Leviathan Hits the States!

Cover for the new Leviathan US Edition (based on a 2000AD cover from  2003)
Leviathan © 2012 Rebellion Developments/2000AD
Created by Ian Edginton and Me.

Delighted to announce that Leviathan is finally getting a US edtion - official release date was the 17th so it should be available for order from your favourite comics shop, or you can buy online from the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

Leviathan is an occult murder-mystery story set on a mile-long ocean liner that's been adrift on strange seas for more than a decade. The guys at Broken Frontier did us an excellent review with page samples, and the press release from 2000ADonline is here.

The original UK hardback edition of Leviathan is now out of print, but for UK readers who missed it, a new trade paperback edition came out last year.

Finally, a confession; I'm a little embarassed by the cover to the US edition. This was done originally for 2000AD when Leviathan was running as a serial. 2000AD has a history of parody covers, and this one was a direct take on the movie poster for the 2002 film Ghost Ship (itself a take on the poster for the 1980 film Death Ship.) I did a different, much subtler cover for the UK edition, but the US distributors preferred this one. So if you're thinking you've seen this image before… yes, you have, and yes, yes, I know…

Leviathan TPB Announced!

Rebellion have announced the new edition of Leviathan will be available from Thursday 9th December - this 2nd edition will be a trade paperback, formatted to match the rest of the Rebellion TPB line.

Ads in 2000AD are pointing readers at Tharg's Future Shop, though it isn't listed on the site as of today (6th Dec); you can also pre-order from Amazon.co.uk, though they say they won't have stock till 14th December.


Leviathan © 2010 Rebellion Developments/2000AD.
Leviathan created by Ian Edginton & Me.

Stickleback TPB Signings

The new Stickleback collection, reprinting both the first two series.
Stickleback © 2008 Rebellion Developments/2000AD
Stickleback created by Ian Edginton & Me.

The Stickleback TPB is out - my complimentary copies arrived yesterday, and I'm pleased as punch with it. I'd initially been a little disappointed that we weren't going to get another hardback - they look so nice on the coffee table, dontchaknow - but the soft cover hasn't meant any compromise in production values. The cover's printed on matte stock, and the interior pages are glossy, with absolutely gorgeous repro - Stickleback must be a complete pig to print because of all the dark grey tones, but the production guys have done a fantastic job. All the light and dark tones of my original computer files show up on these pages in a way that the original progs never quite managed. They've also corrected a couple of minor lettering placement bloopers.

Oh, and don't be fooled by the name - despite being called Stickleback: England's Glory, it contains both series so far (Mother London and England's Glory).

If you're keeping an eye out for it in the shops, the cover looks more like the one above than the product image on 2000ADonline.com and Amazon.co.uk (I did the cover late, so they had to release a provisional design based on the first 2000AD Stickleback cover).

Gosh! Comics, Great Russell Street, London. See you there Saturday?

Ian and I will be doing a couple of signings for Stickleback this month - first up will be Gosh! in London on Saturday 16th August from 4pm-6pm*, then the following week we'll be signing at the Birmingham Forbidden Planet from 1-2pm. Full details below:

*yep, that's a whole day's notice, I'm on top of things as usual :-(

Gosh Comics

Saturday 16th August 4pm-6pm

39 Great Russell St
London WC1B 3NZ
United Kingdom
0207-636-1011
info@goshlondon.com


Forbidden Planet Birmingham

Saturday 23 August, 1-2pm

38 Priory Queensway
Birmingham
B4 7LA