24 posts tagged “crass self-promotion”
First: The Shield #1 hits store shelves this week (Thursday, rather than the traditional Wednesday this week, courtesy of the Labor Day shipping delay). Superheroes jumping out of planes! A wrecked country! Men with guns hiding in the mountains! Magog! Bombs! It's got something for everyone. PLUS, it's also got a second feature, starring Inferno, written by my buddy Brandon Jerwa, making his DC comics debut. So, please, do pick up a copy! (Click here for a preview of both The Shield and Inferno!)
Just a reminder: The Shield #1 hits store shelves this week! The street date is "officially" Wednesday, September 9th, but with the Labor Day holiday shipping delay, it'll likely hit comic stores on Thursday, September 10th. The Shield is my first ongoing monthly book for DC, and has artwork by the insanely talented Marco Rudy (Final Crisis: Resist), inks by Mick Gray and colors by Art Lyon. The Shield travels to the ravaged wasteland that is Bialya (still decimated from Black Adam's rampage), on the hunt for several American special operations teams that have gone missing while battling Bialyan insurgents. Somewhere, in the mountains between Bialya and Kahndaq, something evil lurks... something unlike anything Joe Higgins -- the Shield -- has yet encountered... PLUS: Brandon Jerwa's DC debut! The Inferno co-feature -- penciled by Greg Scott -- sees Inferno (aka Frank Verrano) on the run in Star City, trying to unravel the mystery of his own existence, a mystery which has put him in the path of Green Arrow and Black Canary! For a preview of both stories, check out DC Comics' official blog, "The Source." --- In addition, the webcomic Jerwa and have been working on is inching closer to launch. The first part of that process? A redesign of the Wide Awake website, mostly cosmetic, but also including a new delivery system/viewer for the comic itself (via the "Issuu" viewer). To view the comic, click on the image; it'll launch a full-screen, animated viewer, which you can customize to taste. Most folks have preferred the "presentation" view.) --- On Wednesday, the fourth installment of my MSN column, The Observatory, goes live. This installment features a long-form interview with Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber, about Whiteout, their Eisner Award-winning comic series-turned-feature film (which debuts this Friday, September 11th). It came out well, I think, and I learned many Lost Secrets and Forbidden Knowledge™ of the origins of the series. In the interim, in case you missed it: here's the last column (in which I wax nostalgic about good-bad movies, movies the new GI JOE: RISE OF COBRA film reminded me of.) This column earned me my very first hate mail, believe it or not. Apparently, some people are very, very fond of Megaforce.
The guys at The Pull List podcast not only give a glowing recommendation for JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #2, they also took some time to chat with me about the series, The
Shield, and Wide Awake.
I had a wonderful time talking with 'em, and I hope you enjoy the results.
To download the podcast, head on over to their website...
Issue #2 of my DC Comics miniseries, JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith, hits store shelves this Wednesday, July 15th. I've been very pleased at response to issue 1, which has been almost uniformly positive; if you enjoyed issue 1, expect even more nefarious Kobra shenanigans, superheroic derring-do, and a memorable moment of snake-vomiting.
(From the DC Comics' solicitation for JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #2 (of 6):
Written by Eric Trautmann; Art by Don Kramer and Michael Babinski; Cover by Gene Ha
A reinvigorated Kobra has attacked the Justice Society in their home, thrusting the heroes into a maelstrom of deception and violence, and the evidence points to an even bigger target on the horizon: S.T.A.R. Labs. As the Justice Society tracks Kobra sleeper cells through the streets of Metropolis, the mystery of Jason Burr's master plan deepens. Can the team defuse the threat in time – or will the growing tensions between them spell victory for Kobra? Continuing the new miniseries event from Eric Trautmann (CHECKMATE, FINAL CRISIS: RESIST) and artist Don Kramer (DETECTIVE COMICS, NIGHTWING)!
DC Universe | 32pg. | Color | $2.99 US | On Sale July 15, 2009)
Though I didn't expect to be going to the show, it appears I will be dancing the dance at Nerd Prom 2009! If you're in San Diego for Comic Con International, and can fight your way through the crowds, look me up!
I must confess to a bit of trepidation; the DC panel in particularly has me nervous, so if you're a JSA fan, and you enjoyed JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith, I encourage you to stop by.
Also, Brandon Jerwa and I will be doing at least one stint at the newly inaugurated POPGUN booth, and we should have some of the Wide Awake posters with us. They're lovely, and you should totally get one.
In any event, this is my current schedule, and it's subject to change/random whim...
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THURSDAY
- 5-6pm – PANEL: JSA (Room 5AB)
FRIDAY
- 10-11am -- SIGNING (with Brandon Jerwa): POPGUN booth
- 2-3pm – SIGNING: DC booth
SATURDAY
- 11am-12pm – SIGNING: DC booth
- 12:45-2pm – PANEL: DC Editorial Presentation (Room 6B)
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Hope to see you there!
Click early, click often.
Comments or questions can be sent here in the comments section, or to observatory@live.com.
The esteemed Alex Segura provides a quick teaser for JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #2 over on DC Comics' blog, The Source.
The article includes some teaser art and comments from the series' illustrator, Don Kramer.
Newsarama has a preview of the Sept. '09 DC solicits up, so that means I can say that I'm writing a new monthly ongoing series: The Shield, spinning out of J. Michael Straczynski's "Red Circle" series.
For the full skinny head on over to my website: www.eric-trautmann.com.
Joseph Dilworth, Jr. gives the first fairly lengthy review of JSA vs. Kobra #1 over on Pop Culture Zoo, and he says lots of nice things (for which there'll be a little somethin' extra in his check this week).
