Just the Tips
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- matt fraction -
I’ve been using my twitter and tumblr to pretty much curate and recirculate news out of Ferguson, MO, which I find horrifying, terrifying, and absolutely vital to keep recirculating. Every day people write me and say they had no idea until they read my site or feed -- so, y’know. I dunno what good having a microphone that talks to 70-thousand people is, between my twitter and tumblr, but this seems as good a use as dick jokes and old pulp magazine covers, which tends to be my usual stock in trade, so.
oh! I'm training for a half-marathon. so there's that, in my feed, too. i've never, uh -- i don't do that. i don't know what i'm doing. i have an app. and a deadline. it's an AVENGERS marathon at Disneyland. I'll be representing #teamHAWKGUY. I'm trying to tweet about it to keep myself honest? I don't know. I'm terrified and exhausted and hungry all the time.
On Sunday night I ran for two hours and then ate three turkey protein bars wrapped in tortillas, slept for six hours, woke up, ate three bowls of serial, then slept for four more hours, woke up, ate half a pizza, and went back to sleep.
So i'm saying i'm pretty much gonna die soon.
• HAWKEYE 20 -- I got the numbering wrong last week, thanks Steve Wacker -- the last Kate-in-L.A. issue, the last Annie Wu issue, called “The Longish Goodbye,” went to press last week. It hits shops on SEPTEMBER 10th. Here is a panel I screencapped from the screen-res PDF:
• Howard’s almost wrapped SATELLITE SAM #10, which brings the second chapter/arc/whateverthehell to a close. Here’s a look:
It took me ten issues but I finally got to Jack and Charlie’s 21 Club. There’s also an exegesis on the engineering of a woman’s stocking that pushed, I suspect, even the limits of Howard’s fetishization. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Figure this for late September.
Meanwhile, in Casanova country, even Kaito’s into brimping:
Also, Kaito’s alive still.
And in November, there’s THIS:
CASANOVA, VOL. 2: GULA - THE COMPLETE EDITION HC
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: FÁBIO MOON
NOVEMBER 12 / 168 PAGES / FC / M / $29.99
When is Casanova Quinn? Everyone’s favorite hedonistic rogue double agent turned good guy for E.M.P.I.R.E. vanishes and a search through time and space breaks out to find him—while his twin sister Zephyr gets up to all kinds of mayhem to take advantage of his absence that will culminate in a brazen attack on E.M.P.I.R.E itself...and her own father. At long last, all the covers, all the content, all the comics, between two gorgeous covers. By MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, SATELLITE SAM, Hawkeye) and FÁBIO MOON (BPRD, Daytripper) and GABRIEL BÁ (Umbrella Academy, Daytripper).
Collects CASANOVA: GULA #1-4
Speaking of all things brimpable --
SEX CRIMINALS #10
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: JUST A GREAT BIG BUNCH OF C.H.U.D.S
NOVEMBER 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.50
In which Jon and Suzie learn just how alone together we all are, and the stakes get raised crazy-high in this, the second arc finale. By MATT FRACTION (CASANOVA, ODYC, SATELLITE SAM) and just a great big bunch of C.H.U.D.s with photoshop or something.
Also can we talk about how clearly no one, either at Image or at Diamond, is proofing the solicitation copy.
Oh! Oh oh! Looking to make it a real “white christmas” all over your face and frontbutts? Curious what any of that might even mean, or how to do it, even if you wanted to? Then why not check out --
JUST THE TIPS HC
THE TIPS: MATT FRACTION & CHIP ZDARSKY
THE ART / COVER: CHIP ZDARSKY
NOVEMBER 26 / 96 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99
Just in time to come down everybody’s chimneys thisholiday season, the creators of SEX CRIMINALS are proud-ish to present JUST THE TIPS: a curated collection of tips, tricks, moves, advice, suggestions, stories, and confessions, how-tos, do’s, don’ts, and do-agains-but-slower-this-times from the unmissable letters column of SEX CRIMINALS, alongside all-new material specially created for this collection only. Finally, a book to teach you how to not be a sex dumby no more. It’s this book.
This is not a joke. This is actually happening.
And and and and, ODY-C is what I’m not writing as I write this.
A nice piece went up on USATODAY.COM the other day
'ODY-C' creators hit a Homer switching up epic tale
The trippy sci-fi journey tackles gender politics and establishes a female hero for one little girl.
with the FULL FIVE PAGE PREVIEW PROLOGUE. The Previews catalog only has three of the five. The full thing is in the link. Ward and I ramble, Brian Truitt does a yeoman’s job of making it sound like we know what the hell we’re talking about, ad infinitum.
Here’s the solicitation:
ODY-C #1
STORY: MATT FRACTION
ART / COVER: CHRISTIAN WARD
NOVEMBER 26 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
An epic 26 centuries in the making: In the aftermath of a galactic war a hundred years long, Odyssia the Clever Champion and her compatriots begin their longest, strangest trip yet: the one home. A gender-bent eye-popping psychedelic science fiction odyssey begins HERE, by MATT FRACTION (CASANOVA, SEX CRIMINALS, SATELLITE SAM) and CHRISTIAN WARD (INFINITE VACATION, OLYMPUS).
INCLUDES SPECIAL EIGHT-PAGE FOLDOUT!
• And! And and and and AND! This just in! I just found out that, at some point in the month of November, this happens:
FANTASTIC FOUR BY MATT FRACTION OMNIBUS HC
Written by MATT FRACTION, CHRIS SEBELA, KARL KESEL & LEE ALLRED
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY, ANDRE ARAUJO, RAFFAELE IENCO, MIKE ALLRED & JOE QUINONES
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
When Reed and Sue decide the family needs to relax, they take Ben, Johnny and the kids on a year-long vacation — through all of infinite time and space! And in the absence of Marvel’s First Family, a handpicked substitute FF — Ant-Man, Medusa, She-Hulk and the new Ms. Thing — stand ready to guard Earth. What could possibly go wrong? As Reed Richards struggles to hide his true motivations and the Future Foundation adjusts to their mentors’ replacements, Doom the Annihilating Conqueror rises! Can Reed cure the disease that’s killing the team? Can the Future Foundation hang together? And what’s with Old John Storm, anyway? Matt Fraction’s fantastic reinvention of Marvel’s First Family is collected in one oversized volume! Collecting FANTASTIC FOUR (2012) #1-16 and #5AU, FF (2012) #1-16, and material from MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE #1.
760 PGS./Rated T ... $99.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9110-0
Trim size: oversized
And this’ll all be properly sequenced, too -- so hurrah!
I promise not to say shit about fuck next week.
- kelly sue deconnick -
Bah. I'm buried. Just a bit from me this week --
Brian Bendis' birthday party was Sunday. Alisa threw him an amazing bash, complete with Scavenger Hunt in downtown Portland. I got Brian and Alisa's permission to auction off our set of favors (personalized messenger bag, tshirts, boxer shorts and more) for a charity auction. Girls Leadership Institute is usually my charity of choice, but in this case I'd like the money to go to one of the legal funds for those arrested in Ferguson, MO. So I'll get details together for that and let you all know as soon as it's ready.
It looks like Captain Marvel 8 is out in October and CM9 is out in November. Here's the solicit for 9:
CAPTAIN MARVEL #9
KELLY SUE DECONNICK (W)
DAVID LOPEZ (A/C)
• Face front, Carol Corps after the adventures with the Flerkin, Carol’s got her hands full again – this time with a special guest star from the X-Universe: the Marvel Universe’s rock and roll maven, Lila Cheney!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
For whatever reason, 9 is my favorite number and Issue 9s are always my favorite issues. This is shaping up to be no exception.
Work is continuing apace on PROMETHEUS, BITCH PLANET, PRETTY DEADLY VOLUME 2 and a couple of non-comics gigs. Just take my word for it. Details as I have time.
This week's homework:
Let's think about editing. Watch a scene from a show or film. The shorter the better; we all have lives to live, right? Okay so watch a scene. Then watch it again. Watch it and pause at every edit. Write down what each shot in the scene is -- what it shows, where it moves (if it moves), where the cuts come (if they come). Ask yourself why -- how does the scene progress with the cuts, how would it progress without the cut. What visual information are you given that you need? What audio information? Could you get the same stuff from the scene with your eyes or ears closed?
Now try it with a comic.
#ICYMI
MF: My reading has moved into fiction for the first time in forever. I’m going through the Matthew Scudder novels (up to OUT ON THE CUTTING EDGE now) and chasing it with either BRAVO, Rucka’s new Jad Bell book, or, as of last night, ONE KICK, by Chelsea Cain, which got a tremendous write-up in the Sunday times. She’s the best. So, uh. So go read that stuff.
MF: Oh, and -- did you hear Jules Feiffer made a noir graphic novel? Called KILL MY MOTHER? Because he did, and, holy shit, it sounds amazing: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/jules-feiffers-kill-my-mother, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/books/review/jules-feiffers-kill-my-mother.html, Get on that, comics internet. It’s only Jules-gotdang-Feiffer. EEESH.
MF: I got to talk to one of my favorite shows BULLSEYE (With Jesse Thorn) for their “I Wish I Made That” segment. I talked about ENTER THE DRAGON. Not only is BULLSEYE fantastic, but Jesse’s behind PUT THIS ON, “the web series about dressing like a grown-up,” instrumental and indispensable if you, like me, have decided that you like to look like you know what time it is without needing to look at a watch. I don’t quite have Jesse’s sartorial flair but, hey, it’s good to have aspirations. I also couldn't remember the word "cathexis" the whole time. See if you can tell. because i was trying to remember the word "cathexis."
Are you compliant? #noncompliant #bitchplanet
tl;dr
August 29-31 - Kelly Sue at Dragon*Con
September 5-7 - Fraction at Cincy Comiccon
September 9 - Henry Leo's Birthday
September 10 - Captain Marvel 7 in stores
September 10 - Hawkeye 20 in stores
September 20-21 - KS & MF at Rose City Comic Con
September Something-or-the-Other: Satellite Sam 10 in stores
October 8 - Hawkeye: LA Woman tpb & Captain Marvel: Higher Further Faster More tpb in stores
October 8 - Captain Marvel 8 in stores
October 10-13 - KS & MF at New York Comic Con
November 12 - Casanova: Gula HC in stores
November 12 - Sex Criminals 10 in stores
November 14-16 - KS & MF at Avengers Half Marathon (Disneyland)
November 26 - ODY-C #1 in stores
November 26 - Just The Tips in stores
November Something: F4/FF Fraction Omnibus
December 10 - First issue of Bitch Planet on shelves.