IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Pulp Girls and Wolves

Still digging out from Comic-Con (and Wizard Comic-Con is only 6 days away!!)...

I put a brief con recap on my DeviantArt journal, but there were a couple web updates today to share...

1) Pulp Girls (as well as Dan Mendoza's Zombie Tramp) got some love over on the Comic Monsters website, a cool destination if you dig horror, and comics, natch ;)
Check that out HERE

2) WolvesofOdin.com debuts the new ongoing Wolves of Odin webcomic sequel to the SRG Presents: Wolves of Odin OGN from last November, starting today!
Check out the updates HERE

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Grant Gould, rockstar!

Grant Gould, creator of SRG Presents Wolves of Odin, has a super fan, Jarmo from Finland...
He's super because he does things like taking the time to create 4 minute YouTube videos promoting Grant, and not only that, half the video showcases Wolves of Odin. So, check it out, because of course Wolves is cool, but ya know, so is Grant, and you can peek at his awesome 2009 sketchbook and some of his other non Wolves artwork!!

SUPER REAL NOTES: Wolves in stores today!

Ease on down to your local comic shop and check out the latest Super Real Graphics offering, SRG PRESENTS: THE WOLVES OF ODIN!

The latest creator-owned OGN is by Grant Gould and features VIKINGS VS WEREWOLVES... huh! wha? Oh my!?! :o

If you don't score a copy, get your retailer to order one post haste via the handy dandy Diamond order code SEP084260

Or, if you live in the boonies, or some undeveloped corner of the globe, use this here Internet thing and make it yours instantly!!!

Either via the SRG store (a trusted source in SRG ware since ought five) HERE

Or the online retail giant, Amazon.com HERE

And then HERE's where you can learn all about our tale of Norse mythology turned Lycan...

No excuses!
I want full reports back to me in the morning!

SUPER REAL NOTES: Making comics

So, want to be a part of the glamorous world of comic book publishing?

You might have heard me talk about a book I'm publishing, Super Real Graphics Presents: The Wolves of Odin? It's due out later this month.

As it's full color, and perfect bound (i.e. it has a spine) the books are printed overseas (so that the price is affordable). With it printed on another continent (you know, like Africa, as in not a country, not actually Africa either, but a different continent folks) that means the books must ship to our part of the world, and since we're doing this all in the effort of cost, that means by boat.

So, you're printing overseas, and shipping the books back to America (which also means longer lead times btw), you don't just need to get the books to the US, but to you and your distributor specifically. Being located on the west coast, Portland Oregon, you'd think they could ship the books to you, but no dice. Seattle is as close as they can boat the freight, it then has to move by land to you (or Diamond). Well, when I first used an overseas printer, moving the freight 175 miles south from Seattle to Portland was only a small extra amount, but when I printed SRG Presents Gnome this spring, the prices had gone up, drastically. So, it was an extra $600 to move the freight to me (and then, again, I still have to ship copies to Diamond on top of that). So, that means I have to drive up to Seattle, in my Jeep Cherokee, and pick up the books myself, and save about $500. A tank or so of gas, and about 6 hours work, makes it all worth it.

So, after chasing down the freight for days (once it gets' to the states, it then has to clear customs, and that requires the printer and freight companies all working together, and sharing proper documentation etc, which, in this case, they didn't) today was the first I could get to the books, and since they're due in shops this month, and have to ship to Diamond, and then move to their proper distribution centers, before shipping to shops, time is of the essence. Well, it just happened that today we were in the midst of 2 days of rain storms...
Yes, it rains allot in the Northwest, and especially on that stretch of I-5, but our rain is normally of the lighter variety, so monsoon downpours were just a nice touch :)

Here's my Jeep, with the full thousand pound, 31 case, pallet loaded inside, straight from the forklift...
Just a glimpse into the fabulous life of comic publishing.
Any way, the good news is, Wolves of Odin is on it's way!

IN CASE U MISSED IT: Wolves on Newsarama!

The latest SUPER REAL GRAPHICS PRESENTS graphic novella, THE WOLVES OF ODIN by Grant Gould (Star Wars the Clone Wars online), has a feature interview with both Grant and myself, currently live on comics biggest news site, Newsarama!

Check it out HERE

SUPER REAL NOTES - SRG Presents: Wolves of Odin ORDER NOW

Don't forget the awesome new Super Real Graphics Presents graphic novella I'm publishing this November, Grant Gould's THE WOLVES OF ODIN is available in the current Diamond Previews catalog, September 08, for ordering now (in “comics and graphic novels” section, on page 318, following a full page ad on page 317)

Here's a sneak peek at 6 pages from the book:





Super Real Graphics Presents: THE WOLVES OF ODIN
By Grant Gould
64 pages, digest sized (6x9), Full Color, $7.50
DIAMOND ORDER CODE SEP08 4260
ISBN-13:978-0980249811

Remember to place your orders with comic book shops now, via the Previews catalog and Diamond order code SEP08 4260

IN CASE U MISSED IT: Wolves on Newsarama!

With such an exciting new book coming from my new publishing line, Super Real Graphics Presents, home of the debut book Gnome, the upcoming book The Wolves of Odin from creator Grant Gould has a nice interview/feature on the blog@Newsaram...

Check it out HERE

SDCC 08 plans and goodies galore!

Well folks, the ginormous event that is San Diego Comic-Con is upon us, and I have tons of stuff planned for the show...

First, we'll have all issues of Super Real, and copies of Super Real Graphics Presents: Gnome, naturally.

In addition to that, I'll have the last of my 08 sketchbooks, new custom sketch cards to do sketch card commissions on, and also, I'll be giving one out with each purchase of my stuff with a quick head shot.
Then we've also got all the upcoming publishing stuff...
From the new Super Real Graphics Presents volume, The Wolves of Odin by creator Grant Gould, we'll have limited edition preview books.
And the from my new project that I'm unveiling at the show, PULP GIRLS (a mix of exploitation cinema and pulp hero inspired concepts, created mostly by me, and featuring tons of cool artists, but all with a girl centric twist), I'll have limited to 100 copies preview books, featuring 3 covers.
I'll also have a slew of prints for Pulp Girls too, including a limited to 25 edition print of Josh Howard's concept for the project, Stitches.

Additionally, creators Dave Dwonch, Grant Gould, Josh Howard, and Hector Sevilla should be on hand to do signings, just check at the table for times.

All this will be going on at space S16 in the small press pavilion, so please come by and say hello, pick up some stuff, or get a sketch!

If you can't make the show, most of the items are available directly from me/SRG, so just send me an email.

Please visit the brand new Super Real Graphics News Blog (your source fall all information on the different SRG products) and the respective pages for the different titles for more info, or my gallery for more peeks at my exciting new project, Pulp Girls, with much more info to come on that!

VIKINGS VS WEREWOLVES?!?!

Anyone?

Well friends, my new volume of Super Real Graphics Presents is official. It's been in the works for a while now, and I've been dying to spill about it, but the book is now setup with Diamond, so it's time to start talking it up...

The newest volume of innovative creator-owned graphic novella's is from my friend, Grant Gould!

Grant's a longtime freelance genre artist, known for his sketch cards and works for Lucasfilm etc, and when he started teasing a little project with Viking werewolves, it really caught my eye... now I'm lucky enough to help bring that comic book to the world.

The book is called THE WOLVES OF ODIN and is a mix of Lord of the Rings style fantasy, Norse mythology, and Werewolves!


You can check out more info on the book, and get on the newsletter for updates, as it makes it's way to comic book shops this November (which means it's in the September PREVIEWS catalog, which is out to shops the last week of August for preorders) via the all new Wolves of Odin blog/website HERE

Not final cover art

I'm really excited about Wolves, Grant's art is just great, and the story here is simply amazing!! It also makes a nice transition from the first SRG Presents volume, Gnome, and fits perfectly with the line.

So, that's 2 Super Real Graphics Presents books for you to choose from, and with a little luck, more on the way in 2009!! Maybe even something by this Jason Martin guy that does Super Real...

Check it out, get on the newletter, and STAY TUNED!