GRAVESLINGER #2 (SEP07 1997), ZAPT! #3 (SEP07 4011), and the COMMON FOE TPB ( AUG07 3545) in stores now!
That’s right, three books on the shelves just in time for the holidays! With a little something for everyone…OK, that’s a stretch but it is possible teenage girls might love cowboy zombie comics!
Happy Holidays!
We’re on PAGE 134 of the December PREVIEWS and we got the “spotlight”!
DEC07 2050
GUTWRENCHER #1 (of 3)
story SHANNON ERIC DENTON, STEVE NILES & KEITH GIFFEN
cover KEITH GIFFEN
art ANTHONY HIGHTOWER
In rural New England, a hiker is infected with an ancient curse days before his 10-year high school reunion. If his soul is pure he will be able to resist its bloodlust, if not… nothing will be able to stop him!
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FEBRUARY 13 – 32 PAGES – FC – $3.50
Very excited about the new Ennis/Erskine DAN DARE series! It’s been years since the 3d series I directed on (along with many other directors). I was a huge Dan Dare fan previous to landing the gig and even though the producers did some things with the show I would have done differently it was still a blast to get paid to work on Britain’s greatest adventurer. Unfortunately due to the folding of the first animation studio involved with the show (and the one who hired me to direct), lots of political stuff transpired that could have derailed my enthusiasm for the project but ultimately my love of Dan Dare won out. (that and my wife animated on it at the studio that took over and we got an awesome Dan Dare leather bomber jacket as our crew jacket). So bravo to Ennis, Erskine, and Virgin Comics for giving new life to Frank Hampson’s masterpiece.
As a former member of the Florida State track team, I just want to congratulate FSU on their two back to back championships! Here’s hoping it’s a three-peat! (Go Dennis!)
GRAVESLINGER is a new supernatural Western from Image Comics’s SHADOWLINE Imprint. Created by Shannon Eric Denton and Jeff Mariotte.
“Mariotte, Denton, and Cboins are creators whose love of comics pours onto the page. Graveslinger is a definite must-read!”- Steve Niles: (creator of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT)
“Graveslinger is a hard drivin’, rip-snortin’ tale of cowboys and zombies that brings to Old West to life in all its mythical widescreen glory — the clever writing and gritty art means you can practically smell the gunpowder, sense the dusty ground tremble under thundering hooves…and feel the creeping horror of supernatural menace!” –
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Producer on tv’s LOST and MEDIUM and creator of the Viper Comic’s THE MIDDLEMAN)
” Graveslinger combines two genres that I truly love–Westerns and Zombie horror. What other reason do you need to check out this cool new book? ” –Joe Madureira (artist on MARVEL’S ULTIMATES)
“Denton, Mariotte, and Cboins deliver the goods to the undead in this beautifully drawn pistol packing epic. When do we get the Graveslinger/Jonah Hex crossover, guys?” – Jimmy Palmiotti (Co-creator of the SciFi Channels PAINKILLER JANE and co-writer of DC’s JONAH HEX)
Issue #1: AUG07 1984, Issue #2: SEP07 1997, Issue #3: OCT07 2010, Issue #4: NOV07 2042
Well, it has been a great Labor Day Weekend so far. My buddy Adam Beechen (writer of animation and comics fame) came in for a signing at Spazdog Comics as well as Atomic Comics. In addition to signing comic fare like ROBIN, he was signing his Actionopolis novel WHAT I DID ON MY HYPERGALACTIC INTERSTELLAR SUMMER VACATION! Good times.
And to top off the weekend I went to see 3:10 TO YUMA last night. Great movie! Now if Hollywood would just get its act together and make more GOOD Westerns like this one, I’d be a happy camper. Keeping my fingers crossed that THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THAT COWARD ROBERT FORD is just as good.
Yup, after years of optioning projects I finally got one optioned that actually made Variety. In fact, we’re on page one (at least this week)!
This has been a great year. A live action show set up at CBS/Paramount, 10 getting optioned by Dimension Films and our animated series getting the greenlight from WB. Of course, I’ve been at it for twelve years but hey, if it was easy I guess everyone would be doing it.
WOOHOO!
Thanks Cube!
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego is here!
Looking forward to seeing everyone again this year at SDCC. I’ll mainly be at booth 2103 with KOMIKWERKS promoting the ACTIONOPOLIS books.
And be sure and let the folks at Image know that my books COMMON FOE, REVENANT, and GRAVESLINGER look awesome as you wander past their booth snagging one of the amazing free postcards made up for the show 🙂
Same for ZAPT!:Royal Blood ( ISBN: 978-1-59816-590-6, Diamond #:SEP07 4011) with TOKYOPOP. Thanks!
In PREVIEWS now!
GRAVESLINGER # 1 (Jeff Mariotte)
page 142
AUG07 1984
“Mariotte, Denton, and Cboins are creators whose love of comics pours onto the page. Graveslinger is a definite must-read!”- Steve Niles: creator of 30 DAYS OF NIGHT
GRAVESLINGER # 2
PAGE 155
SEP07 1997
GRAVESLINGER # 3
OCT07 2010
COMMON FOE TP (Keith Giffen)
page 265
AUG07 3545
ISBN: 978-0-9795939-6-3
PRAISE FOR COMMON FOE…
“An inspired genre mash-up. When it begins, you think you’re reading an excellent, hard-boiled war comic, then the floor drops out from beneath you and you realize that the term “horrors of war” has shadings that most of us have never considered.”
-DWAYNE MCDUFFIE ( producer of Warner Bros. JUSTICE LEAGUE and STATIC SHOCK)
“With Common Foe, Denton and Giffen have taken the war comic and given it the best twist I’ve seen in a few decades. Highly enjoyable and gripping stuff.” – ED BRUBAKER (Writer of CAPTAIN AMERICA, DAREDEVIL, CRIMINAL, SLEEPER, IRON FIST)
“A war comic with a twist. Visceral and guttural. This team provides a great slow burn tale that eventually explodes in a glorious orgy of vampire violence.” – JOE CASEY ( Co-creator of Cartoon Network’s BEN 10 )
“Writer Keith Giffen and Shannon (Eric) Denton craft a rat-a-tat narrative…”-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Komikwerks Booth 2103. See ya at SDCC!
Yup that’s right, the worlds oldest rodeo and a Rough Riders Centennial all in the same weekend! Always have a blast going up to Prescott but this one was one of the best. Great place, good times! Stop by the bar at The Palace and do a whiskey shot where Doc Holiday once won ten grand in a game of Poker.
I had a great time over at the POISONED PEN the other night. I was there for a signing of MISSING WHITE GIRL by my buddy Jeff Mariotte. Author James Rollins ( JUDAS STRAIN ) was there signing as well and it was nice to meet him also.
It was a great crowd and my friends and fellow authors Michael Stackpole and JS Lewis where there in support as well. The photo below is JS Lewis, Jeff Mariotte, and myself.
