Friday, December 30, 2011

CBR picks ANIMAL MAN as the #2 Comic of 2011!

Comic Book Resources has announced their top 100 Comics of 2011 and I'm proud to say that Animal Man came in at #2!

2. Animal Man
Written by Jeff Lemire
Drawn by Travel Foreman
Published by DC Comics

"While not as splashy as some of the other big hits unleashed under the New 52 banner, Jeff Lemire and Travel Foreman have given Buddy Baker an epic landscape to operate within -- and considering the character's meta-history, beyond. Destined to crash headfirst into 'Swamp Thing' in the months ahead, Lemire is taking the superhero/horror mash-up he fleshed out in "Superboy" to another level, and that's saying something when you consider 'Superboy' was nominated for an Eisner."

-- CBR Staff Writer Jeffrey Renaud

"Ever since Grant Morrison raised the character from a third- or fourth-tier hero into something unique, there has been a strong desire to see another strong, compelling 'Animal Man' series. This is it. Lemire's take isn't Morrisonian, but it builds the concept of a family-first superhero into something new, and takes Buddy Baker and his young daughter into some very, very dark territory."

-- CBR Staff Writer Shaun Manning

"The mix of lurching dread in Lemire's plot and gorgeously grotesque art by Foreman has surely given its fair share of readers sleepless nights. This is how you take a previously no-list character and bring him up to the big leagues."

-- CBR Contributor Brett White

FRANKENSTEIN and SWEET TOOTH also made it in the Top 100. Thanks to all the great folks at CBR!

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW OF THE UNDERWATER WELDER AT CBR!



Comic Book Resources is running an exclusive 6-page preview of my upcoming graphic novel, THE UNDERWATER WELDER!

There is also a new in depth interview about SWEET TOOTH, ANIMAL MAN and more!


Thursday, December 15, 2011

ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE!


Interested in owning original artwork from Essex County, The Nobody or Sweet Tooth? I am currently working with two art dealers, both of which offer a wide variety of my work.

CADENCE COMIC ART has a collection of recent SWEET TOOTH art currently at discounted prices for the holiday season!

And my good friends at THE BEGUILING are selling work from ESSEX COUNTY, THE NOBODY and SWEET TOOTH.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

SWEET TOOTH COVER REVEAL!

By Pamela Mullin

Today, Io9 posted a preview of SWEET TOOTH #28 (in stores this Wednesday), which they say “is ethereally illustrated by Matt Kindt.”

And here’s a first look at the SWEET TOOTH #29 variant cover by Jeff Lemire’s ANIMAL MAN artist Travel Foreman!


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Animal Man#1 Goes Back to Press for a 4th PRINTING!

By Pamela Mullin

(The cover to the fourth printing of ANIMAL MAN #1)

That’s right, ANIMAL MAN #1 goes back to press for a FOURTH printing!

ANIMAL MAN written by Jeff Lemire and with art by Travel Foreman, has become one of the most acclaimed series of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52. Check out some of the praise below.

If you haven’t read issue #1 yet, now you still can!

“Stellar.” —IGN

“A solid, emotional, and thoroughly engaging book that is both complex enough to engage readers familiar with the characters, but simple enough to be new reader friendly. “Animal Man” stands out as one of the best books of the new DCU and it shows no signs of stopping.” —COMIC BOOK RESOURCES

“Powerful drama wrapped within a horror comic wrapped within a superhero story. This is a multi-layered artistic expression, the kind that elevates comics into the realm of literature.” —CRAVE

And for those of you who’ve been lucky enough to get your hands on issues 1-3, pick up ANIMAL MAN issue #4 tomorrow, as the secret history of The Red is revealed!

Head over to GAWKER’s IO9 for a sneak peek at ANIMAL MAN #4, in stores tomorrow.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

LOST DOGS RETURNS!

My long out-of-print debut graphic novel, LOST DOGS is now available again, digitally, via apple ibooks and my friends at Top Shelf Productions.

I'm also pleased to announce that LOST DOGS will get a new print edition in APRIL, 2012. The new edition will include a new introduction by COMIC BOOK RESOURCES columnist Tim Callahan and a new Forward by myself. Lost Dogs will be available for pre-order in the February Previews catalogue or via Top Shelf's website.


Lost Dogs

Lost Dogs

by Jeff Lemire

$9.95 (US)

ISBN 978-1-60309-154-1

Long out of print, Jeff Lemire's Xeric-Award-winning LOST DOGS now returns in a newly remastered edition, soaked with blood and ink. This 104-page mythic yarn follows a family man who's larger than life... but even he may not be powerful enough to prevent the loss of everything he's ever known.

Bold, brutal, and emotionally raw, LOST DOGS represents an acclaimed storyteller's first professional work -- an early exhibition of the gifts that have made his ESSEX COUNTY and SWEET TOOTH so phenomenally popular. -- A full-color 104-page graphic novel, 6.5" x 9"

Monday, October 24, 2011

ANIMAL MAN#1 GETS THIRD PRINTING!

Monday, October 24th, 2011

By David Hyde DC COMICS

Some books are so good you want to talk about them with your family, your co-workers, your Twitter followers, yourFacebook friends and, well, just about the whole wide world. You want to yell from your rooftop “Read this book!”

ANIMAL MAN, the acclaimed series from writer Jeff Lemire and artist Travel Foreman, is stirring up that kind of passion from critics and fans alike. In fact, there’s so much excitement that ANIMAL MAN # 1 is the latest DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 title to go back to press for a new printing.

Here’s what writer Jeff Lemire had to say about the third printing and the series’ early success:

“I can’t express how happy I am with the success of Animal Man, its a book I care deeply about. Travel Foreman, Lovern Kindzierski and I are pouring our hearts into each issue and it’s a real thrill to see so many people responding. Scott Snyder and I just got back from New York where we had a series of meetings with editor Joey Cavalieri, Group Editor Matt Idelson as well as Bob Harras and Eddie Berganza. We laid out our ambitious plans for both Animal Man and Swamp Thing, and I think I can safely say that no one will be able to guess what’s coming next. We have a huge story planned that’s filled with adventure, horror and drama. The Baker family is in for quite a ride, and I hope all the fans and readers will stick around to see what we have planned!”

As you may have seen, ANIMAL MAN has inspired a massive amount of attention:

“Travel Foreman’s art is innovative and excellently creepy when it needs to be, and will hopefully get a lot of eyes as Lemire’s everyman hero makes his mark in the new DC Universe.” – USA Today

“A profound meditation on consumer culture and the economy of disposability.” – PopMatters

“Animal Man has the sensational Jeff Lemire at the helm.” – Entertainment Weekly

“A strange, dark fantasy book with unpredictable plots and fantastic art.” – Complex Magazine

“Haunting…Travel Foreman provides sleek, meticulous art that grounds the book in reality, and he uses inventive page layouts during the scenes in the Baker home to create visual excitement where the situations are less fantastic…Animal Man is just a cool, odd character, grounded in the real world but still very much a superhero.” – The Onion AV Club

“I don’t want to overhype it, but if you don’t love it from the very first page, you’re not human.” – MTV Geek

“The best thing to come out of the DC relaunch. Absolutely knocked it out of the park…Gold stars for the creative team.” – io9

“Visceral and intriguing.” – SFX

“This book sets the benchmark.” – Comic Book Resources

“A great introduction to Animal Man for new readers, while also giving long-time fans something fresh to be excited about.” – IGN

“Amazing.” – Ain’t It Cool News

“Well-crafted and bold.” – iFanboy, Pick of the Week

“Animal Man is one you can’t pass up.” – Bloody Disgusting, Pick of the Week

And with Halloween, just around the corner, we can’t imagine a better gift for #AllHallowsRead then ANIMAL MAN. Help spread the word.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

My NEW YORK COMICON Schedule

FRIDAY:
1-2pm – SIGNING (DC BOOTH #1254)

Panel Fri 345-445 Vertigo Visions rm1A22

SATURDAY:

Panel Sat 10:44-11:44 Vertigo rm1A22

1-2pm – SIGNING (DC BOOTH #1254)

Panel Fri 230-330:DC dark/edge rm1A22

SIGNING TOP SHELF 4-5pm


SUNDAY:


11am-12pm SIGNING (DC BOOTH #1254)

SIGNING TOP SHELF 3-5pm

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Also Out Today SWEET TOOTH #26 with Guest Star MATT KINDT!



And SWEET TOOTH #26 is also out today. It's a great jumping on point to the series, with a brand new storyline starting up called "THE TAXIDERMIST" and features stunning, fully painted artwork by my guest artist extraordinaire, MATT KINDT!

Matt is an incredible cartoonist in his own right. His most recent books include the stunning REVOLVER from Vertigo, 3 STORY:The Secret Life of THE GIANT MAN from Dark Horse and SUPERSPY from Top Shelf. We met at MOCCA about six or seven years ago and hit it off right away. Matt has since become one of my closest friends and agreed to to take on the art chores for this special 3-issue story in Sweet Tooth so that I could finally finish my UNDERWATER WELDER graphic novel for Top Shelf.

The story itself flashes back to 1911 in Alaska and features a whole new cast of characters that, at first glance, seem completely unrelated to out regular cast of Gus, Jepperd etc. But as the tale unfolds we start to see surprising connections and eventually the origin of The Plague will be revealed in Issue 28!

Matt knocked it out of the park, and I think this is some of his absolute finest artwork. I'm really excited about the story and couldn't be happier to finally collaborate with Matt!

I'll leave you with a crazy teaser page from Issue 27!



Out Today ANIMAL MAN #2!

Animal Man #2 (as well as a 2nd Printing of the sold out #1) is out today and MAXIM.com has an exclusive preview.

If you haven't read ANIMAL MAN yet, here;s what folks are saying...

“Travel Foreman’s art is innovative and excellently creepy when it needs to be, and will hopefully get a lot of eyes as Lemire’s everyman hero makes his mark in the new DC Universe.” – USA Today
“A profound meditation on consumer culture and the economy of disposability.” – PopMatters
Animal Man has the sensational Jeff Lemire at the helm.” – Entertainment Weekly
“A strange, dark fantasy book with unpredictable plots and fantastic art.” – Complex Magazine
“Haunting…Travel Foreman provides sleek, meticulous art that grounds the book in reality, and he uses inventive page layouts during the scenes in the Baker home to create visual excitement where the situations are less fantastic…Animal Man is just a cool, odd character, grounded in the real world but still very much a superhero.” – The Onion AV Club
“I don’t want to overhype it, but if you don’t love it from the very first page, you’re not human.” – MTV Geek
“The best thing to come out of the DC relaunch. Absolutely knocked it out of the park…Gold stars for the creative team.” – io9
“Visceral and intriguing.” – SFX
“This book sets the benchmark.” – Comic Book Resources
“A great introduction to Animal Man for new readers, while also giving long-time fans something fresh to be excited about.” – IGN
“The character Jeff was meant to write. Lemire and Foreman did an amazing job.” – Ain’t It Cool News
“Well-crafted and bold.” – iFanboy, Pick of the Week
Animal Man is one you can’t pass up.” – Bloody Disgusting, Pick of the Week

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

WANT TO VISIT MY STUDIO?








Toronto photographer Jamie Hogge recently visited my studio and took some pics of me hard at work on my next original graphic novel THE UNDERWATER WELDER, due out from Top Shelf next Summer.





ESSEX COUNTY NOW AVAILABLE FROM iBooks!


Essex County is now available for digital download from Apple ibooks

And Sweet Tooth is also available via comixology

And the now sold out first issues of Animal Man and Frankenstein are available digitally through DC Comics!


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

FRANKENSTEIN INTERVIEW IN USA TODAY!

There is a new interview with me as well as a preview of FRANKENSTEIN : Agent of SHADE #1 on USA Today's website today.



Frankenstein #1 ships to comic shops tomorrow and I'll be signing at The Beguiling again between 6-8pm, so stop by and say hello!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

More Animal Man News and Frankenstein is Coming...

ANIMAL MAN #1 has sold out and a second printing is on the way! Thanks everyone who supported the book. There is a brand new interview about Animal Man over at COMIC BOOK RESOURCES. Also check out what i09, Publisher's Weekly and others had to say...




Entertainment Weekly: ANIMAL MAN gets an A-






And Don't forget this Wednesday my second DC New 52 book, FRANKENSTEIN: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. launches! I'll be signing at THE BEGUILING in Toronto between 6-8pm


Thursday, September 8, 2011

Please Consider Helping Sparkplug's Dylan Williams


I am auctioning off this cover from SWEET TOOTH 21 to help raise money for Sparkplug Comics' founder DYLAN WILLIAMS who is battling Cancer and can't afford to pay his medical bills. Other artists are auctioning off great adaptations of Philip K Dick covers as well, so go check those out too!

100% of the money will go to help Dylan with his medical bills, so please bid generously!





ANIMAL MAN ROUNDUP!

After only one day on the stands the first issue of the new series written by myself and illustrated by the increedibly talented Travel Foreman has already sold out!

It was also iFanboy's PICK OF THE WEEK! (Thanks guys)

Here's a roundup of what some people are saying...

"This book sets the benchmark for this week as to what a New 52 #1 should be." -ROBOT 6

"Lemire and Foreman have the makings of being an epic creative team that I think we’ll be talking about for years...Animal Man #1 is the breakout hit of DC Comics’ “The New 52″ and just reset the bar for modern super hero stories." -iFanboy

"My new favorite Monthly Comic!"- Geoff Johns

"The book that surprised me the most and quickly became my frontrunner as the sleeper hit of the entire relaunch: Animal Man #1" - Newsarama

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

THE NEW DC IS HERE! ANIMAL MAN IN ONE WEEK!

"Animal Man is my new favorite monthly book."-Geoff Johns

DC Comics launched the first of its 52 new #1 issues last night with the new JUSTICE LEAGUE #1. Next Wednesday, the rest of the "New 52" will start, and ANIMAL MAN #1 will be part of the first wave, followed by FRANKENSTEIN #1 the following week.

NEWSARAMA had this to say after sampling several of the new titles,

"The book that surprised me the most and quickly became my frontrunner as the sleeper hit of the entire relaunch: Animal Man #1

"It's a superhero book, but it's also truly a horror book. The range of emotion shown is incredible, and there is one scene that makes my hairs stand on end just thinking about it. "Animal Man" quickly became the first two words out of my mouth for the rest of the night, and likely will be from fans when they get their hands on the book."

Check out a preview below!








Wednesday, August 24, 2011

FAN EXPO SCHEDULE-UPDATED!

FanExpo


In addition to signing, sketching and selling originals at BOOTH PO82, I will be appearing at:


FAN EXPO SCHEDULE:

Thursday August 25

5-6pm: DC SPOTLIGHT PANEL: JEFF LEMIRE RM 713

8-9pm - SIGNING (DC Booth #1043)

Friday August 26

12-1pm - SIGNING (DC Booth #1043)

Saturday August 27

1-2pm PANEL: DC Comics – The New 52 (Room 716)

Sunday August 28

I will not be attending on Sunday, sorry.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Upcoming Appearances-Aug-Sept 2011


I'll also be appearing at THE DRAGON in Guelph, Ontario on Saturday, September 24 from 2pm-6pm



Friday, August 5, 2011

Behind The Scenes of Animal Man and more...

DC's blog THE SOURCE has been running a behind the scenes look at the making of Animal Man #1 in advance of it's September release. Click the link to watch the book evolve from initial pitch to final colored pages... BEHIND THE SCENES OF ANIMAL MAN

There have also been some great new reviews of the new issue of SWEET TOOTH, which features the first fully painted interior art I've ever done in comics, and of the new Superboy which builds up to the final issue in two weeks.


Nominee Image


And finally tomorrow is the deadline for voting for this years HARVEY AWARDS. I'm nominated for BEST CARTOONIST and a lot of my good friends including SCOTT SNYDER and RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE are nominated as well, so GO VOTE!!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Out This Week: SUPERBOY 10


This Wednesday, Issue #10, the penultimate issue of my Superboy run is out. It's my favorite issue of the series, featuring an all-star cast of guest artists and guest stars. Pete Woods, Cafu and others join me to tell a time spanning tale featuring some of my favorite DC characters from the past including The Viking Prince and Arion.

And don't forget there is double Superboy this month, so in just two weeks #11, the final issue, ships!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

SWEET TOOTH ORIGINAL ART NOW FOR SALE!


A batch of original artwork from Sweet Tooth went on sale today online at THE BEGUILING.com


SAN DIEGO RECAP

Had a great time at San Diego Comicon this year, thanks to all the readers who stopped by to visit. Here's a couple of pics snapped by my Sweet Tooth editor Mark Doyle. The first is Sweet Tooth colorist JOSE VILLARUBIA and I signing at the DC Booth the second is myself with American Vampire's Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque on the VERTIGO panel.



If you missed it there were a few announcements regarding my books.

First, my good friend, the amazing MATT KINDT will be illustrating issues 26-28 of Sweet Tooth while I finish drawing my next OGN THE UNDERWATER WELDER. And furthermore we've decided to expand the Sweet Tooth universe by having guest artists do stand alone stories between all my major arcs. Expect to see NATE POWELL and EMI LENOX return as well as others!

And also we announced that AMERICAN VAMPIRE artist RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE will be drawing an issue of Sweet Tooth sometime next year and in that same month I will be drawing an issue of AMERICAN VAMPIRE!

And finally visit COMICS ALLIANCE for some ANIMAL MAN and FRANKENSTEIN news and art!