I LOVE BAD WITCHES, NOT MY F**KIN' PROBLEM

Since this cover is now showing up at Amazon, I can share!

Spell Checkers, vol. 3: Careless Whisper is on sale in October.

The cover is by Joëlle Jones and colorist Warren Wucinich.

Interiors by myself, Joëlle, and Nicolas Hitori de. Published by Oni Press.

Current Soundtrack: A$AP Rocky, naturally

LIKE THE LEGEND OF THE PHOENIX, ALL ENDS WITH BEGINNINGS

Phoenix Comic Con is this weekend. Joëlle Jones and I are guests of the show, and we will be attending on all four days, sitting at the Oni Press booth. Fittingly, that is apparently tables 664 through 666!

Come find us. In addition to our Oni books, we will have other goodies, including It Girl and the Atomics trades and comic book, Helheim prints, and Ms Jones will even have some original art.

In order to make it easier to track us down, we are actually having an official signing schedule. That way, you'll know when we are expected at the table and when we are at panels. We might be hanging about during our free time, too, but then again, we might also be getting some lunch! (You'd be surprised how many comics folks forget to eat lunch at conventions.)

Thursday (May 23) 

Signing: 4:00-8:00pm

Friday (May 24) 

Oni Press Panel [Jamie/Joëlle]: 12pm, Room 125B

Signing: 

1:00-5:30

Bleeding Cool Fan Awards [Jamie and Joëlle are presenting awards]: 6:00, Room 132

Saturday (May 25) 

Writing With a Female Voice Panel [Jamie]: 10:30 am, Room 125A

Signing: 

11:30-3:00

4-6:30

Sunday (May 26)

Music Influence on Comics Panel [Jamie]: 12pm, Room 124A

Signing: 1:00-4:30

* * *

By the way, Joëlle did the con variant for the first issue of Boom! Studio's new Mike Carey comic book, Suicide Risk. You definitely want to seek that out at the show.

Current Soundtrack: Depeche Mode, "Soothe My Soul" remixes

TOO COLD, TOO COLD

NEW IN THEATRES...

* The Iceman, a biopic about one of America's most notorious contract killers. Michael Shannon lends the role intensity, but the script only touches the material gingerly.

* Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 5/17/13: a rare noir Fallguy; Luis Bunuel directs Catherine Deneuve in Tristana; and Guy Pearce sends 33 Postcards

Current Soundtrack: Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City

SHE'S ALWAYS IN MY HAIR

The cover to It Girl and the Atomics #12, by Michael and Laura Allred. A great way to close the series. Look for it in July!

Diamond ID: MAY130558
On Sale: July 17, 2013

More info here.

Current Soundtrack: Daft Punk, Random Access Memory

LET ME RIDE

On sale today, It Girl and the Atomics #10, the first issue drawn by Natalie Nourigat. 

In stores, and online. Download it here.

Lettered by Crank!, colored by Allen Passalaqua, and that nifty cover, of course, is by Michael & Laura Allred.

Read a six page preview.

Or, if you're inclined, let Comic Bastards tell you how good it is.

And since we're sharing, how about this awesome pin-up from Megan Levens for the second trade paperback, due out in the Fall...

Current Soundtrack: Little Boots, Nocturnes

THE PARTY & THE AFTER PARTY

NEW IN THEATRES...

* The Great Gatsby in 3D has two-wasted dimensions. Shtick and spectacle from Baz Luhrmann.

* Sightseers, the new film from Ben Wheatley, a rebel in search of applause. Take a tour of misanthropy.

* Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 5/10/13: a two-week film noir festival at Cinema 21; Rock Hudson starring in John Frankenheimer's whacky psych-out Seconds, and the political/social documentary The Mosque in Morgantown.

THIS WEEK IN BD/DVD REVIEWS...

* Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, a 1973 disjointed road-trip romance from Alan J. Pakula.

* Wake of the Red Witch, a seafaring, bodice-ripping potboiler with John Wayne.

Current Soundtrack: Teleman, "Cristina/In Your Fur;" Wardell, "Opossum"

GRAFFITI MY SOUL

Damn, I haven't written much this week, but hey, did you guys come to Stumptown? Stumptown was great.

Anyhoo...

NEW IN THEATRES...

* Gimme the Loot, street-level cinema verite following two graffiti artists preparing for a big tag.

* Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 5/3/13: the food documentary The Food Hunters, Harold Lloyd's classic Safety Last! newly restored, and the 18th-annual HP Lovecraft Film Festival.

Current Soundtrack: Daughter, If You Leave

KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON

A short list of movies this week. Between deadlines and gearing up for Stumptown Comics Fest, I haven't had a lot of time to watch stuff.

Let this also be a reminder: if you're near Portland, come and see me at the show. Table J-10 with Joëlle Jones.

Now, onto movie reviews...

THIS WEEK IN THEATRES...

* The Angels' Share, a heartwarming Ken Loach dramedy about a whisky heist. Let me in on that action!

* Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 4/26/13: Emily Mortimer in the historical drama Leonie, an indie debut called Everything Went Down, and Peter Gabriel in concert.

UPDATED TO CRITERION CONFESSIONS:

* The Suitor. Pierre Etaix's first, the last for me to review.

THIS WEEK IN BD/DVD REVIEWS:

* Not Fade Away, a rock 'n' roll drama from Sopranos-creator David Chace.

* Once More, with Feeling! a middling Stanley Donen effort from 1959.

Current Soundtrack: Orange Juice, "Consolation Prize;" The Casuals, "Jesamine;" Nolan Porter, "Keep On Keepin' On;" Ronnie Hawkins, "Mary Lou"

MERCI FOR THE SPEED OF A MAD CLOWN IN SUMMER

THIS WEEK IN THEATRES...

* Room 237, like a collapsing wormhole of internet crazy, a tape loop of nonsense about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

* To the Wonder, the latest from Terrence Malick is beautiful and emotionally provocative.

* Indie & Arthouse for the Oregonian, 4/19/13: Two recent French films, Women on the Sixth Floor and Tomboy, and two 1950s classics, The Little Fugitive and Imitation of Life.

UPDATED TO CRITERION CONFESSIONS...

A Pierre Etaix survey! All but one of his films so far, as they are being shown at the NW Film Center.

* Yoyo

* As Long as You're Healthy/Feeling Good

* Le Grand Amour/Happy Anniversary

* Land of Milk and Honey

THIS WEEK IN BD/DVD REVIEWS...

* 28 Hotel Rooms, an indie romance with an interesting story structure.

Current Soundtrack: NBC news


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