Short Bio:

John Ward is a Vancouver-based writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. His recent comic book credits include Scratcher, Acausal, and Offbeats, and his short fiction has been published by Black Hare Press and Printed Words. He’s a contributing writer for Sequential magazine, and also the creator of the 49 Degrees North Writers Podcast. Previously, he was a theoretical physicist and guitarist in numerous punk/thrash bands.

Standard Bio:

John Ward is a Vancouver-based writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. His recent comic book credits include The Memory Machine, Acausal, Scratcher, and, Offbeats. His short fiction has been published by Black Hare Press, Haunted MTL, and Printed Words. He’s a graduate of the UCLA professional program in screenwriting and was a past recipient of the Telefilm Canada New Voices Award. He’s the creator and host of the 49 Degrees North Writers Podcast, and has made award-winning short films such as Solus, Dollhouse, and Linda. John was previously a theoretical physicist, obtaining a PhD in string theory from Queen Mary University of London. He subsequently worked at CERN, the University of Iceland, and the University of Victoria, and now uses his science background to consult on film/TV projects.

Contact:

Email: john[at]arbutusfilms.com


Trade paperbacks

Scratcher: New Friday Store | Amazon

Acausal: Kickstarter

Comic anthologies

Welcome to Mina’s

(Cloudscape Comics): Cloudscape Comics | my store

The Sensational Swan (Altruist Comics): Altruist Comics

Death of the horror anthology
(A Wave Blue World): ComiXology

Dark Fragments: Crowdfundr store

Epic Canadiana

Epic Canadiana Volume 2 (Cloudscape Comics): Gumroad | Cloudscape Comics

XCT: Monsters
(Comics2Movies): Comics2Movies

Prose

Three Tokens for Mammon (Black Hare Press): Books2read | Amazon

Sweet Delicious Candy (Arbutus Studios): Amazon | My store | Books2read | Kofi

Prose anthologies

666: Dark Drabbles Book 11 (Black Hare Press): Amazon | Goodreads

101 proof horror (Haunted MTL): Amazon | Goodreads

From the shadows (Printed Words): Amazon | Goodreads

Eidolotry Digital #3
(PsychoToxin Press): PyschoToxin Press

Year Three: Dark Moments (Black Hare Press): Amazon

Eerie Christmas cover

Eerie Christmas 3 (Black Hare Press): Books2Read

Book of 42: Amazon

Non-fiction

The Science of Crowdfunding (Arbutus Studios): Crowdfundr | my store | Books2Read | Kofi

Contributor

Sequential Magazine: Sequential magazine | Read all issues here

Press

Long Box Punk interview about The Memory Machine and the DIY ethos

Jason DeHart interview about Words, Images, and Worlds

Two Geeks Talking interview about Acausal and creativity

Creators on Comics podcast: Ricky Lima & John Ward

Superserious comics interview about Acausal

Comics Anonymous interview about Acausal

Comic Frontline interview about Acausal

True North Country Comics podcast interview about Acausal

Fanbase Press interview about Dark Fragments

Creator Talks podcast about Scratcher

Canned Air podcast about Scratcher

Fanbase Press interview about Scratcher

Creator Spotlight: Welcome to Mina’s anthology

Cavan Scott interview about Death of the Horror Anthology