Popgun vol. 4 will be out in February 2010!

This time we give you even more pages than before, but at the same price! 512 pages jam packed with stories from today's innovators of the comics medium.

LOVE BUZZ 22 page preview online at onipress.com!

http://onipress.com/display.php?type=bk&id=378

Letters by yours truly. In fact, I'm finishing up the book today. It's scheduled for release on my birthday. Nice coincidence. :)

Love Buzz

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Click to enlarge		Author(s): Len Wallace Michelle Silva Dave Tuney
		$14.95     Available 11/11
22-page preview!

Genres: Slice-of-Life, Comedy, Drama

Rating: T

Pages: 168

Format: 6x9" - Trade Paperback

ISBN: 978-1-934964-21-7

Diamond Code: SEP09 0946

Book Description What if the one that got away kept coming back? Norm Raymer, an aspiring comic artist, has a turbulent relationship with Maggie. With their passionate ups and chaotic downs, is this love, or a youthful lust? For better or worse, Norm and Maggie must discover whether or not they can ever really make it as a normal couple. Can you really be a normal couple when your whole life is just fodder for your comic book? A new romantic comedy graphic novel for young comic nerds in love.

Available 11/11

The Guns of Shadow Valley chapter 2 has begun!

Almost forgot to post about it. This week, sees the start of the second chapter of the kickass Western-with-supernatural-elements THE GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY by Jim Clark and Dave Wachter. I'm lettering.

http://www.gunsofshadowvalley.com/

New Contropussy storyline starts today with #16

Check it out:

http://www.contropussy.com

Contropussy fan art

This looks really cool:

http://tacokat.blogspot.com/2009/09/contropussy.html

My current lettering portfolio

For those of you interested in such things:

http://www.thomasmauer.com/mauer_lettering-portfolio-2009-09-18_lowres.pdf

A Contropussy fan poem

http://jayswordvomit.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9E794250953FF358!209.trak

So cool!

Also, the Joss'd podcast discusses the webcomic.

An AWAKENING review (including some nice words about yours truly)

http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/08...h-archaia.html

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One publisher I've meant to cover on Graphic Novel Friday for awhile but haven't, due to that aforementioned press of books, is Archaia. Archaia consistently publishes quality work, and they have three new titles this year that should hit a number of different reader sweet spots--from talking mice to zombies to mythology...

Awakening by Nick Tapalansky, Alex Eckman-Lawn, and Thomas Mauer - Billed as existential horror, this moody, sometimes disturbing graphic novel uses a dark but expressive color palate along with photo-realistic renderings of backgrounds to achieve a gritty, atmospheric tension. I can't say that the detective element or the zombie element are that unique, but in combination they create a powerful effect. The city of Park Falls has been haunted by a series of murders and disappearances. A retired police detective sets out to investigate, only to find the cause isn't your "normal" serial killer. Thomas Mauer, the letterer, gets equal billing with the writer and artist, and it's easy to see why: the lettering is superb, and contributes to the success of the brooding and eerie settings. Mauer's influence on the success of Awakening is particularly evident in the way he handles the "voice-over" text and other layering effects. If you like hardboiled and you don't mind zombies and situations that will make the ttle hairs on the back of your neck stand on end, Awakening's adult approach to crime and to the supernatural should be a good fit.

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