Hey, cats and dogs, pigs and mice:

Those three of you who still read livejournal (not really exaggerating there) may or may not have noticed, but it's been a while since I posted. I've been in Japan, getting married to the ass-kicking and awesome Mrs Franks. 

Since I've returned I haven't had much time to post--I'm back at work and hip deep in deadlines. But there's lots going on over here:

Lots of progress on BUCKET OF GLASS, my project with Joe Pimienta. We have five chapters (about forty pages) inked and coloured and I'm almost caught up on the lettering. This project is looking really strong and I'm super proud of it.

Paul Abstruse is a few pages away from finishing the artwork for LEFT HAND PATH, our occult/police procedural book, and I expect that the colourist won't be too far behind. This book is looking amazing and it's quite different to the other stuff you've probably seen from me in comics (although it's more or less home territory for those of you who've read my prose.)

McBLACK TWO SHOT is nearing completion and I hope to have it available for Supanova Sydney in June, which I will be attending under the Black House banner. I will also be exhibiting at Oz Comicon in Melbourne during the last weekend in June.

I have been writing the script for THE SIXSMITHS vol.02. Five chapters down, ten to go. I have a team of thirteen mind-blowing artists set up to go on this book and I've promised them that the script will be done by the end of May. That's a lot of script but so far I feel like it's coming along well. 

TERRA MAGAZINE #1 has not yet been released to newsagents, but it's been done and that should happen on the 15th. Apologies for the lateness--this is a distro problem, not a content problem. Meanwhile I am working on getting TERRA #2 ready for print.

CRIMINAL ELEMENT should be coming back onto the Black House schedule soon. This is entirely my fault--I screwed up the page order and we've had to trash the first print run. My thanks for your patience--it shouldn't be much longer. If you bought one of the flawed copies from me at Big Arse 2.0 I will gladly replace it with the corrected version once I have them. 

In addition to that, AFTER THE WORLD #5 should be in newsagents throughout Australia quite soon. This issue concludes Jason Fischer's wonderful trilogy of Tamsyn novellas and it also includes my short story "Sister To Dragons", which is probably my favourite among all of the short prose stories I've written. 

How've you been?

Well, kids, you’ve seen the cover for the Two Shot, but what’s it all about?

The One shot was about video games. The Two Shot is about nightmares.

What else can I tell you? I can tell you the full creative team for the book:

Jason Franks, Dave Gutierrez, Rhys James, Luke Pickett, John Stewart, and… Bruce Mutard.

That’s one for every chamber, folks.

Hey folks,

Here's a link to the podcast of that Joy FM spot, if you want to stream it down: http://www.cpod.org.au/page.php?id=215 (Episode # 106 Tuesday March 27th 2012)

Or download direct as an MP3 here: http://www.cpod.org.au/download.php?id=8576

Listen to my nerd voice, ye mighty, and despair...

Hey folks, 

Sorry for the radio silence lately. I am hellaciously busy making books and comics for you all. Oh, and getting married. 

How could I make it up to all three of you, my faithful readers? How about some actual radio time? How about tonight?

Tune in to Joy FM from 10:00-10:30pm (Australian Eastern standard Time) to catch me, James Andre and Tim Molloy talking comics with host Sonja Souter on Sonja's regular spot, Sci Fi and Squeam. So set your squelch boxes and don't miss it, or you'll have to catch it on podcast.

Cheers,

-- JF

Hey there, miscreants and evildoers,

It appears that there has been a problem with the print run of CRIMINAL ELEMENT. The release has been delayed and we are going back to print.

As consolation, here’s a look at the cover for the new one shot, which is called… Two Shot.

Brilliant, right I know.

Here’s the cover, by Rhys James.


Coming soon, an announcement about the art team for the new book.

-- JF

I interviewed Derek McCulloch about his new Vertigo graphic novel, GONE TO AMERIKAY. Illustrated by Colleen Doran, who I had the pleasure of meeting late last year as well. (I met Derek at Comicon in 2010).

It's a bit of an epic, but I'm really proud of it. Nobody else in comics does what Derek does and I'm really looking forward to the book. Read the interview here at Tastes Like Comics:

http://www.tasteslikecomics.com/2012/03/creator-owned-spotlight-gone-to-amerikay/

There's a short interview recorded live at Big Arse 2 in this episode of the Nerd Culture podcast, as well as the usual fun and nerdery. Check it out if you want to hear my geeky dulcet:

http://nerdculturepodcast.com/2012/03/podcast-episode-19/

It's this weekend, folks. Here's our youtube preview:



Here's me talking about it on the Comic booked podcast with Emmet O'Cuana:

http://podcasts.comicbooked.com/cbp9-interview-with-jason-franks-on-big-arse-2/

Sick of hearing me talk about arses? Soon it'll all be over. 

Until then, keep yours safe and I'll see you on the weekend!