Calling all AIR fans! FLYING MACHINE, the second volume of the series, hits stores this week–and to celebrate, I’m offering 3 readers a virtual coffee break with its humble author, complete with gossip and chit-chat. To enter, email a photo of yourself holding your new copy of AIR Volume 2 to info [at] gwillowwilson [dot] [...]
I just sent this email out to…well, most everybody:
Friends and colleagues,
As most of you know, the first volume of my comic book series AIR debuted last month. Drawn by the incomparable MK Perker, AIR is the story of Blythe, a fight attendant with a fear of heights who is drawn into the race to develop [...]
And if you’re in Seattle, I’m signing your copy! Head down to Zanadu Comics between 3-6pm and hang out with me. Will be posting pics here tomorrow.
For the other trade-waiters…and my favorite people in the whole world, who buy BOTH the monthlies AND the trades…hope you enjoy the collected adventures of Blythe and Co.
WHAT WORK FROM 2008 ARE YOU THE MOST PROUD OF?
Brian Wood: LOCAL. The best thing I’ve done, and hopefully the first of many Ryan Kelly collabs. And the first NORTHLANDERS book, which not only got me out of my comfort zone but did the same for a lot of people who thought [...]
Airman Chris left these among the magazines in a glitzy office lobby:
Take that, Downey Jr.
AIR #2 is in stores today. For those of you who speculated there were going to be more fantasy elements…you were right.
Also, an AIRlift Update: For various reasons, I have been asked NOT to encourage people to put copies of AIR on bookstore shelves. Consider my wrist slapped.
So we’re taking it to the streets. I’m [...]
This one comes courtesy of D. McLachlin from Calgary, Canada. We are now International.
Jared B. stuck this on an auspicious shelf in Bethlehem’s Moravian Book Shop–which, he tells me, is the oldest continuously operative bookstore in the nation. (Est 1745.)
Keep ‘em coming!
Operation AIRlift update: Lee gets the prize for the first successful drop!
Raleighites, this is hiding in your local Barnes and Noble:
Well done, sir. Well done.
You may remember the loooong thread in Azz’s forum about new ways to keep monthlies viable and get more people into reading comics. I thought a lot about what people observed and suggested, particularly in regard to mainstream bookstore/media exposure. I thought about getting my first monthly out of the gate in a crashing economy. [...]
And okay, Willow, you got me. I’m officially hooked. It’s a beautiful and intriguing sort of post-9/11 fairy tale, part Gabriel Garcia Marquez, part “Lost,” all very fresh and exciting. I can’t wait to see where it leads next. Here’s wishing you a long long run.
“One of the stronger first issues of a Vertigo title that I have seen recently…recommended.” –Comic Book Resources
“Wilson and Perker create a world of lounges, cockpits and terminals that are more fantastically dangerous and sexy than the real things can be.” –PopSyndicate.com
“…entertaining from start to finish, and it still provided a few ambiguous moments to [...]
The rumor, it be true! As your King I return from my long sojourn across the nets and webs, and NSFW’s. And as your King… In honor of the release of the first issue this Wednesday, as King I hereby proclaim this to be AIR week at Standard Attrition. A celebration, to besure!
As my loyal subjects, [...]
So yeah, I forgot about that one-day-until-your-book-drops feeling.
It’s slightly mitigated by the fact that I got a very complimentary note from Neil Gaiman several weeks ago. (I say that like I get emails from my literary idols every day, but it’s all a pose. After I read it I had to lie down.) But even [...]