Brian Manning's Blog
April 2, 2017
John Stone: The Hard Kill
The first book in a new series is available on Amazon. John Stone: The Hard Kill introduces the first of four new characters in a series of books capturing the feel of our favorite action movies from various decades. My brother Allen (also the evil twin?) came up with the idea, and we just ran...read more
October 24, 2016
Spilled Milk: Two Percent Power Book 2
Spilled Milk, book two of the Two Percent Power trilogy, is available now on Amazon! It’s currently only available for pre-order, but the book will be live (automatically downloaded to your Kindle device if you pre-order) on November 1st. You can order it here. With the egotistical super villain, Sight, brought to justice, Patrick and...read more
October 21, 2016
My YouTube Channel
I spent the first half of 2016 focusing on art, and posting speed drawing videos up on YouTube. My goal was to build up my channel by posting “the process” of my art and get plenty of practice drawing. That changed in July when I finally decided to get off my butt and release my...read more
October 11, 2016
Two Percent Power: Spilled Milk – Cover
Two Percent Power: Spilled Milk is in the home stretch! The cover is currently being colored right now, but here is a preview of the lineart. This is an homage to the classic John Romita cover for Spider-man issue 151. My brother, Allen, handled the inking chores for this cover. Sign up for the mailing...read more
Two Percent Power: Spilled Milk is in the home stretch! T...
Two Percent Power: Spilled Milk is in the home stretch! The cover is currently being colored right now, but here is a preview of the lineart. This is an homage to the classic John Romita cover for Spider-man issue 151. My brother, Allen, handled the inking chores for this cover. Sign up for the mailing...read more
October 5, 2016
Tropes and Heroes
Recently I got a message letting me know that Two Percent Power now has a page on TVTropes.org. I went to the page to have a look and I was shocked. The page meant that not only did someone read (and enjoy) Two Percent Power, it meant that they liked it enough to list out...read more
August 9, 2016
Two Kinds of People: Weasels, and Weasel Slappers
The newest episode of the Atomic Mind Dump Podcast is live! Listen Here: Atomic Mind Dump episode 81: Weasel Slappers This week, we’re recording from the water closet at a Starbucks, because Brian is now our resident pompous author, that only handles his media in analog format. Tony is a tiger with no tolerance for...read more
Voices in My Head!
“I just listen to my characters and write down what they do and say.” Nonsense! I used to think when a writer said they just “listened to their characters”, it was some strange hippie stuff. Like they were just trying to say what we wanted to hear, to make them sound mystical. I started writing...read more
August 8, 2016
Two Kinds of People: Weasels, and Weasel Slappers
The newest episode of the Atomic Mind Dump Podcast is live! Listen Here: Atomic Mind Dump episode 81: Weasel Slappers This week, we’re recording from the water closet at a Starbucks, because Brian is now our resident pompous author, that only handles his media in analog format. Tony is a tiger with no tolerance for...read more
August 1, 2016
You Keep What You Kill
That’s the catch, you’ve got to finish it, otherwise it’s pointless. We’re too busy chasing the next wave of inspiration, not realizing that all the winners are the ones that actually finish the game. I’m not speaking from a position of success, telling you all how I “did it”. I’m equally guilty of pouncing on...read more
