COVER BY: KENNETH ROQUEFORT
WRITERS: C.B. CEBULSKI, DANIEL MERLIN GOODBREY, CHRIS SEQUERA & JONATHAN HICKMAN
PENCILS: KENNETH ROQUEFORT, LOU KANG, CHEW CHAN, NICK PITARRA & JONATHAN HICKMAN
COLOURED BY: IMAGINARY FRIENDS
LETTERED BY: TROY PETERI

The Marvel Universe is about to get even more astonishing with this anthology that delivers super-sized thrills every month! First up, fan-fave C.B. Cebulski and superstar Ken Roquefort (Madame Mirage) get gritty with a no-holds-barred Wolverine/Punisher tale you have to see to believe! You like Iron Man? GOOD! We’ve got a double dose of the Iron Avenger as Tony Stark and Arno Stark, Iron Man of the year 2020, headline two tales of corporate and high-tech intrigue. Finally, Cannonball and Sunspot of the New Mutants get sucked into the wildest adventure of their short lives when they spend their summer vacation in…MOJOWORLD!!

40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

The above being the solicitation copy for my next outing at Marvel Comics. Astonishing Tales will be the home for Endless Stolen Sky, a six-part serial starring everyone’s favourite alternate-future armoured bastard, Arno Stark: The Iron Man of 2020. The story’s artwork is being provided by the amazingly talented Lou Kang and you’ll be able to read the first part of it when Astonishing Tales # 1 hits the stands on February 4th.

More details to follow soon – I expect there’ll be one or two interviews popping up around the web as we get nearer to the book’s release and I’ll try to keep track of them all here at E-merl. In the meantime, ordering the book at your local comic shop ASAP is probably a good idea if you want to be guaranteed a copy to read come February.

Excelsior!

It’s way-to-early in the morning and I’m just about to set off up to Leeds for the Thought Bubble comic festival taking place today. Should probably have mentioned that on the blog a little while ago but organisation is at times something of an alien concept to me. For example, I recently seem to have misplaced the month of October. Perhaps I should check down the back of the sofa?

Anyhoo, do pop along to myself and Sean Azzopardi’s table if you happen to be passing by, yes? We’ll have comics and such for purchase and more sleep-deprived witty banter than you can shake a rather tired, confused stick at. If you can’t make it to Leeds, then next weekend I’ll be at the ICA for the Comiket small press show as part of this year’s Comica events. I’m also one the folk behind this year’s Comica Potential Comic, the web version of which should be showing up on E-merl in the nearish future.

I’ve a bunch more news titbits to share but I’m rather running out time. Expect a follow up news post to follow soon (“soon” being the most relative of terms).