Well the NY show has come and gone. I had a great time promoting our new book line and meeting with the fine folks at MTV, Publishers Weekly, Wizard magazine, Entertainment Weekly and everyone else we met with about the line. Saturday, however was a huge pain in the butt with the fire marshall shutting the place down and not allowing anyone to enter. Patrick and I ended up doing a lot of our meetings in the convention hall lobby but I wasn’t able to get in to do my signings for Narwain or Desperado. Hopefully the people that put the show together get their act together for next year. I’m sure they’ll say they sold out but truth is they screwed up. Between all the pros and fans they turned away, many who came from out of town, they’d better offer some serious incentives for next years show. They have the potential for a great new Comics tradition as the show was great but if ya can’t get in then what’s the point…

So I’m pounding away on a storyboard for new season of Ninja Turtles. I’m always amazed at much work it is to storyboard ninjitsu battle scenes. It’s probably because A) I have never been in a knifefight with four mutant turtles and B) I am only half ninja.

Anyhow, I turned on Cartoon Network this morning to refamiliarize myself with the show. Watching the TV it dawned on me I have multiple shows I’ve worked on airing on Cartoon Network. This is more shows per week than at any other point in my career. Teen Titans, Ninja Turtles, Krypto, Justice League, Juniper Lee, Ozzy & Drix… and they are all on the air right now! (and soon my episode of HiHi Puffy Ami Yumi I wrote as well) And this is just Cartoon Network! I’ve reached a cartoon peak!

So basically it’s all downhill from here…

Komikwerks co-founders Shannon Denton and Patrick Coyle will be hitting the carpeted halls of the Jacob Javits Center in New York City next week as they attend the New York Comic-Con. Though not exhibiting in a booth, Shannon and Patrick will be combing the floors, spreading the word about Komikwerks’ new line of illustrated novels for young adults, a line called Actionopolis.

“Actionopolis is the place to be when adventure is your destination,” claims Shannon Denton. “This new line of books is by comics, animation and video game professionals like Dan Mishkin, Tom Mandrake, Bruce Zick, Adam Beechen Dan Hipp, Louise Simonson, Colleen Doran, Rob Worley, Mike Dubisch, Christopher Long, Michael Geiger, Rick Hoberg, Gary Reed, Jeff Mariotte, Will Meuginot, Liquid Color, and lots more. There’s going to be a lot more info about these books coming soon, but if you’re at the NY Comic-Con, and you track us down, you can catch a preview of these fantastic looking books. We’re very excited about Actionopolis!”

“We aren’t going to have a booth, but you’ll see us… we’ll be the guys with the factories on our shirts who won’t shut up about these great new books for readers of all ages,” states Patrick Coyle. “Beware… Actionopolis is on the horizon! Actually, you don’t have to beware, I just thought that would sound cool!”

Keep an eye out for Shannon and Patrick if your in attendance at the NY Comic Con. Ask them about the Actionopolis books — you’ll be glad you did! And keep your eyes peeled for an announcement soon with more details about the Actionopolis line of books from Komikwerks.
Shannon will also be signing at the Narwain and Desperado booths throughout the show so stop on by.

The full season one Teen Titans DVD is out on February sixth. You can check out my episode in all its shiny DVDness. It was a blast getting to storyboard Marv Wolfman’s script as his original run on the Titans was so influential to me creatively.

Yes, that’s right, you heard true. I will be joining uber-talents Rob Worley, ChristopherE. Long and Andy Kuhn on NARWAIN’s newest anthology TALES FROM A FORGOTTEN PLANET (drumroll please) numero dos! (that’s two for those of you who donta speaka the espanol). My story is entitled FLYING and will be drawn by Italian superstar Thomas Moron. (yes I spelled that correctly so please refrain from any further mention of its English definition for the sake of world peace and Italian/American brotherhood). It’s in PREVIEWS now tell your local comic shop to order you a copy!

?Tales from a Forgotten Planet #2? is 48 black and white pages and retails for $6.49 USD. You?ll find it on page 298 of the January Diamond Previews catalog.

Our critically acclaimed Image comic COMMON FOE will be wrapping up this summer. I’ll post more as soon as I have the solicitation date for issue number four.

Superstar artist and LIQUID-COLOR co-founder Aron Lusen has created an amazing book. I am so hapy to be co-publishing this with ibooks. You can read more about the book on Comic Book Resources and you can pick up the book on Amazon if ya missed it in your local comic shop.

10 from BOOM STUDIOS is in stores now. The comic was created by Keith Giffen and myself and illustrated by our mutual pal, superstar artist Andy Kuhn. The comic looks amazing and BOOM did a great job putting this together despite forgetting the Created By credit for Keith and myself…as well as the price (but if ya squint you can find my name in the copyright).