check out this interview by iFanboy.com, recorded on the show floor in Chicago.
my work-frazzled ass shows up at the 19:22 mark.

So, i joined this Amazon Associates program to pimp the books, which allows me to link straight to their site, and it shows the current lowest price and new listing price for each book. Good for you, good for me!

go check out the STORE to browse the trade paperback list!

Here are a few gems from Chicago that i got in my email. Big thanks to Sean, Timothy, and Chad for the support and also for the scans!

a coiffured zombie:


Ghost Rider done for the CBLDF sketch-off auction:


and Heath fighting something tentacle-y:


and Rick liked Chad's FA sketch so much that we had John Rauch color the shit out of it and we're running it as a back cover for an upcoming issue!


See why you should send me scans? you never know, i might turn your small commission into a fancy published piece!

i found this today, and i figure since it's out there, i might as well share it.

Fear Agent 1-10 and Limited edition ashcan bit torrent

and if you download that and like what you see, that material can be found in the following two tpbs, which look handsome on any bookshelf!

Fear Agent vol.1: Re-Ignition
Fear Agent vol.2: My War

Pretty happy with this one.
As always, i had plenty of ideas on how to spend more time on it, but sometimes you just gotta call it walk away.

I won't purport to have been incredibly close to Mike Wieringo, but I talked to him every now and then in email and along the convention circuit, and had an immense amount of respect for him long before i ever met him. He was an incredibly warm and friendly person, and his enthusiasm was infectious, in person and on the printed page.

I don't mean to use Mike's passing as any kind of soapbox here, so forgive me if this seems in bad taste, but the one tragic thing that always stuck out to me about Mike was that he soemtimes seemed unfulfilled by the projects he was on, and seemed to always long to return to creator-owned work. He told me once that he really respected guys who toughed it out in the creator-owned market, and those words still really help give me the strength to soldier on in the lean times. I've often said that life is too short to walk around in other people's footsteps and the sudden loss of such an immense talent has really shaken me, really driving home the fact that none of us know how much time we have in this world. i truly believe that life is too short to not follow your dreams, and especially as an artist, be constantly striving for creative fulfillment and seeking what makes you truly happy.

the above image is a sketch Mike did of Fear Agent's Heath Huston. i will always be touched and honored that he saw something in our creation that sparked him to pick up a pencil for a quick one amidst the heaping workload he always had.

so, to an amazing cartoonist and an even better person, i wish Mike Wieringo godspeed. We'll all miss you down here.

Amory Wars interview up at Newsarama

Newsarama has just put up a quick interview i did regarding my Amory Wars covers.
click the link to CHECK IT OUT.

and here's the cover to #4!