Colleen Coover's Blog, page 8
November 6, 2013
Bandette! (Not So Fast!) URCHIN STORY! By Tobin and Hill!
Some people are able to buy the new Bandette hardcover collection TODAY! Some people are NOT. It was originally scheduled for November 6, but as far as I can tell, most stores in the USA won’t get deliveries until the 13th. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?!?
Probably not.
However! A new Urchin Story is now available FREE! Go read it!
“The Distress Call” stars Freckles and Dalton! Written by Paul, with art by the brilliant cartoonist Jonathan Hill!
As always, you can read ALL the Urchin Stories HERE.
November 4, 2013
July 24, 2013
New BANDETTE Urchin Story by Tobin & Moen!
A new Urchin Story is now available FREE! Go read it!
“And then…” stars Belda, the littlest Urchin, who we met briefly in Bandette #5! With art by superstar Erika Moen!
As always, you can read ALL the Urchin Stories HERE.
July 22, 2013
BANDETTE Is A Winner!
So this past Friday night, Paul and I went to the Eisner Award ceremony. And when the award for Best Digital Comic was announced, it went to Bandette! They gave us these awesome trophies, and while we were up there accepting them, I was so breathless I could barely speak. So I’m going to take the opportunity now to thank some people I didn’t have the capacity to mention then!
Chris Roberson and Allison Baker, publishers of Monkeybrain Comics. It is no exaggeration to say that Bandette would not exist without Monkeybrain.
Comixology. The free app that makes it all happen! Comixology has not only provided a format that makes Bandette look beautiful, whether you read it on you smart phone, on your tablet, or in your browser; they’ve also given Bandette a great deal of marketing support over the last year, including promotional giveaways that helped spread the word about our baby!
All the artists of the Urchin Stories. We have awesome friends who do awesome things, and we’ve managed to get some of them to draw short pieces which are posted on the Monkeybrain site for free between issues of Bandette, and we cannot thank them enough! The artists so far are:
Steve Lieber
Tina Kim
Jonathan Case
Jennifer Meyer
Alberto J. Alburquerque
Rich Ellis
Mitch Gerads
Future Urchin Stories are in the works by a number of other great, talented people! Go HERE to see all the Urchin Stories available to date!
Dark Horse Comics. In large part due to editor Brendan Wright’s enthusiasm, Dark Horse is going to be making the first story arc of Bandette available as a beautiful hardcover book you will be able to hold in your hands!
Everyone who voted for us. You know who you are.
Our fellow nominees. The categories in the Eisner Awards this year were incredibly deep in nominations, and Best Digital was no exception. We are profoundly grateful to have been singled out among these excellent works, and I encourage everyone to go, read, and enjoy them:
Ant Comic by Michael DeForge
It Will All Hurt, by Farel Dalrymple
Our Bloodstained Roof, by Ryan Andrews
Oyster War, by Ben Towle
Paul Tobin. Because everything.
Receiving this award was truly one of the most thrilling moments of my life. I am so honored by it, and by the other three nominations for Bandette. Thank you, everyone.
July 10, 2013
BANDETTE FIVE! Also: A New Urchin Story by Tobin & Gerads!
Available from Comixology TODAY! (And every day for the rest of time!) It’s Bandette number FIVE!!! Check out a preview of this and fellow Monkeybrain Comics title Skybreaker (third issue also available today) HERE.
Buy Bandette HERE!
Did you know that Comixology now has SUBSCRIPTIONS? I know, right? I’ve subscribed to several comics, including Batman 66 by my homies Jeff Parker and Jonathan Case! Why don’t you go ahead and subscribe to Bandette?
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MEANWHILE, there is yet another Urchin Story up on the Monkeybrain Comics site! Matadori stars in “The Bite Of The Blade” by Paul Tobin and Mitch Gerads!!
If you’ve missed any of them, be sure to see all the previous Urchin Stories HERE.
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FINALLY, I’ll be going down to San Diego for the old comic book get-together next week, and yes, I am nervous about the Eisner Awards! But I’m super-pumped, too! In addition to the award ceremony Friday evening, I’ll be appearing at the following events:
Thursday, July 18 • 8pm – 9pm: Monkeybrain Comics Anniversary Celebration. Room 28DE.
Friday, July 19 • 1pm – 2pm: Bandette signing at Dark Horse Comics. 2615 in the Exhibiter’s Hall.
June 14, 2013
BIG NEWS! Bandette coming to PRINT!
It’s official! The first five issues of Bandette are being collected into a spiffy hard-cover BOOK by Dark Horse Comics! The actual ship date has not yet been released, but is November 6: it will be pretty, and it will include a number of the extra Urchin Stories, and a new prose story written by Paul with illustrations by me, and other goodies!
Comics Alliance has a sneak peek!
April 26, 2013
For Your Consideration: BANDETTE
As you may have already heard, Bandette has been nominated for four Eisners this year! The voting is now open to comics industry professionals. If you are eligible, your support would be appreciated. There is a deep pool of brilliant comics in the running this year, and people are gonna have to make some tough choices! If you haven’t read Bandette yet, the first issue is available for free from Comixology during the voting period, so if you want to make an informed decision before filling your ballot, go HERE and give it a read!
Bandette is nominated for:
Best New Series
Best Digital Series
Best Penciller/Inker
Best Coloring
There are a lot of other great comics nominated, too! In particular, Cow Boy for Best Publication for kids and No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics for Best Anthology. Both are worthy publications, deserving recognition. There are many, many others, but I just wanted to mention those two.
To be eligible to vote, you must be one of the following:
Comic book/graphic novel/webcomic creator (writer, artist, cartoonist, penciller, inker, letterer, colorist)
A nominee in any category
Comic book/graphic novel publisher or editor
Comics historian or educator
Graphic novel librarian
Owner or manager of comic book specialty retail store
The following are NOT eligible:
Comics press or reviewers (unless they are nominees)
Non-creative publisher staff members (PR, marketing, assistants, etc.)
Readers and the general public
For more information go to the Eisner Awards FAQ page.
To vote, go HERE, get registered, and get voting! If you decide you want to change or add to your votes later, you can do so by logging in again. So don’t wait around trying to make the perfect choice until you forget all about it and end up waiting too long!
Just being given the nod in the Eisners is an honor and a thrill for both me and Paul. If we win one of the awards we’ve been nominated for, it would be great. But no matter what happens at the awards presentation in July, we couldn’t be more proud of Bandette, and we would like to thank everyone who loves her the way we do. Thank you.
April 22, 2013
Monday BANDETTE Warm-up Sketch: Absinthe
Don’t forget! In celebration of receiving four Eisner Award nominations, Bandette #1 is FREE on Comixology until the night of the awards ceremony!
April 17, 2013
Bandette Issue 4 Now LIVE! Bandette Issue 1 FREE!
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND READING!
Battle in the midnight gloom of the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery! Bandette, the world’s greatest thief, accepts a challenge to duel the deadly assassin Matadori! But unknown to either light-footed combatant, the criminal organization FINIS is maneuvering to make sure Bandette suffers a fatal defeat! Can Bandette avoid falling prey to their schemes? Meanwhile, who is the mysterious figure lurking amid the tombstones, and what plot does she have in store for Bandette’s rival in larceny, Monsieur?
And just in case you know someone who still hasn’t read Bandette, in celebration of being nominated for FOUR EISNER AWARDS, Monkeybrain Comics and Comixology are making the first issue FREE until the night of the awards ceremony!
YES.
Speaking of FREE, don’t forget to read all the bonus Urchin Stories now up on Monkeybrain’s web site, and check back in the future for more guest artist goodness!
That’s FOUR issues of Bandette, PLUS the Urchin Stories, all available NOW for a grand total of…
Three bucks.
April 16, 2013
!!! BANDETTE NOMINATED FOR *FOUR* EISNERS !!!
Best New Series: Bandette, by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
Best Penciller/Inker: Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
Best Coloring: Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
Best Digital Comic: Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
Complete list of nominees HERE!
