MILESTONES 

 

2023

 

• Blake Northcott was named Editor-in-Chief of Massive Publishing

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• ‘Weird Tales Presents: 100 Years of Weird’ was released by Blackstone Publishing, with stories by R.L. Stine, Laurel K. Hamilton, and Blake Northcott

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• Massive Publishing released ‘The North Valley Grimoire’, a comic series based on Northcott’s bestselling novel

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• Blake was a featured guest and panelist at San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, Granite State Comic Con, and signed books at The Golden Apple in L.A.

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• Blake and Amy Lee from Evanescence signed their comic 'Echoes from the Void' backstage at The Scotiabank Arena after a sold-out show

 

2022

 

• 'Heavy Metal Presents: Arena Mode' was released in bookstores across North America, including Barnes & Noble; the book was distributed by Simon & Schuster

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• Blake began teaching at the world-renowned Kubert School (the only accredited school devoted entirely to cartooning and comic books).

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• Blake was a featured guest and panelist at San Diego Comic Con

 

2021

 

• Heavy Metal Studios, co-producing with Range Media, optioned 'The Arena Mode Saga', and announced they would be adapting the series of novels for TV

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• The graphic novel 'Echoes from the Void' for the band Evanescence was released; Blake wrote a story (edited by Amy Lee) that appeared in the book

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• 'Echoes from the Void' sold out, and went into a 2nd printing

 

2020

 

• Northcott made her DC Comics debut with 'Catwoman' #23; it sold out at the distributor level before it hit stores, and ten days later a 2nd printing was announced

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2018 - 2019

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• Northcott wrote the magical spy thriller, 'The North Valley Grimoire', which became the most-backed and most-funded Kickstarter novel in Canadian history (Publishing/Fiction Category)

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• 'The North Valley Grimoire', went on to become an Amazon Bestseller in 2019 (Magic Realism Category).

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2017

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• Northcott was a semi-finalist in the James Patterson Masterclass writing contest

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2014 - 2016

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• The follow-up books to Arena Mode - 'Assault or Attrition' and 'Final Empire', become international bestsellers on Amazon

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2013

 

• Northcott’s novel ‘Arena Mode’ becomes the #1 crowdfunded novel of the year, and is an international bestseller in the US, Canada, UK, and France on Amazon

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• Arena Mode was on the nomination list for a BSFA (British Science Fiction Award) for Best Novel

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EDUCATION

 

Northcott holds a B.A. in English Literature from McMaster University (Ontario, Canada)

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