March 2012
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February 2012
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COLLECTOR'S PARADISE HAS YOUR HELL YEAH ASHCAN!
I feel like I have a larger post about Image Expo in me, but the short version is: that was incredible. GREAT TIME.
Part of that ‘great time’ included people being really stoked about HELL YEAH and the ashcans going over really well. In fact, they went over so well that I completely sold out of my stock.
That being said, if you still want them, Collector’s Paradise (the future...
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JMFK @ IMAGE EXPO 2012
FINALLY - Image Comics has COME BACK to OAKLAND!!!
That’s right, Image Expo, the event over twenty years in the making has arrived!
I’ll be tabling at booth #70 with WITCHDOCTOR’s Brandon Seifert and XENOHOLICS’ Joshua Williamson. Both are 100% guaranteed LEGIT BROS.
Just look for us here:
Keep an eye out for this sweet ass banner:
I’ll be selling copies of...
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Stuff I Wrote: MAY 2012
Image has released their May 2012 solicitations and it’s pretty nuts. Jim McCann, Rodin Esquejo and Sonia Oback debut the gorgeous looking MIND THE GAP, the Extreme Revolution continues with the revival of YOUNGBLOOD at the hands of the guy who wrote Black Swan, Nathan Edmondson teams up with Nic Klein for Dancer, old favorite Raffaele Inco starts his first Image mini-series EPIC KILL,...
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IMAGE EXPO EXCLUSIVE: THE HELL YEAH #1 LIMITED...
Next week brings the long-awaited Image Expo, a celebration of Image’s twentiteth anniversary as well as the creator-owned comics art form in general.
At booth 70 I’ll be bringing this exclusive debut to the show…
HELL YEAH #1: THE LIMITED EDITION ASHCAN
In the same exact format as your favorite early 90s Image ashcans, just in time to celebrate the company’s...
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THE CROSSOVER EVENT YEARS IN THE MAKING!!!
On Thursday, March 1st Floating World Comics in Portland, OR will feature a release party for both GLORY #23 AND HELL YEAH #1! Good enough? TOO BAD! It also features the First Thursday art gallery opening of artwork by GLORY’s Ross Campbell and HELL YEAH’s Andre Szymanowicz!
COME ON BY!
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IN THE WILD
TODAY’S THE DAY!
GLORY #23 is finally a real, printed comic book you can buy in your local comic book shop! Be sure to stop by your funnybook emporium of choice and scoop a copy up.
I thought it would be fun to take a peek at GLORY #23 in the wild, so here’s a smattering of stores with copies available! If you’re a comic book shop and you’re selling Glory, send me a...
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TALKING WITH BROKEN FRONTIER
I talked with the Broken Frontier dudes about all things GLORY & HELL YEAH.
Here’s an excerpt:
BF: Glory as a creation was influenced by Wonder Woman. How do you go about making her as different from the Amazon Princess as you can? KEATINGE: Regardless of her origins, our Glory isn’t a Wonder Woman pastiche. I would love to write Wonder Woman someday. I’m not doing my...
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GLORY IS REAL
Hot damn. Look at what Ross Campbell dragged in.
GLORY #23 is finally a real, printed comic book that exists on Earth.
Ross has copies. You’ll have yours on next Wednesday, February 15th.
Twenty years after deciding, “yeah, I want to write comics for the rest of my life,” these four variant covers each contain twenty-four pages of story within two saddlestitches that make...
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Going For The Glory With CBR
I had a long talk with CBR’s TJ Dietsch about everything I’m working on. Well, the announced stuff anyway.
Here’s an excerpt:
Campbell’s art and your take on the character seem to take her pretty far away from Glory’s bad girl roots — was that on purpose?
Yes, very much so. I don’t like repeating the past. Like I said before, the potential for comics...
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Paneled
The Image Comics Expo just announced their panel lineup and I’m on one on Sunday!
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Image Introduces… Some of Image Comics’ most exciting new creators assemble to talk about their new work and life as independent comics creators. Join the creators of Moriarty, Li’l Depressed Boy, Hell Yeah!, Witch Doctor, Peter Panzerfaust, and Skullkickers for an eye-opening...
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ME ON 1992
I set aside tonight to do a ton of interviews, but I thought I’d share this snippet from one of them where the interviewer was particularly harsh on Image Comics, circa 1992 and kinda sums up my feelings on comics in general:
I also don’t think as harshly as you do about the early Image stuff. Were they revealing truths about the human condition and making me reexamine my life? Not at...
January 2012
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SZYMANOWICZ + KEATINGE: ONE NIGHT ONLY
If you’re anywhere close to Annapolis, MD - well, hold on to your butts.
The fine folks at Third Eye Comics are hosting a signing after the release of HELL YEAH #2, featuring a rare dual appearance by both series artist Andre Szymanowicz and myself.
Not close to Annapolis? Stay tuned.
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COSEY LIKES GLORY
Guys, Angouleme has been insane.
TODAY:
Yeah, so, that’s Cosey - yes, the comics god Cosey - moments after he checked out Glory and gave this glowing endorsement:
“Very interesting! I love the story!”
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTT!!!
His ‘In Search Of Peter Pan’/’Lost In The Alps’ in specific is a massive influence on my writing, so...
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ROLLING STONE PREVIEWS ONE MODEL NATION
Rolling Stone has an exclusive preview with commentary of the new edition of One Model Nation, the graphic novel written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor, illustrated by Jim Rugg and co-edited by Mike Allred and me! Coming very soon from TItan Books!
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Giant Killer Kanye
This interview with Giant Killer Squid about GLORY, HELL YEAH and kinda BRUTAL was a lot of fun. I’m an especially big fan because of their use of this sweet Kanye West photo:
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Rounding Up Glory
Man, there’s been a lot of Glory talk going around lately.
I talked to USAToday and they showed some exclusive pages.
Comics Alliance’s Chris Sims gave this very flattering, glowing review of Glory #23.
Comics Beat had some nice things to say, even if I don’t exactly agree with what he says my influences were. I was looking at Corto Maltese more than anything else.
The folks...
Destination
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Watch This: Quentin Tarantino on Charlie Rose,...
Hell Yeah gets a huge preview in today’s Chew #23. Its been a long road to get here and there’s certain things that have helped make it a reality over the last twenty years.
I’m currently up late rewatching this Tarantino interview for the bazillionth time. I originally caught it soon after it first aired and it blew my young mind. Dude was super in line on movies as I was with...
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EXTREMEARAMA: In Three Parts
Newsarama conducted a massive, three-part interview with Bloodstrike’s Tim Seeley, Prophet’s Brandon Graham and Glory’s me about all things Extreme.
Here’s an excerpt:
Nrama: What about the rest of you guys? Were you into the Extreme books back when they were first being published?
Keatinge: Oh hell yeah. I had a similar situation to Tim, where I was just about the...
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ULISES FARINAS COVERS GLORY
Ulises Farinas is the absolutely brilliant hyper-detailed artist responsible for:
Pretty intense, huh? He’s one of comics best, most exciting new talents and I’m happy to say he’s providing the cover to May’s GLORY #26.
However, it’s a little early to unveil the cover, so here’s a small sneak peek of the beauty to come. I’ve seen the whole thing...
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Stuff I Wrote: APRIL 2012
Image Comics has released their solicitations for April 2012, which means I’ve got no less than two ongoing series continuing along!
FIRST.
GLORY #25 story JOE KEATINGE art & cover ROSS CAMPBELL APRIL 11 32 PAGES / FC / T+ $2.99 “ONCE AND FUTURE,” Part Three 500 Years Later. Mars.
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Yeah, that’s totally a wraparound cover.
This is also the issue...
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Multiversity Reviews Glory #23
Multiversity Comics has released their advance review of Glory #23 and the reception is, well, looking pretty damn good. Here are some choice quotes from their 9.0 (out of 10!) rating:
All things considered, this first issue is quite a show of force from Joe Keatinge. As his first major issue of 2012, the book finds Keatinge clearly taking everything he learned during his time in comics and...
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“One of the resurrected titles is Glory, in which writer Joe Keatinge and artist...”
– Comics Alliance writer Andy Khouri discussing the Glory relaunched, doubled up with the complete preview pages featuring the final colors by Ms,Shatia Hamilton
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So, that’s soon. As you can see from the faded gray name just to the upper left of the Image I, I will attending and spreading the good news about all things Glory & Hell Yeah, including having copies of the former on hand.
More details as the time comes closer.
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GENERATION LAST: The Hell Yeah Press Release
Image Comics has sent out the following press release to the masses about all things HELL YEAH! So, if you’re a press, this has been released TO YOU!
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GENERATION LAST
Joe Keatinge and Andre Szmanowicz Drag Superheroes Into the 21st Century
Berkeley, CA – 6 January 2011 – The future is now as Eisner and Harvey award-winner Joe Keatinge and ELEPHANTMEN’s Andre Szymanowicz...
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Nothing's Impossible
Image Comics asked me to write about comics in a guest blog on their site, so I did.
It’s all about the ‘rules’ of comics or, really, the lack thereof.
Here’s an excerpt:
I became pretty jaded with comics after this, but continued to happily consume them. I began to understand there were rules here. Characters can never change too much. Covers weren’t literal....
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Don't have a local comic shop and wanna read my...
Well, LOOK NO FURTHER!
Khepri Comics has established a website where you can order all my funnybooks in one easy location, plus have them delivered to your door! Also, note the very generous discount!
Every creator goes on and on about how important preorders are and believe me, they totally are especially for books without the backing of a gigantic corporation. I also want to stress that I...
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Tougher Than The Rest
Image Comics Publisher and Extreme Editor Eric Stephenson has read GLORY #23 and wrote it up:
Writer Joe Keatinge and artist Ross Campbell have done a masterful job, not just in taking over a moribund character from the ’90s and making her work, but in drawing me in right from the get go. Considering it’s my job to shepherd Glory along through the creative process – just as it was...
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What I Want 2012
Robot 6 asked a bunch of creators what they were excited for from 2012, one thing from something they weren’t involved with and another thing they were.
I responded:
What I’m Not Involved In: I’m extremely excited for Corey Lewis’ Sharknife Double Z from Oni Press. Its been in the works for a very long time, but from what I’ve seen I’m very confident it will be worth the wait. I was...
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I'M NO SUPERHERO: The First Five Pages of HELL...
It’s the third anniversary of Comic Book Resources’ ROBOT 6 blog and they’re doing a bunch of awesome stuff to celebrate, including an interview with HELL YEAH Publisher Eric Stephenson and the first five pages of issue one!
Note these are totally different pages than whats been seen elsewhere and will be seen in CHEW #23!
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December 2011
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MY FAVORITE THINGS 2011
I wasn’t really feeling doing a full on ‘Best Of’ ranking this year, but I did decide just to list my favorite stuff, by category. Here goes.
MOVIE:
TV SHOW:
COMIC:
BOOK:
MAGAZINE:
ALBUM:
GAME:
PRO WRESTLER:
THE END
What did you like?
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HELL YEAH IN PREVIEWS!!! ...AND CHEW!!!
Holy crap.
So, yeah.
Remember about a month ago when I talked about Glory being featured in Previews, the magazine comics distributor Diamond puts out so retailers from all around the world can order comics from just about every major publisher?
Well.
That’s the cover of the edition just released to stores today. As you can see, the cover features the long-awaited debut of Y: The Last...
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WATCH OUT!
Those fine dudes at Multiversity Comics created a list of ‘Creators to Watch Out For In 2012’ including Giannis Milonogiannis, Natalie Nourigat, Rodin Esquejo, James Harren, Mehdi Cheggour and…
Joe Keatinge/Andre Szymanowicz What he’s working on: Both of these creators have been around for a good while - Keatinge was the editor of Image’s Popgun anthology series...
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iFanboy on Hell Yeah
iFanboy continues to be very good to me this week, with their article, “Head’s Up: Image Comics Previews - March 2012”. They write:
It’s an ongoing from a dude who has loved Image Comics as long as there has been Image Comics. They’re taking the long term view of superheroes, and what would happen with them down the road. It’s gonna be big, and it’s gonna be brash, and with...
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Fav Five
iFanboy posted their list of top five comic book writers to watch out for in 2012. At #3?
3. Joe Keatinge
There is no one in comics, and I know a lot of people in comics, more enthusiastic about what’s in his future. Joe worked at Image Comics doing marketing and PR, and has returned, reborn as the comic book writer he’s always wanted to be. Teaming with Frank Cho, of all people,...
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Talking Comics with Tim
I talked comics with Tim O'Shea. Here's an excerpt.
O’Shea: Will you concede that when you say lines like “Hell Yeah is the direct result of almost thirty years of comics passion put into one book.” that you may be putting some pressure on yourself?
Keatinge: Absolutely not.
I’ve been reading comics in many different forms in many different genres my whole life. Every life experience I’ve ever had somehow informs the work I’m doing today. It’s not hype, it’s fact.
Besides, I think pressure’s a good thing. Poor work comes out when you’re comfortable. I am extremely hard on myself with everything I do. A small part of it is psychological condition. Most of it is never wanting to be boring.
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“In my initial pitch I specifically stated I wanted [GLORY] to look like a...”
– me, from an interview with Sara Lima over at Comic Vine. Check it out for a whole lot more on both Hell Yeah and Glory.
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GLORY TO THE PRESS
Image Comics has sent out a press release regarding all things Glory, giving you all the information you need to figure out just how much you want to experience the upcoming super-saga! (The correct answer is ‘a whole lot’)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH!
Keatinge & Campbell Revive Rob Liefeld’s Extreme Warrior in Glory #23
Berkeley, CA – 16...
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OVER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING!
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve I’ve been waiting twenty years for has finally arrived! Image Comics has solicited their upcoming releases for March and check out what’s on top, just under mega-projects like Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples’ SAGA, Jonathan Hickman & Nick Pitarra’s MANHATTAN PROJECTS and the return of BLOODSTRIKE…!
HELL YEAH...
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“I don’t know how soon Joe would’ve gotten around to Hell Yeah if he...”
– Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson, from his blog, discussing the impending release of HELL YEAH
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