The Ruby Files author/co-creator Bobby Nash was interviewed by writer/publisher Tom Hutchison for the Jesse James Comics site.

They discussed how Bobby broke into the comic book field, life in the creative zone, first comics, influences, dealing with negative feedback, edible creations, and more.

You can read the full interview here.

The Ghastly Awards Nominees were announced today and a story written by Jason Crawley and drawn by Ruby Files artist, Rob Moran for Bloke's Terrible Tomb of Terror #12 'THE JOKE'S ON YOU' has been nominated in the BEST SHORT STORY IN AN ANTHOLOGY category. Jason and Rob won this award last year it would be nice if they could do it again.

Congratulations to all the 2015 Ghastly Award Nominees.

The 2015
Ghastly Award Nominees
The Ghastly Award Judges are proud to announce the 2015 Ghastly Award Nominees. The Nominees, chosen by the Ghastly Award Judges, reflect the wide range of Horror material being published in Horror Comics today. All Nominees were selected from work that was submitted by Publishers and Creators throughout the calendar year for Ghastly Award consideration.

Named after acclaimed comic creator “Ghastly” Graham Ingels, the awards are now in their 5th year.

Fan and Creator Voting will be open from February 8, 2016 until February 21, 2016 at www.ghastlyawards.com. You may only vote once for the 2015 Nominees and Fans will decide the winner of the Best Horror Comic Cover Award. Winners will be announced on March 1, 2016.

We thank everyone who took the time to submit their work for this year's awards.

The 2015 Nominees are:

Best Ongoing Title:
Crossed: Badlands (Avatar Press)
Harrow County (Dark Horse Comics)
Nailbiter (Image Comics)
Rachel Rising (Abstract Studios)
Wytches (Image Comics)

Best Limited Series:
Archie vs. Predator (Dark Horse Comics)
Colder: The Bad Seed (Dark Horse Comics)
Dark Gods (Avatar Press)
Lady Demon (Dynamite Entertainment)
Strain: The Night Eternal (Dark Horse Comics)

Best One-Shot:
‘68: Bad Sign (Image Comics)
The Goon: Theatre Bizarre (Dark Horse Comics)
Nailbiter / Hack/Slash (Image Comics)
Prolife (Duskbunnies Comics)
Puppet Master Annual #1: Halloween 1988 (Action Lab/Danger Zone)

Best Anthology:
Bloke’s Terrible Tomb Of Terror (Indy)
The Creeps (Warrant Publishing)
Horrere (Little O/Madius Comics)
John Carpenter’s Tales for a Halloween Night (Storm King Productions)
Then it was Dark (Peppermint Monster Press)

Best Short Story in an Anthology:
“Bunny Didn’t Tell Us” - John Carpenter’s Tales for a Halloween Night
“The Dance” - Creepy #21
“If You Go Down to the Woods Today” - Horrere Book 1
“The Jokes on You” - Bloke’s Terrible Tomb of Terror #12
“Monster” - The Creeps #3

Best OGN:
Daomu (Magnetic Press)
Hellbound (Dark Horse Comics)
Junior Braves of the Apocalypse Book 1: A Brave is Brave (Oni Press)
Olympus (Humanoids)
Red Angel Dragnet (Eric Palicki)

Best Archival Collection:
Collection of previously released material / historical book on Horror Comics
The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics: Ghosts and Girls of Fiction House
(IDW Publishing/Yoe Books)
Creepy Presents: Alex Toth (Dark Horse Comics)
Grave Business and Other Stories (Fantagraphics Books)
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus Edition (Dark Horse Comics)
Vampirella Archives Volume 11 (Dynamite Entertainment)

Best Writer:
Cullen Bunn (Army of Darkness, Harrow County, Hellbreak, The Sixth Gun)
Mike Eshelman (Prolife)
Terry Moore (Rachel Rising)
Scott Snyder (Wytches)
Joshua Williamson (Ghosted, Nailbiter)

Best Artist:
Mirka Andolfo (Lady Demon)
Raymund Bermudez (ExMortis)
Jorge Corona (Goners)
Tyler Crook (Harrow County)
Juan Ferreyra (Colder: The Bad Seed)

Best Colorist:
Gabriele Bagnoli (Lady Demon)
Gabriel Cassata (Goners)
Digikore Studios (Crossed: Badlands, Dark Gods)
Dan Jackson (Strain: The Night Eternal)
Luca Saponti (Hellbound)

Best Horror Comic Cover:
Fan voting will determine the Winner
Colder: Toss the Bones #1 by Juan Ferreyra
Dark Gods #5 by German Erramouspe
Godzilla in Hell #1 - Subscription by Jeff Zornow
Harrow County #1 by Tyler Crook
The School of the Damned #5 by Alex Ronald

Hall of Fame Inductees:
Stephen R. Bissette
Richard Corben

Normanton Award Honoree:
Presented for a commitment to carrying on the
legacy of Horror Comics for generations to come.
Dan Braun

The Ghastly Awards congratulate all of the Nominees for what they bring to the comic reading community and are here to celebrate these achievements.

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Judges: Decapitated Dan, Mike Howlett, Denise Dutton, Daniel Viney and James Ferguson.

All set up and ready to go at The Rock Shop on Halloween Day!

The Ruby Files author Bobby Nash was a guest at The Rock Shop Mall of Georgia for Halloween Comicfest. He wanted to share some thoughts and photos from the event.

Jack Kirby and a few of his friends.

The Ruby Files author and co-creator Bobby Nash will be part of the Kirby4Heroes event this Saturday. We'll let him tell you all about it.

I don't sketch often, but when I do, it’s for a good cause.

Along with artists far more talented than me, I will be sketching for charity on Saturday August 29th at Borderlands Comics and Games for the Kirby4Heroes event to benefit the Heroes Initiative in Greenville, SC. I hope you'll join us. Also, if you've never been to Borderlands Comics and Games before, you're in for a treat. This is a great store run by my friend, Robert Young. It is definitely worth a visit. You won't be disappointed.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Bobby

About the event:
Come out and celebrate the life of Jack Kirby, King of Comics!

We will be raising money to benefit the Hero Initiative in honor of Jack Kirby's birthday to help comic creators in need. This is a great chance to give back to the creators who have given us the heroes we love. The shop will be donating a percentage of sales on Saturday, August 29th as well as doing other fundraisers to help benefit this great charity. Learn more about the Kirby4Heroes Initiative here. Learn more about the Heroes initiative here.

Borderland's Robert Young

These artists will be on site at Borderlands Comics and Games sketching for donations to the The Hero Initiative:
Joshua Boroughs, Mitch Rogers, Travis Tutterow, Bobby Nash, and more to be announced.

We hope you'll join us.

Tomorrow. Atlanta Comic Convention.
We'll be there. Will you?
www.atlantacomicconvention.com

Van Allen Plexico, Andrea Judy, Sean Taylor, Bobby Nash, Barry Reese

The Ruby Files creators and wuthors, Bobby Nash and Sean Taylor joined writer pals Andrea Judy, Van Allen Plexico, Barry Reese, Alex Hughes, and more at the Georgia Literary Festival on November 9th in Milledgeville, GA. You can learn more about the Georgia Literary Festival here and here.

Here were the panels they were part of during the event.
12:00 pm: Thriller Track: Rise of the New Pulp- Sean Taylor, Van Plexico, Andrea Judy, Bobby Nash, and Barry Reese in Georgia College Library Information Technology Center

1:00 pm: Thriller Track: Blending Genres- The Hardboiled P.I. in Different Eras- Alex Hughes, Sean Taylor, and Bobby Nash in Georgia College Museum Education Room

3:00 pm: Thriller Track: The Graphic World of Comic Books- Bobby Nash, and Sean Taylor in Mary Vinson Memorial Library Children’s Theater

4:00 pm: Thriller Track: Georgia (and Murder) On My Mind- Alex Hughes, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash, and Andrea Judy in Old Governor’s Mansion Education Room

"Some great discussions of writing and books, which I always enjoy," said Bobby Nash of the event. "The crowd wasn’t quite what we hoped for, but everyone who came to the panels had a good time. The comic panel had the best attendance of the panels I attended."

Here are a few photos. Click on image for a larger view.

This was one of the walls in the museum where one of the panels was held. I love it.

Sean performed a one man play: Gene Simmons' Barney. :)