ESSEX MINI COMICS SOLD OUT!

The limited edition Essex County Mini-Comics are now sold out! Thanks to all who ordered them!

PS...Many of the paintings below are still available. If interested, email me for details.

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!

Essex County Vol.3: The Country Nurse Launches at San Diego!

It's been a while since I've posted, I've been really putting the pedal to the metal trying to get a good chunk of my upcoming DC/Vertigo graphic novel THE NOBODY in the can before I head off to The San Diego Comicon next week.

As of today I've got 69-pages of the 144-page book pencilled, inked and ready to go. I'll probably be posting a few sneak peek pages soon, just need to clear it with DC legal first.

As for San Diego, I will be signing a the Top Shelf booth during the majority of the show (check out Top Shelf's site for a full list of their attending cartoonists). The GREAT news is that we will have copies of Essex County Vol.3: The Country Nurse for sale, hot off the press! This will be the first time I've debuted a book at a Con, and I'm pretty excited.

And, speaking of volume 3, the first review hit the web today. Check out Steve Duin's review at The Oregonian.

I will also have copies of the two limited edition Essex County Mini-comics, and original artwork for sale at the show, and of course will be doing sketches and signing, so please stop by and see me!

J

Essex County @ Top Shelf 2.0!

Well the Harvey nominations were announced today, and I was nominated for Bets New Talent along with fellow Top Shelfer Christian Slade. My good buddy the ultra-talented Matt Kindt snagged 3 nominations! Congrats Matt and Christian.

Also, the first of my two new Essex County mini-chapters, The Essex County Boxing Club, is now available to read online for free at Top Shelf's new web comic siteTop Shelf 2.0.

The Mini-Comic versions are still available for sale.

BOTH MINI-COMICS Only $6

CLICK HERE TO BUY!

Shuster Awards Win!!

I attended the 4th annual Joe Shuster Awards last night celebrating the best Canadian born comic book creators of 2007. I was nominated in the category of Best Canadian Cartoonist(Writer/Artist) for my work on The Essex County books, and I won!

It was a real thrill to be up against people like Darwyn Cooke and Julie Doucet, and the highlight of the night for me was when Darwyn congratulated me and told me how much he was rooting for me! All in all, a great night, and a real honor!



Outstanding artist winner Dale Eaglesham, from left, outstanding writer winner Cecil Castellucci and outstanding cartoonist winner Jeff Lemire show off their hardware on Saturday after the 2008 Joe Shuster Awards in Toronto.

SPANISH TALES FROM THE FARM!

Check it out, Tha Spanish language edition of Tales just came out in South America!