Happy Halloween 2008

A mini mixtape to get you in the festive mood. Artwork by Dave Hitchcock.

Winners of the signed Gothic competition are now up on our website HERE.

Accent UK signing in Borders, Liverpool

Just like the poster says, the Accent UK guys will be in store at the Liverpool branch of Borders on Saturday the 25th of October talking about self publishing, signing and selling books.
Leah and I will also be there helping out and scrawling our signatures on things, so please do come down and say hello.

What better Halloween present could there be than a signed copy of Zombies?

You can find full contact details and directions to the shop on the Borders website.

See you soon?

This coming Saturday (the 27th of September) we will be appearing at the Golden Orbit sci-fi, comic and card fair in Manchester.

The fair is being held at the SACHAS HOTEL - Tib Street , Piccadilly, Manchester M4 1SH between noon and 4:30 pm.

Also appearing DC & Marvel artist James Hodgkins, promoting his new book Civilians NIL, and the Accent UK guys will be plying their trade their also.

If you're in the neighbourhood please do stop by, we'll be signing and selling Raise the Dead hardbacks (11 page preview HERE) and we'll be only too happy to sign any other stuff (such as Accent UK anthologies) or just have a bit of a gab.

For more info visit http://www.goldenorbit.co.uk/

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The weekend after that (4th & 5th of October) we'll be at the Birmingham International Comics Show along with the likes of Dave Gibbons, D'Israeli, Mark Buckingham and pretty much everyone else from the comics world you can think of.

We will be signing on Saturday from noon until 1pm accompanied by our old chum and Albion artist/co-creator Shane Oakley.

After that we'll most likely be hanging round the Accent UK table and generally mooching around (somewhere near a bar in all probability).

Of course there's the big launch party on Friday night which we'll definitley be at so maybe we'll see you there first, yeah? Just don't let us get too drunk.

More info at http://www.thecomicsshow.co.uk

Black and white blogs of our buddies

One of the best things about working in comics is that you get to meet, work with and generally hang about with some really talented people. Thanks to the interweb we also get to spy on people and see what they're up to so I thought I'd share a couple of artists Blogs with you - both of whom are good mates of ours.

David Hitchcock is probably best known as the man behind the Eagle Award winning indie sensation Springheeled Jack but we've also had the privilege of collaborating with him several times for the yearly Accent UK anthologies.

Dave is currently working on Gothic - a 48 page tabloid newspaper one-shot re-printing some rare and hard to find material (including some of our collaborations) as well as some brand new stories, all of it presented in beautiful sepia tone.

We always jump at the chance to work with Dave (we've already collaborated on a story for next year's Western anthology) and hope to work with him again soon.

Visit http://davehitchcock.blogspot.com to keep up with what Mr. Hitch is up to.
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Leigh Gallagher started his professional career with Vertigo's The Witching back when Leah and I were doing Wild Girl. However, Leah actually met Leigh years earlier when they studied art together in Liverpool so we've all known each other for a long, long time.

Leigh's big project for the last year or so (and for the foreseeable future) is Defoe - a seventeenth century zombie steampunk romp written by comics legend Pat Mills and published in 2000 AD.


In between rendering crazily detailed zombie smashing machinery and weapons Leigh somehow also finds time to perform art chores on the Lego Bionicle Comic.

Visit http://leighgallagherart.blogspot.com to find out what Leigh is working on at the moment.

Signed edition Raise the Dead contest

RUNNING UNTIL AUGUST 15, Dynamite is giving 1 lucky Grand Prize Winner a copy of the Raise The Dead Hardcover! Be sure to enter today!

Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling, and this signed, oversized hardcover edition reprints the entire 4-issue mini-series! The Signed Edition features tip-in sheets signed by writers Leah Moore and John Reppion, and the Re-Marked Edition features a signature by cover artist Arthur Suydam.

Visit http://www.dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/contest.html to enter.

Signed editions will be on general sale very soon.

New comics and signings coming up soon.

Coming this week from Dynamite Entertainment: The Darkness vs. Eva- Daughter of Dracula #2 (23rd April USA, 24th UK and Europe).

"This crossover of dark and demonic dimensions continues as Eva and Jackie Estacado are drawn together by mysterious forces and when they meet - darkness meets darkness and you can bet there's gonna be a fight"

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As you probably already know, the Bristol Comics Expo is next month, running from the 9th until the 11th. It's probably the single most important yearly event in UK comics and, naturally, we will be there (along with pretty much everyone else involved in British comics).


We'll be signing both Saturday and Sunday from 1-2pm and generally lurking around the Accent UK table for much of the rest of the weekend. Please come and say hello and maybe get you hands on a signed Raise the Dead hardback or two. ;)

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Before Bristol however, we will be doing a little signing back in Leah's hometown of Northampton at Phoenix Comics.


The signing will take place on the afternoon of Thursday the 8th of May at
Phoenix Comics
29 Abington Square,
Northampton,
Northamptonshire
NN1 4AE
UK

If you're in the area then please do pop in and say hello.

Raise the Dead - it really, really is out now!

The Raise the Dead Hardcover edition is definitely, positively, absolutely arriving in shops in the USA on the 27th of February, 2008 (28th in the UK & Europe... I think) which, if I'm not mistaken, is today! Hooray!

If you haven't already reserved your copy (and you like ordering stuff online) you can get a copy from...

>>Forbidden Planet International<< (UK and Europe)
or
>>Amazon.com<< (USA & Canada)

And, just in case you need a bit of encouragement, here are the first 11 pages!!! *drool*

George A. Romero Interview

As some of you might already know, the multi talented chap that is George Khoury is now writing a column for Comic Book Resources entitled POP!

George has a fantastic interview just up with the legendary George A. Romero which he was kind enough let me help out with (a little). With Diary of the Dead soon to be released it seemed like the perfect opportunity to pick the great man's brains.

Visit http://comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=pop&article=2992 to read the interview.

Raise the Dead hardcover out now! [edit]

"[Raise the Dead] thrilled me, captivated me, angered
me in places, and left me thinking, knowing, that as I switched off the light,
and lay alone in the dark, that somewhere out there, was a pair of red glowing
eyes."

-- Max Brooks (author of World War Z and
The Zombie Survival Guide) in his introduction to the Hardcover
edition of Raise the Dead.

Order now from Forbidden Planet International

Also, my 20 questions are now up on "Our Worlds at War". check it out.

L.

Buy Space Doubles #1 online Now!

Ain't It Cool News calls Space Doubles "A treat to read and a must-see for sci fi/horror fans."

Order online now at th3rdworld.com/store, $2.99 an issue.

More Raise the Dead?

A big thanks to everyone who has bought the series and emailed to let Dynamite know how much they enjoyed it.

This was printed in the letters column of Savage Tales #3 recently:

It's not quite official yet, so please keep letting them know if you want to see more Moore & Reppion zombie mayhem.

Cheers

:D

Raise the Dead Hardcover!

RAISE THE DEAD OVERSIZED HARDCOVER COLLECTION

PRICE:

$19.99

DIAMOND ORDER CODE: AUG07 3499

Rating: Teen+
Covers: Arthur Suydam
Writer: Leah Moore & John Reppion
Penciller: Hugo Petrus
Colorist: Ivan Nunes
Genre: HORROR
Awards: None
Publication Date: NOVEMBER, 2007
Format: Comic Book
Rights: WW
Age range: 13-24

Marketing Description: Featuring an introduction from Zombie expert Max (World War Z, Zombie Survival Guide) Brooks!

Dynamite enters the land of the dead with an all-new Zombie tale set in the middle of a full scale zombie infestation! This time though, there's a twist as Dynamite puts the "living" into the living dead! Writers Leah Moore and John Reppion are joined by the newest Dynamite artistic sensation, Hugo Petrus, for this special Zombie event!
From its shocking opening to its ever-evolving cast of doomed humans facing an overwhelming number of the undead, Raise the Dead sets a new standard in horror storytelling - and all the gory details will be presented in full color!
This Over-Sized Hardcover reprints the entire 4-issue mini-series as well as a complete cover gallery featuring Sean Phillips and Arthur Suydam!

"Walking Dead is still a quality read about the emotional toll a zombie apocalypse has on the human spirit, but this is a zombie book that doesn't forget to put the bite into its story."
-- Ain't It Cool News

NOTE: ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR NOVEMBER

Retailer Incentives:
#1: SUYDAM INCENTIVE EDITION

A very busy few weeks.

Over the last few weeks we seem to have been up to all sorts and now that we're into June it's time to stop, take a breath and, well, Blog...

Over the weekend of the 12th and 13th of May we missed the Bristol Comic Expo (for the first time in something like four years) because we had a family wedding to attend.

Lots of people have since informed us that is was the best Bristol ever (which, we hope, had nothing to with our not being there).

Lots of images and even videos (isn't modern technology marvelous?) of the convention can be found here, here and here (and probably loads of other places):
http://flingk.com/10dh84jz
http://flingk.com/15fei7fi
http://www.ndcomicsmag.com/bristolcon/

On Saturday the 19th of May Leah and I headed down/over to Stoke on Trent where our old chum Shane Oakley had somehow managed to wangle us a day as extras in a zombie film called Out of Space. Ostensibly, this was so that I could write a piece for www.RevenantMagazine.com about the film and whole experience (which will be appearing online very soon) but it was also a very good laugh. Very nice popping into the pub over the road for last orders still dressed as zombies afterwards too. The bar man's reaction: "Alright, you doin' a film are you?".

The wife and myself (with photoshop enhanced eyes)

Sickly Suzanne and Icky Oakley

Sunday the 27th of May saw us over in the historic market town of Market Weighton for Giant Bradley Day which I will be writing an article about that will hopefully appear in Fortean Times during the next few months.


In addition to all the historical giant stuff (which I'm saving for the article, obviously) not only did we see what was professed to be the world's biggest garden spade...

...we also had a dream opportunity to take loads of photos of classic cars and produce the following Coop style post (with a uniquely British twist)...



That's right my friends, Morris Minors by the dozen. Look at the engine on this little bugger; that's an Austin designed 0.8 L overhead valve A-Series, unless I'm very much mistaken. A top speed of 63 mph. What a beauty, but I digress.

In addition to all the above mentioned shenanigans we've also completed (this very evening... or is that morning now?) the script for the very first issue of a brand new Dynamite Entertainment/Top Cow crossover series. Details coming soon.

Oh and don't forget, Raise the Dead #3 is out this week so make sure you pick up a copy before it sells out (did that sound too cocky?).

That's it I think. Time for my supper.

J.

Accent UK's Zombies competition

Hooray! It's an actual Moore & Reppion competition! To celebrate the release of Accent UK's Zombies anthology (OUT NOW!) we're giving away two copies of the book.

Since there are two copies of Zombies up for grabs, to make this fair to both arty and non arty types, we'll have two different methods of deciding who gets the book.

Non arty:

Q: In which zombie classic did the now infamous zombie vs. shark scene take place? Email answer (marked Zombies competition) to Moore_Reppion@btinternet.com.

(all correct entries will be put into the hat of fate a winner picked at random)

Arty:

Best picture of myself and/or Leah (or Leah and/or myself... if you see what I mean) as zombies (we don't have to be fighting sharks), posted here in this thread wins the book. There are pictures of us on our Biographies page and probably elsewhere too.

You can enter both the arty and the non arty but you can obviously only win one book. The closing date for entries is Tuesday the 5th of June.

Good luck!

J.

Raise the Dead #2 out today!

Raise the Dead #2 - "The Road to Hell" arrives in shops across the USA today (UK tomorrow).

So far, people seem to be really enjoying the series and we're very happy with the reviews we've read. Some people are trying to put it down a bit, saying that it's "just another zombie book" but they almost always then go on to say that, for a genre book, it's solid, well drawn, well written and works really well. We couldn't ask for more really; we never set out to re-write the book on zombies, we just tried to do the best zombie series we could and we're pretty proud of how it's come out. That's thanks in no small part to our fantastic artist Hugo Petrus of course and our colourist Ivan Nunes. Cheers guys.

You can check out six preview pages from the new issue over on Newsarama.com now.

Make sure you get your copy early, the last issue sold out remember. ;-)

J.

Rtd #1 & ST #1 SOLD OUT!

Yes that's right, the debut issues of both Raise the Dead and Savage Tales (featuring Battle for Atlantis part one) are completely sold out! Not bad, eh?


Raise the Dead #2 will arrive in stores on the 2nd/3rd of May with Savage Tales #2 coming in June - don't forget to reserve your copies.

Raise the Dead and Battle for Atlantis commentaries

The entirety of Battle for Atlantis part one is now online with a page by page commentary by Leah.

>>CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY AND COMMENTARY<<

You can also read part one of Mike Raicht's fantastic story The Elder Things That Fell To Earth (also from Savage Tales #1) complete with commentary >>HERE<<.

There's also a six page preview and commentary from your truly for Raise the Dead #1.

>>CLICK HERE TO READ THE PREVIEW AND COMMENTARY<<

J.

Lots of things by us out this week!

Witchblade - Shades of Gray #1 came out last week and has been selling fast apparently, which is great to hear.

Reviews here: http://www.fanboycomics.biz/sandalareviews.php
and here: http://www.popsyndicate.com/index.php

More Info

Raise the Dead #1 came out in the US yeasterday and we already have a review: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php

More Info

Savage Tales #1 also came out in the US yesterday too , Also reviewed at : http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php

More Info

We have already seen the last page of art for our story in Nevermore by Selfmadehero, we have seen the first four pages of coloured art for our Gene Simmons House of Horrors story, and we have seen lots and lots of beautiful art on the rest of the Witchblade and Raise the Dead issues. to be honest its getting a bit scary.

if you buy any of this stuff then please do come and let me know what you made of it. We always want to know how far off the mark (or how close to it) we have been.

L

We Want You for the Zombie Army!

This is a classic example of how things can get out of hand on the internet...

A while back Leah and I were interviewed for the Forbidden Planet International Blog and our interviewer, Joe Gordon, made some reference to my zombie army. Actually... It must have started before that, but even I can't remember how or why now... Anyway, as a result of these references John Freeman put together the above logo/design using some artwork by Paul Harrison Davies.
The joke was that there were going to be t-shirts made for members of the Army to proudly wear. The thing is, now they actually exist...

John Freeman is selling them in his Cafe Press Shop!

I have to say that I'm a little bit scared by the whole thing and find it hard to imagine people actually wanting to join my Zombie Army but it takes all sorts doesn't it?

Therefore, I make the following pledge: I promise to buy a pint (or other beverage of choice) for anyone who comes up to me at a signing/convention wearing one of these t-shirts and if you want to send us a picture of yourself wearing your RZA t-shirt then we'll happily display it on our website.

Just don't hurt me...

J.