Postcards (Pekar, Hester, Beland, Kindt and more)

I wanted to revisit this with some new info. The book's coming out June 2007, I recently sold it to an unannounced publisher. In addition to Harvey Pekar (American Splendor), Phil Hester (Green Arrow, The Wraith), and Tom Beland (True Story, Swear to God) the book will feature work from Michael Gaydos (Alias, Pulse), Stuart Moore (Founding editor of Vertigo and Marvel Knights, writer on Firestorm, Wolverine, etc), Rick Spears & Rob G (Teenagers from Mars, Detective Comics), Ande Parks (Capote in Kansas, Union Station), Antony Johnston (Queen & Country, Wasteland), Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon from Elk's Run, Neil Kleid (X-Men Unlimited, Brownsville) & Jake Allen (Brownsville), Robert Tinnell (The Wicked West), and plenty more folks.

It’s been fun putting it together but production’s winding down and we’ll be finished within the next week or so.

I have a blog going for the book ([url]http://blog.myspace.com/AllYouLeave[/url]), full website will be up-and-running by the end of the year.

That looks cool.

Good work mate!

[QUOTE=Riddlegimp;898823]That looks cool.

Good work mate![/QUOTE]

Thank you much!

Now it's on to Volume II - gotta love the financial stability of a franchise book...

[SIZE=2](All though I do think I'm going to take four months or so and write a draft of this baseball-themed graphic novel I've been wanting to do)[/SIZE]

Looks good
although a baseball-themed graphic novel sounds even more interesting
they never have any cool sports comics

[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;898871]Looks good
although a baseball-themed graphic novel sounds even more interesting
they never have any cool sports comics[/QUOTE]

[URL=http://daveslongbox.blogspot.com/2005/10/nfl-superpro-marvel-comics-1991.html]oh yeah?[/URL]

i've got that in my closet, somewhere.

[QUOTE=JKuhlmann;898937][URL=http://daveslongbox.blogspot.com/2005/10/nfl-superpro-marvel-comics-1991.html]oh yeah?[/URL]

i've got that in my closet, somewhere.[/QUOTE]

I'd also have to mention Golem's Mighty Swing. Maybe not as cool as Superpro but, you know...

There's also plenty of fantastic sports-themed manga available. There was even a baseball series in the 70s that I never seem to find. I don't even know if it was translated.

I'm so anxious for this!! June isn't too far off though. I can't wait to get my mangy paws on the Postcards book!!

[QUOTE=PureTaurine;939068]I'm so anxious for this!! June isn't too far off though. I can't wait to get my mangy paws on the Postcards book!![/QUOTE]

We have a lot of promotion lined up for next month since that's when the book solicits in Previews, the catalog all of the comic shops buy from.

You'll even have a chance to win one of the pages from Stuart Moore and Michael Gaydos' story. Should be fun.

Yes, I'm VERY familiar with Previews. I've been buggin my comic shop about this one for months now. I've already pre-ordered my copy from Amazon though. Hooray. Just counting down until June. Not much longer...

[QUOTE=JKuhlmann;898937][URL=http://daveslongbox.blogspot.com/2005/10/nfl-superpro-marvel-comics-1991.html]oh yeah?[/URL]

i've got that in my closet, somewhere.[/QUOTE]

I bought Superpro #1 when I was a kid and I was sure that it was going to be the comic to make me a rich man someday.

[URL=http://www.postcardsanthology.com/contest]The contest for Gaydos' art is on. [/URL]Should be fun.

I also put up some [URL=http://www.postcardsanthology.com/promote.html]wallpapers, badges, etc[/URL].

The book's in Previews - homestretch now.

I haven't updated this in a while, so...

Today is the last day to enter [URL=http://www.eximiouspress.com/postcards/contest/]the Michael Gaydos art competition[/URL].

Blog@Newsarama posted [URL=http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/04/08/postcards-wrap-up/]a series of five conversations[/URL] between myself and Phil Hester, Matt Dembicki & Jason Copland, Stuart Moore & Michael Gaydos, Chris Stevens & Gia-Bao Tran, and Antony Johnston.

[URL=http://comicsintheclassroom.net/oo2007_interview_postcards.htm]Comics in the Classroom talked to me about the book.[/URL]

[URL=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=109326]Newsarama talked to me about Postcards.[/URL]

Tonight also begins a week-long feature on [URL=http://wwww.comicbookresources.com]CBR[/URL], so check it out!

[QUOTE=Jason Rodriguez;948348][URL=http://www.postcardsanthology.com/contest]The contest for Gaydos' art is on. [/URL]Should be fun.

I also put up some [URL=http://www.postcardsanthology.com/promote.html]wallpapers, badges, etc[/URL].

The book's in Previews - homestretch now.[/QUOTE]

i saw the ad for it in previews (the one that came out last week or so), but not the actual solicitation? is it in the books or comics section? what publisher?

i first caught wind of it because of the beland contribution, but i'm intrigued with the whole thing now.

[QUOTE=edq13;963744]i saw the ad for it in previews (the one that came out last week or so), but not the actual solicitation? is it in the books or comics section? what publisher?

i first caught wind of it because of the beland contribution, but i'm intrigued with the whole thing now.[/QUOTE]

In the recent Previews? That's weird - we were in April's Previews. The order # was APR074039.

[QUOTE=Jason Rodriguez;964347]In the recent Previews? That's weird - we were in April's Previews. The order # was APR074039.[/QUOTE]

yeah, it was a full page ad with postcards and i think two other books, the names of which i can't remember right now...

thanks for the order code, i'll make sure my boss has it on order.

Man, I let this thread die. The book came out on the 24th. SO far it's been in Daily Candy, USA Today, LA Times, Washington Post, Ain't It Cool News, Washington City Paper, Bookslut, DCist, Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, etc...[URL=http://www.eximiouspress.com/postcards/links_and_friends.html]there's a full list of reviews here[/URL].

Also, [URL=http://www.eximiouspress.com]I launched another blog [/URL]for POSTCARDS-related stuff as well as some other projects I'm working on.