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Keith Davidsen Joins Mad Cave Studios As Director of Marketing
Once upon a time Keith Davidsen worked for Avatar Press, owners of Bleeding Cool, as Director of Sales & Marketing He was also a regular writer and editor for the Bleeding Cool website and magazine He then went to work for Dynamite Entertainment as a Director of Sales and Marketing At some point, he was a[...]
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If you are in a position to hire them or pass their details on to someone who might, there is a plethora of talent suddenly available to you. Keith Davidsen – Director of PR and Marketing is a 23-year comic industry veteran who had just marked his five-year anniversary with IDW Publishing He'd previously done[...]
ReAnimator
Lovecraft story Herbert West – Reanimator that was published back in 1921-1922 in Weird Tales. It has been adapted many times since into various mediums, but the game is pulling art from the Dynamite comic series from 2015 written by Keith Davidsen, drawn by Randy Valiente and with covers by Jae Lee, Francesco Francavilla, Tim Seeley[...]
Writer's Commentary For Reanimator #4 By Keith Davidsen
This is a Writer's Commentary for Reanimator #4 by Keith Davidsen Here he focuses on the first seven pages of the issue that wraps up the miniseries based on the work of H.P Lovecraft and features the classic character Dr Herbert West. PAGE 1: SUSAN'S VOICE Whenever narration appears throughout the REANIMATOR series, it's always from the point[...]
Keith Davidsen Talks H. P. Lovecraft And ReAnimator
David Avallone, writer of Legenderry Vampirella #5, talks with writer Keith Davidsen about Reanimator #3, both on sale today Cover art by Francesco Francavilla and Andrew Mangum. DAVID AVALLONE: I always ask a variation of this question: at what age did you discover Lovecraft, and what was your introduction to that world? KEITH DAVIDSEN: It's funny — I[...]
A Look At Randy Valiente's Art On Reanimator #3
It's from a script by Keith Davidsen. When Susan Greene joined Dr Herbert West as his new assistant, she'd craved the forbidden thrills of his unorthodox experiments – the awakening of zombies, stitching together new lifeforms, refining narcotics from undead brain fluid, and more But once she uncovered the Reanimator's terrifying secret, she's been overcome with[...]
Keith Davidsen Talks Expanding The Herbert West / Reanimator Story
Frank Barbiere, writer of Solar: Man of the Atom #12, talks with writer Keith Davidsen about Reanimator #2, both on sale now Covers by Francesco Francavilla and Andrew Mangum. FRANK BARBIERE: Keith, what kind of research have you been putting into the book?  We've got mad science, Cthulhu-worshipping gangsters, and a whole slew of monsters… is[...]
The History Of Dynamite's Herbert West, Reanimator
Keith Davidsen writes for Bleeding Cool: Covers by Jae Lee, Francesco Francavilla, Tim Seeley, Andrew Mangum Herbert West was, only recently, an ambitious medical student at Miskatonic University.  His singular focus in life was to conquer death by purely scientific means.  He conducted unorthodox experiments on animal subjects, and his most profound creation – a yellow-colored reanimation formula[...]
Dynamite Resurrects Reanimator With Davidsen And Valiente
Dynamite Entertainment is resurrecting one of horror's most infamous villains in Reanimator, a four-issue miniseries written by Keith Davidsen and illustrated by Randy Valiente Featuring Dr Herbert West — the mad scientist created by author H.P Lovecraft — Reanimator #1 ships in April and featuring covers by Jae Lee (Dark Tower), Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie), Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash),[...]
Explaining Avatar Comics To A Ten Year Old Girl
If you're not, stop reading this and go buy Ferals, Crossed, and whatever else might strike your fancy. Keith Davidsen started the panel by noting the fact that was children in the audience, which was met with confused looks and guffaws from the audience He then continued with a story: At a previous panel, a few cons[...]
All Bets Are Off: Jacen Burrows Talks CROSSED: BADLANDS
Staff Writer Keith Davidsen writes for Bleeding Cool. Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows are kicking off the new ongoing Crossed: Badlands series in March with a bi-weekly three-part storyline, to be followed by story arcs written by Jamie Delano and David Lapham I had an opportunity to pick Burrows' brain (much like one of the Crossed[...]
How Avatar Guerilla Markets Crossed At Hallowe'en Parties
This is Keith Davidsen, Avatar's Director of Sales and Marketing And in a series of videos, he shows us the extremes he will go to, to promote the comic book Crossed By dressing up as them, going to Hallowe'en parties, and talking to people about Crossed And taking posters with him too. Next year, he'll do[...]