Bits and Pieces...

So, I was lucky enough to win a Doug Wright Award for Emerging Talent on Friday night. The award is gorgoeus, designed by one of my cartooning heroes Seth!

I also have an entry over at Fanboy Fables, Ed Piskor's awesome blog, about one of my key comic book memories. So check it out.

Also, my new pal, and very talented artist, John Lang has a cool web comic called SHOCK EFFECT in competition over at Zuda, So check that out, and vote for it if you dig it!

Doug Wright Awards and Group Show

The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning and BOARD OF DIRECTORS, a curatorial project at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Arts Projects, are pleased to present an exhibition of original work by some of Canada's most recognized and promising cartoonists.

Strip Stories features works by artists who focus on sequential arts and graphic novels, many of whom have either won a Doug Wright Award in the past or have received nominations.


Strip Stories will consist entirely of works with sequential, narrative or relative qualities. The exhibit presents viewers with a rare opportunity to witness the comics medium outside of conventional mass distribution.

Runs August 7-23.

Opening reception: August 7, 7pm.

Featuring works by

Ho Che Anderson
Chester Brown
Ray Fenwick
Emily Holton
Jason Kieffer
Jeff Lemire
Nick Maandag
John Martz
Joe Ollman
Lorenz Peter
Ethan Rilly
and Doug Wright!

The show is curated by Katharine Mulherin, Erin Stump, and Sean D.B. Craig.

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!