IN THE CURRENT PREVIEWS CATALOG:

"Essex County is a tremendous achievement ... This heartfelt piece of graphic literature surpasses its form to stand as an enduring example of the finest in Canadian literature." -- from the introduction by Darwyn Cooke

"The subtle inter-weaving of Jeff Lemire's Essex County Trilogy is brilliant and constantly surprising. The cumulative impact left a lump in my throat." -- Jeff Smith, creator of Bone and RASL

"This is the comics medium at its best." -- Booklist (from one of three starred reviews)

• Winner of the 2008 Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist
• Winner of the 2008 Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent
• Winner of the 2008 American Library Association's Alex Award (For Adult Books with Teen Appeal)
• Nominated for the 2007 Ignatz Awards, the 2008 Harvey Awards, and two 2008 Eisner Awards

Where does a young boy turn when his whole world suddenly disappears? What could change two brothers from an unstoppable team into a pair of bitterly estranged loners? How does the work of one middle-aged nurse reveal the scars of an entire community, and can anything heal the wounds caused by a century of deception?

Critically-acclaimed cartoonist Jeff Lemire pays tribute to his roots with Essex County, an award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of the Ontario county where he was born. In Essex County, Lemire crafts an intimate study of one community through the years, and a tender meditation on family, memory, grief, secrets, and reconciliation. With the lush, expressive inking of a young artist at the height of his powers, Lemire draws us in and sets us free.

This new edition collects the complete Essex County trilogy (Tales from the Farm, Ghost Stories, and The Country Nurse) in one deluxe volume! Also included are over 50 pages of previously unpublished material, including sketches, promotional art, and two new stories. -- A Softcover Graphic Novel with French Flaps, 512 pages, 6 1/2" x 9", Young Adult (13+), Diamond: JUN091069, ISBN 978-1-60309-038-4, $29.95


Also available this summer, a special hardcover edition of The Complete Essex County. -- Deluxe Hardcover, 512 pages, 7" x 10 1/2", Young Adult (13+), Diamond: JUN091068, ISBN 978-1-60309-046-9

CLICK HERE FOR ORDERING INFO AND DETAILS.

DEBUT-THE NOBODY TRAILER

TCAF Roundup

I had a fantastic weekend at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, truly the most diverse and talented line-up of cartoonists at any convention in North America.

I especially enjoyed spending the weekend with fellow Top-Shelfer Matt Kindt who stayed at my place. Matt and have so much in common, and get along so well that and I only wish we lived in the same city. We had fun sketching and drawing together. Here are two of the characters from my upcoming Vertigo series Sweet Tooth. The first is pencilled by Matt and inked by me. The second was pencilled by me and inked by Matt. The results are odd, kind of a mishmash of our styles, but they were lot of fun to do. Check out Matt's blog to see me doing his characters and a few of my drawing that he painted over.

Essex County #12 On Wizard's Top 25 Indie Graphic Novels!

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GET READY FOR TCAF!!

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is next Saturday and Sunday at the Toronto Public Reference Library at Bloor and Yonge. It is without a doubt one of North America's finest and most diverse comic book shows, and is free to the public!

I will be appearing, signing and doing sketches both days and can be found at the TOP SHELF table along with Matt Kindt, Tim Sievert and Brett Warnock,

In addition I am part of an exhibit at The Harbourfront Center running from Friday May 8 to June 21. The exhibit deals with the process of creating graphic novels and will feature displays by myself, Adrian Tomine, and Mariko Tamaki among other international cartoonists.

For more details on this and more vists TCAF's website!

Toronto Comicon This Weekend

I'll be appearing at the Toronto Comicon this weekend, sketching, signing doing commissions etc. I will also have original art for sale as well as preview art from The Nobody and Sweet Tooth.

Other guests include Bill Sienkewicz, Doug Mahnke and Chris Sprouse.

Toronto Comicon
Fan Appreciation Event 2009
April 18-19, 2009
Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building Hall G
222 Bremner Blvd.

Hours
Saturday: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am - 5:00pm

VICTORY AT LAST!

Well, my hockey team The Flying Burritos and I have been playing together for five seasons now, and this weekend we finally overcame our collective demons and emerged as the Exclaim Cup Champions at the Exclaim Hockey Summit of The Arts.



It was a HARD fought tourney with five games played over three days, and we had to beat The Montreal Ninja Tunes, The Bi-Town Billionaires and The Dartmouth Ferries to make it to the Championship game vs. The Gas Station Islanders yesterday. Nerves were high as we took the ice in front of a healthy-sized crowd of friends and family, but in the end we beat them handily 3-1 and claimed the trophy.



I had a strong tournament with 3 goals and 2 assists, and the we had a lot of fun, drank a lot of beer and played a lot of good hockey. Way to go Burritos!