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Praise for SWEET TOOTH
“SWEET TOOTH is like Mad Max with antlers. . . . spellbinding and offbeat.” –USA TODAY.com
“Like a Coen brothers road-trip drama, “SWEET TOOTH,” by indie comics fave Jeff Lemire, is a fantastic post-apocolyptic comic.” —AM NEW YORK
“Excellent.” –USA TODAY/POP CANDY
“Jeff Lemire’s amazing postapocalyptic comic SWEET TOOTH: bloody and gentle all at once.” [...]
Hey Cliff,
I got my galleys of Greendale today and I immediately sat down to read it from front to back. In that first reading since the lettering proof I found myself most proud of the points you forced me to wrestle with during our collaboration. The sections where you and I had conflict but stuck [...]
from Andy Diggle’s blog –
http://andydiggle.blogspot.com/
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT have released an exclusive preview of THE LOSERS trailer which debuts on the show tonight, Friday 29th January 2010.
Here’s a taste — turn the sound up, it plays pretty quiet:
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Even this brief glimpse shows how faithfully they’ve used lines and story beats from the comic — “If you [...]
OUT THIS WEEK: DARK HORSE NOIR
This week sees the release of Dark Horse’s NOIR anthology, featuring an brand new 10-page story, “THE OLD SILO” by myself as well as folks like Brian Azzarello, Ed Brubaker and many others! Click here to preview
A month ago or so, Arizona’s Khepri Comics relaunched its website, offering exclusives by Brian Wood, Cliff Chiang, and Ryan Kelly, among others. They’re also tagging all books and swag by Standard Attrition members, and you can jump right to that collection here.
So in addition to exclusives like Cliff’s Atomic Bombshell Prints, Brian Wood’s SDCC [...]
Sweet Tooth #1 Promotional Offer!
In celebration of the launch of my new monthly Vertigo series SWEET TOOTH, I am offering a special promotional deal:
Anybody who sends me their copy (or copies) of Sweet Tooth #1 along with a self addressed return envelope. I will sign the book(s) and return it along with an original sketch! [...]
I’m really excited for my first ongoing series SWEET TOOTH! (on sale this Wednesday).
And I’m not alone:
“Writer & artist Jeff Lemire has created the new ‘must read’ book with SWEET TOOTH. It’s a fairy tale turned on its ear-or antlers-that takes you on the road trip through an America slightly more fantastical and just [...]
Go here for more info.
Yes, Marketplace is actually an American Public Media show, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s all NPR.
So this Sunday a radio engineer came by my pad and we talked about process and the impact on culture that comics have had for a segment centered around the San Diego Comic Con. He even shot some quick [...]
This morning B.P.R.D: 1947 #1 yawned, stretched and awoke in every comic shop in America. Like tens of thousands of little powdery chicks hatching. Little chicks that look like this…
The comic book music that Mignola, Ba, Moon, Stewart, Robins and I make cannot be denied. The book is drop dead gorgeous. Go out and buy [...]
It’s that time of year again. A time to dust off the storm trooper costume and see if you still fit into it. A time to craft a business card that will stand out from the 10,000 other business cards that editor you’re courting will get from random shmoes. A time to make lists of [...]
Don’t have your tickets yet for the 100 BULLETS wrap party scheduled for Saturday, July 11 at Meltdown Comics in L.A.? Here’s what you’re gonna miss out on.
VIP tickets entitle you to:
• Programming with writer Brian Azzarello and cover artist Dave Johnson
• Access to the 100 Bullets art gallery
• Free food!
• Valet parking
• Open bar!
• Commemorative [...]
We’ve been having server problems. Hopefully they’re sorted out now. If we disappear again, please everyone sacrifice a goat and smear its blood on your computer screen.
FYI – there will be some spring cleaning going on over the weekend with regards to the blog, just giving it a new polish and reorganizing some of the lists and links and whatnot. Since I am essentially pulling allnighters all weekend anyway, I’ll probably take a half hour at some point and do it [...]