How old am I turning on April 2?

Well, at least old enough to have met and gotten an autograph from SUPERMAN creator Joe Shuster when I was 4 or 5 years old... I just happened to find this old, old con program recently. Seemed appropriate to post in light of the recent ACTION COMICS court ruling.

Yep, comics have pretty much been a lifelong experience for me. And yep, I feel old. But at least the HC collection of my ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS VS AMAZONS comes out today, so that's a nice little present for the world. Well, the zombie/robots/amazons-loving parts of the world, anyway.

Wheelie and the cotton bunch

Finally, after so many requests, we're branching out into attire and other non-comics items. We were looking for the best way to do this, so we figured we'd lead off with one of the most popular characters ever created. Just follow the link to the
Wheelie store.

This week's new releases

The scheduled release for ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS VS AMAZONS changed on me, so it's actually out tomorrow, not last week (as anyone who looked for it last week already knows). Also out this week is a triple-shot of Brian Lynch-ness for you, in the form of EVERBODY'S DEAD #2, the opening chapter of ANGEL's "First Night" stories, and a second printing of issue 4, the one we call "Wolfram & Hart's Extreme Makeover." And these other books listed below as well. Here's a couple "First Night" piece for ya, too.

Angel: After the Fall #4 - 2nd Printing

Angel: After the Fall #6

Everbody's Dead #2

Locke & Key #1 - 2nd Printng

Sparrow: Ashley Wood, Vol. 2

Speed Racer, Vol. 4 TPB

Transformers: Best of UK Dinobots #6

Zombies vs Robots vs Amazons HC

DEAD Man's Party

Last night's launch party for our EVERYBODY'S DEAD comic (and Image Comics' HAZED) at Meltdown Comics in LA was probably the coolest comic book-related party I've ever attended. There was a great crowd of folks (comic book hipsters, many old friends and familiar faces, David Slade [30 DAYS OF NIGHT's director] and fiance, Ben Templesmith and wife Lorelei , Mark Rendell [Eben Oleson's brother in 30 DAYS, now appearing in CHARLIE BARTLETT], Boom! Studio's Chip Mosier, our own Scott Tipton and his lady, artist Chris Moreno, screenwriter Jon Davis, Savage Critic contributor and bon vivant Abhay Khosla, and many others. Along with the comic's creators, Brian Lynch and Dave Crosland. Crosland and friend, the super-talented Jim Mahfood, did a live-art show, painting a mural on the back wall of Meltdown's party space while a DJ spun tunes. It really was a great event even without the live art show, but I can't recommend enough that you check out the Mahfood and Cros show if they ever do a live art event near you. Jim does a lot of these in town (he's LA-based; Cros was down from SF for the launch party) and it was pretty stunning to watch the two of them go. I don't know that these few pictures capture the dynamism of their work, but it was a great sight to behold.

In all, a great event, and hopefully one that got a few more people to check out EVERYBODY'S DEAD (the cover for the concluding issue, 5, is pictured here). Thanks to MattyG and the Meltdown crew for such a good comic book event.

Ant music

Let's end the work week with some Bernie Wrightson, shall we? The cover to DEAD, SHE SAID #2, coming in July, and written by Steve Niles. This little noir-horror tale takes a buggy turn this issue, as beautifully penciled and inked by Bernie. Colors by Grant Goleash.

And coming next week, some pics from tomorrow night's launch party for EVERYBODY'S DEAD!

We're gonna need a bigger book

Here's a look far into the future (fully four months away, since it's the cover to FALLEN ANGEL 29, considering issue 25 just hit stores this week) and a tribute to the late Roy Scheider, too. Art by J.K. Woodward, as per usual...

Transfourmers

After a long travel day, just a quick one before I sack out--here's the cover to the first issue of our TRANSFORMERS series that reprints the Titan U.K.-only Magazine stories (U.K. stories, hence the so-clever addition of the extra "u" in this entry's subject, get it? If not, I blame the jet lag.). Set before the movie and functioning as a bit of a companion piece/lead-in to our Movie Sequel, THE REIGN OF STARSCREAM, these comics will each offer two magazine tales per issue. Cover art and colors by the great Nick Roche and equally great Josh Burcham.

When in Rhode...

I'm out visiting Hasbro right now, and after a day of talking Transformers, let me post a couple pages I just discovered today--E.J. Su's first two pages of his TF SPOTLIGHT: CYCLONUS, coming in June.

And yes, we did make some great plans for the next few years of TF comics today, thanks for asking.

This week's new releases

Big week this week for STAR TREK fans, with the launch of Peter David's NEW FRONTIER series as well as the third issue of our current TNG series; also, (my personal favorite) ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS VS AMAZONS oversized hardcover and quite a bit more. Speaking of Peter David, this week's anniversary issue of FALLEN ANGEL features a 10-page supplement after the story itself, in celebration of the book's 25th issue. And pictured here are some pages from BADGER 4, this issue and the next featuring the artistic stylings of Alberto Dose, colors courtesy of John Hunt.

Angel: After the Fall #1 - 4th Printing

Complete Badger, Vol. 2

Badger: Saves the World #4

Fallen Angel #25

Rogue Angel: Teller of Tales #2

Silent Hill: Sinners Rewards #2

Speed Racer: Chronicles of Racer #3

Speed Racer: Racer X TPB

Star Trek: Intelligence Gathering #3

Star Trek: New Frontier #1

Transformers: Best of UK Space Pirates #1

Zombies vs Robots vs Amazons HC

The newest New Frontier

Just dropped in my inbox tonight, I wanted to show off a bit of Len O'Grady's color work--and artist Stephen Thompson's linework--on these first two pages from Peter David's STAR TREK: NEW FRONTIER #3.