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Sweet Tooth By Rafael Albuquerque and more!

Above is a drop dead gorgeous piece of SWEET TOOTH art by the great Rafael Albuquerque! Rafael is the genius behind AMERICAN VAMPIRE along with my good buddy Scott Snyder. He also did the stunning and iconic cover to SUPERBOY #1. On top of all that Rafael is a great guy. I've had the pleasure of meeting him and and lovely wife a couple of times and he's a genuinely great person! We both want to do a project together some day too! Thanks Rafael!
SWEET TOOTH has been named one of the TOP TEN GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2010 by NEW YORK Magazine!
And there is a new interview with me up at PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY.

New Sweet Tooth Art, Superboy Reviewed and more!

A nice review of Superboy 2 over at Newsarama:
Superboy #2 (Published by DC Comics; Review by Teresa Jusino) : I've said it before, and I'll say it again: superhero titles that prominently feature teenagers are superhero titles at their best. The issues of identity and responsibility that come up in superhero comics are perfect metaphors for fumbling one's way to adulthood. In the second issue of this wonderful new series, Superboy is forced to team up with Poison Ivy to solve the mysterious problem of overgrown plant life devouring Smallville. What makes this issue work is writer Jeff Lemire's focus on Connor Kent's relationship with his best friend, Simon, who has been begging Connor to allow him to be of help. When Simon rushes in to save the day by use of "Parasite frogs! Patent pending", you know that these two boys are an excellent team. Lemire imbues this title with loads of humor, which is a change from his more serious-minded Sweet Tooth, and it's interesting to watch Connor struggle with his new responsibilities and with wondering whether he should take his friend along for the ride, possibly endangering him. However, it's clear that Simon's intelligence is not to be underestimated, and I look forward to watching him and Superboy work together to fix an ailing Smallville.
And also, the first ever North American interview with Superboy artist Pier Gallo over at CBR!
And a brand new SWEET TOOTH interview at CBR as well.
And...A new Sweet Tooth blog with never before seen cover sketches over at GRAPHIC CONTENT.
And finally congrats to Lisa McCarty who won the new SWEET TOOTH drawing, featured above, off of my Twitter feed this morning!

SWEET TOOTH VOL.2 Out Today!

Sweet tooth Vol.2 is out today along with Superboy #2. Here's few new interviews and blogs about Sweet Tooth!
An exclusive look at the origins of the hybrid children in Sweet Tooth with behind the scenes artwork at COMICS ALLIANCE
3 new Sweet Tooth Blogs at GRAPHIC CONTENT
A new interview at i09
And an exclusive look at Vol.2 at USA TODAY/POP CANDY

SWEET TOOTH CONTEST WINNERS!

Thanks to all the great comic shops who entered the Sweet Tooth display contest, above is the winning display by Jennifer Haines and THE DRAGON in Guelph, Ontario. They win the cover art from SWEET TOOTH 15 as well as an in store signing by myself sometime in the new year!
Below are some of the the other great entries!
Chapel Hill Comics
316 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Sweet Tooth Display by Erin Gumbel

Casablanca ComicsRick Lowell and Laura O'Meara Portland, ME
151 Middle Street
4-Colour, 8-Bit Comics & Games346 Princess StreetKingston, OntarioK7L 1B7

OUT THIS WEEK: SWEET TOOTH VOL.2 and SUPERBOY #2!!

"Jeff Lemire's SWEET TOOTH is as heartbreakingly elegant as it is wholly original. One of the best comics I've ever read." -Damon Lindelof (creator of LOST)

Out this week Sweet Tooth Volume 2: In Captivity collecting issues 6-11 of the Eisner and Harvey nominated series from Vertigo/DC Comics! Also keep an eye on Vertigo's BLOG Graphic Content" for an exclusive blog post each day this week featuring never before seen behind the scenes artwork and info on the series.
Also out this week is the second issue of the new Superboy series!
Written by JEFF LEMIRE; Art by PIER GALLO; Cover by phil noto; 1:10 Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCHThe vegetation of Smallville is out of control, and all evidence points to Poison Ivy as the cause! Superboy's friend Simon thinks there might be more to this than meets the eye, but he'll have a hard time convincing Superboy of that now that he's in the thrall of Ivy!

Announcing THE GREAT SWEET TOOTH RETAIL CONTEST!!

Sweet Tooth Vol.2: In Captivity ships to bookstores and comic book shops everywhere on DECEMBER 8th and to celebrate I'm offering a contest to ANY COMIC BOOK OR BOOK RETAILER:
The shop that creates the BEST IN STORE DISPLAY promoting Sweet Tooth and/or Sweet Tooth Vol.2 will win this piece of original artwork ( the cover from Sweet Tooth #15), as well as a complete signed set of all of my books, and any other goodies I can dig up.



To enter the shop owner need to send me pictures of the display via email no later than MONDAY DECEMBER 6, along with an exterior shot of your shop and the address of the store. All entries will be featured on this blog on Dec. 8. My wife and I will determine the winner based on both the creativity and impact of the overall presentation.
Rules:-Contest open internationally to any comic book or book retailer-This contest is being put on solely by me, and is in no way connected to DC Comics or Vertigo. -The contest is completely subjective, and the winner my wife and I choose will be final, and not subject to debate.

ESSEX COUNTY AND CANADA READS 2011!

Some pics from the Canada Reads reception at CBC yesterday! Also a link to an interview in The Windsor Star, my hometown paper.

ESSEX COUNTY NAMED ONE OF THE TOP FIVE ESSENTIAL CANADIAN BOOKS OF THE DECADE!

Meet the Canada Reads 2011 contendersNovember 24, 2010 11:00 AMCanada Reads unveils 2011 panel, booksLast Updated: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 | 2:59 PM ET Comments12Recommend46CBC NewsSinger Sara Quin will defend graphic novel Essex County by Jeff Lemire. (CBC)

CBC's 2011 Canada Reads book panel will for the first time consider a graphic novel, after panellist Sara Quin chose Essex County by Jeff Lemire.

Quin, who is part of the music duo Tegan and Sara, is defending the graphic novel about the trials of a Canadian rural community.

Quin said she knows the graphic novel genre well and believes Essex County can be considered literature because of its "incredible characters and wonderful stories."

"The illustrations are so beautiful and so profound and tell a story all on their own," she said, speaking via video link at a press conference Wednesday.

Canada Reads announced its panellists and their choice of books for 2011 at the press conference.

The other panellists are:

Actor Lorne Cardinal, who will defend Unless by Carol Shields.Former hockey pro Georges Laraque, who will defend The Bone Cage by Angie Abdou.TV personality Debbie Travis, who will champion The Birth House by Ami McKay.CNN journalist Ali Velshi, who will argue in favour of The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis.

Each of the 2011 panellists chose books from a list of 10 created after Canadians weighed in on the most significant Canadian books of the last 10 years.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/11/24/canada-reads-panel.html#ixzz16EjhktrK

SWEET TOOTH GOES HORIZONTAL IN FEBRUARY

SWEET TOOTH #18 Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art and cover by JEFF LEMIRE After the explosive conclusion of "Animal Armies," Jepperd and his new traveling companions begin a long trek north in search of answers in this stand-alone issue. But as the first snowfall of the year hits, mistrust and fear threaten to tear the group apart before they even get started! This story will be presented in a special, horizontal storytelling format. On sale FEBRUARY 2 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US MATURE READERS

Sweet Tooth Cover Being Auctioned!

The Cover Art for Sweet Tooth #10 will be auctioned tomorrow night at The Gladstone Hotel in Toronto as part of a charity fund-raiser for JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. Details below. Any non-Toronto residents who are serious about placing a bid on the art contact me via email and we can arrange to place a bid for you and have the work shipped. Bidding will start at 200, but covers generally sell for 1000, so this is a chance to get one for a good price!

JFCY is a non-profit, legal clinic that provides legal assistance, advice and information to low-income children and youth in Toronto and across the province. We pursue the rights of children and youth through outreach and education, community development, policy and law reform, and test case litigation. Since 1978, JFCY has been empowering children and youth to obtain fair and equal access to legal, educational, medical and social resources.

We also run a specialty program, Street Youth Legal Services (SYLS), the only organization in Toronto reaching out to street-involved and homeless youth on their own "turf" – at drop-ins, shelters and health clinics – to make legal information, advice and referrals readily available. SYLS also conducts regular training sessions at some 25 youth agencies to educate the frontline staff who interact with street-involved youth every day.