Author: matthewpriceok

Award-winning writer and producer Matthew Price was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has a degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Oklahoma, and was the features editor at The Oklahoman newspaper from 2009-2018, where he also wrote about comics and geek culture. Matt and his wife, Annette, own the Eisner Award-nominated comic book store, Speeding Bullet Comics, in Norman, OK. Matt is the co-writer and producer of the Oklahoma-made, indie superhero feature film, The Posthuman Project. This crowd-funded film, co-written with “Supergirl” writer Sterling Gates, celebrated a theatrical release and is currently available on DVD and VOD. Matt also co-wrote the short films Paradox with Sean Thiessen and Heroes of the Realm with Thiessen and Jon Skelly. Recent comics projects include the adventures of the pulp book hero “The Grave” with artists Hunter Huskey and Jerry Bennett in the pages of Speeding Bullet Comics Presents, the 90s-style adventure comic Team: Awesome! with Scott Sackett, and the sci-fi tale Agent Blue with Don Rosencrans.
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Celebrate National Comic Book Day 2023 on Sept. 25

September 25 is celebrated “National Comic Book Day,” honoring the American medium of comic books, born out of the Great Depression in the 1930s and continuing to this day as a special meld of art and writing that has spread all around the world.   The day is celebrated in many teacher calendars and other publications […]

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Celebrate Batman Day on Sept. 16

Batman Day returns on Saturday, September 16, and Speeding Bullet Comics, 614 N. Porter Ave. in Norman, Oklahoma, will celebrate with promotional comics, exclusive items for sale, the high-profile debut of a hotly anticipated DC Black Label series, and special giveaways! We also expect a special edition of the “Batman ’89” hardcover. Following the Bat-sales […]

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Labor Day sale returns to Speeding Bullet Comics

At our family’s comic shop, Speeding Bullet Comics, we first ran a Labor Day sale in 2016 to celebrate our expansion and store renovations. It was very popular, so we continued it annually until 2019. During the pandemic, we let it lapse, and since we are regularly closed to the public on Mondays now, we […]

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Come see me at SoonerCon 31

SoonerCon 31 will be held June 30-July 2 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center, 2501 Conference Drive, in Norman, Oklahoma. The pop culture show runs from Friday-Sunday, and more information is at soonercon.com. I’m excited to return to the show; I’m set to appear on three panels over the weekend. I’ll be a panelist […]

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Reflecting on 25 years of Speeding Bullet Comics

Speeding Bullet Comics celebrates 25 years in 2023 — Annette and I took over the shop on June 8, 1998. The retail comics shop continues to serve Norman, Oklahoma at 614 N. Porter Ave. I shared some thoughts about being a 25-year comic-shop owner on my Substack account: Annette and I both had a lot […]