The Venger Special- update 2

Last time I posted a cover image done by Marco Rudy for the Venger Special. Here is another version of that cover image. On this one Marco threw some red color to the blank background. The final decision hasn't been made yet on which one that will be used. I'll wait until we are almost done with production to finally decide. There are some more tweaks to it and photoshopping that will need to be done. I have a certain look I'll be going for, something  that will remind the reader of the old pulp novels.

The Venger Special- update 1

Well I have been  busy recently working not just on reviews for Comics Bulletin but also on writing and production of the Venger Special. Tim is plugging away on The Venger: Dead Man Rising #3 so my hope is to have the Venger Special out sometime soon to give you readers some Venger material between issues. So moving forward I'm going to posts some updates on what to expect. First up is the cover, done by Marco Rudy, the regular artist of DC's The Shield. He has also done an issue of Justice League, worked on an issue of Final Crisis as well as Image's After The Cape.

Reviewing Comics at Comics Bulletin

Thought I would share with you all that I'll now be regularly writing comic book reviews for Comics Bulletin. I'll be posting them weekly. Right now I don't think I'll be focusing my reviews towards any particular group of titles, like just mainstream superhero stuff or independents. I would like to try to spotlight some titles that fall through the cracks though and aren't getting the attention the deserve. But like I said I am not limiting myself. So far I have covered The Marvels Project #3 and Blackest Night #4. I'll be reviewing the Avatar Press book Absolution #3 next.

Heavyink.com

I wanted to share with everyone the place where I buy my comics. I used to shop a comics retailer in my area but time and schedules issues seemed to make it hard to get in there when I wanted to. Well since the beginning of 2009 I've been buying ALL of my comics from this great place D.J. Coffman, creator of Hero By Night, turned me onto- Heavyink.com. It's a fantastic service that offers 20% discount on all comics with shipping as low as $.99! I love it there plus they have a great forum too. So to all you like me that are buying their comics online please check these guys out.

The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2- I got MINE, did you get YOURS?

Just got my copies in today from the printers. They look great! So like the tiles says- I got mine, did you get yours? If you haven't yet then click the link in the sidebar and get one, or more!

Facebook Superhero Status Updates

I saw this on Newsarama this morning and thought it was great. Follow the LINK for more of these hilarious updates. I'll post one of them here but PLEASE go to the link for more. Thanks to Chris Sims of the Invincible Super Blog and Comics Alliance for the great job with this.

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Indy Comic Book Week- 12/30/09

Diamond Distributing has announced that they will not be shipping any new comics the last week of the year, so on the normal new comic book day- 12/30/09- stores won't be receiving anything. Zip. Nothing. Many indy comic creators such as myself have decided to take this as an opportunity to hopefully increase our readership and get our books onto those empty new release shelves.

There are several websites that have been driving this- www.indycomicbook.com is one of them, check it out. So I'll be contacting comic book retailers and offering to have Venger comics available to them that week. If you know of a retailer I should contact please email me with the contact info at matts128@aol.com and I'll drop them a line and get others to check out Venger!

The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2 NOW ON SALE

Finally, it is here and ready for purchase. Click on this link to purchase your copy of The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2.  Thanks for your patience and support- much appreciated. So go out there and buy one or two or more, and tell your friends to get their copies as well. Check out this preview of the issue as well.

Cap is Back!

I have been loving the Captain America: Reborn series so far. Brubaker and Hitch are doing excellent work. It's been a slow build up to Steve's return but we still have a couple more issues to go. But Marvel has solicited this one-shot follow up to the series- Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield?. This will be written by Brubaker and with art by Butch Guice who is going solo after working with Hitchy on Reborn. I am so eager to get this. Like almost everyone I have been enjoying Bucky's turn as Cap and I feel confident in Bru to keep true to the characters and story. I know he has something planned for Bucky. Anyway, can't wait for the book.

Mid Ohio Comic Con

Well Brett continues his con season appearances. Hopefully next season I will have a few dates of my own. Anyway he will be appearing at this weekend's Mid-Ohio Comic Con, October 3 and 4. Brett will be there signing and sketching and selling copies of The Venger: Sins and Secrets #1 as well as posters of the cover to issue 2. He will also be selling copies of his new book with writer Eric Rampson, The Silver Bullet. So any of you comic book and Venger fans please stop by and see Venger artist Brett Wood.

The Venger: Dead Man's Revenge FINALE

Thanks to everyone that has been coming here and checking out the story. I hope you enjoyed the story and Victor's artwork. Today's page is the conclusion.