1. Portugal Walking Tours - The second of three new Delilah Dirk “Travel Posters.” Previously: Verdant England.

    Portugal Walking Tours - The second of three new Delilah Dirk “Travel Posters.”

    Previously: Verdant England.

  2. “Verdant England” - a new Delilah Dirk illustration inspired by vintage travel posters. This one takes specific cues from the London Transport Museum’s poster collection from the 1920s.

    “Verdant England” - a new Delilah Dirk illustration inspired by vintage travel posters. This one takes specific cues from the London Transport Museum’s poster collection from the 1920s.

  3. Delilah Dirk revisions for Jerzy Drozd and Calista Brill, editor at First Second. See here: (Jerzy’s Comics Are Great podcast, episode 75) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R10AAaL7zKc#!

    Delilah Dirk revisions for Jerzy Drozd and Calista Brill, editor at First Second. See here: (Jerzy’s Comics Are Great podcast, episode 75) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=R10AAaL7zKc#!

  4. Sneak Peek of a thing. More soon. Just to prove that even though I’ve been mostly working on, as CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS might call it, “real work,” there’s still some cool jams coming down the line.

    Sneak Peek of a thing. More soon. Just to prove that even though I’ve been mostly working on, as CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS might call it, “real work,” there’s still some cool jams coming down the line.

  5. (I) call it ‘The Rule Of Replacing ‘Ands’ With Either ‘Buts’ Or ‘Therefores.’ And so it’s always, like, ‘This happens, and then this happens, and then this happens.’ Whenever I can go back into writing and change that to ‘This happens, therefore this happens, but this happens’ — whenever you can replace your ‘ands’ with ‘buts’ or ‘therefores,’ makes for better writing.

    — 

    South Park co-creator TREY PARKER, revealing some of his creative process. (via inothernews)

    [ I was introduced to this concept this morning. I like it. For further reading see here and here.]

  6. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, coming out on August 27th from First Second! You can even pre-order this handsome, shiny book from Amazon right now, though it’s always nice to get your favourite local bookstore involved. More pics over at the First Second blog!

    Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, coming out on August 27th from First Second! You can even pre-order this handsome, shiny book from Amazon right now, though it’s always nice to get your favourite local bookstore involved.

    More pics over at the First Second blog!

  7. Here, then, a small painting I have made for Hot Art Wet City’s CARDED show this Saturday, April 6th. If you’re in Vancouver, make sure to come down! It’s similar to a regular gallery show in that there’s art. It’s different in that it isn’t cripplingly unpleasant. Full details right here: CARDED!

    Here, then, a small painting I have made for Hot Art Wet City’s CARDED show this Saturday, April 6th. If you’re in Vancouver, make sure to come down! It’s similar to a regular gallery show in that there’s art. It’s different in that it isn’t cripplingly unpleasant.

    Full details right here: CARDED!

  8. Jim Ottaviani says, “@yaytime @TangoCharlie @01FirstSecond Want that crossover series now. I mean, now, please.”

    Jim Ottaviani says,

    “ Want that crossover series now. I mean, now, please.”

  9. Dave Roman's Astronaut Academy →

    Read the whole thing from the beginning, but this is my favourite page so far. It seems like AA is targeted towards younger readers, so I hope kids are sharp enough to appreciate the subtle humour (the best kind) behind “what you did or did not do on your semester break” and “I guess I DID challenge myself to be less reserved.”

    I am biased towards AA because we share a publisher now (squee) and also because AA is excellent.

  10. First Second to publish Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant!

    If you’re a Delilah Dirk Newsletter subscriber, you’ve already read this! So scratch that off your to-do list, I guess?

    Anyway,

    Since The Turkish Lieutenant started going up online, a few people have asked if/when there will be a dead-tree or “real book” version of that graphic novel. My response has always been, “stay tuned, and I’ll let you know as soon as I can!” Well, brace yourselves.

    The fine people at publisher extraordinaire First Second will be bringing Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant to all sorts of real-world bookshelves all over the place. I love First Second and am particularly excited about this. Plus, I’ve just finished a new cover for the book and I’m gonna be honest with you guys: it looks great.

    When will it be available? Cough mumble Fall 2013 cough. But early fall… definitely less than a year away. I know, it’s a bit of a wait. Fun fact: everything in Real Publishing seems to take a long time, especially if you’re used to internet immediacy. If you’d like to know more about general graphic novel-publishing behind-the-scenes stuff, First Second is currently running a series of great posts on their blog about all the “inside baseball” you could possibly want. They’re revealing all their dark publisher-y secrets. It’s a must-read if you’re an author looking to be published. As far as DD is concerned, there’s a lot of stuff that goes on over the next while that helps DD’s exposure. In a round-about way, that is a good thing for anyone who wants more DD (like me).

    One of the up-sides to the wait is that by the time it comes out, you will have forgotten all the details of the comic that you read this year, so it’ll be a completely fresh experience. You’ll barely even notice that I’ve added a dozen delightful new pages!

    Stay tuned for more info as The Turkish Lieutenant’s publication date approaches!