My sincerest congratulations go out to Carla Speed McNeil! Her webcomic, Finder, won Best Digital Comic at this year's Eisner Awards! Since I didn't attend SDCC this year, the above image from Finder best captures my mental image of the ceremony. Since my webcomic, Vs., did not win, I guess I'll just politely stand in the back. That's me third from the left. Huzzah! Go read it here!
As many of you already know, San Diego Comic-con is currently stoking a clamorous cacophony of consumer cattle calls and blockbuster broo-ha-ha's. Well, today IDW held their panel chock full of announcements and coming-soon enticements. Unfortunately, the scheduled Act-i-vate Primer announcement did not happen and yet the above image made it to Comic Book Resources' coverage of the event. So, I'm just going ahead and holding my own little bit of hoopla here to help promote this book. Above is the Primer cover with illustration by Nick Bertozzi and logo design by yours truly. I'll have more sneaky peeks as we get closer to the books release.
The folks over at The Girls Entertainment Network have discussed every Eisner nomination this year. That means that they have been kind enough to give my Next Door Neighbor story, Vs. with Alexis Sottile, a closer look. Here's what Jill had to say:
Vs. by Alexis Sottile & Joe Infurnari, smithmag.net/nextdoorneighbor/2008/12/08/story-18/
The best way to describe Vs. would be to call it “Green Eggs and Ham” on acid.
Mostly in black and white, dashes of color in key panels make it a wild ride for the eyes. Artist Joe Infurnari was nominated in this same category last year for his work on The Process, but this time around he’s got a co-writer, Alexis Sottile, for this off-the-wall look into the dangers of renting. Vs. is part of SMITH Magazine’s Next Door Neighbor weekly web comics series and tells Infurnari’s real-life horror stories from his various New York dwellings. Of course, there is a slight twist: it’s in verse. But don’t even think of reading this one to the kids before bedtime. Here, in Infurnari’s own words, is what you can expect: “My terrible run-ins with vociferous fowls! Frankensteinian pooches! Tentacled jam bands! Drunken cro-magnons! Pill-pushing werewolves and many, many more!”
He admits he wasn’t the greatest at coming up with rhymes, but that’s where Sottile came in. She compliments Infurnari’s personal woes, which are smoothly narrated even as his Hulk alter-ego slowly emerges. As an extra bonus, Infurnari has posted a “director’s cut,” if you will, on ACT-I-VATE—where he tells the story behind each page. –Jill aka TheNerdyBird
Thanks Jill! To read the rest of the reviews, click here!
Barock goes balistic against a vanilla sky in Part 3 of Tales from the Great War! This installment will be in Jersey Gods #6 due in comic shops in August! For more Jersey Gods glory go here!
Here's a sneak peak fresh off the wacom tablet! This panel will make it's way into the back of Jersey Gods #7. Stay tooned for more!
Above is a one-pager for the upcoming Wasteland: The Apocalyptic Hardcover Edition, Vol. 1 available from Onipress this August!
My studio, XOXOs, in conjunction with Bergen Street Comics, will be hosting a FREE workshop on how to make comics on Saturday June 20th from 10am to 12pm. The workshop will be held by Nathan Schreiber (Act-i-vate's Power Out) and George O'Connor (Journey into Mohawk Country). So come benefit from their immense talent and experience at:
Bergen Street Comics 470 Bergen St. Brooklyn, NY 11215 MAP
More information is available from the XOXOs website as well as the Facebook Group. If you have an interest in creating comics or have already created comics on your own and would like to learn more, this is an excellent opportunity not to be missed.
Here's a little sneaky peaky at a page I just finished inking. I currently have six upcoming pages for ULTRA-lad in various states of being penciled on my drawing table. I hope to have updates to the webcomic soon!
