Archive for May, 2008
Two of my IDW books hit the comic stores today:
Igor movie prequel #1 (of 4)
I’m writing all-original stories in this prequel series to this Halloween’s big CGI movie release, Igor. The movie features the voice talent of John Cleese, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Arsenio Hall, Eddie Izzard, and many others. Art on the comic series is by the amazingly talented Grant Bond, of Archibald Saves Christmas, and Clockwork Girl fame.
By the way, here’s the trailer to the movie.
Zombies! – Hunters #1 (of 5)
The polar opposite to the above all-ages book, this is a blood-and-guts feast for the horror fans. An ex-CIA black ops commander and a Haitian voodoo priest run a zombie hunting safari on a remote Caribbean island for the ultra-rich in search of an illicit kick. Art by Don Figuoroa.
(On a sad note, this issue will be the only one to see print, as certain circumstances forced the publisher to cancel the series. It’s a bummer, since I was just getting to like the characters even as I was devising gruesome ways to kill them off…)
Here it is, the first of a new weekly feature called Character Wednesday. Steve Black picked this week’s character, Moon Knight. Andy Bennett gets to pick next week’s character.
Unfortunately, piece of shit Blogger is not working (the image upload is fucking hosed…yet again) so I can’t upload the large size images. I’ll post these thumbnails for now and try again later, hopefully their crappy service will be up by then.
Anyway, here are the diverse entries from our fellow PANEListas:
(I found this in an old sketchbook, circa 1991, when I used to do sketches as a way to relieve stress. This is obviously based on Bill Sienkiewicz’s cover to Moon Knight #25. Don’t ask me why I added the red color…)
Use the comments section to show some love.
Congrats to George Takei, who announces on his web site that he’s marrying longtime boyfriend and manager, Tom Atwood. I hope the happy couple will live long and prosper.
Just checked out the ALL NEW! ALL DARING! Mid-Ohio-Con website and their guest list. Hmmm, not too shabby. It’s a good start, seeing some new names (at least as of the last few years). Folks like Alan Davis, Gary Friedrich, Mike Grell, Len Wein, Ethan Van Sciver, and Bernie Wrightson.
Oh, and Jason Mewes will be there too. You know, if that floats your boat.
Snoochies bootchies.
Rocket man flies on jet-powered wings
Former fighter pilot reaches 186 miles an hour during first public flight
BEX, Switzerland – Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure eights above the Swiss Alps.
Rossy, 48, made his first public flight with his self-made flying contraption in front of the world press Wednesday, after five years of training and many more years of dreaming.
“This flight was absolutely excellent,” the former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast said after touching down on an airfield near the eastern shore of Lake Geneva.
Here’s a bit of beefcake for you on a Monday morning. Guess away!
(click image to mansize)
(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005, 10/31/2005, 11/1/2005, 11/2/2005, 11/3/2005, 11/4/2005, 11/5/2005, 11/6/2005, 11/7/2005, 11/14/2005, 11/21/2005, 11/28/2005, 12/5/2005, 12/12/2005, 12/19/2005, 12/26/2005, 1/2/2006, 1/9/2006, 1/16/2006, 1/23/2006, 1/30/2006, 2/06/2006, 2/13/2006, 2/20/2006, 2/27/2006, 3/6/2006, 3/13/2006, 3/20/2006, 3/27/2006, 4/3/2006, 4/4/2006, 4/5/2006, 4/6/2006, 4/7/2006, 4/8/2006, 4/9/2006, 4/10/2006, 4/17/2006, 4/23/2006, 5/1/2006, 5/8/2006, 5/15/2006, 5/22/2006, 5/29/2006, 6/5/2006, 6/12/2006, 6/19/2006, 6/26/2006, 7/3/2006, 7/10/2006, 7/17/2006, 7/24/2006, 7/31/2006, 8/7/2006, 8/13/2006, 8/21/2006, 8/28/2006, 9/4/2006, 9/11/2006, 9/18/2006, 9/25/2006, 10/2/2006, 10/9/2006, 10/16/2006, 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007, 1/22/2007, 1/29/2007, 2/5/2007, 2/12/2007, 2/19/2007, 2/26/2007, 3/5/2007, 3/12/2007, 3/19/2007, 3/26/2007, 4/2/2007, 4/5/2007, 4/9/2007, 4/16/2007, 4/23/2007, 4/30/2007, 5/7/2007, 5/14/2007, 5/21/2007, 5/28/2007, 6/4/2007, 6/11/2007, 6/18/2007, 6/25/2007, 7/2/2007, 7/9/2007, 7/16/2007, 7/23/2007, 7/30/2007, 8/6/2007, 8/13/2007, 8/20/2007, 8/27/2007, 9/3/2007, 9/10/2007, 9/17/2007, 9/24/2007, 10/1/2007, 10/8/2007, 10/15/2007, 10/22/2007, 10/29/2007, 11/5/2007, 11/12/2007, 11/19/2007, 11/26/2007, 12/3/2007, 12/10/2007, 12/17/2007, 12/24/2007, 12/31/2007, 1/7/2008, 1/14/2008, 1/21/2008, 1/28/2008, 2/4/2008, 2/11/2008, 2/18/2008, 2/25/2008, 3/3/2008, 3/10/2008, 3/17/2008, 3/24/2008, 3/31/2008, 4/7/2008, 4/14/2008, 4/21/2008, 4/28/2008, 5/8/2008, 5/19/2008)
I caught this off the Laughing Ogre blog: Jason Aaron & Brian Wood will be at the Laughing Ogre for signings in the fall.
Jason Aaron (The Other Side, Scalped) will be signing on September 13th.
Brian Wood (Demo, DMZ, Northlanders) will be signing on October 11th.
times and what not will be forthcoming. I’m pretty excited about the Wood signing. I don’t know what exactly I’d bring for him to sign. I embarassingly have almost his entire output. It would be weird to plop it all down on the table but it’d be awesome to meet the guy.
Steve e-mailed me today with a cool idea we’re calling Character Wednesday. Here’s the scoop:
1) Each Wednesday, a PANEL member will pick a character for everyone else to draw. They also name the next person to pick a character.
2) You have a week to work on your illustration.
3) We’ll start a thread on the following Wednesday for everyone to add their finished illo to (just edit it and add yours)
4) The person picked last week now decides on a character for the following week. They also select the next “character picker”.
5) Wash, rinse, repeat.
How’s that for some fun?
To get things started, I had Steve make the first character pick, and in honor of Andy’s eternal love for this hero, Steve picked Moon Knight!
Ok, you have less than a week for this first round, so get to it. All illustrations to be posted Wednesday, May 21.
Elizabeth Genco wrote a pretty good piece where she interviewed some shop owners on selling indie comics. In light of the Jeff Smith talk, it makes sense that the only way to really sell your comic/graphic novel is to go DIY. I would say find a publisher but most small publishers wouldn’t keep the work in print like Smith did. At the most what one could expect is a glorified Lulu service with a little more umph. It would take more of a collaborative effort between publisher and creator to be effective in the DM. Most small publishers don’t have the resources to dedicate to push books like that. Maybe a select few books but not their entire release schedule for the year.
Elizabeth’s new graphic novel Blue is coming out from Desperado. Our short story will be hitting the Chemistry Set.. soonish.
Sorry for the political commentary (well, more of a short rant), but I just couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this story about W and his fucking golf abstinence.
“Bush said his last round of golf was in August 2003 when he was informed that a truck bomb had wrecked the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 people, including U.N. envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.“They pulled me off the golf course and I said, it’s just not worth it anymore to do,” Bush said.”
Wow. Just…wow.
File under: clueless-fucking-warmonger-completely-out-of-touch-with-reality. Cross index with hope-his-ass-gets-used-as-the-18th-hole-in-hell’s-golf-course.
I meant to post this here a couple of nights ago but the horid Orphan Works bill is back on the floor before Congress. Basically this bill eliminates the ‘pen to paper’ rule of the copyright law. Meaning that in order for the work to be copyrighted, you have to register every bloody scribble before making it public. If you post art on a blog, your website, in a gallery, on etsy, etc. it’s free usage to anybody until you register it. This would be a godsend for stock art companies. I’ve already seen two recent cases online that this new bill would have screwed the artist over.
Brad Holland’s against it. Jillian Tamaki, the Drawn blog, the Illustrator’s Partnership and several other folks have spoke out against it. Go here to fill out or customize your response to your local representative. I’ve done it already.
It’s interesting to note, both Republicans sent me form letters. Sherrod Brown’s office actually took the time to send me a response.
It’s official! I just got the letter in the mail today confirming our booth at this year’s Comfest. Considering they get over 500 applications for only 200 spots, I’m excited that once again we made the cut.
In related news, Wendy’s store also made the cut. That’s right, Red Rover will be representing at Comfest.
3 days of fun, sun, music, friends, beer, and the best people watching this side of Burning Man. Check out pictures from Comfests past here (2004) and here (2006).
Lots of Dark Horse news at Comic Book Resources here. My personal highlight:
“Dark Horse plans to republish the first twenty-one issues of Larry Marder’s “Tales of the Beanworld” — a hard-to-find, out of print series. Fans can also look forward to a new “Beanworld” short story on MDHP in September, a holiday one-shot at the end of the year, and a brand new graphic novel.”
New beanworld? Hell yes!
Also, check out these kick-ass interconnecting covers for the debut issues of “Conan the Cimmerian” “Kull” and “Solomon Kane”, by Joe Kubert:
On a lark, I checked out Nathan Fox’s website and it’s like the coolest thing this side of a receding iceberg. Love the interface on it and the art’s not to shabby either. Makes me wish I knew Flash.
I first picked up on Nathan’s work on a turn in DMZ. He’s currently drawing Pigeons from Hell for Dark Horse. Very loose organic line. Definitely one from the cult of Paul Pope.
Another page courtesy of PANELista, Craig Bogart:
(click image to vampiresize)
(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005, 10/31/2005, 11/1/2005, 11/2/2005, 11/3/2005, 11/4/2005, 11/5/2005, 11/6/2005, 11/7/2005, 11/14/2005, 11/21/2005, 11/28/2005, 12/5/2005, 12/12/2005, 12/19/2005, 12/26/2005, 1/2/2006, 1/9/2006, 1/16/2006, 1/23/2006, 1/30/2006, 2/06/2006, 2/13/2006, 2/20/2006, 2/27/2006, 3/6/2006, 3/13/2006, 3/20/2006, 3/27/2006, 4/3/2006, 4/4/2006, 4/5/2006, 4/6/2006, 4/7/2006, 4/8/2006, 4/9/2006, 4/10/2006, 4/17/2006, 4/23/2006, 5/1/2006, 5/8/2006, 5/15/2006, 5/22/2006, 5/29/2006, 6/5/2006, 6/12/2006, 6/19/2006, 6/26/2006, 7/3/2006, 7/10/2006, 7/17/2006, 7/24/2006, 7/31/2006, 8/7/2006, 8/13/2006, 8/21/2006, 8/28/2006, 9/4/2006, 9/11/2006, 9/18/2006, 9/25/2006, 10/2/2006, 10/9/2006, 10/16/2006, 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007, 1/22/2007, 1/29/2007, 2/5/2007, 2/12/2007, 2/19/2007, 2/26/2007, 3/5/2007, 3/12/2007, 3/19/2007, 3/26/2007, 4/2/2007, 4/5/2007, 4/9/2007, 4/16/2007, 4/23/2007, 4/30/2007, 5/7/2007, 5/14/2007, 5/21/2007, 5/28/2007, 6/4/2007, 6/11/2007, 6/18/2007, 6/25/2007, 7/2/2007, 7/9/2007, 7/16/2007, 7/23/2007, 7/30/2007, 8/6/2007, 8/13/2007, 8/20/2007, 8/27/2007, 9/3/2007, 9/10/2007, 9/17/2007, 9/24/2007, 10/1/2007, 10/8/2007, 10/15/2007, 10/22/2007, 10/29/2007, 11/5/2007, 11/12/2007, 11/19/2007, 11/26/2007, 12/3/2007, 12/10/2007, 12/17/2007, 12/24/2007, 12/31/2007, 1/7/2008, 1/14/2008, 1/21/2008, 1/28/2008, 2/4/2008, 2/11/2008, 2/18/2008, 2/25/2008, 3/3/2008, 3/10/2008, 3/17/2008, 3/24/2008, 3/31/2008, 4/7/2008, 4/14/2008, 4/21/2008, 4/28/2008, 5/8/2008)