years before the public saw the winter men it existed only as a stack of photocopied pages carried around through NY and LA by their writer as it struggled on the very long path to publication. that was how i met brett lewis, years back, at a bar on the lower east side. those photocopies, and his name and …

THIS FRIDAY! my friend rafael grampá is here from são paolo an we’re celebrating the release of his new comic MESMO DELIVERY that i wrote the english text for.
below is the press release from AdHouse books
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Rafael Grampá visits Desert Island in Brooklyn, NY on 11/14/08 to
celebrate his first graphic novel, Mesmo Delivery!
Special guest (& Mesmo-translator) Ivan Brandon will also be …

so, ok- i’ve been a little short on words here, since i’ve been back in the country.  the good news is i’ve been ridiculously busy with new work… last week 2 giant boxes arrived with reference from 2 publishers for a new series i’m supposed to write for each next year.  adding that to VIKING, which i’ll finally be able …

the last part of niko henrichon and my machine man story is out today in marvel comics presents #5, and i made him draw so many crazy crazy things.
it takes place in bombay.

tomorrow to sunday i’ll be in canada at the TORONTO FAN EXPO signing and selling books and robotic shark shirts.  i will most likely have copies of the giant and excellent tori amos COMIC BOOK TATTOO anthology along with my regular batch of graphic novels and if you ask me nice, i might show you some art from the upcoming …

(it would help if i remembered to post these things more than a couple of hours before they happened, sorry)
i’ll be signing tonight at golden apple on melrose in los angeles, with ted mckeever, eric canete, david mack, andy macdonald, mark sable and rantz hosely (i think there are more but those are the ones i know)
anyone brings me a …

 
 
 
 
 
here’s my signing and panel schedule for the 2008 san diego comic con.  
NOTE: I WILL NOT HAVE A TABLE AT THE SHOW.  i will be signing exclusively at image island, both at the main image central booth and the comic book tattoo booth as detailed below.  
FRIDAY:
4PM SIGNING AT IMAGE COMICS
6PM SIGNING for TORI AMOS’ COMIC BOOK TATTOO
SATURDAY:
2PM …

on a lark, i started a thread on my forum, for people to post sketches of dr. doom. it’s been a lot more popular than i would ever have imagined, with a number of pieces showing up, but most importantly some pretty incredible artists posting NEW pieces they did just for the sake of the thread.
click HERE to see …

the 2nd part of me and niko henrichon‘s machine man run is called I’LL BE YOU and is out this week (5/29) in marvel comics presents #9, with a HULK cover by steve mcniven. it features a new marvel character niko and i cooked up for your birthday.
wizard’s guest page for philly has a tiny lil niko henrichon teaser …

having a conversation with niko henrichon, both of us looking at the jack kirby 2001 series that machine man came out of.
niko says “i’d like to go back in time, to become an american kid while these books were being published.”