LIVE FAN CHAT TODAY @ 2PM EASTERN

I will be answering questions live TODAY at 2pm-3pm Eastern at the MILLAR WORLD FORUMS http://forums.millarworld.tv

Ask me anything!

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN Coming in OCTOBER!

As announced today on Comic Book Resources, I will be writing the new flagship X-Men book this October for Marvel Comics! Humberto Ramos will be drawing the book. It would be an understatement to say that I'm excited about the project.

The Extraordinary X-Men team will include STORM, NIGHTCRAWLER, COLOSSUS, ICEMAN, JEAN GREY and, making his Marvel Universe debut, OLD MAN LOGAN!

The first promo image by artist Humberto Ramos, inker Victor Olazaba and Colorist Edgar Delgado.

Click here to read CBR's exclusive interview.

Essex County — Deluxe Slipcase Edition (Comic-Con Exclusive)!

Jaw-dropping Comic-Con exclusives from Top Shelf IDW and Jeff Lemire!

June 22, 2015

July approaches, so it's time once again to prepare for the biggest convention of the year — but this year marks a special landmark: Top Shelf's first Comic-Con since joining the IDW Publishing family! To celebrate, we've teamed with IDW to bring you some gorgeous premium editions of Top Shelf's most beloved books, developed exclusively for San Diego Comic-Con International!

These exclusives are available for pre-order from IDW’s webstore beginning today, June 22. Fans that preorder will be able to pick up their books throughout the show from the Top Shelf booth #1721, the IDW booth #2743, or for the first time from the San Diego Comic Art Gallery located in Liberty Station in the Point Loma area of San Diego (Wednesday, July 8 through Monday, July 13).

Essex County — Deluxe Slipcase Edition (Comic-Con Exclusive)
Top Shelf celebrates the award-winning masterpiece that made Jeff Lemire a household name. This elegant, foil-stamped slipcase edition features an exclusive letterpress bookplate signed & numbered by the author! Don’t miss the chance to get a deluxe version of this intimate study of an eccentric farming community and a tender meditation on family, memory, grief, secrets, reconciliation — and hockey.
$75, Limited to 500 copies, 3 per person.

Also available in a super-limited edition with an original sketch by Jeff Lemire!
$150, Limited to 50 copies, 2 per person

New Essex County Cover Art Being Auctioned for Shannen Kootstachin Monument

I am currently auctioning this brand new original artwork from the upcoming deluxe edition of ESSEX COUNTY.

The artwork will be used as a limited edition plate on a signed and numbered edition of Essex County and the original artwork is 15 x 20 inches.

ALL PROCEEDS from the sale will go to support the SHANNEN KOOTSTACHIN MONUMENT https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/shannen-koostachin-monument

Shannen was one of the inspirations of drew from to create the EQUINOX character in my Justice League United comics, but she means so much more to so many people.

Bidding starts at $500 and ends in 7 days.

BID HERE, it's for a good cause! http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Jeff-Lemire-Essex-County-Original-Cover-Art-/271871318019?

BLACK HAMMER POSTPONED

Black Hammer has been a labor of love for me. It's a project that I've been working on, in various forms, for seven years. And as excited as I am to share it, sometimes life gets in the way of comics.

On March 26, my amazing collaborator, Dean Ormston suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on the left side of his brain which has effected his whole right side. Dean is now at home and recovering. 

As a result we have decided to post-pone the launch of Black Hammer until Dean is able to work regularly again. I'd like to thank all the fans and retailers for their patience and understanding as Dean recovers and promise that Black Hammer will be worth the wait! The important thing now is Dean's health, and making sure he has the time he needs to make a full recovery.

Limited Edition DESCENDER Print debuts at Emerald City Comicon!

I will be attending Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, WA this week. My table is located at Y-05 and I'll be sitting with my DESCENDER collaborator DUSTIN NGUYEN and my PLUTONA collaborator, EMI LENOX.

We will be selling and signing brand new, Limited Edition DESCENDER and PLUTONA prints at the show as well as DESCENDER buttons.

The DESCENDER PRINT (above) is a unique collaboration featuring art by both Dustin and myself and is limited to 500 copies.

The limited SEAN GORDON MURPHY ECCC EXCLUSIVE DESCENDER #1 Cover will also be for sale at the IMAGE COMICS BOOTH

When I'm not a Y-05, here's where you can find me:

Friday, March 27

1 - 2 pm Signing IMAGE BOOTH 

2-3pm: Signing VALIANT BOOTH

6:30– 7:30 p.m: DARK HORSE CREATOR-OWNED PANEL Hall D

Saturday March 28

12p-1p: Signing VALIANT BOOTH

5 - 6 p.m: Signing IMAGE BOOTH 

Sunday March 29

1:00pm DARK HORSE SIGNING.

2:30-3:30: IMAGE STORYTELLING PANEL

BLACK HAMMER IS COMING! ORDER NOW!

The extra-sized first issue my next creator-owned series BLACK HAMMER featuring art by DEAN ORMSTON (Lucifer), Colors by DAVE STEWART (Hellboy) and Letters by the legendary TODD KLIEN (Sandman) will be released in June! Make sure to ask your local comic book retailer to pre-order you a copy! 

I will also be providing variant covers for the first 6 issues, coloured by Dave Stewart...

HEROES NEVER DIE—THEY JUST GET RETCONNED!
Black Hammer #1
Jeff Lemire (W/Variant cover), Dean Ormston (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale June 10
FC, 32 pages
$2.99
Ongoing
Once they were heroes, but the age of heroes has long since passed. Banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions of Spiral City—Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Colonel Weird, Madame Dragonfly, and Barbalien—now lead simple lives in a timeless farming town. Even as they try to find their way home, trouble has a unique way of finding heroes wherever they are!
• From the prodigious brain of Jeff Lemire (Descender, Animal Man, Sweet Tooth)!
• Amazingly realized by Dean Ormston (Lucifer, 2000 AD) and Dave Stewart (Hellboy)!
• Extra-long first issue—26 story pages!
New from Jeff Lemire!
"With Lemire, readers know they’re always going to get a tight story with spot-on dialogue."—USA Today