ALAN J. PORTER

Writer & Editor

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BOOKS BY ALAN J. PORTER

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BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES: The Early Years 1956-1960

Just click here to order a copy of BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES

"A gem...amazes the reader...exciting... highly recommended" - Beatlology Magazine

"The Unauthorized BATMAN Collectors Guide"

Just click here to order a copy of The Unauthorized BATMAN Collectors Guide

"A prized addition to every fan’s batshelf." - Comics International 

BLOGS

Blog, Blog Me Do

"The Top Beatles Blog on the net." - The TIMES

THE SPEED BLOG

F1, NASCAR, IndyCar, ChampCar and Rallying

CAN'T SEE THE FOREST

The inevitable RevolutionSF comics blog.

THE CONTENT POOL

Thoughts on corporate publishing trends and technology

BOOKS IN THE WILD

Where do you read?

Who is this dude?

Publishing software executive by day - Freelance Writer & Editor by night. I blame it all on Tom Swift, Stanley Kubrick and Adam West.  

In the space of a few short months in the late 60’s I borrowed “Tom Swift And The Cosmic Astronauts” from the local library, not longer after I watched “2001”; at the movies, and thanks to Adam West and the Batman TV show discovered Comic Books! Since then I've managed to publish a couple of books; and had magazine articles on comics, music and the movies published in Europe, Australia , Canada and the US . I'm currently working on a couple of  new book projects as well as a few  comics series, while still pitching the occasional magazine article on the side

You can always keep up with my day to day happenings and latest writing project news at my Live Journal pages.

ON-LINE PROFILES

Contents of alanjporter.com and associated web-sites are (c) Alan J. Porter - 2008 unless otherwise stated.

No part of the content of this, and any associated sites produced by Alan J. Porter may be reproduced without permission.

But feel free to go ahead and ask - I'm a nice guy.

MY OTHER WEB-SITES

The Day Job

Book Promotion

E-Mail Me

COMING SOON

JAMES BOND: The history of the illustrated 007 - from Hermes Press (October 2008). = Pre-Order NOW NOW ON LINE  GOD SHOP manga from Tokyopop

(Click on the image above to access).

OUT NOW  IN STORES

JAMES BOND: DEATH WING JAMES BOND: SHARK BAIT BATMAN UNAUTHORIZED

 Includes the first part of my feature  "To America With Love - Bond in US Comics"

Includes the second part of my feature  "To America With Love - Bond in US Comics"

 Includes my essay "The Dubious Origins Of Batman."

BOOK SIGNINGS / CONVENTIONS

  • Wizard World Texas - November 7-9
  • STC San Antonio - November 15th
  • Other signings to be announced.

BOOKS

Author

  • Before They Were Beatles: The Early Years 1956-1960, (2003) Xlibris, 
  • The Unauthorized BATMAN Collectors Guide, (1998) Schiffer Books,

Contributor to:

COMICS

 

Virtual Man and Q-Man -  Series of promotional comic books produced for two software companies.

DRUIDQUEST   In development Graphic Novel set in Ancient Britain before the time of Arthur.

MAGAZINE CREDITS

I have been lucky enough to have articles on a variety of subjects published in the following magazines:

Austin Monthly / Back Issue / Beatlology Magazine / Comic Buyers Guide / Comic & Games Retailer / Comicopia / Comics International / Comics World / The Communicator / Computer World / Computing /  Disaster Recovery Journal / Disclosures / Flightpath / HP Solutions / The Manual / Net*Works / Popular Culture / Socialist Alternative / The Smell Of Napalm / Venue

ON-LINE

As well as my own Live Journal I also write

In the past I created the GOTHAM GAZETTE and GOTHAM WEEKLY NEWS web-sites and was a regular columnist at Defender Of Gotham

STUFF TO READ

Non-Fiction

  • Read the opening chapter of BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES on-line or search the book at Google Print.

Fiction

  •  "Death In The Draft" - The prologue and first chapter of my murder mystery novel set in the world of stock car racing.

  •   "The Sun" - A short story based on my own FREE EARTH WARRIORS characters.

  •      "Redbird's Ride." - A Western featuring a new twist on some familiar characters more normally at home on the urban streets of Gotham City. - Originally published in Comicopia

  •      "Romulan Stand-Off" - A Star Trek: Deep Space Nine story based on my un-produced screenplay and submitted to the Brave New World's Anthology.

 Script Samples