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I’m interviewed by Newsarama about Ape Entertainment’s UFO anthology, for which I wrote the lead story: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091128-ape-ufo-webcomic-anthology.html

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UFO: Encounters with the Unknown launches today on ApeCMX.com, featuring my story,

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A couple of fellow comic book creators (writer/editor Jason Rodriguez and artist Jason Copland) recently posted their New Year’s Resolutions online, and their commitment and outright ballsiness in doing so inspired me to do the same.So, here goes:My Writing Resolutions for 2009

This just in: "The Barber ,"written by Elton Pruitt (that’s me!) and illustrated by Renzo Podesta, is now up on Top Shelf 2.0 ! I’d like to thank Leigh Walton for the opportunity, once again, to showcase my work in the company of some of comics’ finest creators. The story’s dedicated to my loving Pop, Roy Virgil Pruitt [...]

For all my friends, fans, and family out there who’ve been dreaming of the day when they can read one of my stories for free, here you go: "This Is Where I Am," written by Elton Pruitt (that’s me!) and illustrated by Noel Tuazon, is now up on Top Shelf 2.0 ! This is a story that means [...]

If your comic shop carries Desperado Publishing’s acclaimed anthology, NEGATIVE BURN, I hope you’ll check out issue 21 which hit the stands last week. It features a couple of stories by my friend and excellent writer Caleb Monroe, and also contains the touching tale of "Frog-Boy," written by me and illustrated by the brilliant Renzo Podesta. Here’s [...]

This week in Running Up That Hill , Elton Pruitt comes clean on why you should stop listening to him and start trusting your own instincts. Sound like a farewell column? It’s not. But it is the Shortest. Column. Ever. And it’s only available at Scryptic Studios, the #1 site for aspiring comic book writers [...]

Hello. My name is Elton Pruitt, and I’m a comic book writer who’s been published in a few small-press/indie anthologies, capped off by stories in three consecutive issues of Negative Burn last fall. I’m looking for an artist interested in partnering with me on a creator-owned miniseries. It’s a straight-up superheroine book: no irony, no deconstruction, and [...]

This week at Scryptic Studios (the #1 site for aspiring comic book writers): Making Good We’ve all faced them before and most of us will face them again. Some of us love them, some of us hate them, and some of us are eternally torn. But one thing’s for certain: anyone planning on being a writer (especially [...]

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Our primary goal as writers is to defeat that mythological, multi-headed beast: the dreaded blank page. This week in Running Up That Hill , Elton Pruitt (aka the Ecto, aka recent accomplisher of the fabled NEGATIVE BURN Hat Trick) shares a couple of tips and stategies that work for him. Read Defeating Blank Pages, part 1: Outflank Your Enemy today! Brought [...]

Is Elton Pruitt, aka the Ecto, aka recent accomplisher of the fabled NEGATIVE BURN Hat Trick: A. An idiot with way too much time on his hands? B. So confident in his own pitches that he welcomes all competition? Or perhaps… C. A straight-up guy who actually wants to do something constructive and helpful for the aspiring writers out [...]

This week at Scryptic Studios (the #1 site for aspiring comic book writers): Digging My Own Grave * Drew Edwards puts the final nail in his coffin as he looks back on his career in comics. Readers can expect brutal honesty and yule tide woe. As well as the typical references to ghosts, goblins, and every thing [...]