iFanboy has posted a whole host of splendid Mike Mignola covers for upcoming Dark Horse releases, and among them is this little gem, featuring everyone’s favorite dour Puritan adventurer. It’s the cover to the second collection of the Solomon Kane series with scripts by Scott Allie and art by Mario Guevara. It’s due out October 20, 2010, with a $15.99 pricetag. Kane is my absolute favorite of all Robert E. Howard’s characters, I must admit.
How awesome is that?
As far as I know, Terry Blas’s portrait of Gwen Dylan eating a brain is the very first piece of iZombie fan art.
Come on, internets. Where’s all the rest of the iZombie fan art at, already?
(via) Bravo. My hat is off to Jon Kaplan and Al Kaplan, who have managed to improve on Total Recall by making it (a) just over three minutes long, and (b) a musical.
It’s been making the rounds of the internet, but this birth announcement is too good not to share again. Congrats to the lucky couple, whoever they are.
Mildly amusing if you’ve got a couple of minutes to spare.
Have I mentioned that the first issue of iZombie is on stands tomorrow, May 5th? Well, it is. And for a measely one dollar, too!
And if you’re in the Austin area and want to save a buck, come on by my favorite comic shop on the planet, Austin Books & Comics, where they’ll be handing out a free copy of iZombie #1 to every customer (over 17 years old) who walks in the door. And if you want me to deface your copy, show up between 4 and 7 PM, when I’ll be on hand with Sharpie at the ready
If you’re not in the Austin area, of course, the first issue will just set you back a buck, so what do you have to lose?
Another great video game propaganda poster from Steve Thomas.
(via) I’m a big old softee, and every now and then I’ll actually get choked up watching a commercial or music video. Here’s a perfect example. It’s a commercial created by Adam & Eve for the UK Retailer John Lewis, showing the life of a customer in a single minute.
It reminds me of the video for Elvis Costello’s Veronica for some reason. Maybe because both show a life from beginning to end, one linear and one nonlinear, or maybe it’s just because I watched that one drunken night a couple of weeks ago and it made me bawl like a baby.
The Vertigo blog Graphic Content has posted a series of questions & answers on a variety of topics with me and my partner in zombie crime, Mike Allred. Just so you know.
Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, and if you’re interested in getting any of your comics defaced by me, I can be easily found at Rogues Gallery in Round Rock, Texas.
Who else will be there? Well, just this lineup of heavy hitters:
*Paul Tobin (Writer: Marvel Adventures, including this year’s Iron Man: Supernova)
*Colleen Coover (Artist on numerous projects, including Marvel Adventures comics)
*Chris Roberson (Writer: Vertigo’s Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love and I, Zombie)
*Paul Benjamin (Writer: Monsters, Inc., Hit Point High & Marvel Adventures Hulk)
*Alan Porter (Writer: Boom! Studios’ Cars)
*Scott Kolins (Writer: Solomon Grundy, Artist: Solomon Grundy, Blackest Night Flash)
*Paul Maybury (Artist: Comic Book Tattoo, Aqua Leung, Popgun)
*Nick Derington (Artist: Popgun, Madman, Catwoman)
*Matt Sturges (Writer: House of Mystery, Jack of Fables)
*Bill Williams (Writer: Angel, Pantheon)
And if you want me to scribble on your piping fresh copies of iZombie #1 next week, I’ll be doing a signing at Austin Books on May 5th, about which more in a little while.