Jason Aaron Begins New Column at CBR

Press release:

JASON AARON'S WHERE THE HELL AM I? LAUNCHES ON CBR

With a roster of celebrated columnists that’s included Mark Millar, Warren Ellis, Matt Fraction, Gail Simone and many more, Comic Book Resources is proud to announce the debut of the latest addition to its prestigious editorial legacy: WHERE THE HELL AM I?, a provocative new weekly column by Jason Aaron.

Five years ago, Aaron was working a dead-end job and only dreaming of writing comics. Today he is an uncommonly prolific and acclaimed author, scripting memorable runs on such Marvel Comics titles as “Wolverine: Weapon X,” “PunisherMAX” and “Ghost Rider,” as well as his acclaimed Vertigo series, “Scalped,” which is hailed consistently among the best ongoing comic book series produced today.

It is that intense level of proliferation and rapid rise to prominence that was the inspiration behind Aaron’s WHERE THE HELL AM I? “I want this column to be a frank, no-bullshit look at what I’ve gone through to get to where I’m at and what I think about where I’m headed,” Aaron said. “I’ll talk about how I broke into comics; the full story, not just the bits I usually mention in interviews, but the ugly, embarrassing stuff too -- especially the ugly, embarrassing stuff. I’ll talk to other creators on the cusp of breaking in. I’ll talk to editors and some of my friends in the industry and see where their heads are at. And I’ll talk about what my job is like, the day-to-day nitty-gritty of it, struggling to balance a family life with a workload of six books a month. That’s where the hell I am. And that’s what I want to talk about.”

CBR has a rich history of giving a platform to comics creators just on the cusp of industry superstardom, and Executive Producer Jonah Weiland sees Jason Aaron as an auspicious continuation of that tradition. "I’m extremely excited that Jason has agreed to join CBR’s staff of columnists,” Weiland said. “Jason’s one of the rising stars in comics, bringing a fresh perspective not just with his writing, but with his outlook on this industry. He’s an important asset and addition to CBR.”

Make no mistake, WHERE THE HELL AM I? is no simple guide to “breaking in” to the comic book business. “I certainly don’t presume to know all the answers. I’m just saying this is what I did, these are the things I did right, these are the mistakes I made, these are the things I maybe wish I had done and this is what I think about where I’ve ended up,” Aaron said. “I just want to lay it all out and CBR has been gracious enough to offer me a platform from which to rant and rave like the crazy-eyed, shaggy-bearded redneck street-preacher I secretly am. I can’t wait.”

WHERE THE HELL AM I? is available exclusively every Wednesday afternoon on Comic Book Resources.

The first edition of WHERE THE HELL AM I? can be read here.

CBLDF's "Liberty Annual 2010" Due in October

Press release:

CBLDF'S LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 EXPLODES IN OCTOBER!

Image Comics annual anthology benefiting the CBLDF sports new name and covers

Image Comics and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund are proud to launch the most exciting edition of their annual benefit anthology yet! THE CBLDF PRESENTS LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 is powered by the donated time and energy of comic book luminaries to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

CBLDF’s LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 boasts 48 incredible pages of story and art celebrating Free Expression! Previous volumes, published by Image Comics under the title CBLDF's Liberty Comics, have so far raised more than $50,000 for the Fund.

“I’m truly humbled by how much time and energy our line-up of talented contributors put aside to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund in contributing to LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010,” says CBLDF President and LIBERTY ANNUAL editor Larry Marder. “We changed the name of the book to reflect that once a year the greatest creators in the field bring their A-game to a project that helps the Fund reach new readers and raise much needed funds. No one got paid, but everyone stepped up to the plate and swung for the fences. The result is a highly collectible comic book that's a great read for an important cause."

CBLDF’s LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 features an all-star line up, not least of whom are providing beautiful covers for the book. DAVE GIBBONS (Watchmen) has contributed an all-new Martha Washington cover, and DARICK ROBERTSON (The Boys) has provided a Conan cover. To increase the book's visibility, the incentive cover now boasts all-new artwork from CHARLIE ADLARD, the artist behind THE WALKING DEAD, which will soon be a hit series on AMC!

The best in the industry contributed to CBLDF’s LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010, which includes a new The Boys story by GARTH ENNIS & ROB STEEN, the first new Megaton Man adventure by DON SIMPSON in over a decade, an all-new Milk & Cheese story by EVAN DORKIN, a new Conan tale by DARICK ROBERTSON, Boilerplate by ANINA BENNETT & PAUL GUINAN, and "The First Amendment: It’s Why We Fight!" by LIBERTY COMICS editor LARRY MARDER.

CBLDF's LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 will also feature all-new work from GEOFF JOHNS & SCOTT KOLINS, FRANK MILLER, GABRIEL BÁ & FÁBIO MOON, PAUL POPE, JEFF SMITH, TERRY MOORE, DAVE GIBBONS, GAIL SIMONE & AMANDA GOULD, SCOTT MORSE, BRIAN AZZARELLO & JILL THOMPSON, ROB LIEFELD, JG ROSHELL, COLLEEN DORAN, BEN McCOOL & BILLY TUCCI, and SKOTTIE YOUNG. Design for the entire package is contributed, as always, by Richard Starkings and John Roshell from Comicraft.

The CBLDF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians and readers. The CBLDF provides legal referrals, representation, advice, assistance and education in furtherance of these goals. For more information on the Fund, visit www.cbldf.org

THE CBLDF PRESENTS LIBERTY ANNUAL 2010 (Gibbons cover: AUG100420; Robertson cover: AUG100421), a 48-page full-color comic book from Image Comics, will be available October 6, 2010. All proceeds from LIBERTY ANNUAL will benefit the First Amendment legal work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!


Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit http://www.imagecomics.com/.

Drew Friedman in Brooklyn NY

FANTAGRAPHICS & DESERT ISLAND PRESENT:

AN EVENING WITH DREW FRIEDMAN AND HIS NEW BOOK, TOO SOON?

Featuring a Q&A with Drew Friedman, conducted by WFMU's Dave the Spazz!

Friday, Oct. 8th, 7-9PM
Desert Island Comics
540 Metropolitan Avenue
BROOKLYN, NY
718.388.5087
http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/

Carol Tyler at Fantagraphics Bookstore 9/11

Meet acclaimed cartoonist Carol Tyler at Fantagraphics Books this Saturday!

YOU’LL NEVER KNOW Carol Tyler (unless you come to Fantagraphics Bookstore this Saturday, September 11.)

Illustrious cartoonist Carol Tyler will appear this Saturday, September 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery to celebrate the publication of YOU’LL NEVER KNOW Book 2 with an art exhibition and book signing.

Tyler was among the early female practitioners of underground comix, creating remarkably revealing autobiographical narratives in a singular visual style. Her ongoing trilogy YOU’LL NEVER KNOW continues this tradition and has received broad critical acclaim. Of the first installment in the series, THE NEW YORK TIMES commented, “It’s impossible not to compare You’ll Never Know with Art Spiegelman’s Maus.”

Reviewing the latest volume, which debuts at Saturday’s event, Eric Scigliano of SEATTLE METROPOLITAN suggests, “Two famous precedents, Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, seem almost one-dimensional by comparison.”

Join us on Saturday evening at the bookstore to meet this extraordinary artist. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way S.) only minutes from downtown Seattle. Phone 206.658.0110. This event coincides with the lively Georgetown Art Attack featuring visual and performing arts events throughout the historic industrial arts corridor. (Saturday’s Art Attack includes our own Martin Bland with the Tom Price Desert Classic playing for the 7th annual “Beer Bust” breast cancer fundraiser at neighboring Smarty Pants, benefiting Gilda’s House Seattle.)

Seattle Met link: http://www.seattlemet.com/blogs/culture-fiend/carol-tyler-youll-never-know-collateral-damage-fantagraphics/

Rinne's Daddy

I read RIN-NE, Vol. 4

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has smart phone apps).

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for September 9 2010

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