It’s been an 007 kinda week..

Late last week I received an email from my editor at Titan Books yesterday that started "Are you interested in writing…"

The answer was an instinctive "Yes" before I even finished the sentence.

A quick exchange of emails followed and I am now scheduled to write my third feature article for the Titan Books James Bond album series.

Deadline is mid-January, with the book, James Bond 007: Paradise Plot scheduled for later in 2008.

Then over the weekend the signed contracts (and more importantly the advance check) arrived, for my latest book project.

The Illustrated 007 is the working title of the new book to be published by the fine folks at Hermes Press. We aim to get it in the bookstores by November 2008.

The book will build and greatly expand on the recent articles I’ve done for the Titan Books reprint albums and Back Issue magazine. The fully illustrated book will chronicle the story behind Bond’s comics adventures around the world, from British newspaper strips, to original stories produced for markets such as Sweden and Chile, to Japanese manga, and of course the various American series and movie adaptations.

I’ll also be taking a look at the various Bond spoofs, 007’s influence on comics art in general, and hopefully lining up interviews with some of the creators who have added to Bond’s story over the years.

Deadlines are tight if we are to get this done in time to catch the wave from the next Bond movie, so for the next few months I’ll be spending most of my time with immersed in a world of gadgets, girls and guns.