WHOA! Lots of stuff going on since my last update. I have too many darn blogs.

Anyway, my first graphic novel is coming from Desperado Publishing in July!

All the details on BLUE can be found at the BLUE blog:

http://bluecomics.blogspot.com

BLUE by Elizabeth Genco w/art by Sami Makkonen, coming July 2008 from Desperado Publishing. Available for pre-order in MAY 08 PREVIEWS (MAY083778):

A fresh, fantastic take on the bloodiest of classic fairy tales. When Blue’s ex-boyfriend appears on her doorstep, he says he wants to make things right. His true intentions are far more sinister. Blue’s shape-shifting powers can help her outrun him, but to survive, she must face him as herself.

There will be lots more over at the blog, and that’s where all updates will be, so go have a gander and add it to your blog/RSS reader thingamabobbies.

“Cooling” is a short story I wrote last year about a girl arsonist gone awry by a hot, strapping water elemental. Illustrations by Leland:

Check out the rest of that masthead! Then read the stuff in the issue because it’s great.

Very, very proud of this one.

Endicott Studio’s Journal of Mythic Arts Summer 2007

All my stuff, this time. Lots to announce; I hate stuffing it all into one post like this but I’ve been somewhat lazy about updates. I’ll post reminders as things hit.

SCHEHERAZADE continues, with a new story and new art by my good pal Valerie Reupert. These pages look really good, so check ‘em out (each of these thumbnails links to the appropriate page):

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Finnish artist Sami Makkonen recently finished up “Yes, Mother,” one of my standalone short stories. It was subsequently picked up by Joe Pruett at Desperado and will be in Negative Burn #13. Huzzah! It’ll also be serialized on Chemset shortly. Here’s a bit:

Do check it out, either in print or on the web. Sami’s art is simply amazing and nothing short of perfect for this. And I’m pretty happy with the writing, too.

Earlier in the year I wrote a short adaptation of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN for editor Chazz DeMoss (Cryptic magazine, a bunch of other stuff) and artist Jason Ho (AGNES QUILL). Here’s a sample page from Jason (check out his Comicspace page for more):

Two more of my stories will be dropping soon, too. Jeff Zornow (you’ll remember him from WEIRD SISTER) and I do a bloody send-up of an obscure Detroit urban legend in Cryptic #5. “The Dog Lady” is one of what I hope will be my many homages to old skool short horror stories and combines my sensibilities with Jeff’s special blend of XXX-TREME splatter/gore. And Leland’s lettering!

I don’t think I mentioned the WEIRD TALES thing, either. I’ll be taking the From the Library interviews to WEIRD TALES, starting with their next issue (June/July, I believe). Don’t worry, there will still be plenty of interviews on Chemset (though there will be different subjects in each venue). First interview in WT will be with Jacqueline Carey. I’m working on a Mike Carey interview now.

Last, and probably the most exciting for me, my prose short piece, “Cooling,” will be in the next issue of the Endicott Studio’s Journal of Mythic Arts. This would be more than enough reason to flap my arms around and scream like Kermit, but even better, it’ll have watercolor illos by Leland and will share space with over-the-top-amazing YA authors like Will Shetterly and Holly Black.

So, I’ve been getting a lot of orders lately (yay! makes me wonder if we got written up somewhere or something) and our stock is very-slim-to-none on, well, some important stuff:

* PORTRAITS OF 22 KEYS is SOLD OUT
* PLATFORM 1-2 is SOLD OUT

Yes, the first two issues of PLATFORM are all gone and it’s unlikely that we’ll be printing more any time soon. Wow… it’s like the end of an era.

(”I’m getting old” note: July marks PLATFORM’s 5th anniversary… holy smokes.)

So, I’m going to update the pages to get rid of the order buttons, but I also wanted to let everyone know here.

Thanks for the continued support, everybody. It means the world.

Hey, everyone!

A deep and hearty thank you to everyone who has come on by and spread the V&V love over the past few weeks. We have been really floored with all the comments. Positive feedback is fuel for the creative heart, so thanks. The strip is pretty awesome, yeah?

In addition to the thank you, here are a couple of things we wanted to share:

First off, go go Gadget ACT-I-VATE! Them cats n’ kittens snagged some insanely great AP coverage that went live today. The whole piece just shines, but of course I get a special glow in my cockles reading Leland namechecked as a “veteran” and seeing his stuff in the gallery. And there’s a little nod to my own crowd of webcomics ruffians, the Chemistry Set. Do check it out.

The next bit ‘o news concerns one of our favorite people, artist and superpeach Rami Efal. Rami is another ACT-I-VATE member and worked with my pal Steven Goldman on STYX TAXI and sweet Lady above, do I ever hope to get lucky enough to work with him someday. Not only does he rock the sequentials back n’ forth, he’s an amazing painter, too. And now you can check ‘em out yourself! Rami says:

Through the past two years I have been drawing and paintings to local jazz and blues music spanning Tel Aviv, Tokyo and New York City. Starting March 15th through April 11th 2007, these paintings and drawings will be on display at the Park Slope Tea Lounge in Brooklyn. Come and enjoy a cup of tea or a glass of red wine and view the works. Artwork is for sale and 50% of proceeds will go to Children International in support of impoverished children and those affected by recent floods in central Asia.
A reception will be announced so stay tuned!

Tea Lounge Park Slope @ 837 Union Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, Brooklyn, NY. Subway: R to Union Street; 2,3 to Grand Army Plaza

Leland’s Vulcan & Vishnu stuff is live again. We’ve got the Photobucket in hand.

Let me know (read: leave a comment) if you find any errors and I’ll get ‘em fixed!

The New York Comic Con is upon us, and I’ll be joining in the running around with my peeps from the Chemistry Set, who will be at A239 in Artist Alley.

We’re giving away a bunch of our stuff, so stop by!

Best bet for catching Leland is the afterparties, so keep an eye on Heidi for all those details.

New York City, NY – Webcomics collective The Chemistry Set is please to announce that it will be displaying at the 2007 New York Comicon taking place at the Javits Center in New York City on February 23rd through February 25th at booth A239 in the Artist Alley.

THE CHEMISTRY SET is a collective of creators bonded together to bring free independent comics to the masses. Every day at www.chemsetcomics.com, readers will be treated to new comics by some of the hottest and most talented up-and-coming creators in the medium. Counting two Xeric Award winners and over 30 years of comics writing experience between the group, members of The Chemistry Set have written for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Puffin Graphics, Random House, NBM Publishing, Oni Press, SLG Publishing and many more. Observe the chemistry between writers, artists, and across teams as we combine individual creative elements to build dynamic compounds through the art and science of collaboration. The readers will be part of the equation as well, with the ability to comment on the comics as the stories progress. Join us at THE CHEMISTRY SET, and be part of the experiment.

It would seem that Leland’s Vulcan & Vishnu was StumbledUpon, so to speak, and now it’s all over the place.

And now, we’re almost out of bandwith for the month.

60 some-odd gigs burned through in a few days.

I had to take it down, unfortunately. This kills me, but our hosting provider has confirmed that they will disable our account if we go over, and I’m not having that. Of course, we may have already gone over.

Time for Photobucket or some other image hosting service. Please bear with us while we get it in gear and order.

Test post! (Upgraded SF to Wordpress 2.1.)

… of SCHEHERAZADE, my new webcomic with the Chemistry Set, is up. Right here. Huzzah.

Our regular day is Thursday, starting this Thursday. We’ll be posting a chunk of pages (3-4) bi-weekly, and on the off-weeks, I’ll have mini-interviews with some of my favorite storytellers and kindred spirits. Mr. Wood and Cherie Priest are up first. I’m going for a nice mix of comics peeps and fantasy peeps, both big peeps and up-and-coming peeps. Hopefully it’ll be good fun and cross-promotion for everybody.

The site looks great so far and I’m so proud of everyone involved. Do check it out, and if you like what you see, please spread the word.