Tuesday, July 22, 2008

I'm Off To San Diego (And I'm Bringing Some Superheroes)


Hey all, I'm packing up to head down to San Diego tomorrow morning, and as mentioned before Essex County 3 will make it's official debut (Chris Staros just informed me that 250 copies have landed safely in California).

In addition to that I will have original artwork from all 3 Essex Chapters on hand, and a whole fresh batch of Superhero watercolor paintings for sale (a few samples above). Hope to see you there.

Essex County Vol.3: The Country Nurse In Previews Now!



"Jeff Lemire's Essex County trilogy, from Top Shelf is a quiet, somber, haunting masterpiece..." -- Steve Duin, The Oregonian

"Volume 3 in the Essex County series establishes Jeff Lemire as one of the most elegant graphic novelists of our time. The complexity, the nuances, the pacing and the magic of this Canadian series elevates it to the status of Spiegelman's Maus and Craig Thompson's Blankets." -- Richard Van Camp

ESSEX COUNTY & JEFF LEMIRE:
-- WINNER OF THE SCHUSTER AWARD!
-- WINNER OF THE ALA ALEX AWARD!
-- NOMINATED FOR THE DOUG WRIGHT!
-- NOMINATED FOR THE HARVEY AWARD!
-- NOMINATED FOR TWO EISNER AWARDS!

THE COUNTRY NURSE is the final volume in the critically acclaimed ESSEX COUNTY trilogy of graphic novels set in a fictionalized version of Lemire’s hometown in Ontario, Canada. THE COUNTRY NURSE follows a day in the life of Anne Morgan, the peculiar farming community’s traveling nurse. As Anne checks in on her favorite patients, the story delves deeper into Essex County's mythology and past, and finally reveals how all three volumes stitch together to quilt a portrait of how loss and regret push and pull at the fabric of family in small town life. -- 128-Page Graphic Novel, 6 1/2" x 9", Young Adult (13+), ISBN 978-1-891830-95-2, $9.95

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS!