A chance to get you some Curse Words months early!
Hey hey! My fall 2016 convention craziness is about to begin, so I thought I'd toss up a quick blog post to talk about the very latest. I am doing four conventions in the next six weeks: September 2-4 - Baltimore Comicon
September 10-11 -Rose City Comicon (Portland, OR)
September 24-25 - Wizard World Austin
October 6-10 - New York Comicon
Feels like quite a bit - hell, it is quite a bit. The coolest thing about those shows, though, is that I'll be starting to pull back the veil on my brand new creator-owned project, CURSE WORDS - an ongoing gonzo fantasy project with Ryan Browne on the art, to be published by the amazing folks at Image Comics. It was first announced in Entertainment Weekly's San Diego Comicon issue this past July (which was pretty amazing, I have to say). Here's that coverage:
The book is about a very bad wizard from a strange, dark dimension who pops up in modern-day New York City and pretends to be a very good wizard so he can get famous and enjoy all the awesome things our world has that his home doesn't. Along the way he becomes a defender of our world against various magical threats, but not because he's a good guy - he just doesn't want his favorite clubs and stuff to get wrecked. The tone is what I suppose you could call "dramedic" - there's a very serious story going on, with lots of punch you in the gut moments, but it's got this surreal, funny element to it as well. Plus hogtaurs and talking koalas and magical derring-do.
While the first issue doesn't hit until January, Ryan and I put together an ashcan for the first issue, which contains twenty-four beautifully illustrated, fully lettered story pages in black and white (the final book will be in color). I will have that book available at all of the fall conventions listed above, while supplies last - and they're limited, so if you want one make sure to swing by the table. Here's what you're looking for cover-wise:
Nice, right? Should be pretty collectible, if you're into that sort of thing. See you soon!