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I’ve been a supporter of stopclustermunitions.org over the years, both philosophically and financially, and I’m doing something special with DMZ #50. ”Little Plastic Toys” is a four-page silent story, expertly illustrated by Fabio Moon, and I’m donating my page rates from that story to stopclustermunitions.org.
I urge everyone to check out DMZ #50 as well as [...]
This week sees the release of DMZ #49, part 5 of 5 of the “Hearts And Minds” storyline. The cover, at least the cover seen in previews, looks like this:
That is not the actual cover, though. It’s actually redacted to hide the image, which is what this whole issue, this whole arc, and really the [...]
I’m not 100% sure what I’m reading, but its a lengthy look at Northlanders versus The Lord Of The Rings in the context of a D&D campaign.
What exactly lies at the intersection of Northlanders and Lord of the Rings isn’t clear, and that’s the point. An RPG campaign, like a TV series, is a question, [...]
DMZ5DERUNSICHTBAREKRIEG_697, originally uploaded by brianwood.
dv8_promo25, originally uploaded by brianwood.
Artists Rebekah Isaacs and Fiona Staples are joining me in re-launching DV8 for Wildstorm early next year. It’s a back-to-basics sort of re-boot, bringing the series back from 1996* and making it relevant again. More info and a lot of artwork here.
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*which is like a thousand years in comic [...]
There is such a beauty to an artist’s pencils sometimes… not just the cool behind-the-scenes nature of it, but a rawness and an energy to the line that is just never the same when inked.
Riccardo Burchielli, for DMZ #47
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Click here for a map of key DMZ locations seen throughout the series.
This is a work in progress.
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settlement_map, originally uploaded by brianwood.
I whipped this up for artist Leandro Fernandez, who is taking on the next long Northlanders story “The Plague Widow” (#21-28). It was far easier to give him this than put it into words.
This is something I’ve not done yet in the book – set a story in what is [...]
Off to the Oslo Comics Expo this week, flying out of New York on Wednesday with an early morning layover in Reykjavik before landing in Oslo. I had a choice, actually, between Reyk and Paris for layover, but I have quickly learned to fly Icelandair whenever possible. I need to sell a few more Northlanders [...]
Northlanders_20_finalcover, originally uploaded by brianwood.
This weekend Madame Xanadu artist Amy Hadley and I will be at ComicFest in Denver. Tried to get Jason Aaron to come too but he said hells nah. Here’s some info.
I will have a table, along with a not-mentioned-before new designbook, appropriately entitled Public Domain 2. First fifty copies in existence will be [...]
Both Newsarama and CBR have posted glowing reviews of ‘The Cross + The Hammer’, which I find particularly gratifying, since we gambled a bit on it, producing a crime story with a fairly even keel to it until the very end, when we completely spun it on its head.
Newsarama: The book may indeed read [...]
North16.cover, originally uploaded by brianwood.
The conclusion to “The Cross + The Hammer” and another successful Wood/Kelly joint. Soon: the three-part DMZ “No Future” arc. A handy checklist:
_ Local
_ The New York Four
_ Northlanders Book 2
_ DMZ #42-44
Any requests?
DMZ.Thumbs7-12, originally uploaded by brianwood.
Ryan Kelly is coming in for this arc, a three-part story that goes inside an infamous death cult operating out of the Empire State Building.
northlanders19_finalcover, originally uploaded by brianwood.
art by Massimo Carnevale. Click through to see the other one.