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Dark Horse Presents #35 with the final chapter of our story is on sale tomorrow.
Brent Schoonover dropped another "Integer City" page over on his Tumblr. Isn't it pretty? Colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu.
Current Soundtrack: Eno/Hyde, "The Satellites"
Lots of big things happening in my comic book world this week, so let's do one big post.
May 3 come see myself, Joëlle Jones, and Mike Norton at Zeus Comics in Dallas, TX, to celebrate Free Comic Book Day. If all goes well, I'll have advance copies of Madame Frankenstein #1.
Speaking of, here is another sneak peek of the book. Remember, orders are due to comic shops by this coming Monday, April 14. That's when Image Comics will set the print run. So far, the response has been phenomenal, for which Megan Levens and I both thank you, but please don't hesitate to let your favorite comic book shop know you're interested and encourage them to order heavy. The stronger the start, the better we have to build from.
Image has also added a series page to their website.
Power to the monster! Two panels from Madame Frankenstein #1.
Comixology has the first two chapters of Archer Coe & the Thousand Natural Shocks available as $0.99 downloads. We'll be updating their site with a new chapter every Tuesday and Thursday for the next six weeks, totalling 14 chapters in all, until the whole thing is online. The story was always intended to be serialized online, so reading it this way, you'll get the full cliffhanger effect.
Subscribe to the whole series.
And don't forget you can order the print version from your local comics retailer.
Digital chapter head for the Comixology version of Archer Coe & the Thousand Natural Shocks.
Dark Horse Presents #35 is on sale next Wednesday, featuring the final chapter of “Integer City.” This is the opening page. I wrote the story, Brent Schoonover created the line art, Jean-Francois Beaulieu colored it, and Crank! lettered it. It was a lot of fun to create, and the response seemed positive.
And e-mail dhp@darkhorse.com to let them know you want to see this story collected and continued. Mark it “okay to print” if you don’t mind being in their letters column.
Opening page from "Integer City" chapter 6, the big finale, coming in Dark Horse Presents #35, April 16.
Current Soundtrack: A playlist of Neptunes productions on Spotify
Dark Horse Presents #34 is on sale this coming Wednesday, 3/19. It features the fifth chapter of "Integer City." Only one more left to go!
As always, art is by the excellent team of Brent Schoonover, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, and Crank.
Did you see Brent's amazing work in the digital Adventures of Superman issue last week? He collaborated with Joe Keatinge, Ming Doyle, and Nick Filardi. Download Adventures of Superman #46 via Comixology.
Current Soundtrack: Jessie Ware, Devotion
Dark Horse Presents #33 is out this coming Wednesday, February 19. It's full of great stories, including the fourth part of "Integer City" with art by Brent Schoonover and Jean-Francois Beaulieu and lettering by Crank. We even get mentioned on the cover.
Sidenote: I only just realized that Jean-Francois colored the Ben Grimm story I wrote for a Marvel Holiday Special a couple of years back. I wasn't really involved past the pencils, so it was a neat surprise to realize there was more history to it than that.
Current Soundtrack: Nina Persson, Animal Heart
Dark Horse Presents #32 is on sale this coming Wednesday, January 22*, and Comicosity has a preview.
In addition to many other fine comic book stories, you will also find the third chapter of "Integer City," by retro sci-fi private eye serial done in collaboration with Brent Schoonover, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, and Crank!
* Sorry, I jumped the gun when I originally posted this!
In comic book shops everywhere and also on the Dark Horse digital app. Any of you folks been reading?
Current Soundtrack: Blood Orange, "Champagne Coast" single
Mike Mignola's cover to Dark Horse Presents #31 (presumably colored by Dave Stewart), along with the first three pages from chapter two of "Integer City," my serial with artist Brent Schoonover and colorist Jean-Francois Beaulieu. (Lettering by Crank! not included.)
And remember, if you dig what we're doing here, contact Dark Horse via their message boards, toss them a shout on Twitter or via Facebook, and tell them you want to see more from us!
DHP #31 cover
Current Soundtrack: Dave Van Ronk, Inside Dave Van Ronk
The second part of "Integer City" is released next week in Dark Horse Presents #31.
Dark Horse just solicited the penultimate chapter for March, and the issue has a gorgeous cover by none other than Michael Wm. Kaluta, who did a swell "Carson of Venus" cover for me back in the days when I was editing DHP.
Eisner and Harvey Award Winner: Best Anthology!
Dark Horse Presents #34
Christopher Sebela (W), Dean Motter (W/A), Dennis Culver (W/A), Rich Johnston (W), Darrin Grimwood (W), Brendan McCarthy (W/A), Jamie S. Rich (W), Justin Aclin (W), Michael T. Gilbert (W/A), Mike Baron (W), Kel McDonald (W/A), Brian Churilla (A), Simon Rohrmüller (A), Brent Schoonover (A), Nicolás Daniel Selma (A), Steve Rude (A), and Michael Kaluta (Cover)On sale Mar 19
FC, 80 pages
$7.99
OngoingDennis Culver delivers seaside high jinks in Davey Jones and the Mystery of the Monocle Men, Justin Aclin and Nicolás Daniel Selma’s S.H.O.O.T. First is back in action against secular threats, Kel McDonald takes you on a balloon ride in Across the Channel, and Mike Baron and Steve Rude complete their long-running Nexus story “Into the Past”!
• Plus, new installments of Cruel Biology, Mister X, Integer City, The Deleted, Miss Cranbourne, and Mr. Monster!
“Dark Horse’s prestigious anthology series . . . showcases emerging talent alongside some of the greatest writers, artists and cartoonists comics has to offer, as well as promising new and underground talents.”—ComicsAlliance
“Comics’ best kept secret trove of great comics.”—Comic Book Resources
The whole serial is in the can. The team, as ever, is Brent Schoonover on art, Jean-Francois Beaulieu crushing it on covers, and Crank! lettering it up all nice and readable.
Anybody reading along so far? Drop a comment and let me know what you think.
Or better yet, contact Dark Horse via their message boards, toss them a shout on Twitter or via Facebook, and tell them you want to see more from us!
Current Soundtrack: Felt, "Birdmen"
Dark Horse has solicited the fourth part of my six-part serial with Brent Schoonover, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, and Crank, “Integer City.” Part 1 is in Dark Horse Presents #30 and goes on sale tomorrow. You can preview the first two pages, plus some of the other stories, over at Multiversity.
Here is the cover to #33.
Dark Horse Presents #33
Christopher Sebela (W), Jamie S. Rich (W), Darrin Grimwood (W), Brendan McCarthy (W/A), Dean Motter (W/A), Mike Baron (W), Michael T. Gilbert (W/A), Phil Stanford (W), Fred Van Lente (W), Rich Johnston (W), Chad Lambert (W), Brian Churilla (A), Brent Schoonover (A), Steve Rude (A), Patric Reynolds (A), Reilly Brown (A), Simon Rohrmüller (A), Christine Larsen (A), and Michael Schlicting (Cover)
On sale Feb 19 / Full Color / 80 pages / $7.99
Christopher Sebela (Captain Marvel, Ghost) crafts a horror tale from World War II—there’s blood in the water in Cruel Biology! And two misters return to the pages of DHP, as Dean Motter delivers a new noir tale starring Mister X and Michael T. Gilbert’s Mr. Monster faces off against a telepathic threat bent on world domination! Plus, new installments of Nexus, Fred Van Lente’s Saint George, Kill Me, and more!
Current Soundtrack: The Indelicates, Diseases of England, Part 4: DLC
I've been waiting to mention this, and it appears the news is now out: beginning in Dark Horse Presents #30, shipping in November, Brent Schoonover and I will be collaborating on a six-part Integer City serial, colored by Jean-Francois Beaulieu and lettered by Crank!
Dark Horse's website describes the series thusly:
Sixties sci-fi meets a hard-boiled detective mystery in Jamie S. Rich and Brent Schoonover’s Integer City!
You can see the full details of what will be in the issue on their site.
Here is the issue's cover:
I'm particularly excited to be in another comic with Stan Sakai!
Here's a sneak peek at a couple of finished pages.
It's kind of funny that November will be the month where both my story about youthful love in the future (A Boy and a Girl) and my comic about a grizzled old private detective dealing with too much change (Integer City) will debut.
By the way, some readers might remember Integer Cityas the comic book from Bobby Pins & Mary Janes. That is definitely where it began life, though this is a different tale than was described in the novel. (Which you can still read here.)
DHP #s30-35 will be available in comic book stores and via Dark Horse's digital app.
Current Soundtrack: Charles Bradley, Victim of Love; Valerie June, Pushin' Against a Stone
