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!

FAN EXPO SCHEDULE-UPDATED!

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.

Upcoming Appearances-Aug-Sept 2011

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

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.

SWEET TOOTH 24 at IGN

SUPERBOY 10 at CBR

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!!

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!

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!