ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased as hell to announce the forthcoming new york release party for viking at a gorgeous new brooklyn retail location, BERGEN STREET COMICS. the event will be friday the 15th of may and will feature a number of all-star comicbook-making guests. come one, come all.

VIKING RELEASE PARTY, FRIDAY MAY 15TH 7PM
BERGEN STREET COMICS
470 BERGEN STREET
BROOKLYN, NY
718-230-5600

seriously- take a look at this place:

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i’ll be signing this saturday april 25th at both comics, cards and collectibles in baltimore and laughing ogre in lansdowne, va. here’s the press release:

Baltimore, MD and Lansdowne, VA - April 22, 2009 - In support of his new book, Viking, a Golden Age-size painted book from Image Comics, Ivan Brandon will be making several appearances on Saturday, April 25th in the Baltimore/Washington area. Shipping to stores on Wednesday, April 22nd, the $2.99 title is already sold out.

From 12pm to 3pm, Ivan will be at Cards, Comics and Collectibles in Reisterstown, MD, featuring a sale on trade paperbacks and hardcover books — 50% off all day

From 4pm-7pm, Ivan will be signing at the Laughing Ogre Lansdowne Shopping Center location. The store will offer 50% off a second trade paperback of equal or lesser value when you buy any trade paperback.

Ivan Brandon is also known for writing other comics titles like NYC Mech and Cross Bronx.

Cards, Comics & Collectibles
100 A Chartley Drive
Reisterstown, MD 21136
410-526-7410

Laughing Ogre Comics
Lansdowne Shopping Center
19340 Promenade Drive
Lansdowne, VA 20176
703-437-9530

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there was an error in the diamond solicitations for issue 2 of viking, which was listed as a black and white book… which it is NOT. it is the same oversized, spotgloss painterly format as issue 1… take a look:

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recently marked a year since i came back from south america. a strange year that’s lead to an even stranger year i’m wading ankle-deep into. headed to orlando this weekend for the FX international convention and then miami next week, during which time VIKING will be arriving in stores. the 2nd printing is evaporating quickly, and while there are lots of copies and you should be able to find one, if for whatever reason you aren’t able to get a copy next week, i’d recommend you make sure to lay claim to one with your local shop before they’re all gone.

next weekend, i’ll be doing a couple signings in the northeast US, i’ll be sure and post those here.

in the meantime, here’s me yammering endlessly to john siuntres on the latest wordballoon podcast.

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it’s been a strange bunch of days.

about a week ago, image comics brought a single advanced copy of viking #1 to the retailers present at the COMICSPRO event in memphis. on the next business day, we were sold out of our entire print run at the distributor level, well before the book reaches stores, well before almost anyone has seen the thing.

no one at image can remember anything like this happening in the past. books sell out, but almost never BEFORE they hit. the day or so after, we put together a plan to get another printing out to anyone who wants one. it required some maneuvering and some advice from the retail community, but here it is.

to be absolutely clear: THE BOOK IS NOT SOLD OUT IN STORES. hell, it’s not IN the stores yet, and whatever your local shop ordered is still on its way to them. grab a copy on april 22nd. what the above means is that all the copies we printed are spoken for… there were no more copies to order, when your shop sells out. hopefully the 2nd printing helps with that. the diamond order code for the 2nd printing is FEB098570

it’s been a crazy week, a week none of us expected. i’ll be in portland in seattle this weekend with a couple copies you can look at.

i hope you like it.

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but some of them are great.

this one arrived at the image offices just now. the part of vanna white is played by image pr guru joe keatinge.

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the project we worked on for celebrity apprentice/zappos ended up winning in the boardroom last weekend.

for anyone who’s curious, the credits for the finished art shown on the episode are as follows:

editor/consultant: me
art: paul azaceta
colorist: matt wilson
letterer: kristyn ferretti

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i signed an NDA, but this clip may or may not feature me, paul azaceta, joan rivers, t-boz, etc… listening to a focus group of NYC’s finest comic nerds.

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darwyn cooke, cliff chiang and i have put together an ebay auction over the next couple weeks to benefit a good friend who had an accident and required hospitalization.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/artfriends2009

so far we have art and assorted contributions from darwyn, cliff, adam hughes, esad ribic, nic klein, cameron stewart and there’s more to come from phil noto and brett lewis among others. take a look. any funds we raise above the amount need for our friend’s medical expenses will be donated to the HERO initiative, a very worthy charity.

a couple people have asked to donate directly, i thank those that already have and for those people who’d like to, the paypal address is artfriends2009@gmail.com

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stolen from rafael albuquerque (more here):

eduardo risso, ariel olivetti, rafael albuquerque, me, nic klein, miles gunter, andy macdonald.



me and nic klein



eduardo, ariel, me, nic, miles, andy (behind miles)



me. and a crotchshot of nic klein

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i’m doing another book at DC, edited by dan didio, and it’s announced by him HERE.

and HERE’s an advance peek at the solicitation.

i’m sure i’ll have more to say about the book later, now i’ve gotta go write the thing.

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plus some great new viking art

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010929-Klein-Viking.html

and here’s an interview with me from last week

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010921-Viking-Brandon.html

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HERE’s the press release

and image has released the ADVANCE SOLICITATION for issue 1 complete with nic’s painted cover

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so, this is finally/officially announced. sorta. more formally tomorrow and in the coming days, but… this art should help in the meantime.

NEWSARAMA TEASER.

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we’re playing around with some new colors, here, bear with us. it’s not because we hate you.

feel free to voice your opinions.

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