As a reminder and a bit of a tease, the charity piece I did for the event is being revealed one ’tile’ at a time. The store’s link below takes you to facebook, and for every 25 likes they post another tile. Tweet it! So hit ‘like’ on repeat…
Batwoman-Redsky
As of today I can officially announce that I will be doing the next cover and all art design for the forthcoming new album by the amazing rock band The Sword. The album due to be released sometime this fall is entitled Apocryphon. I can’t tell you enough how excited I am to be doing this, I’ve been an admirer of their music since the first album. Below is a copy of their official press release and a link to their site…
“THE SWORD TO COMMENCE RECORDING FOURTH ALBUM JUNE 25TH
J ROBBINS TO PRODUCE
After their appearance at Metallica’s Orion Music & More Festival on June 23rd in Atlantic City, NJ, The Sword will begin recording their fourth album and first for their new label partners Razor & Tie. The album, to be entitled Apocryphon, will be produced and engineered by J. Robbins (Clutch, Jawbox) and recorded at Magpie Cage Studios. Apocryphon is scheduled for an early fall release.
The album will feature cover art by famed comic book artist J.H. Williams III (Batwoman, Promethea).
The Sword will commence a worldwide tour in support of Apocryphon in October.”
The Sword can be found here
and here too
Below is the store’s text press release and links…
J.H. Williams III “Batwoman Vol. 1: Hydrology” Signing at Red Sky Comics
Come celebrate the release of “Batwoman Vol. 1: Hydrology” with award winning local author and artist, J.H. Williams III (Chase, Promethea, Desolation Jones, Detective Comics). Williams will be available for signing, previewing material, and selling original artwork from 3 pm. till 6 pm, with a Q&A session before.
In addition we are raffling off over 20 great JHW3 items, including a complete set of all three volumes of “Absolute Promethea,” over a dozen variant covers, and an original hand drawn Batwoman sketch by J. H. Williams III himself! Raffle tickets are available in-store only from Red Sky Comics starting on Monday June 4th till 5 pm on June 16th. Tickets are $5 each, 3 for $10, or 7 for $20 with a free set of four Detective Comics Batwoman prints (while supplies last)! Most importantly half of all the proceeds go to the Hero Initiative(http://www.heroinitiative.org/). (see the Facebook event page for further details)
Attendees showing up in full costume will receive a free raffle ticket!
Have a question for JHW3? Submit via Twitter with #askjhw3 or message Red Sky Comics on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/redskycomics)
Also to celebrate we are having a sale on all J.H. Williams III titles: Hardcover copies of “Batwoman Vol. 1: Hydrology” on sale for $19.99. This deluxe volume includes Batwoman issues #0-#5 and chimes in at a 160 beautifully illustrated and written pages.
20% off all J.H. Williams III trade paperbacks.
Finally III for $10; your choice three J.H. Williams III comics for $10.
The store will be open from noon till 6 pm that day, so come in early and get your copies of J.H. Williams III works. Williams will be signing from 3 pm till 6 pm; with the raffle drawing happening immediately afterwards.
Red Sky Comics
617 W. Main Street
Merced, CA 95340
See the event page for full details: Facebook
Red Sky Comics Facebook page: Facebook again
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Who is honoring me now?!
In all seriousness, I’m proud to say I’ve garnered a National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for my work on Batwoman. Its great to get this kind of acknowledgement for my efforts from an organization a little bit outside of the usual parameters of the comics industry, so I thank them very much. Also I’ve garnered two 2012 british Eagle Awards as well, Best Penciler, and Best Cover 2011 (Batwoman #1). The Eagles are a long standing award group for over 30 years, so I thank them and all who voted.
But I have to say the work achieved comes from my partnerships as well. Comics are a team effort in most cases. So these awards I feel are really for everyone.