ICYMI Art: Pitiful Human-Lizard and "Friends"

How great is this?

The image was used in this First Comics News review / interview with Human-Lizard creator/writer/artist Jason Loo. It's a great blend of classic Canadian Whites characters and more current ones in Grey Owl and Dominion Jack.

I absolutely love it and I may not be the only one. When I first came across the interview this morning, the image was thumbnail-sized. 12 hours later, as I prepare to share it here, it's the entire width of the post. It may well be that First Comics News generated some positive feedback on it.

Speaking of positive feedback, I've said it before and I'll say it again: First Comics News is very friendly to independent creators and publishers. They are very good at announcing Chapter House's monthly solicitations, for example. So if you have some news to share and want a little exposure, you may find them quite accommodating.

2rue Patriot Cover Reveal

The image below was posted on the True Patriot Facebook page.  The TP2 team is preparing a launch party for their fundraising campaign on November 1st at The Comic Book Lounge and Gallery (587A College Street, Toronto).  The book's cover was partially shown as a teaser on October 16th and now a full view is displayed on the event page, although it is apparently not yet fully completed.  It is the work Tom Fowler and Jay Stephens.

When it was first revealed that a second volume would be forthcoming, I was told (on Twitter) that if I enjoyed the first book, I would be very happy with the line-up of the second.  Evidently so; the five characters above are all making return appearances.   Clockwise from top left we have: Arrowhead, Grey Owl, Raven Girl (Did that name hold up?  It's actually not used in-story), Dominion Jack and Superhero Girl.

A couple of the stories in the first volume concluded with a "next issue" blurb.  It'll be interesting to see whether those were actually applicable or just included for effect.

I admit that I'm a little worn out on Indiegogo and Kickstarter campaigns but I can't wait for ths one to begin.

From Gold to Grey

The following was posted on the True Patriot anthology Facebook page.

We're all about being Canadian, so J. Bone's Golden Owl has been renamed Grey Owl! Whatever you call our fine feathered friend, he looks great in colour...

Makes sense.  In fact, it's kind of surprising that no one has thought to name a Canadian superhero Grey Owl to this point (that I know of).  Here's part of the image being referred to:

That's J. Bone's work above.  That page is one of several preview images on that Facebook page.  If you plan to follow the progress of this book, which has a tentative release date of July 1st, that's the place from which to do it. 

Here's another piece, this time by Tom Fowler, featuring several other characters from the book.

Left to right, we have Dominion Jack, Thunderbirch and The Red Ensign.

This thing can't hit my mailbox fast enough.

True Patriot Christmas Card

Though I was a contributor to the True Patriot campaign earlier this year, the image below was an unexpected inbox surprise this morning.

What we have here is Dominion Jack (and his daughter), as drawn by Ron Salas.  Jack is among the characters to be featured in the True Patriot anthology.

The campaign ended some time ago, but the book can still be ordered from this page.