.com/
• Sneak peaks and other tidbits on Fred's LJ: http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/tag/beast+hunters

Priscilla's Quick Plugs

• PhauxCon: http://www.phauxcon.com/ (Jim will be at PhauxCon 5 this fall)
• Comic News Insider: http://www.comicnewsinsider.com/
• CNI Forums: http://www.cgspodcast.com/forum2/ (descend, minions!)
• The Timeline: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,1592.msg28573.html

Ryan Macklin's Master Plan: http://masterplan.libsyn.com/

To discuss this episode, come on over to the Jim-Butcher.Com Forums: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,2396.0.html

(39min 26sec) Fred talks about the Curse of Knowledge when it comes to the TV show, and brings on a friend who's seen the TV show but never read the books to help apply a "filter". But first, some news about how you can see Jim in March and April, how you can see him on the set of the TV show, and how the TV show's been doing in the downloadable arena. Plus, a small update on the progress of the RPG.

The Music:

• The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
• 2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
• .22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Jim's Appearances in March & April:

• Stellarcon: http://www.stellarcon.org/home
• I-CON: http://www.iconsf.org/
• Signing Tour: http://www.jim-butcher.com/news/000174.php

White Night

• Buy it at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/egcch
• Or do the Virtual Signing with Dog Eared Half-Price Books: http://www.dogearedhalf-pricebooks.com/virtualsigning.htm

Behind the Scenes

• Video Interview at SciFi.Com: http://www.scifi.com/dresden/video/index.php?cat=features&seas=1&vid=63736

Dresden Files Downloads

• Available on iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/

The Dresden Files RPG

• Website: http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
• Fred's LJ Update: http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/243907.html

Chad's Quick Plugs

• Atomic Sock Monkey Press: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/
• Dead Inside: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/di.asp
• Truth & Justice: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/tj.asp
• The Zorcerer of Zo: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/zoz.asp
• Don't Rest Your Head: http://www.evilhat.com/?dryh

(40min 30sec) Fred returns to talk about the first two episodes of the TV show, hints at some upcoming news about White Night, fails to get Jim on the line due to a deadline, and touches on his experience at Dreamation 2007. Plus, he sits down with Dresden Files RPG co-author Rob Donoghue to talk about the Dresden Files on TV.

The Music:

• The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
• 2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
• .22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Gaming:

• Dreamation: http://www.dexposure.com/d2007.html
• Indie Games Explosion: http://community.livejournal.com/ige/
• Indie Press Revolution: http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/

Dresden Files:

• White Night Info Page: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/9/
• The TV Show: http://www.thedresdenfiles.com/

Conversation with Rob Donoghue:

• Spirit of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit
• The Dresden Files RPG: http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
• Monk: http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/
• Psych: http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/
• Blade Runner: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/
• Heroes: http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/
• Lost: http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index