Saturday, March 28, 2009

FLUKE is Almost Here


One week until FLUKE! I will be there with plenty of copies of The Ride Home, Tales of Unusual Circumstance, my new mini-comic The Late-Night Gang, and the last remaining copies of the Cavemen in Space mini. Also at the show will be the brand new FLUKE 2009 Anthology which features a story by yours truly titled, "Meanwhile on Monster Isle." Finally, I'll have a few FLUKE posters (of both vintage and neon varieties) for sale at the show. After FLUKE, if I have any left, I may make them available for purchase online. So if you'd like a poster and can't make it to the show, let me know!

Lately, I've been indulging my love of Japanese monster movies, as you can see from my FLUKE poster and anthology contribution. There will be more news real soon regarding even more art following this path...

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Kevin's Journal Comic

Kevin Burkhalter has set aside the events of February 2009 in his journal comic to be drawn by a variety of guests! Today he has posted my strip, Feb. 3! I was excited by this project, and I must admit, it was pretty strange drawing a journal strip for someone else...

Anyway, you can keep an eye on his website for new strips as they are posted, or for those on LiveJournal, you can friend Kevin for easy updates!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Half-Way There!

Here's what half of Cavemen in Space looks like!


It makes quite a "thud" when it hits the table. On track to be out in 2010!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Michele Chidester Dot Com

My wife, Michele Chidester, decided to redesign her website a bit, and retool her Paintings and Sculpture pages!

With the redesign also comes lots of new work on the newly updated Paintings page, so you should check it out to see the exciting new directions she's been heading in. And for those who haven't seen her work before, she also has a number of soft sculptures on the Sculpture page based off of characters by cartoonists including Chris Wright's Killian, David Yoder's Elephano, and Eleanor Davis's Rat Seller!

Please take a look! There's all sorts of great stuff to see!

Friday, March 13, 2009

The Late-Night Gang!

From the pages of Tales of Unusual Circumstance comes....

Henry of the Black Lagoon in "Bad Apple!"


Victor Vampire in "Just Desert(s) Please!"


Andrew, Son of Frankenstein
in "You Got It Andrew!"

This $2 mini-comic will be at FLUKE, Heroes Con, and SPX this year, but is now available for order! More details on how to purchase The Late-Night Gang as well as other books directly from me can be found on my new Ordering Info page!

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Awsome 2: Awesomer


Indie Spinner Rack's Mr. Phil is starting to announce the creators involved with their second anthology, Awesome 2: Awesomer on the ISR forum, and so I suppose it's finally official! I have a story in the book, to be published this May by Top Shelf! Here's the info:

You can't keep a great indie anthology down! The boys at Indie Spinner Rack
have been producing the premiere indie comics podcast for over three years,
and in 2007 produced the aptly-titled AWESOME anthology. Now they're back,
along with a few dozen of their friends and favorite guests... who happen to be
some of the greatest cartoonists in the industry!

A 200+ page 6x9 softcover anthology with bonus mini-comic. $14.95 retail.
Once again half the proceeds will go to a student scholarship to the Center for Cartoon Studies.
On sale May 27, 2009. Pre-order yours today with Diamond code: MAR094431

CONTRIBUTOR LIST:
This contributor list will be updated daily until all the 50+ creators are revealed!

Liz Baillie (My Brain Hurts, Sing Along Forever)
Alex Cahill (Poison the Cure)
J. Chris Campbell (Zig Zag, Attic Bugs)
Chris Duffy (Nickelodeon Magazine editor)
Ryan Dunlavey (Comic Book Comics, Action Philosophers!)
Ulises Farinas (ACT-I-VATE's MOTRO, Popgun)
Sarah Glidden (How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less)
Robert Goodin (The Man Who Loved Breasts, Mome)
Jeff Lemire (The Essex County Trilogy, Vertigo's The Nobody)
MK Reed (Cross Country, Papercutter)
Alex Robinson (Too Cool to Be Forgotten, Tricked, Box Office Poison)
Chris Schweizer (Crogan's Vengeance, Crogan's March)
Zach Taylor (The Miner and the Cave That Ate Time)
Fred Van Lente (Comic Book Comics, Action Philosophers!, Marvel Zombies, X-Men Noir)
Joey Weiser (The Ride Home, Tales of Unusual Circumstance)

Cover art by the legendary Jeff Smith (Bone, Rasl)
Designed once again by Jon Adams (the Eisner nominated Truth Serum)

Edited by Charlito and Mister Phil.


Above is a panel from my story, "Meet My Girlfriend The Hopping Vampire!" Already a little outdated, as Michele and I were recently married, but an enjoyable tale of love, life, and the undead nonetheless!

So, go out to your local comic shop and preorder your copy!