Fan Expo Wrap Up

I had a great time at last weekends Fan Expo in Toronto, and had the pleasure of sitting next to the incredibly talented Leonard Kirk all weekend (whose new Captain Britain series with Paul Cornell is HIGHLY recommended by the way).

I was able to get an amazing Animal Man sketch from Brian Bolland which now adorns the wall above my drawing desk...amazing.

Also did a number of sketches for fans, a few of which I have included here...next up Baltimore Comicon in October. I'll be there with Matt Kindt, Christian Slade, Andy Runton and Chris Staros.

NEW ESSEX COUNTY MINI-COMICS AVAILABLE!

The 3rd Volume of Jeff Lemire's Eisner-nominated Essex County Trilogy, The Country Nurse, may not be out until October, but two brand new, never before printed "mini-chapters" of the saga are now available!

Exclusively available to order online, these two limited edition mini-comics will come signed and numbered with a sketch from Lemire!

Eddie Elephant-Ears-12-pages, B&W with Color Cover
Essex County Boxing Club-16-pages, B&W with Color Cover

BOTH MINI-COMICS Only $6

CLICK HERE TO BUY!

THE NOBODY-NEW TEASERS

MY NEXT GRAPHIC NOVEL ANNOUNCED BY VERTIGO

This weekend at the New York Comicon, I was thrilled to take part in the "VERTIGO VISIONS" panel, where Executive Editor Karen Berger announced my next graphic novel, THE NOBODY.

The book will be part of an expanded line of Original Graphic Novels from the DC COMICS/VERTIGO line, and will be published in 2009!

I've been a fan of Vertigo, and the DC books that launched the line, and I'm thrilled to be working with Karen Berger, and my editor Bob Schreck on the book.

At this point, I can't say much about the plot, or details, but you can read a more here at Publisher's Weekly, or here at NEWSARAMA.

And, here is some early promo art to wet your appetites...

JONAH HEX

Here are a couple of new drawings of my recent obsession...JONAH HEX.

ESSEX COUNTY VOL:2.5: PART TWO!

As promised here are the final 11 pages of The Essex County Boxing Club!











Incidentally this will be one of the limited edition mini-comics I'll be selling at Cons and off of my site later in the spring, so keep checking in!

ESSEX COUNTY VOL.2 1/2: ONLY ONLINE!

The following is a short story which was originally drawn as part of the forthcoming Essex County: Volume 3: The Country Nurse (October). However, as Chris Staros and I started to edit the book, we realized it just didn't fit into the story I was trying to tell with the third volume, and has since been cut from the book.

However, I still like the piece, and thought I'd offer it here in two parts. So here is Part 1 of The Essex County Boxing Club:

THE HORSELESS RIDER...

Here's a new 5-page western I did last week for fun...the original art is now for sale on my main site!

New Essex County Promo Art

IT'S A CHRISTMAS (MISTER) MIRACLE....

ROM EXHIBITION

NON-PROFIT FUNDRAISER FOR BILL MANTLO FEATURING OVER 100 ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF ROM SPACEKNIGHT BY ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

(illustration by Renee French)

Thursday, Dec. 6th, 6-10pm. Show runs through Jan. 1st.

This December our First Thursday show is a tribute to my favorite comic character of all time, ROM Spaceknight, and the man who brought his adventures to life, Bill Mantlo. There will be over 100 contributors including: Jeffrey Brown, Sal Buscema, Guy Davis, Renee French, Simon Gane, Ken Garduno, Brandon Graham, Maureen Gubia, Kevin Hooyman, Corey Lewis, Al Milgrom, Jeff Parker, Ron Rege Jr, Zack Soto, Peter Thompson, Gordon Wiebe, Danijel Zezelj and more! A silent auction will be held for original art, and 11×17” poster prints of every contribution will be available for a suggested donation of $5 or more.

(l to r: Jeffrey Brown, Jonathan Case, Jim Rugg, Pete Toms, Jeff Lemire, Ricardo Venancio, Hyeondo Park, Simon Gane)

RECENT COMMISSIONS

Here are a couple of recent commissioned pieces I did...The first is a portrait of Arthur C. Clark, by way of 2001: A Space Oddessy. More great literary portraits can be seen at Steven Gettis' site. The second is of course 70's Marvel character ROM SPACEKNIGHT, for an upcoming tribute benefit for bronze-age comic writer Bill Mantlo.