Portugal Walking Tours - The second of three new Delilah Dirk “Travel Posters.”
Previously: Verdant England.
Pictures, tutorials, and Inter-net gibberish from maybe one of your top-ten favourite animators / comic-book makers.
Portugal Walking Tours - The second of three new Delilah Dirk “Travel Posters.”
Previously: Verdant England.
“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.
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 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.
“@yaytime @TangoCharlie @01FirstSecond Want that crossover series now. I mean, now, please.”
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!
I did an interview with Alex Dueben for CBR! Want to know more about DD, the process, and upcoming stuff? Head on through!
San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Booth 2235! THIS is where I’ll be during the con, with awesome folks Kazu Kibuishi, Michel Gagné, Jorge Cham, Scott C, and the wonderful Johane Matte (from whom I stole this diagram). Pass us by at your own peril!

SDCC takes place from July 12-15th this year, and I’ll be down there with copies of Seeds of Good Fortune and prints a-plenty! I’ll be dedicating copies of Seeds as usual, so if you don’t already have a copy then come get yours. You’ll be able to find me at the Bolt City booth with my good ol’ Flight-Anthology captain Kazu Kibuishi (along with fellow Flight chums Scott C, Johane Matte, Michel Gagne, and Jorge Cham). You’ll also be able to find Seeds and prints at this year’s Tr!ckster event, which you should definitely be visiting.
So come on by - every year I look forward to meeting all the excellent people who come to say Hi at SDCC, so be sure to put our booth on your list of places to stop. I don’t know the specific booth number yet, but I will post that information here and on Twitter when I can. I’m looking forward to seeing you there!
UPDATE: Booth 2235! Set it on your GPS as “home”.