About

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 Acausal, Scratcher, Offbeats and Ultrabot Go Go Go. His short fiction has been published by Black Hare Press, Haunted MTL, and Printed Words. He’s graduate from 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

Social Media Links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arbutus_films

Threads/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arbutus_films/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wardfunction

Podcast Links:

49 Degrees North Writers Podcast: Libsyn | Apple Podcasts | Stitcher

Purchase Links:

Comics

Acausal (1-3): my store

Scratcher (1-4): Antarctic Press | ComiXology | my store

Offbeats (1-4): Antarctic Press | ComiXology | my store

Ultrabot Go Go Go:  Antarctic Press | ComiXology | my store

Trade paperbacks

Offbeats Deluxe Edition: Amazon

Scratcher: New Friday Store | Amazon

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): coming soon

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

Contributor

Sequential Magazine: Sequential magazine

Press

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