The Tooth Hurts!

I've long said that my graphic novel, The Tooth, is cursed. Since I came up with the idea years ago, there have been numerous problems, snafus, and just plain ill luck surrounding the release of the book. The latest problem is that while the book has long been scheduled for a release this week, I was told this morning that it will not hit store shelves until next week! Despite the cloud of misfortune that looms over this title, I still drool over how gorgeous the book turned out to be, and I can't wait for others to get a gander at it.

While I was at Mo*Con this past weekend, I mentioned The Tooth, and it created quite a buzz (and more puns than you could shake a pointy stick at). More than anything else I'm working on, folks wanted to hear more about the wild story about (my elevator pitch):

"A guy who finds a magic tooth… which nests in his mouth like an inverted sabertooth tiger fang… and occasionally leaps out, grows to the size of a gorilla, and fights demons."

Let's hope that excitement translates to other readers once the graphic novel explodes onto the street next week!

In the meantime, a massive preview has hit the net. You can quench your thirst for The Tooth by checking out 17 pages of the story at CBR.

You can also read an advance review of the book on io9!

Do not let anything so trivial as a curse stop you! Make sure to head to your local bookseller and demand that they order The Tooth for you!