| BATMAN '66 #2 + CREEPY #13 |
[May. 20th, 2013|01:29 pm]
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ITEM #1
I just finished drawing a Killer Croc story for BATMAN '66 #2, written by Jeff Parker. It will appear in digital and print. Be sure to check out both formats as the reading experience differs.
Here's the solicitation:
BATMAN ‘66 #2
Written by JEFF PARKER
Art by RUBEN PROCOPIO and DEAN HASPIEL
Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
1:25 Variant cover by CULLY HAMNER
On sale AUGUST 21 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
From the sands of time and halls of higher learning comes one of Batman’s deadliest foes: King Tut! Tut returns to assert his royal status and challenge the Dynamic Duo with his most far-reaching plan yet to rule the modern Thebes, Gotham City! Also in this issue, doors smash in and jaws crack from the fists of the newest tough in town: introducing the 1966 incarnation of that reptilian rogue Killer Croc! How can Batman battle this brawny brute?
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-%E2%80%9866-2013/batman-%E2%80%9866-2
ITEM #2
Me and Josh Simmons collaborated on an original story for CREEPY #13 [published by Dark Horse] due August 14th.
Here's the solicitation:
CREEPY #13
The abominable anthology turns unsweet thirteen! Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun) celebrates crossroads mishaps, Josh Simmons (The Furry Trap) and Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma) reveal a small town’s twisted secrets, and Dan Braun and Lukas Ketner (Witch Doctor) ride a subway to hell! Don’t push your luck—read Creepy!
* Glorious black-and-white art from Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma) and Lukas Ketner (Witch Doctor)!
* Frontispiece from Matt Wagner!
* Superstitious tales of the Creepy family from Peter Bagge and Dan Braun!
http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-726/Creepy-13
You can listen to my podcast interview with Josh Simmons here: http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/12/podcast-23-josh-simmons/ |
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| monsters at coolock library, dublin! |
[May. 20th, 2013|03:39 pm]
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So Dublin Writer's Festival has started off with a bang! Or should I say... a GROWL? Today I led a big pack of boys from Scoil Fhursa in reading Morris the Mankiest Monster and drawing their own awesome monsters.
To begin, here's the monster they helped me draw.
Then they were off! We had a huge roll of Fabriano paper, oil pastels and chunky crayons, and I encouraged them to draw big and bold. And they did!
Big thanks to the teachers, assistants and head librarian Mags Curley (far right), and Irma Grothius who escorted me there and back.
More monsters! If you want to get involved in the Get Drawn In programme this week, check out the programme here! More good news: Mountains to Sea Festival in Dún Laoghaire just announced their Schools Programme today! And special treat, my fabulous studio mate, Gary Northfield, will be doing a TEENYTINYSAURS event on Friday, 6 September. Find out about it on the Mountains to Sea website here!
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[May. 19th, 2013|10:14 am]
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Aaaaand...I'm single again! Because he couldn't figure out what he wanted and I lost patience my.
And it sucks. But I'm never single for very long and even if I am I'll still be happy! |
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| jon klassen doodle |
[May. 20th, 2013|12:42 am]
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A couple images from today at the Children's Book Ireland Annual Conference: Here's my sketch of Jon Klassen, author of I Want My Hat Back, giving his talk. I love that book so much, how deadpan it all is. Jon said something about his characters in it being bad actors, just going through their lines. Which is terribly funny. Read it, if you haven't.
I'm not quite sure why this Vimeo version of it lists it as R-rated. I suppose it does have a disturbing element to it.
And Hervé Tullet with his book's gaping plot hole:
Herve's been introducing me to Leó Ferré this evening.
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| Tax Terror... |
[May. 19th, 2013|11:57 am]
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Yesterday morning presented me with one of those stomach-churning brown envelopes. (They ALWAYS come at the weekend, or right before a holiday-) I have to obtain and fill in a tax form, which for me, is quite alarming, as in my wageslave days, PAYE took care of it all. I cashed in a couple of (tiny!) pension pots last year, so I suppose that put me into the paying range. Shit...
Really enjoyed last night's DOCTOR WHO. This has been a generally very lame season, even with Gaitiss and Gaiman writing episodes. Loved those spooky Slendermen/Whisperers.
 Found some old stickers and stencils to play with...
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| funday times, vern and lettuce, and dublin! |
[May. 19th, 2013|10:01 am]
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Lots of things happening! If you're getting a copy today of The Sunday Times, be sure to look out for my comic strip in The Funday Times section!
I actually did two comic strips, but the editor thought the first one was aimed at a bit older kids (and slightly crude - I'll keep it for another day), so I think we're both happy with this second one.
Here's a quick character sketch I sent her before I started it. The fat pink unicorn is partly inspired by fat rainbow pony. The shark, well, I've just finished a shark book. And the skinny pegasus might come in later.
And I noticed on Twitter that our Random House Children's Books publicist Lauren Bennett has shown off the covers for our paperback DFC Library books! I've made a completely new cover for Vern and Lettuce, and here it is. Ta-DAH!
And here's the set! I'm so excited to see Jamie Smart's Fish-head Steve; that one didn't come out in hardback so no-one's seen it in book form ever before. Find out more about the DFC Libary here!
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| Durability of Modal content in cotton yarn |
[May. 18th, 2013|04:32 am]
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I am looking for sport weight yarn to do edging on a pillow case that's going to be washed often. My intent was to find pure cotton, but I've come across Knit Picks Shine in sport weight which is 60% cotton and 40% modal, and I would like to know if it would pill.
Do any of you have experience washing and using a dryer on this yarn or any other with modal content? |
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