Who is this big cheese who writes haikus at conventions?
Who is Pickle Press?
Pickle Press is a small, one-man publishing company that specializes in comic books and graphic novels. Pickle Press creates and publishes several types of comic books, mostly in black and white, and may move into short story collections sometime in the next few years.
Pickle Press pledges to print fresh ideas and not just rehashed versions of someone else's work. There are far too many "cookie cutter" comics these days, and Pickle Press strives to keep its books outside the norm.
Pickle Press offers comic books written in several formats: suspense, horror, fantasy, adult, science fiction, and even western books. Most of these books have 24 interior pages and are printed in black and white, with either black and white, grayscale, or color covers. There are continuing storylines as well as "done-in-one" stories that take place within one issue. Pickle Press will also offer posters of the characters featured in the books, special art books, charity books, and other promotional items such as T-shirts, buttons, trading cards and (maybe sometime down the road) action figures.
Nik's Commitment
I have been writing short fiction for twenty-three years, and collecting comic books for twenty-one of them. I am not looking to make a lot of money. I want to tell well-crafted stories. I have too many ideas in my journals, file cabinet drawers, and the limited space in my brain. I get new ideas every week. I need to get the old ones out to make room for the new. I hope you'll enjoy the stories I've crafted, many of which are partially based on true events. Pickle Press is not rigid in its publishing. Sequential art is a wonderfully adaptable form, and Pickle Press will be a very "live" company that will not become mired in one writing style or genre. Pickle Press will strive to produce a diverse line of reading material and create well-crafted stories with great art.
Sincerely yours,
Nik Havert - Writer, hard worker, Renaissance man
Owner / editor / big cheese of Pickle Press
Collaborators
Alberto Aprea, Bad Place Productions, Cory Brown, Chuck Bordell, Craig DeBoard, Tom Cherry, Alex Del Monacco, Jay Fife, J.C. Filer, Joe Fuentes, Kristin D. Fundalinksi, Arif Gunawan, Jesus Hernandez, Christopher Herndon, Jamie Hood, Terry Huddleston, April Hunter, Mike Indovina, Manna Le, Phil "Philo" Longmeier, Vanna Marie, Nicole McClain, Russell Merritt, Bill Messner-Loebs, Nicolas Pena, Jimmy Proctor, Renatus, Sean Russell, Ryan "Sarge" Sargent, Paul Schultz, Timothy Shea, Sienna Sinclaire, Uko Smith, Wes Sweetser, Layne Toth, Tim Vigil, Bill Wilkison, Isobel Wren, Xavier, Federico "Fed" Zumel
Other writing and editing credits
(www.outlawmagazine.tv)
January 2011: Review of the Black Keys' Brothers published at Outlaw Magazine’s website (www.outlawmagazine.tv)
June 2010 - ongoing: Contributing author (as Nicole Wolfe) to SiennaSinclaire.com
November 2009: Review of Hank III / Assjack live show published at Outlaw Magazine’s website (www.outlawmagazine.tv)
October 2009: Halloween movie marathon article published at Outlaw Magazine’s website (www.outlawmagazine.tv)
July 2009: Interview with artist Dave Nestler published at Outlaw Magazine’s website (www.outlawmagazine.tv)
June 2009: The Kitchen Light (short story written as Nicole Wolfe) selected for Cleis Press’ Best Lesbian Erotica 2010. Review of the story at Three Dollar Bill Reviews.
March 2009: How a Punk Rocker Found Hank (article) published at Outlaw Magazine’s website (www.outlawmagazine.tv)
May 2008: Review of The The’s Hanky Panky album published at Outlaw Magazine’s website (www.outlawmagazine.tv)
November 2007: “See-Thru Baby!” haiku poem for Sisters’ Comics Annual #1 (writer)
April 2007: Salem, AZ ashcan - 8-page black and white self-published mini-comic (writer, publisher, and editor)
January 2007: Making Bad Porn Good (writing as Nicole Wolfe) – short story published to The Erotic Woman.com erotic fiction website (writer)
August 2006: Edited Angels by Susie Honeycutt, as yet unpublished (editor)
July 2006: Edited My Little Prayer Book by Susie Honeycutt, as yet unpublished (editor)
May 2006: Edited Alfaland – full-length romance novel by Susie Honeycutt, published by PublishAmerica (editor)
May 2004: Stiletto #1 and #2 – Two 24-page “jewel thief” stories to be published by Studio NFC (writer)
