In this week's Running Up That Hill, Elton brings us up to speed on all things Ecto, including (but not limited to):

• His quest to interview Aimee Mann for an upcoming column
• The first-ever review of something he wrote
• His over-use of the third person
• And the three short stories he's rushing to complete for his upcoming Anthology With No Name

Read Odds and Sods today!

In this week's Running Up That Hill, Elton interviews Howard Wong, writer of AFTER THE CAPE, debuting this week from Shadowline/Image.

Howard Wong on After The Cape

Well, this week's Running Up That Hill was originally going to be about (a) Elton's hitting the bigtime with his first-ever published work this week, and (b) the Ecto's super-savvy top secret plan to save Major League Baseball from itself.

And while that would've rocked (and may perhaps still rock a week from now), it can't hold a candle to the actual subject of this week's column:

Fat Elvis!

Because YOU demanded it:

The smoldering despair and giddy optimism that led to the Ecto's upcoming collaboration with one N. Tuazon, Elk's Run artist extraordinaire.

That, and some really good advice not to follow.

Read Joyeux Noel today, ONLY @ Scryptic Studios.

After a week-long hiatus spent digging himself out from beneath an ever-growing pile of rejection letters, the Ecto returns to his humble origins as a Scryptic Studios columnist and aspiring comic book writer.

This week, the sad but true saga of Shark-Man, Twilife, and the Submission/Rejection Shuffle.

In this week's Running Up That Hill, I interview writers Caleb Monroe, Drew Melbourne, and Joshua Hale Fialkov -- along with editors Jason Rodriguez, Kristen Simon, and the mysterious TEFKAT – to find the answers to Everything I Always Wanted to Know About the San Diego Comic-Con, and Wasn't Afraid to Ask.

In this week's Running Up That Hill, Elton ponies up a three-page script-to-page comparison of his upcoming first published story, "Fall of the Triumvirate," and shares 4 valuable lessons -- or perhaps only 2? -- that he learned from collaborating on this story with (should be) award-winning artist Juan Romera.

Read The 4 Things I Learned from Sequential Suicide today!

In this week's column, Elton spills the beans (well, only a couple of them for now) on his upcoming, first-ever submission for a comic book series, TWILIFE, and shares his fascination with adapting novels and short stories into comic book form. Plus, he proclaims Meltdown to be the most surprisingly wonderful book in years!