Comic Book Writers Matthew Rosenberg & Patrick Kindlon Do Anti-Social Networking.
We got interviewed for Punknews. I put out punk records for 10 years and never got interviewed by Punknews. I put one issue of a comic with a rapper and I get interviewed. Lesson- always be confusing.
Check out the trailer for our brother organization ROOFTOP FILMS! There new season of awesome indie film is going on now. Check the schedule and go see some movies if you are in NYC.
The lovely gentlemen collectively known as iFanboy were awesome enough to host a preview of our book Twelve Reasons To Die. If you were on the fence you can go read some of it on their always awesome site. They also said “Add it to your pull list!” about our book. This is extra nice considering when we got hired on the book their advice was “Don’t fuck up.” Thanks Josh, Conor, Ron, & Paul!
“The components of the story, even after just one issue, are already lining up in my head as I try to figure out whats going to happen next. It’s an ingenious way of telling a tale, hopping around in time while slowly dropping hints and haunts of whats to come or whats come before. This is a dark violent comic with artists who clearly have a tight grasp on exactly what that means.”- Bleeding Cool
“In the end, Twelve Reasons to Die is an ambitious and gorgeous comic that tantalizes readers while making them yearn for more. With over twenty artists collaborating on the project, each issue is going to be a shotgun to the face of drama and violence.”
Cats out of the bag! We have a super limited, top secret “Ghost Variant” out today. Cover art is by the awesome Jason Jågel (Hang Glider & Mud Mask, MF Doom album covers). The book is only available at the following stores and supplies are limited. Go buy them today or pay ebay fees later.
The Ghost Variant is available in limited quantities at these fine establishments:
A Little Shop of Comics (Scotch Plains NJ)
Alternate Reality Comics (Las Vegas NV)
Another Dimension (Calgary – Canada)
Austin Books & Comics (Austin TX)
Beach Ball Comics (Anaheim CA)
Brave New Worlds (Willow Grove PA, Philadelphia PA)
Bridge City Comics (Portland OR)
Bunjee’s Comics (McDonough GA)
Casablanca Comics (Portland ME, Windham ME)
Chapel Hill Comics (Chapel Hill NC)
Chicago Comics (Chicago IL)
Comic Oasis (Las Vegas NV)
Comicopia (Boston MA)
CornerStoreComics (Anaheim CA)
Earth-2 Comics (Sherman Oaks CA, Northridge CA)
Fantasy Books (Belleville IL, Fairview Heights IL)
Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff (Concord CA)
Heroic Adventures (Edwardsville IL)
Keith’s Comics (Garland TX, Dallas TX)
Laughing Ogre Comics (Columbus OH, Fairfax VA, Lansdowne VA)
Local Heroes (Norfolk, VA 23517)
Main Street Comics (Middletown NY)
More Fun Comics (Denton TX, Lancaster TX)
Secret Headquarters (LA CA)
Southern Fried Comics (Hattiesburg MS)
Speeding Bullet Comics (Norman OK)
Star Clipper (St. Louis MO)
Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia – Canada)
TATE’S Comics (Lauderhill FL)
AICN COMICS Q&@: Ambush Bug has 12 Questions for Writer Matthew Rosenberg & His Collaboration with Ghostface Killah on 12 REASONS TO DIE!
Mark from AICN let me ramble some long answers on the state of comics, what scares me, and what it’s like to work with RZA & Ghostface.
Chapter 4 of our free webcomic MENU is up now at Trip City! Art by the amazing Sloane Leong! Logo design by the amazing Dylan Todd! Words by the awkward dudes that make up Ashcan Press. Go read it. It’s free.
Our book TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1 is one of the picks of the week over at IGN.com. Trust them. They are good at this. “Combine The Crow with hip-hop, and I imagine you’d wind up with something close to 12 Reasons to Die.”
TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1 is out next Wednesday, May 8th. These 10 awesome comic shops will have very limited exclusive photo covers of TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1. You want one? You gotta go there. They may also have very limited, super rare variants if you are into that sorta thing. Didn’t hear it from me.
Casablanca Comics
Portland, ME
http://www.casablancacomics.com/
Newbury Comics
Boston, MA
Providence, RI
New Haven, CT
http://www.newburycomics.com/
Brave New Worlds Comics
Philadelphia, PA
http://bravenewworldscomics.com/
Jim Hanley’s Universe
New York, NY
http://www.jhuniverse.com/
Third Eye Comics
Annapolis, MD
http://www.thirdeyecomics.com/
Chapel Hill Comics
Chapel Hill, NC
http://www.chapelhillcomics.com/
Heroes Haven Comics
Tampa, FL
http://heroeshavencomics.com/
Austin Books & Comics
Austin, TX
http://www.austinbooks.com/
Forbidden Planet - UK
London, England UK
http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/
Graham Crackers Comics
Chicago, IL
http://www.grahamcrackers.com/
Really happy to get to announce that our book, TWELVE REASONS TO DIE, will be on shelves next Wednesday (May 8th) and will have an exclusive 4 page preview of BALLISTIC, the new book from Adam Egypt Mortimer & Darick Robertson! The book is a trippy cross between Transmetropolitan, The Boys, and Naked Lunch. Get stoked.
We will have an extremely limited, hand numbered variant of Twelve Reasons To Die #1 at C2E2 this weekend. Stop by table T-11 and grab them before they are all gone. Cover art by the amazing Shaky Kane.
Space is crazy as hell.
NPR talked about Twelve Reasons To Die today, spoke about the comic a bit, and dropped our names. Thanks NPR. Can I be on “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me…” now?
FIVE GHOSTS #2 is out today! Besides being one of the best books this year, this issue begins our short backup story INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY! Art by Jason Copland, Shaky Kane, and Sloane Leong, words by us. Big thanks to Frank Barbiere, Chris Mooneyham, Shane Vidaurri, and everyone at Image Comics. Go support a great book and consider our story a thank you.
