KATMAN copies arrive!

May 4th, 2009

I’m always amazed how the binding process transforms the work. This won’t hit the stores until September but copies are going out to reviewers soon.
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camp girls

March 24th, 2009

I’m 65 pages into the thumbnails (if your thumb is 7 x10.5 inches)
on the next book. Here’s a little character sketch.
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KATMAN at printer, releases Fall 2009 from Henry Holt for Young Readers

January 22nd, 2009

Here’s the final, final cover:
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And here the back cover text:

Expelled into the hot, empty streets, fifteen-year-old Kit takes to feeding the stray cats that haunt the forgotten and unseen spaces of his town. There he also meets Jess, a manga-loving punk stuck with heavy-metal headbangers. But the pack can only hold for so long once she creates Katman, a ferocious shape-shifting stand-in for Kit’s quiet version of heroism. Not that he thinks of himself as a hero. After all, heroes don’t typically lie, steal, and hang out with crazy people.

Exploring themes of abandonment, reluctant responsibility, and the transformative power of art, KATMAN tells the story of two people forced to make a choice: Is it cooler to care about something, someone, or nothing at all?

And, finally, a preview (click on image to see larger):

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Real Cost of Prisons reviews coming in

December 18th, 2008

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“Teaching with the Real Cost of Prisons Comix has been one of the most meaningful experiences I have had as an educator. I absolutely recommend this book…” (Here)
“The illustrations, all in stark black and white, are paired beautifully with the text.” (Here)
“As a book, it is beautiful and genuinely entertaining in its own right, the veritable launching pad of a new artistic/political press. As an organizing tool, it is perhaps a great deal more.” (And here)

The Labyrinth

December 11th, 2008

Here’s a nifty show I’m in. 51 artists, each addressing, in an 8 x 8 ft. space, the idea of the Labyrinth as a metaphor for our confusing, complex national/global situation. It’s at Exit art at 36th and 10th ave. and opens Sunday the 14th (3-9pm) but the public can drop in an see the artists at work. here’s some pics:
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Lil’ Bigfoot

November 19th, 2008

My old friend (and shadow editor) Scott Cunningham has launched a hilarious, “kid-friendly,” webcomic. Check it out (here.)

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Real Cost Collected

October 15th, 2008

The Real Cost of Prison Comix series I did an issue of (Prison Town) has been collected into one highly informative, perfect bound, collection by PM press. It also has comics by fellow WW3 contributors/editors Sabrina Jones and Susan Willmarth, who also did the cover. You can check it out (here.)

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Best American Comics 2008

September 17th, 2008

I’m incredibly honored to have BLINDSPOT included in Houghton Mifflin’s latest collection. This year was edited by Lynda Barry, which makes the honor especially sweet as I’ve loved her work forever. It’s out now and I’m anxiously awaiting my own copy. Order your’s now!
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Summer Leisure

August 12th, 2008

This vision of a future summer just popped into my head and then out of my hand.
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Tweaked cover

July 21st, 2008

The designer at Holt had some great suggestions to improve my cover. You can click “Katman” in the categories to see the “before.”
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