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 Chris Burnham
located in Chicago, IL
natured & nurtured by Robert & Gretchen Burnham
When I'm freshly shaven, I get carded every time. When I've got a beard, I get offered the senior citizen discount. Who needs Ponce de Leon when you've got Ferdinand du Gillette?
In other news, I draw pictures for a living, I can say the alphabet backwards faster than you can say it forwards, and I have never worked in food service. I think the rest is self-explanatory.
Oh, if you're so inclined, follow me on Twitter and Facebook, where I say offensive things for my own amusement. I had a great beastiality bit the other day. Look out , jungle cats!
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Now On Sale
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 Officer Downe
created by Joe Casey & Chris Burnham
written by Joe Casey
art by Chris Burnham
colors by Marc Letzmann
48 pages $4.99
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FROM THE DEVIANT MINDS WHO BROUGHT YOU THE CULT HIT, NIXON'S PALS -- A TWISTED NEW KIND OF CRIME COMIC! He walks the eternal beat... and delivers the eternal beat-down! Much more than man... he is policeman! It's hyper-violence on the mean city streets, from JOE CASEY (Avengers: The Origin) and CHRIS BURNHAM (X-Men: Manifest Destiny); an all-new special where a lone Badass With A Badge takes on the scourge of the criminal underworld: Headcase Harry! The Fortune 500! Zen Master Flash! Not even death itself can stop this powerhouse of justice! You've never experienced 'command presence' like this! This is one cop that'll keep coming back for more... even from beyond the grave!
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 The Amory Wars vol. 3 #2
written by Claudio Sanchez & Peter David
art by Chris Burnham
colors by Zac Atkinson
32 pages $3.99
Huge hit THE AMORY WARS comes to BOOM! — right on the heels of THE AMORY WARS' creator Claudio Sanchez's band Coheed and Cambria’s hot new album release YEAR OF THE BLACK RAINBOW this April! Heard about the ground-breaking THE AMORY WARS comic series but never had a chance to get into it? This is a great entry point for new readers. For this new series, Peter David joins this science fiction franchise, so don't miss out! Created by Claudio Sanchez, lead singer of Coheed and Cambria!
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 The Amory Wars vol. 3 #1
written by Claudio Sanchez & Peter David
art by Chris Burnham
colors by Zac Atkinson
32 pages $3.99
Huge hit THE AMORY WARS comes to BOOM! — right on the heels of THE AMORY WARS' creator Claudio Sanchez's band Coheed and Cambria’s hot new album release YEAR OF THE BLACK RAINBOW this April! Heard about the ground-breaking THE AMORY WARS comic series but never had a chance to get into it? This is a great entry point for new readers. For this new series, Peter David joins this science fiction franchise, so don't miss out! Created by Claudio Sanchez, lead singer of Coheed and Cambria!
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 Elephantmen #25
written by Richard Starkings
art by Dave Gibbons, Tim Sale, Paul Grist, Ladronn, David Hine, Chris Burnham, and many more!
32 pages $3.50
Questionable Things Part Two
The Big Picture MAPPO agents are at loose in Los Angeles. Information Agents Hip Flask and Ebony Hide must work with the LAPD to track them down and route out the sleeper cell controlling them. But who is Blackthorne?
This issue is told entirely in splash pages and chronicles the history of the Elephantmen from the point of view of one man, making it a great jumping-on point for new readers!
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 Elephantmen #24
written by Richard Starkings
art by Moritat and Chris Burnham
32 pages $3.50
Questionable Things Part 1
MORITAT returns for a new story arc that pits Elephantman against Elephantman. Simm's secret has been revealed and all hell breaks loose!
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 Elephantmen #23
written by Richard Starkings
art by Andre Szymanowicz, Moritat, and Chris Burnham
32 pages $3.50
Dangerous Liaisons Part 8: CONSEQUENCES
Why has Simm lured Vanity to Horn Tower? What deadly game is the MAPPO sleeper cell playing with Information Agents Ebony Hide and Hip Flask?
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 Days Missing
written by Phil Hester, David Hine, Ian Edginton, and Matz
art by Frazer Irving, Chris Burnham, Lee Moder, and Huge Petrus
160 pages $19.99
Days Missing tells the stories of a mysterious being known as "The Steward." His ability to literally "fold" days of time has allowed him to secretly remove critical days from our shared history that have forever changed the course of mankind...or so he thinks. In these missing days, The Steward battles Frankenstein, the Spanish conquistadors and artificial lifeforms, among other history-shaping forces.
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 Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
written by Tom DeFalco
art by Chris Burnham
colors by Nathan Fairbairn
48 pages $3.99
The original Human Torch, Toro, the Sub-Mariner, the Angel and the Ferret team up to prevent Nazi saboteurs and one of the Torch's earliest foes from creating the ultimate weapon of mass destruction in this all-new 22 page story. Plus another 10 page classic vintage tale from Marvel's Golden Age!
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 Elephantmen #16
written by Richard Starkings
art by Chris Burnham
colors by Tatto Caballero
40 pages $2.99
A woman from The Silencer's past has tracked him down to Los Angeles. Finally ELEPHANTMEN presents the story of The Silencer, who he is and how he came to be. Plus: THE SLEEZE BROTHERS by JOHN CARNELL and ANDY LANNING.
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 Nixon's Pals
created by Joe Casey & Chris Burnham
written by Joe Casey
art by Chris Burnham
120 pages $12.99
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What's worse than being a super-villain in Los Angeles County? Being their parole officer, of course! Meet Nixon Cooper and his colorful cast of parolees at large, hanging on by their fingernails in the morally ambiguous underbelly of L.A. But who's got it worse -- the criminals who're struggling (and often failing) to live the straight life? Or Nixon himself, struggling to keep up with all of them? And who the hell is sleeping with Nixon's wife?! A crime story like you've never seen before! Loaded with extra features!.
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 Who Can Save Us Now?
edited by Owen King & John Mcnally.
illustrations by Chris Burnham
415 pages $16.00
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Twenty-two of today's most talented writers (and comics fans) unite in Who Can Save Us Now?, an anthology featuring brand-new superheroes equipped for the threats and challenges of the twenty-first century -- with a few supervillains thrown in for good measure. Edited and with contributions by Owen King (We're All in This Together) and John McNally (America's Report Card), and embellished with stunning illustrations by artist Chris Burnham, Who Can Save Us Now? offers a vibrant, funny, and truly unusual array of characters and their stories.
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 Fear Agent #21
written by Rick Remender & Chris Burnham
art by Jerome Opeña & Chris Burnham
32 pages $2.99
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Haunting in space! When Heath Huston is forced to pass through a black hole, his rocket ship becomes home to an eerie and vengeful otherworldly presence that conspires to destroy him. Across the universe, the heartless bounty hunter Agent Zero comes to collect from Mara and Charlotte, and one of them will not survive.
But who cares about the main story? The REAL attraction here is Chris Burnham's A Mammoth Undertaker!
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 X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1
written by James Asmus, etc.
art by Chris Burnham, etc.
32 pages $4.50
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Witness the biggest shake-up in X-Men history. With the mansion in Westchester destroyed, the X-Men are moving to San Francisco. But it’s not just a change in the zip code. Come see what the momentous change in status quo means to the X-Men.
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 X-Men: Divided We Stand
written by Dwyne Swierczynski, etc.
art by Chris Burnham, etc.
120 or so pages $12.99
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In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men. But where does that leave the mutants that WERE X-Men? Some of the industry’s hottest creators bring you stories of your favorite mutants as they make their way in a world without the X-Men. And only those who adapt will survive. Featuring Cannonball, Husk, Nightcrawler, Storm, Black Panther, Neznho, Anole, Beast, Dark Beast, Havok, Vulcan and Surge! Collecting X-MEN: DIVIDED WE STAND #1-2 and X-MEN: MESSIAH COMPLEX – MUTANT FILES.
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 X-Men: Divided We Stand #2
written by Dwyne Swierczynski, etc.
art by Chris Burnham, etc.
32 pages $4.99
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Exploring the fallout of Messiah CompleX, the second part of this collection of short stories follows some of our favorite mutants as they make their way in a world without the X-Men. And only those who adapt will survive. Featuring Beast, Dark Beast, Havok, and Forge!
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 Elephantmen #9
written by Richard Starkings
art by Chris Burnham & Moritat
32 pages $4.00
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It's not too late to grab this piece of Burnham memorabilia! Elephantmen #9 contains Silent Running, the story that directly led to me working on Nixon's Pals!
Find out why fans have declared my story to be the best Elephantmen backup story in the series' history
Not convinced? Preview my story here first!
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 Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame
written by Stefan Petrucha
art by Chris Burnham & Kirk van Wormer
Moonstone Books
96 pages $9.99
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Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame collects two 48-page pulse pounding potboilers starring the original gentleman thief, Boston Blackie. Broken Frontier says that my "inky pages impart the claustrophobia and violence of prison life very well," and calls the prison riot finale "breathtaking." Woo! I'll take it!
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 Comiculture Anthology
story & art by Chris Burnham, Steve Buccellato & various
Mad Science Media
88 pages $11.95
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Comiculture is the critically acclaimed brainchild of industry vet Spectromatic Steve Buccellato. He was kind enough to bring me along for the ride, and I turned in one of my favorite stories ever, a pirate tale I both wrote and illustrated entitled "Suffer the Salt." But don't just take my word for it - check out some of the critical praise that still has me blushing!
"Burnham’s art is wonderfully moody, and his writing is clear and moves quickly. I want to find more comics by him."
Jason Sacks, Silver Bullet Comic Books
"...lavishly illustrated... educational and entertaining."
Randy Lander, The Fourth Rail
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Comics Bibliography
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Archaia Comics
Days Missing #2
Boom! Studios
Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets on Silent Earth:3
#s 1 - 7
Dark Horse
Fear Agent #21
DC Comics
Batman & Robin #16
Batman Inc #4
Image Comics
The Elephantmen #s 9, 16, 23, 24, 25
Nixon's Pals
Officer Downe
Marvel Comics
Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
X-Men: Divided We Stand #2
X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1
Moonstone
Moonstone Monsters: Sea Creatures
Moonstone Monsters: Witches
Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker #3
Kolchak Tales: Black & White & Read All Over
Boston Blackie: Bloody Shame
Mad Science Media
Comiculture Anthology
Silver Phoenix Entertainment
Montana Briggs
Mystery Manor #2
Ten Ton Studios
Anthologica
The Jam
The House Theatre of Chicago
Valentine: The Safecracker's Tale
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Client List
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Archaia Comics
Arizona Diamondbacks
Boeing
Boom! Studios
Calabash Animation
Chicago Flyhouse
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Devils Due Productions
DraftFCB
Dunkin' Donuts
Esco
Evil Ink
Flair Communications
Flex Your Rights
Gustafson Shields Advertising
The House Theatre of Chicago
Image Comics
Kokopelli Communications Group, Inc.
Kunoichi
Live Action Media
Marvel Comics
Moonstone Books
Mudlark
National Video Documentors
New Standard Institute
Phoenix Suns
Roddenberry Productions
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News & Reviews
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 MorrisonCon
Holy moley! I'm one of only ten comics pros appearing at MorrisonCon, and the other nine are Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Darick Robertson, JH Williams III, Jonathan Hickman, Robert Kirkman, Jim Lee, Jason Aaron, and Gerard Way!
There are a bunch of spiffy panels and events planned, a complete list of which is HERE.
Here's my schedule as it stands now... When I'm not scheduled for a panel or signing I'll either be watching the other panels or hanging out & doodling in the lounge. Can't wait to see those of you who can make it!
Saturday - 9/29
10 AM - Panel: GRANT MORRISON & THE FUTURE OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
NOON - Panel: MEETING OF ARTISTIC MINDS
3 PM - Signing: 1 Hour for advanced registered fans
6 PM - Panel: TRIAL OF THE SUPERGODS
Sunday - 9/30
9:30 AM - Panel: SUNDAY MORNING HANGOVER BREAKFAST & SKETCH JAM
11:30 AM - Panel: PAGE ONE, PANEL ONE: A COMICS WORKSHOP
3 PM - Signing: 1 Hour for advanced registered fans
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Update
Yikes! I haven't updated this site in a year. Sorry, kids! I've put out a bunch of spiffy comics in the last 12 months, including Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes, The Officer Downe: Bigger Better Bastard Edition, and the first three issues of the rebooted Batman Incorporated. Oh! And the hardcover collection of Batman Inc #s 1-10 was the #1 New York Times Bestseller in the Hardcover Graphic Novel category! Not too shabby!
AND on September 26th, my first paid writing gig comes out, Batman Incorporated #0, which I co-wrote with our very own Grant Morrison!
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 Batman Incorporated #7
Yowza! I thought the reviews for #s 4 and 6 were great, but they were nothing compared with those for #7. This issue really clicked with people in a way I quite honestly wasn't expecting. I certainly thought we did a pretty good job, but I had no idea people would respond so positively to a Batman comic where Batman appears in, what, 10 panels? Craziness.
Bleeding Cool
Inside Pulse
Comic Book Resources
Newsarama
Gotham Knights Online
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 Batman Incorporated #6
This issue took it out of me. So many characters in so many locations, capped off with a double-page spread that takes place simultaneously in eight different countries. Easily the hardest thing I've ever had the opportunity to draw.
Anyhow, people seemed to like it. Hard work pays off, kids!
Comic Book Resources
Multiversity Comics
A Comic Book Blog
Comics and other Imaginary Tales
Nerdy Nothings
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 Batman Incorporated #4
Man. Who knew Internet could be so nice? I was really expecting a whole lot more "this guy is certainly no Yanick Paquete" or "talk about a poor man's Frank Quitely" or "my kid could draw this... and I bit off his fingers years ago," but the vast majority of the reviews of the book have been very kind, and some have been downright frightening with their praise. Calm down, folks. It's just a comic!
Anyhow, here's a sampling of what they're saying. There's about a bazillion more reviews out there, and I'm certainly self-obsessed enough to have read every last one of them. Thanks, Google Alerts! You've really taken the effort out of narcissism. The world is my mirror!
Comic Book Resources
Multiversity Comics
Comics Bulletin
Gotham Knights Online
Too Dangerous for a Girl!
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 DC Exclusive!!!
Yowza! Apparently when DC said they liked my stuff they really weren't blowing smoke up the ol' keister, because they offered me a TWO YEAR EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT! And after mulling it over at least 12 nanoseconds, I accepted!
"What's that mean?" you ask? It means DC is guaranteeing me X number of issues a year for the next 2 years... and that means that it's goodbye Top Ramen, hello Kraft Macaroni & Cheese!
It's super exciting & gratifying to know that I'll be spending the next two years drawing people in preposterous outfits beating the ever-loving tar out of each other!
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Batman Incorporated!!!
Wow. Just... wow.
Even more amazing than the public response to my scribbles on Batman & Robin were Grant Morrison and DC editorial's responses. Not only did they love it, but they asked me to come on board for three issues of Grant's followup to Batman & Robin, BATMAN INCORPORATED!!!
I'll be drawing issues 4, 6, and 7, and although I can't give you specifics, I can say that these are by far the most insanely challenging scripts I've ever had the opportunity to draw. Seriously, in these issues the $#!% hits the fan, the fan hits the wall, and the wall hits a nuclear bomb,
One of the high points of drawing the book is getting the opportunity to work with one of the most talented colorists (and one of my best friends) in the business, Nathan Fairbairn. We hadn't gotten the chance to work together in years, but we've picked right back up where we left off. I can't wait for you guys to see what we've cooked up for you.
Of course, every opportunity comes with a sacrifice, and in order to draw Batman full time I had to stop drawing The Amory Wars. Amory was my first opportunity at really drawing comics as a full-time living, and quitting the book was easily the hardest decision I've ever made. The decision was made a little easier by knowing that I've left the book in the very talented hands of my good buddy Aaron Kuder. I hope you'll all continue to follow the book when Aaron takes over, starting with Amory #8, and that you'll all follow me on to the next stage of my career with Batman Inc #4!
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 Batman and Robin #16!!!!
Hoe. Lee. $#@!
I drew 7 pages in Batman & Robin #16, Grant Morrison's grand finale to the series, and the conclusion to 3 years of Batman storylines.
It was daunting and exhilarating for my first DC book ever to be such a high profile book... written by one of my favorite writers, starring one of my favorite characters, and featuring art and colors by some of my favorite talents in the business - Cameron Stewart, Frazer Irving, and Alex Sinclair.
I thought I held my own pretty well... but the response from critics & reviewers absolutely blew me away. Here's a little sampling...
Comic Book Resources
Ain't It Cool News
Multiversity
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 24-Hour Comic Day 2010:
SNAKE PUNCH!!!!
Third time's the charm, baby! From 10am on October 2nd to 8:18am October 3rd, I wrote, drew and lettered a 24-page comic that is more jam-packed with madness then anything else I've ever attempted. It's another strange journey into my id, but surprisingly enough, this time there's only one curse word and NO nudity!!! Not surprisingly, there's a fairly gross shot of a guy cut in half. And some talk of cannibalism. Steak's good. Chicken's good. Fish's good. I'll betcha people's good, too.
Read Snake Punch in all its glory HERE, and if you're inclined to read a couple paragraphs of me pontificating about its creation, head on over HERE! and scroll down to the bottom. Enjoy!
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Officer Downe Original Art Contest! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!
Wow. Congratulations to @TheHeape, who got all 11 trivia questions correct. His prize is any single page of original artwork from Officer Downe. It's a little like giving away one of my babies, but a deal's a deal! I had a great time putting this thing together... next time I'm gonna make the questions even harder!!!
So at long last, here are the questions, answers, and a brief explanation where necessary.
1 - What do the Scrabble tiles on the cover spell?
Quixotic.
2 - Whose mop is that stuck in Jason's eye on the back cover?
The Toxic Avenger's
3 - What's that weird trashcan thing on the back cover?
One of the drums from Return of the Living Dead
4 - Who are those guys standing next to Officer Downe in the first flashback panel?
Ponch & John from CHiPs!
5 - The warden at the end looks VERY similar to the warden in what other Burnham-drawn comic? (Hint - you're on my webpage right now... explore!)
Boston Blackie: Inside Out.
6 - Name the three characters from Nixon's Pals that appear in Officer Downe. (Hint - the guy with the toothpick and the scar on his nose doesn't count since he was never named in Nixon's Pals... but his name is Vito Scarpirelli. 'Cuz everyone in his family has a scar on their face. Get it? SCARpirelli? Right? Ah, the hell with you.)
Nixon Cooper, Double J (the short guy with pock-marked skin and corn rows), and Rambles (the guy with the twisted face)
7 - In the big 31-panel double-page spread towards the end of the book, one panel is swiped from Avengers #274, the comic that got me hooked. Which panel is it?
The one on the bottom left. Check it out!
8 - The big prison is a halfway decent example of what style of architecture? (Hint - the prison is made of concrete)
Brutalism
9 - What is that artwork hanging in the warden's office? Here's a link to one of the pages in question, without alla the word balloons covering up my trivial background details. (Hint - I've drawn pieces from this book of illustrations in the background of almost every comic I've worked on over the past 6 or 7 years. Marvel Mystery, Nixon's Pals, Days Missing #2, Elephantmen #16, Boston Blackie, Amory Wars #1... and probably more)
They're Gustave Dore's illustrations for Dante's Inferno
10 - What's the deal with the license plate on the car at the end?
The Never Dead was the Australian title for Phantasm, a totally bitchin' horror movie that prominently features a black Hemi Cuda.
11 - Zen Master Flash's bracelet has the initials WWKD on it... what does it stand for and how do you know? What Would Kenshiro Do? 'Cuz Kenshiro exercises the same way.
And that's it!
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Officer Downe is a Hit!
Officer Downe came out last Wednesday, and the reaction from critics and fans alike has been nothing short of spectacular. I've been blushing non-stop for the past 5 days.
Check out what the following geniuses have to say about our ballistic baby boy!
Ain't It Cool News
G4's Fresh Ink Online (my bit starts at 6:28)
iFanBoy
Comic Book Resources
Things I Like
Major Spoilers
What I Bought
The Onion AV Club
And when you're done with that, check out this fairly hilarious interview I did a few months ago with internet super-blogger (as opposed to smoke signal super-blogger) Chris Sims at Comics Alliance.
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The Amory Wars vol. 3 #2!
It's a good one! Spaceships, lightning, sea monsters, cyborgs, and murder! What else could you possibly want out of life? Oh, right, nudity. Umm... there's some halfway decent cleavage.. does that count?
Check out a preview HERE! It comes out on June 23rd... buy it!
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The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 #1!
Man, that is one unwieldy title. It's commonly abbreviated as The Amory Wars: IKSSE3, but from here on out I'm just going to call it The Amory Wars volume 3.
Anyhow, I drew it, Zac Atkinson colored it, Peter David wrote it, Claudio Sanchez created it, and I hope you like it! Check it out!
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Officer Downe!
My Nixon's Pals co-conspirator Joe Casey and I have put the band back together... and this time we've come up with Officer Downe. It's gonna make Robocop look like Robocop 3, Toxic Avenger look like Toxic Crusaders, and Judge Dredd (the comic) look like Judge Dredd (the movie).
This 48-page one-shot features the greatest art of my career and the greatest opening caption in the history of comics. And it only gets better from there.
This bad boy hits the stands in mid-July. Read more about it at Newsarama, CBR, and Bleeding Cool!
If you read the comments in Bleeding Cool, someone was nice enough to mistake me for Frank Quitely. My work here is done. Thanks, Internet!
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The Amory Wars! (That's AMORY, not aRmory.)
A couple of months back, I was bemoaning the fact that for the past few years I've been drawing stories between 3 and 23 pages long, and haven't gotten a chance to work on something long term.
Enter Boom Studios, Peter David, Coheed & Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez, and the 12-issue series The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. I get to spend the next year of my life drawing the most mind-boggling tale of spaceships, monsters, angels, planetary overlords, super powers, heartbreak, regret , & revenge that's ever been made into a series of concept albums and adapted into comic books. That's not opinion, friends. That's a goldarned fact!
The first issue comes out at the end of May... if all goes as planned, another should come out every month for the next year straight!
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Elephantmen #25
This comic is insane. A 25-page story told in 25 splash pages by 25 different art teams. The likes of Dave (Watchmen) Gibbons, Tim (Heroes) Sale, Brandon (King City) Graham, David (Strange Embrace) Hine, Paul (Jack Staff) Grist, and lil' ol' me! And I hung in there pretty well. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that talented youngster Aaron Kuder did a lot of the heavy lifting on our page by inking over my nearly incomprehensible layout sketch. Those Rohrschach inkblot tests have nothing on my preliminary drawings. Anyhow, buy it!
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Elephantmen #s 23 and 24
Somehow or other I seem to have found myself as the semi-official artist of The Silencer, Mystery City's resident assassin-for-hire and my favorite character in The Elephantmen. I drew a story featuring him in #9, the story that launched my career, and in #16, my first 22 (okay, 23) page comic. And here I am again drawing him killing someone else in the epilog to issue 23. Issue 16 was the prelude to the Dangerous Liaisons story arc that ran from 16-23, so there's a nice symmetry in getting to do the epilog as well.
Issue 24 features a backup story starring the guy that old Silent-But-Deadly killed in the epilog to 23. How can a dead guy be the star of the story? Sounds like you need to plunk down your 3 bucks and find out, buddy.
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 24-Hour Comic Day 2009
Oh, snap. If you thought the last one didn't make any sense, wait'll you see what I did this time. It's called Monster Truck, it took me 21 hours and 7 minutes to complete, and it's another frighteningly bizarre window into my own personal id. This time it's surprisingly genital-free, but there are enough curses and euphemisms to make the MPAA give me an R. Maybe next year I'll make something for the kids... or maybe it'll be profane enough that if I ever go back to Texas they'll give me the chair. Start holding your breath for the next 11 months... NOW!!
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 Original Art For Sale!
I've been touring this land for months now, and everywhere I go it's the same story. People whose wallets are over-flowing with cash but whose walls are as bare as their bums the day their mothers squirted them out. Friends, get ready to kill two birds with one bush. Head on over to Cadence Comic Art, buy yourself some pretty pictures, and nail that shit to your wall. House beautified, world saved.
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Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1
If I do say so myself, this comic has a greater percentage of punching, flying, flame-throwing, and all-out destructive action than anything else I've ever drawn, and probably anything else on the shelves today. And it was written by one of my favorite writers, Tom DeFalco with colors by one of my favorite people, Nathan Fairbairn! It's awesome - get down to your local comic book store and buy it today!
Don't want to take my word for it? Watch a Marvel Hotline video featuring loads of artwork and Tom DeFalco's mispronunciation of my name (it's pronounced "Burn 'Em," Tom!), read an article by DeFalco putting the book in its proper historical context, check out a 6-page preview, and read the reviews below! THEN buy it!
Every Day is Like Wednesday (scroll down)
iFanBoy
Ain't It Cool (scroll down to Cheap Shots)
ComiXtreme
Comic Book Bin
BSC Review
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Elephantmen #16
Richard Starkings kicked my career into gear when he brought me on for the fan-favorite Elephantmen #9, so I was doubly psyched to come back to do a full-length story featuring my favorite Elephantmen character, The Silencer.
It's a good one, kids, but don't take MY word for it, take these guys' word for it!
Things I Like
The Buy Pile
Wednesday's Haul
ComicList
Comic Book Resources
Full disclosure - this guy didn't like it, but I'm pretty sure he didn't get it, either. Granted, if he didn't understand the ending, it's probably the fault of me and Rich, but I don't think he gave us a fair shake. What's REALLY weird is that he gave me a free pass because he thinks I'm funny when I go on Around Comics. Who knew that being an internet snark would pay off so quickly?
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Nixon's Pals is AWESOME!
The reviews are in and for the most part they've been nothing short of spectacular. It was Pick of the Week at The ISB and Top of the Stack at Around Comics. Not too shabby! Check out what the Internet's finest critics have said about the book that launched my career!
Chris' Invincible Super Blog
Paradox Comics
Challengers Comics
Warren Peace Sings the Blues,
The Onion.
What I'm Reading Now
Owen King
Around Comics!
And you can listen to me pontificate endlessly about why I like the book at two of comicdoms finest podcasts!
Comic Geek Speak! (My bit starts 1/3 of the way in)
The Crankcast,
And once you've read the book for yourself, shoot me an email and let me know what you think! Thanks!
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X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1
They were crazy enough to bring me back for a second go 'round! And this time I got to draw a panty shot!
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X-Men: Divided We Stand #2
I did it, ma! I broke into Marvel! You can see the results for yourself on May 21st, when X-Men: Divided We Stand #2 hits the stands! I did a pretty awesome 8-pager written by Dwayne Swierczynski and colored by Nathan Fairbairn. You can check out a two page preview HERE. Scroll down about halfway - the guy with the pink lightning fist is Bishop ala Burnham.
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 Fear Agent #21
Mark your calendars! June 4th will live in Burnhamesque infamy, because that's when A Mammoth Undertaker, an 8-page story that I both wrote and drew, is slated to appear in the pages of Fear Agent 21 from Dark Horse Comics! If I'm not tooting my horn too loudly, it may just be the greatest Fear Agent story ever written, and it ain't drawn too shabbily, neither! Wanna see?
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Nixon's Pals
The wait is over! You can now get your hands on Nixon's Pals, the graphic novel that I am calling "the reason that vision was invented," has my nephew gibbering "buppp gaa'ahh snert! Heehee" (translation: SHIT! I wish I could read so I could devour every last page of this masterpiece!) and has my mom saying "Christopher, I thought we raised you better than this!"
Nixon's Pals is about a parole officer for supervillains and is the greatest work to date from both me and my esteemed colleague, Joe Casey. And considering that this is a guy who has written Superman, X-Men, WildC.A.T.S. 3.0, and G0DLAND, that's saying a whole hell of a lot!
If you like your triumph mixed with tragedy, your street-level intrigue mixed with super-powered violence, and your breasts mixed with eyepatches and Roy-Tan cigars, then Nixon's Pals is your new reason for living! It's 120 pages of non-stop brilliance for just $12.99. Call up your local comic book shop and order Nixon's Pals today!
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 24-Hour Comicbook
In October of 2007, I was present for the world's first 24-Hour Comic Podcast. The Crankcast joined forces with AroundComics to talk about comics, movies, porn, and whatever else came to mind. I sat in a corner and created a 24-Hour-Comic Book... that's Scott McCloud's challenge to write, pencil, ink and letter a 24-page comic in 24 hours! Check mine out HERE! Beware, there's bad words and naughty bits.
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