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This Saturday I’ve been invited to talk on a couple of panels at Sci-Fi London. The first is on Comics as Sci-Fi Literature and the second is about Robots & Reality. I confess to having little clue as to what exactly qualifies me to talk on either subject, but I’m sure I should be able to come up with some enjoyable on the day (my recent Iron Man story has both Scf-Fi and robots. I imagine I shall just have to repeat this fact again and again until they politely ask me to leave).
May is actually looking to be a rather busy month here at E-merl Towers. In two weeks time on Saturday 23rd I’ll also be attending The London Movie, Comics & Media Expo. At the show I’ll be sharing a table with Sean Azzopardi and imagine we’ll both being doing our damndest to push Necessary Monsters on the unsuspecting members of the cosplay crowd. Free comics for anyone dressed as a Sci-Fi robot… monster… thing. Yes.
Oh, and while I’m thinking about matters Science Fictional, I realise I have been remiss in pointing out Mister Noble’s recently begun comic serial, Complex. A fine slice of apocalypse fiction set within a mysterious complex full of dysfunctional scientists, the strip is currently updating twice a week at Strip For Me. Go look!
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I’ve been thinking I should really get a twitter account going, but then I remember how bad I am at both Facebook and keeping this blog updated and I go hide in a cupboard instead.
Anyway! Time for a long overdue update to let people know what’s up in the wider world of E-merl. First off, there have been a few people lately saying very nice things about Necessary Monsters and The Rule Of Death. Thanks people! Sean and Douglas continue to do wonderful work every week and you should all be getting very excited as both series begin to draw towards their conclusions.
Elsewhere, Astonishing Tales is now on its third issue and my Iron Man 2020 story has been meeting with massive levels of critical… well, indifference mostly. But! It’s still awesome! And things get even more explodey in part four so you should totally check it out at your local comic shop or online at Marvel DCU. Oh and I even did an interview about the serial over at the Pulse. Go see!
What else? The LUC X-mas Bash, The Web & Mini Comix Thing and Shmurgen Con have all come and gone. They were excellent events - thanks to those that made them so. I should now take the opportunity to plug LUC176 in June, where I’ll be part of the Baillie-Azzopardi-Noble-Goodbrey Comics Experience. I may even have copies of a new full-colour Brain Fist collection ready in time for the show, so fingers crossed.
Hmm. I think that about wraps it up for now. Speak to you again the next time I get around to making a post in the distant future. Until then – see you every Tuesday and Thursday for All Knowledge Is Strange. Happy Internets!
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Advice as promised. I hope you pay better heed than our unlucky volunteer here.
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Oh dear! Better tune in Thursday to find out what to do next.
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The topic of bestiality as a whole is perhaps one best avoided.
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Surviving related heatstroke issues is another matter entirely.
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Word comes from Marvel that my Iron Man 2020 serial, Endless Stolen Sky will also be available to read online via their Digital Comics Unlimited initiative on December 24th. Along with the announcement they’ve popped up a page of preview art from the story and a natty little description of the plot, both of which I can now recreate for you here:
In a not so distant tomorrow, Arno Stark - the Iron Man of the year 2020 - prepares to launch the new heliliner, the Spirit of Free Enterprise. But Commodore Q wants to stop it! Who is he and what are the Endless Stolen Skies?
Ooh, sounds exciting! I got to see Lou’s pencils from part five of the serial last week, which included a splash page of some insanely large-scale action that is just all kinds of cool.
In other news, this Saturday I’m taking part in London Underground Comics Christmas Bash at the Alphabet Bar in Soho. I’ll have artwork on show from Brain Fist and All Knowledge Is Strange as well as the usual mini-comic goodies for sale. Check out this post on LUC’s website for the full details of the event and then take a peek at some cracking previews from the cartoonists involved.
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COVER BY: KENNETH ROQUEFORT
WRITERS: C.B. CEBULSKI, DANIEL MERLIN GOODBREY, CHRIS SEQUERA & JONATHAN HICKMAN
PENCILS: KENNETH ROQUEFORT, LOU KANG, CHEW CHAN, NICK PITARRA & JONATHAN HICKMAN
COLOURED BY: IMAGINARY FRIENDS
LETTERED BY: TROY PETERI
The Marvel Universe is about to get even more astonishing with this anthology that delivers super-sized thrills every month! First up, fan-fave C.B. Cebulski and superstar Ken Roquefort (Madame Mirage) get gritty with a no-holds-barred Wolverine/Punisher tale you have to see to believe! You like Iron Man? GOOD! We’ve got a double dose of the Iron Avenger as Tony Stark and Arno Stark, Iron Man of the year 2020, headline two tales of corporate and high-tech intrigue. Finally, Cannonball and Sunspot of the New Mutants get sucked into the wildest adventure of their short lives when they spend their summer vacation in…MOJOWORLD!!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
The above being the solicitation copy for my next outing at Marvel Comics. Astonishing Tales will be the home for Endless Stolen Sky, a six-part serial starring everyone’s favourite alternate-future armoured bastard, Arno Stark: The Iron Man of 2020. The story’s artwork is being provided by the amazingly talented Lou Kang and you’ll be able to read the first part of it when Astonishing Tales # 1 hits the stands on February 4th.
More details to follow soon – I expect there’ll be one or two interviews popping up around the web as we get nearer to the book’s release and I’ll try to keep track of them all here at E-merl. In the meantime, ordering the book at your local comic shop ASAP is probably a good idea if you want to be guaranteed a copy to read come February.
Excelsior!
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It’s way-to-early in the morning and I’m just about to set off up to Leeds for the Thought Bubble comic festival taking place today. Should probably have mentioned that on the blog a little while ago but organisation is at times something of an alien concept to me. For example, I recently seem to have misplaced the month of October. Perhaps I should check down the back of the sofa?
Anyhoo, do pop along to myself and Sean Azzopardi’s table if you happen to be passing by, yes? We’ll have comics and such for purchase and more sleep-deprived witty banter than you can shake a rather tired, confused stick at. If you can’t make it to Leeds, then next weekend I’ll be at the ICA for the Comiket small press show as part of this year’s Comica events. I’m also one the folk behind this year’s Comica Potential Comic, the web version of which should be showing up on E-merl in the nearish future.
I’ve a bunch more news titbits to share but I’m rather running out time. Expect a follow up news post to follow soon (“soon” being the most relative of terms).
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Serving the serial killing community since 1888.
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Spent a while tidying up around E-merl this week, adding some new links and a few features that I’d been meaning to implement for a while. Most prominent of these is the new bookmark button that allows you to easily share All Knowledge Is Strange strips across whatever web network you prefer. I’ve also finally got my e-mail address visible as a nice prominent graphic at the top of the page, as I understand people were having trouble spotting it on the About page (which I’ve also updated a little).
Elsewhere across the wild, untamed Internet I’ve done two more interviews – one with Jen Contino at The Pulse and one with Xaviar Xerexes at Comixtalk. Mr. Noble and Mr. Azzopardi have also been busy working their magic on Facebook, resulting in new groups being setup for The Rule of Death and Necessary Monsters. Join at your own peril!
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Caution: do not expose your zombie to democracy until fully rehabilitated.
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But be sure you’ve got the hang of the basics first, okay?
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Advanced techniques to follow on Thursday.
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Wait… where did August go? It’s been a busy month here at E-merl and today we’re bringing our summer touring season to a conclusion with an appearance at Low Energy Day as part of London Underground Comics in Camden Lock. Come say hello if you’re passing and I’ll have copies of the new Rule Of Death, Necessary Monsters and All Knowledge Is Strange mini-comics on hand to entertain you.
Taking a quick look around the Internet at my electronic footprint over the summer reveals a report from the panel I was on at San Diego (“So You Want To Do A Graphic Novel?”) and a photographic account of my part in The Caption Comics Collective gallery show in Oxford, courtesy of Matt Brooker. I also did another interview to promote Necessary Monsters at CBR and there’s this con report from San Diego which lets the cat out of the bag about what I’m writing at Marvel next. Which I shouldn’t really link to I suppose, but I’m going to and then pretend that I didn’t. If anyone wants to see some pages of artwork from said unnamed-on-this-blog project, just provide the secret E-merl handshake at Camden and I’ll hook you up.
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And they may well answer to the name “Gary.”
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A quick little San Diego update before I go jumping on a plane tomorrow: AiT have just posted their signing schedule for Comic Con. It may be a little subject to last minute changes, but if all goes according to plan you should be able to find me doing a signing stint at 4pm on Thursday & Saturday and at 1pm on Friday. And that’s booth number 2001, in case you were wondering. Hope to see a few of you there!
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