Bullets: KOBK Reprints and Screen Print, Velvet Volume 3, and Deluxe Details for The Fade Out!
We're summarizing highlights from a few sources: the back matter of the latest issue of Kill Or Be Killed ("The Secret Ingredient"), the Twitter feeds of Brubaker and Phillips, Sean Phillips' official blog, and Ed Brubaker's email newsletter: we mentioned the 9/6 installment in our previous post, and another newsletter has already been sent out since then, on 9/14.
If you're not keeping an eye on these sources yourself, you're missing out on things like additional art previews, updates on Sean's Big Cartel store, and Brubaker's recommendations on books and TV shows.
• Kill Or Be Killed, Going Back to Print Again. Image Comics has the official announcement, that the first two issues of KOBK will see additional printings as the "body count rises."
These additional printings will be available alongside the latest issue, all on October 12th.
• Kill Or Be Killed Screen Print. With help from Ben Dodge, Sean Phillips has created a limited-edition screen print for Kill Or Be Killed. The five-color, hand-pulled art measures just over 20-by-27 inches, and a variant was created exclusively for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, England, on October 14-16.
Very limited quantities of both versions are now available for pre-order in Sean's online store, and just yesterday Sean lowered the price for the artwork.
• Velvet Volume 3, In Stores Now. Today sees the release of the third trade paperback collection for the retro spy comic by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, and Bettie Breitweiser. In his 9/6 newsletter, Brubaker describes the three arcs as "one long novel, really, and while it's a complicated mystery with a lot of tangents, the answers are there for anyone looking, I promise."
Brubaker suggests, "please buy a copy for your dad, who likes spy stories and doesn't understand why you read comics."
(And he also mentions that the story was almost sold to television before it became a comic book, and he treats readers to a TV Guide mock-up that was part of the pitch presentation. We'll let readers see the image at the archived newsletter.)
• Details on The Fade Out Deluxe Edition. Finally, in the back of KOBK #2, Brubaker gives us quite a few details on the forthcoming deluxe edition of The Fade Out.
The Deluxe Edition collects the entire serialized graphic novel in one beautiful edition. I even went through the book and made some minor tweaks here and there, so I'm considering this the definitive version of the story. And on the bonus content side, this is probably our biggest one yet. We've got over 50 pages of extra content -- covers, articles, process stuff about the art and research. We've been doing these hardbacks a while now, and we put out some of the nicest ones on the market, but I think Sean outdid himself with the design and extra content this time. So, be sure to tell your retailer if you want one.
We're even more eagerly looking forward to this release, due on the same day as the three KOBK printings, October 12th.
If you're not keeping an eye on these sources yourself, you're missing out on things like additional art previews, updates on Sean's Big Cartel store, and Brubaker's recommendations on books and TV shows.
• Kill Or Be Killed, Going Back to Print Again. Image Comics has the official announcement, that the first two issues of KOBK will see additional printings as the "body count rises."
These additional printings will be available alongside the latest issue, all on October 12th.
- KOBK #1, Third Printing
- KOBK #2, Second Printing
- KOBK #3
• Kill Or Be Killed Screen Print. With help from Ben Dodge, Sean Phillips has created a limited-edition screen print for Kill Or Be Killed. The five-color, hand-pulled art measures just over 20-by-27 inches, and a variant was created exclusively for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, England, on October 14-16.
Very limited quantities of both versions are now available for pre-order in Sean's online store, and just yesterday Sean lowered the price for the artwork.
• Velvet Volume 3, In Stores Now. Today sees the release of the third trade paperback collection for the retro spy comic by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, and Bettie Breitweiser. In his 9/6 newsletter, Brubaker describes the three arcs as "one long novel, really, and while it's a complicated mystery with a lot of tangents, the answers are there for anyone looking, I promise."
Brubaker suggests, "please buy a copy for your dad, who likes spy stories and doesn't understand why you read comics."
(And he also mentions that the story was almost sold to television before it became a comic book, and he treats readers to a TV Guide mock-up that was part of the pitch presentation. We'll let readers see the image at the archived newsletter.)
• Details on The Fade Out Deluxe Edition. Finally, in the back of KOBK #2, Brubaker gives us quite a few details on the forthcoming deluxe edition of The Fade Out.
The Deluxe Edition collects the entire serialized graphic novel in one beautiful edition. I even went through the book and made some minor tweaks here and there, so I'm considering this the definitive version of the story. And on the bonus content side, this is probably our biggest one yet. We've got over 50 pages of extra content -- covers, articles, process stuff about the art and research. We've been doing these hardbacks a while now, and we put out some of the nicest ones on the market, but I think Sean outdid himself with the design and extra content this time. So, be sure to tell your retailer if you want one.
We're even more eagerly looking forward to this release, due on the same day as the three KOBK printings, October 12th.
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