Whitechapel - This Week In Comics (28may09)

Whitechapel - This Week In Comics (28may09) Sun, 19 May 2013 13:50:58 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158808#Comment_158808 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158808#Comment_158808 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:13:28 -0700 warrenellis So here's the list of comics supposedly appearing in your local comics store from this Thurs.

So... any creators here have a book coming out this week?

If you do: want to mention it? Talk about it? Point at a website, a blog entry, a bit of art, whatever... let these many thousands of people with disposable income know about it? ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158819#Comment_158819 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158819#Comment_158819 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:35:22 -0700 brianwood

NORTHLANDERS #17

All that means is that its the 17th issue of the series, not part 17 in a larger story. Northlanders is a series of unconnected mini-series, and this one is a done-in-one story. So here I am suggesting/asking/imploring any and everyone to give it a look. Warren's seen it, seemed to think it wasn't utter shit, and you can get a look at some pages here.

Art is by Vasilis Lolos and Dave McCaig. In it I present two Norsemen locked in single combat, a duel of champions on a frozen beach, and in slowing the fight down I manage to comment on, dissect (and poke fun at) some few hundred years of Viking warfare and tactics. I told Vasilis to channel his inner Vagabond and he delivered some great art, all energy and fluidity and spazziness.

This issue is the first in a string of single- and double-issue stories, all of them points you can jump on and test the series out. Next one is a 2-parter drawn by Danijel Zezelj and is about Viking wives, and the one after that is a one-shot that checks back in with the main character in the first story in the series.

Thanks. Hope you like it.

brian wood ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158821#Comment_158821 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158821#Comment_158821 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:36:26 -0700 Stephen Downey
I'm new here and followed your twitter feed over, but since you asked, I'm the penciller/inker on the original Graphic Novel , Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth, from Insomnia publications. We're having an Irish/Northern Irish launch this coming Saturday (30th May) in Forbidden Planet Belfast. It should be available in all the Forbidden Planet International stores in the Uk almost immediately after. That kinda counts as having a new book out this week doesn't it?

Theres a good bit of art on the link above and more details of the launch on my own blog. I'm not sure whats socially accepted over here, but I can stick a bit of art in another post if you'd like to see a bit.

Cheers

Stephen Downey
stephendowney.blogspot.com
twitter.com/stephenmdowney ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158824#Comment_158824 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158824#Comment_158824 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:40:42 -0700 Stephen Downey Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth cover

]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158828#Comment_158828 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158828#Comment_158828 Wed, 27 May 2009 07:49:02 -0700 warrenellis This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158833#Comment_158833 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158833#Comment_158833 Wed, 27 May 2009 08:09:00 -0700 Rich Johnston This Is A Souvenir Songs Of Spearmint & Shirley Lee GN from Image Comics.

Remember Spearmint? XFM-friendly indie band from a few years ago? No? That's okay, no one does. Apart from Image publisher Eric Stephenson, who gathered the few comics creators who had heard of them to take their songs and turn them into comic book stories. Which is how I got my first front-of-Previews gig, in that I'd actually heard of them. As had my artist, of "Sleaze Castle" fame, Terry Wiley.

Spearmint

There are plenty of other creators who have worked on the book. Including Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Tony Lee, Frank Beaton, Ryan Stark, Chyanna Chugston-Florres, Scott Mills, Jamie S Rich and more. But they can plug themselves.

Talking of which. On Monday, June 1st...

www.BleedingCool.com - a new website from Rich Johnston.

Yesterday was the last Lying In The Gutters. But a good gossipmonger never dies. He just goes from a weekly column to a daily blogsite.

Bleeding Cool will feature everything you love and hate about Lying In The Gutters, but every day, reacting to topical news and featuring a host of columns, features, interviews, reviews, previews and.... let's go with familiar names. Expect real innovation.

It's funded by Avatar Press, who have promised a hands-off editorial process, but whom I'll give an Avatar Plug Of The Week to to keep them happy.

Bookmark www.BleedingCool.com... now. Pretty please. ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158840#Comment_158840 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158840#Comment_158840 Wed, 27 May 2009 08:30:23 -0700 wereviking This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158841#Comment_158841 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158841#Comment_158841 Wed, 27 May 2009 08:38:10 -0700 sneak046
Bookmarked, as you asked so nicely. I really enjoyed Watchmensch by the way (Oh, and thanks to Page 45 for tracking a copy down for me). ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158844#Comment_158844 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158844#Comment_158844 Wed, 27 May 2009 08:51:41 -0700 ryall
It's a 288-page thing, published by IMPACT Books, and I have no idea what sort of life it'll have in comics shops, but it'll be at the major bookstores to some degree, too, and is also in stock at Amazon.com. More info on the 101 book and a preview of some pages can be found here and Amazon.com has more up with their "Look Inside" feature.

comic books 101

Chris Ryall

*Incidentally, that CANCERTOWN cover posted above is brilliant. ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158846#Comment_158846 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158846#Comment_158846 Wed, 27 May 2009 08:59:40 -0700 Ross Richie
The book that started BOOM! ends today, HERO SQUARED: LOVE AND DEATH #3.

If you are curious about the series, you can read a huge wadge of these comics for free on the BOOM! site:
http://webcomics.boom-studios.net/2008/07/13/hero-squared-page-4/

The latest issue of one of the most successful, longest-running independent titles in recent memory comes out today, FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #2:

25 issues so far, plus a Cover Gallery special.

For the legions of FARSCAPE fans, FARSCAPE: D'ARGO'S LAMENT #2 ships today:

Today is also the release for MUPPET: ROBIN HOOD #1 with a special cover from David Peterson, of MOUSE GUARD fame:

If you missed Roger Langridge's critically acclaimed debut on THE MUPPET SHOW #1, the second print ships today:

THE MUPPET SHOW #2 second print

EUREKA: DORMANT GENE #2, based on the hit sci-fi show, ships:

GALVESTON comes out in trade:

You can see a preview for these titles at COMIC BOOK RESOURCES:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21345

Also, CARS #1 second print ships, as well as FARSCAPE #4 second print.

http://www.boom-studios.net/schedule/newbooks

Best,
-R ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158848#Comment_158848 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158848#Comment_158848 Wed, 27 May 2009 09:03:13 -0700 BrianKellett
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea

Also my first one is getting a new cover to tie them together.

Blood, Sweat and Tea: Real Life Adventures in an Inner-city Ambulance

And now I'll leave the rest of the thread to the talented artistic people rather than the complete hack that I am. ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158850#Comment_158850 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158850#Comment_158850 Wed, 27 May 2009 09:16:46 -0700 tonymoore Ghost Rider #35
by Jason Aaron and yours truly, colors by Diamond Dave McCaig. Cover by Arthur Suydam.

Ghost Rider 35

it's the last issue of my small run, and also wraps up the regular series, before Jason sends it off with a bang in the miniseries that wraps it all up.

This issue is Blaze in Japan, versus a twisted force known as the Skinbender, Mistress of Gristle and Bone.

to see some preview pages, click here!

-T ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158862#Comment_158862 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158862#Comment_158862 Wed, 27 May 2009 09:45:54 -0700 krad Farscape: D'Argo's Lament #2, written by Keith R.A. DeCandido (that's me) with art by Neil Edwards. It's the second of a four-issue miniseries that -- unlike the "main" Farscape series by me and series creator Rockne S. O'Bannon that are continuing the story forward after The Peacekeeper Wars -- flash back to an earlier time. In this case, when D'Argo was alive, since he's a fun character, but he's kind of unavailable to us, having died in PKW.

So we're doing D'Argo's Lament, which takes place during the third season, and features D'Argo and Jool, who go in search of a substance Moya needs to survive, and wind up being embroiled in a conflict on a moon caught up in a gang war.

There are previews up on Comics Continuum and Comic Book Resources that have pages 2-7 and the two covers.

But, just to tease, here's a link to Cover A and another to Cover B.

Farscape: D'Argo's Lament is published by BOOM! Studios and costs $3.99 per issue. ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158885#Comment_158885 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158885#Comment_158885 Wed, 27 May 2009 11:23:07 -0700 Jacen I'm excited to see how people react to this one as we hit the halfway point (more or less).

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]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158892#Comment_158892 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158892#Comment_158892 Wed, 27 May 2009 11:49:17 -0700 bobheske

BONE CHILLER, a Bronze medalist in the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards, is now available at HeavyInk.

Here's what the judges had to say:

"Good stuff, well-written and well-drawn. Good gory fun!"

"A real grab-bag of chilling tales, written with a good sense of humor and great timing."

"I like the variety of artists. This is a fun book."

Also available is THE NIGHT PROJECTIONIST NOIR, a vampire series from Studio 407 in the vein of "30 Days of Night" meets "Scream." NP film rights have been picked up by Myriad Pictures (Kinsey, The Good Girl, Jeepers Creepers2).

Read issue one online here.

Buy a hardcopy on HeavyInk.com.

The Night Projectionist from Studio 407

]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158902#Comment_158902 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158902#Comment_158902 Wed, 27 May 2009 12:18:50 -0700 Chris Sprouse WildC.A.T.S. #11 from Wildstorm is out this week with part one of a two-part short story written by Christos Gage and drawn by me. The story tells how the recently deceased Deathblow ended up alive again and starring in the current Stormwatch series. Below is the cover art by Neil Googe(I'm assuming) and a nice subtle little pencilled page from our story...
WildC.A.T.S. #11 Cover Art

--Chris ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158904#Comment_158904 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158904#Comment_158904 Wed, 27 May 2009 12:28:42 -0700 warrenellis This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158907#Comment_158907 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158907#Comment_158907 Wed, 27 May 2009 12:38:22 -0700 christoph
I love pretty much everything you've done so far. But since I trade wait, it's a bitch not being totally up-to-date with DMZ and the like.

Quick question, though. A few months ago on CBR I read that you said the rights to Channel Zero reverted back to you and to look for an announcement on the future of the project. Just curious if you planned on re-releasing it and if so, how (maybe with Jennie One or something) and when.

@Stephen Downey:

Sucks that you don't have U.S distribution yet, but I e-mailed Nichola and ordered it direct from you guys. Hope I'll be getting it soon!

@Jacen:

I need to give you and Garth a massive amount of uppers in the hopes that you don't sleep for 4 weeks and finish up the series much quicker. I've enjoyed most of Crossed (

I did think the one issue with the child murder was a bit shocking for the sake of being shocking

), but your bleak artwork really ties it all in. ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158908#Comment_158908 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158908#Comment_158908 Wed, 27 May 2009 12:42:09 -0700 Chris Sprouse Forgot to mention that there's a new Ocean trade out next week--received my comp copies yesterday! I'll post a jpeg next week.
--Chris ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158911#Comment_158911 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158911#Comment_158911 Wed, 27 May 2009 12:48:17 -0700 warrenellis This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158912#Comment_158912 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158912#Comment_158912 Wed, 27 May 2009 12:49:11 -0700 icelandbob
Ooooo Great cover! what i wouldn´t give to throw a bucket on salt on him and watch him laugh!!

Will be rushing to my store at the weekend.... ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158939#Comment_158939 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=158939#Comment_158939 Wed, 27 May 2009 13:40:59 -0700 Stephen Downey
Cool, hope you enjoy it. Anyone outside of the UK who wants a copy can get it from www.whatevercomics.com, out proud sponsers :)

@Those who commented on the cool Cancertown cover.

I agree, it is awesome. Paul Cartwright is a hell of an artist. Here's a couple of the interiors. Pencils (and the little bit of inking) by me, colours by Mel Cook)

Cancertown interiors

]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=159177#Comment_159177 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=159177#Comment_159177 Thu, 28 May 2009 08:30:34 -0700 Woeisoz
Got a brand spanking new comic out this week from Woeisoz.com it's a very bleak take on the Oz stories, wholly original, crazy as a 3-toed squirrel! Here's a couple sample pics below, if you like what you see, check us out. You can also view our fan page on facebook at (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Woe-is-Oz-Comic/77660154486?ref=ts) for more information about what the comic is about.

Comic Overview:

The Witch of the West has been defeated. Ruggedo, the villainous Nome King, has been destroyed. Basking in the wake of victory, Oz is going through a time of self-discovery. But smoldering beneath the surface, a fire still burns. The Winkies (a working class society that live in the western quadrant of Oz) are held accountable for their complicity in the Witch’s rise to power. In the eyes of the citizens of Oz, Winkies are seen as villains. A decree is made by Queen Ozma, that they are to atone for their war crimes by being forced into a role of servitude and labor to those most affected by their actions; the Munchkins.

A new threat is found in two Winkie Demonstration leaders, a husband and wife team, Umb and Ra. They preach equality and fair treatment for Winkies, stressing that Ozma’s decree is ill deserved, and quickly gain a following. But behind their message is a much darker agenda, the utter destruction of the Munchkins, and the complete overthrow of Queen Ozma.

This is a world full of magic and fantasy, where anything can happen; these are the characters you only thought you knew. Welcome to a brave new chapter in the world of Oz.

With a war imminent, the peaceful walls of the Emerald City are about to come crashing down, and a new order will arise. Dark is the future. Woe is Oz!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1600598&id=77660154486

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1541379&id=77660154486

http://woeisoz.com/preview.html ]]> This Week In Comics (28may09) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=159185#Comment_159185 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=5955&Focus=159185#Comment_159185 Thu, 28 May 2009 09:08:40 -0700 Eddie Current
Did I miss something by Veitch or Moore, or am I paying rent this week? ]]>