Have I posted the covers+info for Hoxford 4 yet? If not, well it's all below. Hope you dig.
So far, Welcome to Hoxford has been fantastic, thanks in large part to support of IDW and the retailers, ( who I'll be in Vegas next week to thank in person! ). So many, many thanks to you all, and of course the readers themselves. Everyone seems to have been digging the first issue, which is a relief, since I was a bit of a tease with it...The numbers are definitely up on the last "me" project- Wormwood: Calamari Rising. So I guess that's a good thing!
If you've missed 1 there's scant copies left at the distributor level now, despite a significant overprinting, so you'll have "wait for the trade" perhaps if you want the full story soon. Never fear though, there will *be* a trade. It won't be too long in coming.
Comic Summary: Ben Templesmith (w & a & c) The politics of the Pack are becoming a problem as the Werewolves continue to pick off what's left of the surviving inmates. Ray and Doctor Ainley are giving as good as they get in a desperate bid to retrieve the master keys to Hoxford. Meanwhile, the Warden makes his move and sides must be taken. Ultimately, the question remains: whose side is Ray on?
And once again, you quite possibly won't find this book in your local comic book store unless you ask for it. You can even give them the ordering code they'd need to get it in for you. Which is: SEP084111 or SEP084112 for the special cover version.
Yep, I'm putting one of my Hoxford pages on ebay. I probably won't let go of too many but people have been asking me when I/where I'll put them up. I'll have to organize a page with the other pages shortly but for now just this one up on ebay here.
Ink, Acrylic paint, watercolour, pencil and tonal marker on 140gsm tonal gray paper measuring approx 8 x 12 inches. ( A4 size international size )
For now though I'm enjoying the first real R and R I've had in ages. 3 whole days where I don't have to think about work! I'll shortly be off to France, where I'll be a guest of the very awesome people over at Delcourt for the release of Wormwood: Gentleman Zombie over there but more on that later.
The Art of Wormwood comes out in all good comic specialty stores today.
If your retailer didn't get any copies in and you wanted one, better tell them the order code to get a copy in for you quick, before what's left of the print run is goooooone.
The diamond order codes are:
The standard softcover: JUN084067 Signed and numbered Hardcover: JUN084068 Signed, SKETCH EDITION Hardcover: JUN084069
So there you go. Hope you dig it. Basically the last 4 years of my life have been consumed with the Gentleman Corpse.
To celebrate, a great guy named Cyrus Cobain just sent this fantastic little clip in. It's mostly Wormwood, with a little mix of my oldest book, Singularity7 in there as well. ( if you're reading the blog from my main website page just click the link )
Hoxford 2 contest winners! ( And some runnersup! )
The Hoxford 2 advance copies contest is officially OVER.Congrats to Angelique and Jeremy, for their winning photos below. Damn, some of you really put some effort in! Thanks to all who entered!
Here's some others I also really liked. Thanks guys, you'll also be getting something special ( just not my advance copies of 2 ) in the mail.
It's coming in September. Tell your Comic Store it's Diamond Order Code: JUN084075
And yes, were I religiously minded, I'm sure I'd be going to hell for this one. But come on, Jesus would rather appear on toast and oil slicks these days, you think he'd really care?
Send a photo of yourself with a copy of Hoxford 1 and the most creative photo I'll send em on out to. Email me here: contact @ templesmitharts dot com. Will pick the winner a week from today. Also post a bunch of them to the blog ( unless you stipulate you don't want it to and/or there is uh, nudity. )
Hoxford 1 is now out, so if you liked it and still don't know how to make sure you get 2, tell your comics retailer its Diamond Order Code: JUN084075 and they should be able to make sure they get a copy.
If you still *can't* get a copy of 1, as your store sold out or just didn't get any in or you have no store...if you really want you can pay crazy money for the shipping from IDW Publishing as their online store is now selling the issue which comes signed complimentary by me, as I currently work out of the offices here.
Hope those of you who manage to pick it up dig it. Much more to come, when the shit hits the fan in 2 next month.
If you *can't* get a copy, as your store sold out or just didn't get any in or you have no store...if you really want you can pay crazy money for the shipping from IDW Publishing as their online store is now selling the issue which comes signed complimentary by me, as I currently work out of the offices here.
And in addition to a half painted Wormwood cover I posted earlier, here's the rest of the progress shots thus far, that I forgot I should have run before.
So many things to do and blog about, so I'm going to do it all in one post.
Still recovering from my weekend away. Vegas for a birthday party then onwards with no sleep to Atomic Comics for a signing there. Below are some pics. More on my flickr account if so inclined.
By the pool, Vegas
Sausage factory.
Jim Lee, ( actually working ) Some idiot in the middle & Alex Garner on the right.
Birthday dinner
Sadly human flesh was not on the menu this time. A great time was had by all though. Big cheers to Jim.
Next it was off to Atomic Comics in Phoenix for a signing with Niles and Seeley among others. It went rather well I must say, and daym, a brisk trade in Wormwood books was definitely done. Thanks to all who came out, it was great to meet and greet those who actually buy my crazy stuff. Big thanks to Mike Malve for bringing us out.
He tasted like mac and cheese. Mmmm.
I actually signed all of the remaining unsold stock, so if you couldn't make it and still want a signed book, Atomic Comics various stores should still have some! Go ask em where they are if you're in Phoenix!
Currently relaxing after a hectic but fun last few days being in Phoenix and Las Vegas. Pics to come.
Besides Deadspace, which comes out near Halloween, I can't wait for October 7th and what promises to be a new chapter in my favourite all time game experience. Fallout3.
And a big "fuck you" to the Australian censorship board, who've seen fit to ban it in my home country.
A look at what the original art is like. Yes, it's actually hand drawn and only about 20% is really ever done on computer in the end.
I just put the sucker up on ebay, to see if I'm worth anything to anyone anymore. I don't let too many of my precious babies go ( pages of work I both write and draw that's creator owned )
Again, the magical pixie people have brought me gifts in the night, in the form of an advance copy of Dexter Season 2 on DVD.
Actually, I'm just on some list where if you put your hand up, they send you special advance review goodies, so long as you say something about it, good bad or indifferent, they just want to raise awareness this stuff is coming out. Most of it is drok I happily pass on to be honest, but I'm always going to give mad props to the few things I actually really dig. Why you ask? Because there's so bloody little that's actually good, in these days of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan super celebrity retardation. Talent sadly, usually counts for nothing...
Which is why I love Dexter. It's brilliant and well made, and as luck has it, kind of relates to Welcome to Hoxford...in a serial killer sort of way. I don't bother with any US series now that you can't say "fuck" in. Which means I basically only bother with Showtime and HBO stuff. It took me ages to bother watching the first series, after everyone started raving about it, but once I did I was completely sold. Can't wait for season 3 starting up in September now either. So if you've never seen it, I recommend it. It's also very pretty. The way it's filmed, the colours and everything is just great.
The DVD actually also has a couple episodes of The Tudors on it, just to try and sucker you into another Showtime show. As I'm also a geek for history I've kinda been into this one too. ( although it's hardly historically accurate ) It's quite nasty and rude ( there's a great King Henry servant jack off scene ) little series. I hope a bunch of people start watching the show if they like the taste of it on the Dexter DVD.
Anyways, I endorse this product and or service. And this from someone that thinks most US TV is about as entertaining as a venereal disease.
Especially since it finally wipes away the bad taste left in my mouth after watching Hellboy 2. I wanted to vomit after all the hokey dialogue and forced romantic schmaltz.
