Ashcan Press

FIVE GHOSTS #3 is in stores today. Besides being one of the best...

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:01:38 -0400

FIVE GHOSTS #3 is in stores today. Besides being one of the best books on shelves it also contains the second installment of our series INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. With art by the always awesome Jason Copland, Shaky Kane, and Sloane Leong, we are really proud of this one. Head to your local comic shop now and give it a read.

Patrick Kindlon and Matthew Rosenberg (12 Reasons to Die)

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:15 -0400

Patrick Kindlon and Matthew Rosenberg (12 Reasons to Die):

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...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:38:48 -0400

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.

Preview: RZA & Ghostface Killah Present TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1

Fri, 10 May 2013 03:29:00 -0400

Preview: RZA & Ghostface Killah Present TWELVE REASONS TO DIE #1:

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!

Two Reasons To Read Twelve Reasons To Die - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:18:00 -0400

Two Reasons To Read Twelve Reasons To Die - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors:

“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

The Weekly Crisis - Comic Book Review Blog: Twelve Reasons to Die Review

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:13:00 -0400

The Weekly Crisis - Comic Book Review Blog: Twelve Reasons to Die Review:

“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...

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:12:28 -0400

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)

AINT IT COOL NEWS Chats With Us About TWELVE REASONS TO DIE, Horror, and Comics.

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:54:00 -0400

AINT IT COOL NEWS Chats With Us About TWELVE REASONS TO DIE, Horror, and Comics.:

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...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:27:43 -0400

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.

The Comics Run: May 6, 2013 - IGN

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:41:00 -0400

The Comics Run: May 6, 2013 - IGN:

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...

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:07:00 -0400

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...

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:25:00 -0400

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...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:00:00 -0400

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.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:29:55 -0400

Space is crazy as hell.

The Ghostface Killah Rises Again : NPR

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:15:18 -0400

The Ghostface Killah Rises Again : NPR:

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...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:01:46 -0400

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.

After you read the blog from Comixology explaining they fucked up rather than we're censored (if anything, Comixology censored it) will you retract statements about Saga #12 you made on Twitter?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 03:02:57 -0400

Well this is a weird one. If you know what statements I made on twitter why wouldn’t you just ask me on twitter? Anyway, no, obviously I fucking won’t do that. That is crazy as hell. I am not sure what statements you think I should be retracting but I will attempt to respond to this as best I can.

Firstly, just because Comixology made a statement in the face of an uproar does not mean I take it at face value. I don’t know what happened really, but it is odd to pull a very profitable book because you “guessed” that your business partners wouldn’t like it. At best this is a small mistake for Comixology and Apple but could be a huge one for Fiona Staples, Brian Vaughan, and Image. So no, that is not a reason to sing the praises of Comixology and Apple. They fucked up. People called them out on it. That’s what is supposed to happen.

Now I made two statements about SAGA. The one I liked more was the one where I told Applebee’s to fuck off, stick to Onion Bursts, and leave Saga alone. I wouldn’t apologize for that because it was comedy gold.

The other statement was something along the lines of “I know it’s already been said but nothing good comes from the corporate control of art.” If that is what you are referring to obviously that is not something I would retract. That is art 101. That is basic humanity. Yesterday Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples got fucked over by some weird corpo bullshit. It turns out that bullshit was Comixology guessing what Apple wanted? Well guess what? That is bad for both of them. Why does Apple have rules that their business partners have to guess at? Why do their business partners assume they are at best anti-sex and at worst homophobic? And why does Comixology self-censor rather than letting Apple decide what is ok for Apple? Why do the small people on the totem (and the people who make the thing they all profit off of) get fucked over by guesswork and vague, semi-enforced, and seemingly random guidelines? Now my shot was not specific to Apple or Comixology (both corporations who profit off other people’s art) anymore than it was to Best Buy, NBC, Disney, or any other multitude of corporations who profit from, censor, and control peoples art. However it is interesting that alien sex, lesbian sex, robot sex, orgies, and monster genitals do not set off whatever red flags went off. I am not a conspiracy theorist but my guess is someone, somewhere saw a dick they didn’t like on the pages of SAGA and decided their day would be easier if nobody else saw it. They were clearly wrong. Their day probably sucked. Either way that is not a healthy way to treat art (or business for that matter).

All of that is ignoring the fact that all of this is over a drawing of a dick. What a sad, sad shame that we can see all of the violence, hate, and degradation that these companies can pass through their doors but a picture of a perfectly nice thing to do to a dick makes them freak out. Maybe that is American culture’s fault and they just react, but someone, let’s call them Brian and Fiona, thought it was ok. I will side with them on this because it is. We are adults. Let’s not be scared to act like it and treat each other like it.

Now I don’t have any problem with Comixology. I have some good friends who work there, they have always been nice to me, and I think they do a good job of expanding the comic audience. That doesn’t mean that when they fuck up they are beyond reproach. And as for Apple, they devalue art while robbing artists, they contribute to a level of material elitism that is borderline dangerous, their culture of planned obsolescence is environmentally catastrophic, and they make overpriced shit using near slave labor. So fuck them. Fuck them with all the dicks they don’t want you to see.

In the end though, the real point is neither of these corporations know I said anything. It didn’t impact them in any way. And even if they knew it wouldn’t matter because they don’t have feelings. But Brian and Fiona and the fans of SAGA who were mistreated do. So I said some pretty mild shit in defense of artists against faceless corporations. No apologies. Seems like I bummed you out and I guess I am sorry about that. But my advice to you is maybe start worrying a little less about the corporations who might have got their feelings hurt and a little more about the almost infinite amount of shit that is worth worrying about in this world.

And if you are the social media person from Applebees, I am sorry. It was a joke. Your food sucks though.

The latest chapter of MENU, our post apocalyptic story about the...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:36:41 -0400

The latest chapter of MENU, our post apocalyptic story about the love of a boy and a dog is up for free at TRIP CITY right now! Go read it and then read everything else on TRIP CITY because it is all really good. Art by Leela Wagner, Logo design by Dylan Todd, Guidance by Chris Miskiewicz, words by Kindlon/Rosenberg. Thanks to Dean, Seth, Jeff, Hannah, Chris, and everyone over at Trip City.

OUR BOOK IS ON JIMMY FALLON TONIGHT!

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:42:40 -0400

Everyone tune in to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight to see him hold up my comic for 3 seconds and say it’s “cool” or something. I couldn’t quite hear him. Also watch Ghostface, Adrian Younge, and The Roots kill it.

arcaneimages: Charles Burns This is perfect.

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:51:40 -0400

arcaneimages:

Charles Burns

This is perfect.