NEW YORK COMICON NEWS AND SCHEDULE

I will be attending New York Comicon from Friday October 12 to Sunday October 14. I'll be doing two signings at the DC COMICS BOOTH and two signings at the TOP SHELF BOOTH (Booth #1115). In addition, I'll be taking part of the Vertigo and New 52 panels for DC. My full schedule is below.

ALSO: Take note that tomorrow afternoon there will be a major announcement about a new project! So, if you can't make the Con, check back here or on DC's BLOG for the news! (A LITTLE TEASER IMAGE BELOW!)

Friday 10/12

11am-12pm SIGNING (DCE Booth #1238)

1:30-2:30pm PANEL (Vertigo: A View from the Cutting Edge of Comics – Room 1A23)

Saturday 10/13

12-1pm SIGNING (DCE booth #1238)

1:30-2:30pm PANEL (DC Comics - The New 52 - Room 1E07)

5-6pm SIGNING (TOP SHELF BOOTH #1115)

Sunday 10/14

4-5 pm SIGNING (TOP SHELF Booth #1115)

First Look at GHOST-FOR-HIRE by Geoff johns and Geoff Lemire

FROM COMIC BOOK RESOURCES....

Vertigo has debuted a first look at “Ghost For Hire,” the short story created by Geoff Johns and Jeff Lemire for the Halloween anthology Ghosts. It marks Johns’ Vertigo debut.

A revival of the publisher’s 1970s horror series of the same name, the 80-page one-shot boasts also includes stories by the likes of Gilbert Hernandez, Paul Pope, Phil Jimenez, David Lapham Amy Reeder, Mark Buckingham, John McCrea, Rufus Dayglo, Toby Litt and the late Joe Kubert, with covers by Dave Johnson and Brendan McCarthy.

As the title hints, the story by Johns and Lemire centers on a ghost-for-hire haunting agency. “It was a real thrill for me to work with Geoff,” Lemire told the Vertigo blog. “I’ve written with him before, but to get to draw for him was really special. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what kind of ghost story Geoff would deliver and I was pleasantly surprised with ‘Ghost For Hire.’ It’s whimsical and fun and it has heart. When Geoff said he wanted to do a story like all the old Abbot and Costello movies he watched as a kid it really clicked for me!”

Vertigo this week has also offered other Ghosts sneak peeks from Litt, Buckingham and Victor Santos, Lapham and Pope, Hernandez, and Al Ewing and Dayglo. Check out the full image from “Ghost For Hire” below. Ghosts arrives Oct. 31.

NEW YORK COMICON SCHEDULE

Friday 10/12

11am-12pm SIGNING (DCE Booth #1238)

1:30-2:30pm PANEL (Vertigo: A View from the Cutting Edge of Comics – Room 1A23)

Saturday 10/13

12-1pm SIGNING (DCE booth #1238)

1:30-2:30pm PANEL (DC Comics - The New 52 - Room 1E07)

BALTIMORE COMICON

I will be at BALTIMORE COMICON September 8-9 and will be signing all weekend at the TOP SHELF BOOTH.

I won't be sketching or taking commissions, EXCEPT FOR 1-hour of exclusive sketching at the HERO INITIATIVE BOOTH each day, with all proceeds THE HERO INITIATIVE. The full sketching schedule below:

Saturday, September 8 (con hours 10-6)

1000-1100: Chris Ivy

1100-100: John Romita Jr.

200-330: Herb Trimpe

300-500: John Romita Jr.

400-500: Jeff Lemire

500-600: Mike Choi

Sunday, September 9 (con hours 10-5)

1000-1100: John Romita Jr.

1100-1200: Jeff Lemire

1200-100: Chris Ivy

100-200: Herb Trimpe

200-400: Chris Ivy

Fan Expo Signing Times

FAN EXPO CANADA

As previously announced I will only be at this weekend's FAN EXPO CANADA for a limited period of time. However I will be doing TWO SIGNINGS at the DC Comics booth,  Friday from 3-4 and Sunday from 3-4.  I will also be on the DC ALL ACCESS Panel in Rm 716 from 1-2 on Friday.


DC COMICS PANEL: FRIDAY AUGUST 24 1-2pm Rm716

SIGNING: FRIDAY AUGUST 24 3-4 pm DC BOOTH

SIGNING: SUNDAY AUGUST 24 3-4 pm DC BOOTH

The Underwater Welder is a New York Times Bestseller!

The Underwater Welder made the New York Times Bestseller list this week as #6 on the paperback graphic novel list! There is also an exclusive new interview with me at The Times. 

Earlier this week there was a great review of The Welder at NPR 

And another new interview with me at Macleans.

The Making of The Underwater Welder: Part 3

Sorry it's been so long between these "making of" posts, I've been really busy with deadlines over the last week. At any rate here is the 3rd behind the scenes look at the creation of my new graphic novel, THE UNDERWATER WELDER.

In this instalment I'll take a look at some of my initial concept drawing done in early 2008. You can see pages from my old sketchbooks where I had quickly scratched out ideas for scenes or key visual moments in the book. You can also see how these initial ideas stuck around and how close they became to the finished art.