Thunderbolt Jaxon TPB out now!

"From the world of Albion"...

Written by Dave Gibbons; Art by John Higgins; Cover by Gibbons

Collecting the 5-issue re imagining of a classic British hero! Jack, Billy and Saf are three ordinary, adventurous kids who make a startling discovery: a mystical Norse relic from the fourth century. All is well as they take their newly found treasure home — unaware that it will lead to the rebirth of legendary British hero, Thunderbolt Jaxon!

Wildstorm Signature Series | 128pg. | Color | Softcover |

Buy it now in >>OUR AMAZON SHOP<<.

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.

House of Horrors previews/interview

Read the interview and see the preview pages >>HERE<<

Leah Interviewed on DragonsKeep.com

Click >>HERE<< to read the interview.

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.

Gene Simmons' House of Horrors coming in July 2007

Here's a little teaser for our story courtesy of that sick, sick man Jeff Zornow.

Click to enlarge image

Visit www.simmons-comics.com for more info and look out for previews and interviews coming soon on www.comicon.com/pulse

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.

Witchblade - SoG #1 Release Date(s)

According to the Diamond Shipping List for 21st of March 2007 issue one of Witchblade - Shades of Gray should be hitting the stands in the USA in one weeks time (arriving in the UK and Europe the next day).

Hope you've pre-ordered your copy. ;-)

Post P-Con 4

Last weekend saw the fourth annual Phoenix Convention take place in Dublin, Ireland and I'm happy to report that it was even better than last year's event.

Kim Newman.

2007's guest of honour was Kim Newman and somehow I ended up being the interviewer. Sadly, the dictaphone which I ordered specially to record the interview didn't arrive in time so I haven't actually got any way of transcribing the thing. Anyway, rest assured that it went very well.

John interviewing Kim.

Other guests included the editorial team from Albedo 1, Michael Carroll, Paul Cornell, Raven Dane, George Green, Conor Kostick, Oisin McGann, Juliet E McKenna, Ken MacLeod, Deborah J. Miller, C E Murphy, John W Sexton and Charlie Stross. And there were many, many very enjoyable and informative talks on subjects as varied as "Around the Writer's Block" and "Zombies".

C. E. Murphy and her husband Ted.

Leah and Paul Cornell.

Micheal Carroll, Leonia and Danielle.

There was even an "Alan Moore Show and Tell" curated by our old friend Mr. Pádraig Ó Méalóid which Leah was roped into (as a helper, not an exhibit).

Pádraig showing off.

During a weekend of meeting lots of new people and catching up with old friends I was especially pleased to make the acquaintance of Mr. Brian J. Showers whose Swan River Press chapbooks and Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin I now heartily recommend.



All in all we had a fantastic time (for which we thank new P-Con chairman and organiser Frank Darcy) and sincerely hope that we get asked back again in the future.

If you can get over to Dublin in early April (when I believe the con is being held) next year then you should definitely check out P-Con 5 with guest of honour Catie Murphy.

J.

Accent UK Zombies Update

Cover by Steve Bissette.

Comic book legend Stephen R. Bissette is amongst the contributors to the upcoming Accent UK anthology (now scheduled for release in May 2007) and has just posted his truly awesome cover for the volume over on his Blog.

"Hey, folks, Bissette horror comics are back!

Well, sort of.

Here's my cover art for the upcoming Accent UK anthology Zombies, just in from editors Dave West and Colin Mathieson. Their designer Andy Bloor took my black-and-white original (after Dave and Colin chose their favorite of the three potential cover images I submitted) and dressed it up with this straightforward bullseye-to-the-cornea use of color, which works beautifully.

Kudos to you, Andy! I love it." [READ MORE]

There are lots and lots of preview pages already online at www.AccentUKComics.com with new stuff being added every day.

Are you excited? We are!

J.

Raise the Dead Press

The mighty Dynamite press machine is rolling along and we're cropping up everywhere talking about Raise the Dead.

Have a look at these for starters:

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=98005

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/003114512.cfm

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9401

The interviews also feature some exclusive, never before seen artwork from issue one.

Just to whet your appetite, here's a sneak peek at Arthur Suydam's fantastic cover for issue #2.



J.

A little piece of Albion...

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit Shane Oakley's Blog and buy Albion artwork.

Shane Oakley is now selling original artwork from the series plus some of his concept sketches over on his Blog at www.ShaneOakley.blogspot.com. Albion fans should definitely get over there and bag some pages before it's too late.

Click on the screen shot (above) to read our Publisher's Weekly interview.

In other Albion related news: Leah and I have been interviewed about the TPB edition over on the Publisher's Weekly site (how professional does that make us feel? Very).

J.

New "Link To Us" Banner

Yes, we've got a brand spanking new banner thanks to the multi talented Mister Michael Molcher.

To use the banner on your own web page, Blog, LiveJournal, MySpace, message board, etc simply cut and paste the code below.

HTML

<a href="http://www.MooreReppion.com/" target="_blank"><img
src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/moore_reppion/linktous.gif"
border="0" alt="Visit www.MooreReppion.com"></a>

BBC

[url=http://www.MooreReppion.com]
[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/moore_reppion/linktous.gif[/IMG]
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If you do link to us, please drop us an email, pop onto the message board or leave a comment below.

Cheers.

New Bryan Talbot For 2007

Just received an email form the stupidly talented Bryan Talbot letting us know that he's going to be back in a big way in 2007 with a whole heap of new stuff (he's even doing some 2000 AD cover work apparently).

ALICE IN SUNDERLAND is out mid-February in the States from Dark Horse, 5th April from Jonathan Cape here in the UK.


Sunderland! Thirteen hundred years ago it was the greatest centre of learning in the whole of Christendom and the very cradle of English consciousness. In the time of Lewis Carroll it was the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. To this city that gave the world the electric light bulb, the stars and stripes, the millennium, the Liberty Ships and the greatest British dragon legend came Carroll in the years preceding his most famous book, Alice in Wonderland, and here are buried the roots of his surreal masterpiece. Enter the famous Edwardian palace of varieties, The Sunderland Empire, for a unique experience: an entertaining and epic meditation on myth, history and storytelling and decide for yourself‹does Sunderland really exist?

From Bryan Talbot, the acclaimed creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and The Tale of One Bad Rat, comes Alice in Sunderland, a graphic novel unlike any before. Funny and poignant, thought-provoking and entertaining, traditional and experimental, whimsical and polemical, Alice in Sunderland is a heady cocktail of fact and fiction, a sumptuous and multi-layered journey that will leave you wondering about the magic that¹s waiting to be unlocked in the place where you live.

• Alice in Sunderland is parochial in its focus - but not in content. I believe anyone interested in the way history is formed and, in itself, forms culture, character and a sense of place will be entranced by it. ‹John Tufail, Carrollian scholar

• The narrative and artwork are magic and the structure is magisterial² ‹Leo Baxendale, The Father of British comics

The Next is THE NAKED ARTIST, my first prose book! And my last, after I'm stoned to death by indignant comic creators:


THE NAKED ARTIST: COMIC BOOK LEGENDS

Written by: Bryan Talbot
Cover and interior Art: Hunt Emerson
128pgs, b/w, squarebound, 6² x 9², $11.95
ISBN: 1-933076-25-9, (13 digit) 978-1-933076-25-6

Release date: June/July 2007
Publisher: Moonstone

The book you've all been waiting for! THE NAKED ARTIST is an outrageous collection of the unreported exploits of comic creators, the stories only usually told late at night between the hallowed walls of convention pro bars! EISNER AWARD WINNER Bryan Talbot brings you the anecdotes, funny, shocking and downright weird, told about your favorite comic writers and artists, from Simon Bisley to Neil Gaiman, from Grant Morrison to Jeff Smith!
("Oh shit!" thinks everyone who has ever been pissed with Bryan "he wouldn't put that in... would he?")

It had me guffaw out loud, something this jaded observer rarely does these days. The story of Will Eisner reluctantly giving up his old coat brought a wide smile too.

Denis Kitchen

It's really bloody funny and a rattling good read.

Si Spencer

"Heroes! Villains! Action! Suspense! Humor! Alcohol!"

Dave Gibbons

Write whatever the hell you like and I'll swear I've said it!

Will Eisner

Bryan Talbot, super!

Harvey Kurtzman


And last, but not least, CHERUBS! (which sounds fantastic from what Bryan has told us of it!)

Visit the links below for more details!

http://www.bryan-talbot.com

Alice in Sunderland home page:

http://www.bryan-talbot.com/alice/index.html

Luther Arkwright site:

http://www.modernvikings.com/luther-arkwright

LUTHER ARKWRIGHT WEBCOMIC:

http://www.bryan-talbot.com/lutherarkwright/

AARGH Cash for Stonewall

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the Stonewall website.

We sold the last signed copy of AARGH today and donated £377.00 to the Stonewall Education For All campaign.

Thanks to everyone who bought a copy and gave their support. Don't forget, we're still selling unsigned AARGHs though and the money we raise will continue to go to Stonewall.

Cheers

J&L

New Interview On FP Blog

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the FP Blog

Joe Gordon over at Forbidden Planet was kind enough to invite Leah and I to be his first interviewees of 2007. We don't always Blog about our interviews ('cause it might make us seem a bit self involved... or something...) but the main reason for doing so in this case is the fact that we still haven't got around to Blogging about either the G-Mex Collectormania con or the Bristol Comic con from last year and we bought/were given some cool new comics at both which we've been wanting to namecheck for a while now. Plus, it's quite a cool interview as Joe knows how to get us rambling on and on.

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=2350

J.

AARGH Update.

Only ONE signed AARGH left! Scoot over to the Shop now and stake your claim.
Don't worry too much though; there are still plenty of unsigned books left.

J.

THE END IS NIGH! coming to a radio near you!

The End Is Nigh... Again is a one-off Radio Four show presented by Clive Anderson which will be aired on New Year's Eve (Sunday, 31 December) at 1.30pm.

It includes an interview with THE END IS NIGH! editor Mike Molcher about apocalyptic predictions and their growth on the internet.

Make sure you put your feet up and tune in!!

13:30: The End Is Nigh... Again
Grim prophecies about the end of the world, some more scientific than others, have proved almost as enduring as the world itself. Clive Anderson talks to the experts in an attempt to establish how long we might have before catastrophe overwhelms us all.

Radio Four homepage

Blogs and links and missing months...

Well, here's hoping you all had a very merry Xmas and that you're gearing up for a mental/quiet New Year's celebration (depending on your personal preference) in a few days time.

2006 seems to have been the shortest year of my life so far but, paradoxically, it seems to have been jam packed with stuff too. Leah and I have done more writing this year than ever before and we're due to be doing even more in the coming months (and hopefully for the foreseeable future); it's beginning to sink in that this is actually a viable career and that we might actually be able to keep our heads above water and make a living. Which is nice.

Thanks to everyone who has helped us out and supported us over the last twelve months (and the proceeding ones). This obviously includes our families but also our friends and in particular some of the new friends who we have been fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of via our work. Thanks to all the lovely folk who invited us places, let us sleep on their couches, cooked us breakfast, took us to the pub and generally looked after us and treated us like people who do a real job instead of dossers who just make stuff up. Your psychological support should not be underestimated; we need to believe that we are writers and that people are reading the stuff we do in order to grow and continue and you're the people who help to make it all seem a bit more realistic. Cheers.

In amongst all this aforementioned busyness we have neglected to make time to keep on top of updating our links page and our (fairly newly expandable and contractible) Blog Roll; there are loads of cool sites and Blogs that we want to acknowledge and point you towards but we never seem to find the time. New Year's resolution number one: find time to spread the linkage. And I will, starting now...

The multi talented and just plain bloody marvelous chap that is Lew Stringer has just started a Blog over at http://lewstringer.blogspot.com, why not head over and benefit from his wisdom?

Click on the screenshot (above) to visit Lew's Blog.

All the very best for 2007.

J.

Raise the Dead

Yeah, you guessed it... we've got a zombie series coming out! How @*&%ing cool is that?

Coming in March 2007 from Dynamite Entertainment.
Written by Moore & Reppion.
Art by Hugo Petrus.
Covers by Arthur Suydam and Sean Phillips.

Download an exclusive wallpaper here: www.dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/downloads.html

Albion TPB Release Dates

There's been a bit of confusion about the dates for the trade (not least because I keep telling everyone that its definitely not out until January 2007) but, having had it explained to me, I'm here to give you the correct info.

The trade will be released through DC on the 20th of December 2006 in the US and a second version will be released through Titan on the 26th of January 2007 here in the UK.

Hope that clears things up, and sorry you Brits won't be getting and Albion annual for Xmas.
We've just been sent loads of cool PDFs of all the fantastic extras that are going into the collection and they look ace .

If you live in the US, the UK or anywhere else for that matter, you can pre-order the Albion TPB now through our AMAZON SHOP.

J.

World AIDS Day 2006

Click on the screenshot (above) to visit the World AIDS Day site.

Strange Attractor Journal 3 OUT NOW!

Strange Attractor Journal Three is out this week featuring an article by John. The piece tells of an all but forgotten eccentric philanthropist who built a series of intricate and unmapped tunnels under the city of Liverpool only a century and half ago.

You can order the book direct through our site for just £9.23 by visiting OUR AMAZON SHOP

For more info visit www.strangeattractor.co.uk

Book of Monsters OUT NOW!

Today sees the release of the Dark Horse Book of Monsters which features work by comic book luminaries like Mike Mignola, Jill Thompson and Kurt Busiek... and US!

We have an eight pager entitled "The Horror Beneath" with art by Timothy "Swamp Thing" Green.

You can order the book direct through our site for just £7.60 by visiting OUR AMAZON SHOP

More info at www.darkhorse.com

Signed AARGHs For Sale!

"AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) was a one-off comic book anthology published by Mad Love in 1988. The comic was designed to aid the fight against Clause 28, which was a controversial amendment to British local authorities which was designed to outlaw the promotion of homosexuality." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARGH

Although Clause 28 was eventually repealed in 2003, discrimination is something that millions of gay, bisexual and transgendered people still have to suffer everyday. All the money we raise by selling AARGHs will be donated to Stonewall (http://www.stonewall.org.uk/), an organisation dedicated to campaigning for equality and justice for gay people in the United Kingdom.
Stonewall are also instrumental in the Education for All campaign (http://www.stonewall.org.uk/education_for_all/), tackling homophobia and homophobic bullying in schools.

We have a limited number of AARGHs for sale at £7 each (plus P&P) Also, we have just 20 copies of AARGH which have been signed by all three founding members of Mad Love Publishing (Alan Moore, Phyllis [Moore] and Deborah Delano). The signed books cost just £15 each (plus P&P).

Please note that both items are restricted to only two of each per customer. These books were produced to benefit a charity cause, we are not supplying them for retail purposes.

Visit our AARGH page for more info and to purchase your copy (please note that, if you are ordering from outside the UK, you will receive a separate bill for additional postage after your initial order)

Cheers

John & Leah

Springheeled Jack Hardcover

Writer and artist David Hitchcock has released a hardback edition of his Eagle Award winning series Springheeled Jack.
The Victorian gothic fantasy series received much high praise from readers and comic professionals in its initial three issue run and this book titled 'Strange Visitor' collects these issues plus the hard to find 'The Last Chapter' previously only available to lucky fans at Bristol's Comic Convention in 2005. The book also showcases many of David's sketches on the series and a tantilising glimpse into the production of the artwork.

Limited to just 500 copies the standard book can be bought for just £10 (including postage and packaging) but as usual with David's comic work he is offering a range of special offers on this new collection.

The first 20 orders will receive a fantastic original drawing with the book!
Plus for £13 you can order one of eighty copies that will be numbered and signed by David and will include a limited tipped in plate illustration.

For orders and availability on the limited editions you can contact David directly by e-mail at black_boar1@yahoo.com

or by sending a cheque made payable to David Hitchcock to
SHJ, Gunhills Farm,
Gunhills Lane,
Windley,
Derbyshire
DE56 2LR.

To see more of David's work check out his website at www.blackboar.co.uk

We've worked with Dave in the past on projects for Accent UK (the second of which will be published in their "Zombies" anthology early next year) and we definitely hope to work with him again in the future and he's a stupidly talented man.

BUY THIS BOOK!

J&L

Witchblade - Shades Of Gray

Dynamite press release:

WITCHBLADE: SHADES OF GRAY #1 (OF 4)

WRITTEN BY LEAH MOORE AND JOHN REPPION, ART BY STEPHEN SEGOVIA; COVERS BY BILLY (X-Men) TAN with DEAN (THE LONE RANGER/New Avengers) WHITE (50%?), E-BAS (25%) AND STEPHEN SEGOVIA (25%).

MSRP: $3.50

Shrouded in mystery, the Witchblade has known many friends and many foes in its long history, but it has never faced such a mystery as the troubled Dorian Gray! Now, the two meet in a special DYNAMITE/TOP COW CROSSOVER EVENT!

In the first issue, we follow Detective Sara Pezzini and her new rookie partner as they race to stop a murdering madman. Waiting and watching in the shadows is the enigmatic Gray who may or may not be the murderer they seek! With the action spanning the globe as well as exploring Gray’s coloured past, this is an event not to be missed!

Featuring a story that spans the ages from the deft hands of writers Leah Moore and John Reppion, WITCHBLADE: SHADES OF GRAY also features the debut of Stephen Segovia and an all-star roster of cover artists, including Billy Tan, E-Bas and Segovia!

Read more about the announcement on Newsarama here: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=89779

Read an interview with us on Newsarama here: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=89872

irrepressible.info

Click on the screen shot (above) to visit http://irrepressible.info

Irrepressible Adj. 1) Impossible to repress or control.

Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information.

The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression.

Amnesty International, with the support of The Observer UK newspaper, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress.

Find out more about this campaign