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AD: AFTER DEATH by SNYDER and LEMIRE This Fall

I am very excited to announce a brand new graphic novel from Image Comics this fall "AD: AFTER DEATH" to be written by my good friend SCOTT SNYDER and illustrated by myself.


The book takes place in a near future where a genetic cure for death has been developed, and asks the question, what happens next? How does the world and mankind change when death is no longer an inevitability.  The story follows one man who was at the centre of this discovery, and the multiple lives he lives as time stretches on and the world changes around him.

AD marks the first time I'll be drawing something of this size that I haven't also written myself, and I'm really excited to be collaborating with Scott. Not only is he one of my best friends, but he has proven himself to be one of the very best writers working in comics with his work on BATMAN, AMERICAN VAMPIRE, THE WAKE and WYTCHES.

You can read more about AD, including an interview with Scott and myself, at NY MAGAZINE

AD will be one of FOUR NEW CREATOR-OWNED PROJECTS I'll be releasing in 2015 along with DESCENDER (March), BLACK HAMMER (June) and PLUTONA (August)

FIRST LOOK: DESCENDER #1

 DESCENDER #1
STORY: JEFF LEMIRE
ART / COVER: DUSTIN NGUYEN
MARCH 4 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet.
A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham.
Extra-sized first issue. 30 story pages for only $2.99!

DESCENDER DEBUTS IN MARCH!

DESCENDER #1
STORY: JEFF LEMIRE
ART / COVER: DUSTIN NGUYEN
MARCH 4 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $2.99
One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet.
A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham.
Extra-sized first issue. 30 story pages for only $2.99!

THE VALIANT #1: OUT DECEMBER 10!

A battle ten millennia in the making...Valiant Entertainment is proud to present the first look inside THE VALIANT #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of a new prestige format four-issue limited series beginning in December from New York Times best-selling writers Jeff Lemire (Green Arrow, Animal Man) and Matt Kindt (RAI, UNITY, Mind MGMT), and Eisner Award-winning artist Paolo Rivera (Daredevil)!An entirely self-contained, new reader friendly comics event spotlighting Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior, Geomancer, and a cast of heroes and villains from across the Valiant Universe, THE VALIANT is a visionary new adventure from three of the greatest creative talents in comics today.
The Eternal Warrior has protected the Earth for more than 10,000 years. A master of countless weapons and long forgotten martial arts, he is guided by the Geomancers – those who speak for the Earth. During his long watch, the Eternal Warrior has failed three times. Each time, the Geomancer was killed…and a new dark age for humanity began. Each time, he was unable to stop The Immortal Enemy – a monstrous force of nature. A civilization killer. A horror that appears differently each time it arrives…and whose seemingly only purpose is to bring disorder and darkness to the world. Now, the time has come for The Immortal Enemy to return once more. But, this time, the Eternal Warrior will be ready. This time, he has a force greater than any single warrior. This time, he has…THE VALIANT.

TRILLIUM Among AMAZON'S BEST GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2014

Trillium has been included in AMAZON'S list of the BEST GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2014!

NEW 48-PAGE SIGNED SKETCHBOOK AVAILABLE

JEFF LEMIRE: SKETCHBOOK#1--$20


48 pages
Square bound
6 x 9 inches
Full color
Signed by Jeff Lemire4 rare short comics, variant covers, commissions and sketches!All images are copyright © 2014 Jeff Lemire and respective owners, please don't reproduce without permission.
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JEFF LEMIRE Re-imagines the TEEN TITANS For DC's Latest EARTH ONE

TEEN TITANS: EARTH ONE is a new 144-page original graphic novel, which reimagines the TEEN TITANS as part of DC Comics' successful Earth One line of graphic novels. The book will be released NOVEMBER 25.

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IN MEMORY OF ROB CHARPENTIER

This past week Rob Charpentier, the owner of my local comic book store in Toronto's east end, passed away after a battle with cancer. Rob will be missed by all the loyal patrons and friends at his shop Comics And More at Greenwood and Danforth.

When I first moved from the west end to the east end about seven years ago, I felt pretty displaced and Rob and his store were my anchor. It was great to not only have a comic shop in my new neighbourhood, but to have a really good comic shop with an owner who was willing to take chances on the work of newcomers. At the time I had very little published material under my belt, but Rob was always a very great supporter, making sure to order all off my books and promote them in the store.

Over the years, I got to know Rob better, visiting at least twice a week. Rob was always the first to  what new DC projects I'd be doing, based on the stacks of "reference material" I'd come in and buy.

I was saddened to learn about Rob's illness a couple months back. He was unable to work at the store anymore, but continued reading. One of his fears near the end was not getting a chance to see the end of Grant Morrison's long anticipated Multiversity project. (It should be noted that when I reached out to DC Comics about this they helped connect Grant with Rob. Grant spent nearly an hour talking to Rob on the phone in his hospital room. DC and Grant's kindness was not lost on Rob or his friends at the store, and was a real bright spot for Rob near the end).

Rob was a great guy, always full of opinions on the state of comics, but also always willing to support new ideas and new voices in the medium. His death leaves a big hole in our neighbourhood. Rob will be truly missed.

4 NEW ONGOING SERIES IN 2015

MARCH 2015 - DESCENDER #1 w/ DUSTIN NGUYEN from IMAGE COMICS read more here.

MARCH 2015 - HAWKEYE #1 w/ RAMON PEREZ from MARVEL COMICS read more here

APRIL 2015 - BLOODSHOT:REBORN#1 w/ MICO SUAYAN from VALIANT COMICS read more here

JUNE 2015 - BLACK HAMMER #1 w/ DEAN ORMSTON from DARK HORSE COMICS read more here

LEMIRE & PEREZ RELAUNCH HAWKEYE IN 2015

With Matt Fraction and David Aja closing out their epic run on "Hawkeye" -- arguably one of the most critically acclaimed comic book series of the past decade -- Marvel Comics realized it would need a top shelf creative team to commit to the title if it was going to continue its high quality and craftsmanship.The House of Ideas just hit a bullseye. During the Axel-In Charge panel at New York Comic Con, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso announced that Eisner Award-nominated writer Jeff Lemire ("Sweet Tooth," "Essex County") and Eisner Award-winning artistRamón Pérez ("Jim Henson's Tale of Sand") would be teaming up on "Hawkeye" beginning in Spring 2015, thereby securing a dream team worthy of the series, which has generated multiple awards including being named an Official Selection for Festival d'Angoulême 2014.This project marks Lemire's Marvel debut, with the superstar writer recently finished an exclusive deal with DC Comics and branching out with new projects at Image Comics, Dark Horse and Valiant. Once Alsonso and series editor Sana Amanat knew Lemire was open to creating comics for Marvel, Alonso reached out to the cartoonist personally to offer him "Hawkeye." Pérez has been illustrating series for Marvel for a few years, including bestselling titles like "Amazing Spider-Man" and "Wolverine & The X-Men."In this exclusive first interview about the upcoming series, which will launch with a new "Hawkeye" #1 in March 2015, Lemire, Pérez and Amanat discussed the secret origin of the top secret project, how it was nearly named "Hawkeyes" to reflect the importance of Clint Barton's protégé Kate Bishop, and why the brand of storytelling will be reminiscent of Lemire's work on indie hits like "Essex County" and "The Underwater Welder." READ MORE HERE