PinkRayGun.com on Contropussy
Here’s a nice behind the scenes look at the comic and how it came to be. The interview was done during the Meltdown signing the other day. Be sure to click the link for more than this little excerpt.
http://www.pinkraygun.com/2010/05/10/a-look-into-contropussy-the-webcomic/
Mis-interpreted lyrics usually just lead to funny stories. Well, until the internet came along and allowed you to correct your friend with a twenty second Google search. Anyways. In the case of Contropussy, it led to a kicking webcomic. Emma Caulfield (yes, that Emma Caulfield, Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) was talking to her friend Camilla Rantsen about a Prince song and how she was never sure if he was singing contropussy instead of controversy. Since the word was so wonderful, they decided they had to do something with it. The obvious solution was to create a webcomic about a cat.
In good company
Over at the Digital Webbing lettering forum, someone posted a link to his lettering-appreciation blog post. It contains a page from THE GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY and also features work by the likes of Costanza, Klein, and Piekos. Thanks, Liban!
Shuddertown #1 and #2 sold out, read the first issue for free on Newsarama!
Will also check if I can put it up as well.
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=34726
At the inaugural C2E2, Image Comics announced at their panel that Shuddertown #1 had sold out. Creator Nick Spencer wanted more people to get the chance to read it, and passed it over to Newsarama!
Without further ado, the full first issue of Shuddertown.
SHUDDERTOWN #2 In Stores April 28, 2010
[MATURE READERS]
SHUDDERTOWN #1
story NICK SPENCER, art & cover by ADAM GEENThe dead are killing, and troubled homicide cop Isaac Hernandez is on a desperate search for answers. His investigation leads him deep into the corridors of the Shuddertown housing projects, and towards a truth too terrible to face.
Tags: Adam Geen, Image Comics, Lettering, Nick Spencer, Shadowline, Shuddertown, Tim Daniel
Eisner Awards 2010 Voting
Voting for this year’s Eisner Awards is now open for comics creators. Here are my picks. I did a bunch of write-ins, though I doubt they’ll change anything. They’re marked in red below.
If you’re a creator, please support POPGUN for Best Anthology and THE GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY for Best Digital Comic. I’m working on both.
| Cat # | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|
| 0001 | Best Short Story | D. “Hurricane,” interpreted by Gradimir Smudja, in Bob Dylan Revisited (Norton) |
| 0002 | Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) | D. The Unwritten #5: “How the Whale Became,” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC) |
| 0003 | Best Continuing Series | D. The Unwritten, by Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Vertigo/DC) |
| 0004 | Best Limited Series or Story Arc | Rapture, by Michael Avon Oeming, Taki Soma, and Val Staples (Dark Horse) |
| 0005 | Best New Series | A. Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image) |
| 0006 | Best Humor Publication | B. Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me, And Other Astute Observations, by Peter Bagge (Fantagraphics) |
| 0007 | Best Publication for Kids | The New Brighton Archeological Society, by Mark Smith & Matthew Weldon (Image) |
| 0008 | Best Publication for Teens | The New Brighton Archeological Society, by Mark Smith & Matthew Weldon (Image) |
| 0009 | Best Anthology | D. Popgun vol. 3, edited by Mark Andrew Smith, D. J. Kirkbride, and Joe Keatinge (Image) |
| 0010 | Best Digital Comic | C. The Guns of Shadow Valley, by David Wachter and James Andrew Clark, www.gunsofshadowvalley.com |
| 0011 | Best Reality-Based Work | E. The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second) |
| 0012 | Best Graphic Album–New | The New Brighton Archeological Society, by Mark Smith & Matthew Weldon (Image) |
| 0013 | Best Graphic Album–Reprint | D. Essex County Collected, by Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf) |
| 0014 | Best Adaptation from Another Work | D. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter, adapted by Darwyn Cooke (IDW) |
| 0015 | Best U.S. Edition of International Material | B. The Photographer, by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemerier (First Second) |
| 0016 | Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia | A. The Color Trilogy, by Kim Dong Haw (First Second) |
| 0017 | Best Archival Collection / Project — Comic Books | D. The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures deluxe edition, by Dave Stevens, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW) |
| 0018 | Best Archival Collection / Project — Strips | B. Bringing Up Father, vol. 1: From Sea to Shining Sea, by George McManus and Zeke Zekley, edited by Bruce Canwell (IDW) |
| 0019 | Best Writer | James Andrew Clark and David Wachter, The Guns of Shadow Valley (webcomic) |
| 0020 | Best Writer/Artist | A. Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter (IDW) |
| 0021 | Best Writer/Artist — Nonfiction | A. Reinhard Kleist, Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness (Abrams ComicArts) |
| 0022 | Best Penciller / Inker or Penciller / Inker Team | E. Danijel Zezelj, Luna Park (Vertigo/DC) |
| 0023 | Best Painter / Multimedia Artist (interior art) | E. Carol Tyler, You’ll Never Know: A Good and Decent Man (Fantagraphics) |
| 0024 | Best Cover Artist | E. J. H. Williams III, Detective Comics (DC) |
| 0025 | Best Coloring | Val Staples, Rapture (Dark Horse) |
| 0026 | Best Lettering | C. Tom Orzechowski, Savage Dragon (Image); X-Men Forever (Marvel) |
| 0027 | Best Comics-Related Periodical / Journalism | A. Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) |
| 0028 | Best Comics-Related Book | B. The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts) |
| 0029 | Best Publication Design | D. Life and Times of Martha Washington, designed by David Nestelle (Dark Horse Books) |
Website’s finally online, still tinkering
It only took about 2 years to get my butt into gear and this website done. Well, working. It’s still not complete, but now it’s just a bunch of tinkering to give it some more polish.
Expect to see a gallery on the front page showcasing recent lettering and design work in about a day or so, and some other stuff as well. Hopefully I can also figure out how to import blog posts from my Blogger account so I don’t have to do it manually. Heh.
UPDATE: Importing blog posts and comments was easier than expected. 
The big news from a few days ago
First up is POPGUN VOL. 3 from Image Comics in the Best Anthology category. I did production edits on the book, as on all other volumes. We actually won the Harvey Award with the first volume of the book 2 years ago, which is the other major industry award. So being nominated for the Eisner now shows that we’re not just continuing to be good, but getting better all the time. (Volume 4 was released a few weeks ago, btw. Check Amazon and get it.)
The second project is the webcomic The Guns of Shadow Valley by Dave Wachter and Jim Clark in the Best Webcomic category. I letter it. One of the most fun projects I’ve been working on over the years. Got new pages last night, so I’m getting my fix now. 
To see the entire list of nominations, follow this link:
Tags: Eisner Awards, Harvey Awards, Popgun, The Guns of Shadow Valley
SHUDDERTOWN #1 review by The Onion A.V. Club: A- !!
One of the more rewarding trends in contemporary comics is the revival of crime noir stories, and, after a somewhat shaky start, Nick Spencer has become one of the finest practitioners of the genre. His latest series, Shuddertown (Image), starts out as a winner: It follows the slow deterioration of homicide detective Isaac Hernandez as he investigates a series of killings in the titular housing project. Hernandez is a perfectly drawn noir anti-hero and Spencer portrays his frustrationand exhaustion viscerally. Artist Adam Geen does a fine job on the visuals as well; his sharp lines and washed-out colors provide a fitting backdrop for Hernandez’s self-destructive descent as it becomes more and more clear that the only rational suspects in the crimes he’s investigating have themselves been dead for years. Spencer has come a long way in a short time, and if the rest of Shuddertown lives up to the first few issues, he’ll be an author to watch for the foreseeable future… A-
Tags: Adam Geen, Image Comics, Lettering, Nick Spencer, Reviews, Shadowline, Shuddertown, Tim Daniel
Just got some kick-ass news.
SHUDDERTOWN #1 review: CBR gives it 4.5 out of 5 stars!
Tags: Adam Geen, Image Comics, Lettering, Nick Spencer, Reviews, Shadowline, Shuddertown, Tim Daniel
THE GUNS OF SHADOW VALLEY chapter 2 is in the can.
If you haven’t read the comic, go and catch up!
We’re going to take a short break from publishing pages so we can build up a backlog of pages in chapter 3. Will let you all know when the webcomic resumes!
Tags: David Wachter, James Andrew Clark, Lettering, My Webcomics, The Guns of Shadow Valley
Tags: Articles, Camilla Rantsen, Christian Beranek, Christian Meesey, Contropussy, Emma Caulfield