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Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith – The Collected Stories now on sale!

It’s Tuesday already in the middle of the Atlantic — so it’s only jumping the gun a little to declare that Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith – The Collected Stories is now on sale! And there was much rejoicing! (Or terror and pain — this is the Sith we’re talking about!) The spiffy new trade paperback edition can be found at your local bookseller, as well as from …

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On Colorado, comics, and communities

Horrified — just absolutely horrified — by the news coming from Aurora, Colorado, of a mass-shooting at a midnight theatrical showing of the new Batman film. Typing, I feel almost reluctant to name the film — because the name of the film simply doesn’t matter in something like this, although people will seek to draw connections. They always do. When the Columbine High School shootings happened in 1999, I was …

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D’oh — or d’oh not! JJM pens Simpsons comics

Back home from Comic-Con International: San Diego — and I am pleased to be able to share some news. I actually have three comic books coming out in October. In addition to two in a galaxy far, far away (Star Wars: Knight Errant #5 and Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #3), you’ll see another from Springfield, U.S.A. — the first of several Simpsons stories I have coming up …

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Knight Errant – Escape #2 hits shelves Wednesday!

I’m in the middle of my own Escape to San Diego as this is posted — but you can find an escape of your own in your comics shop on Wednesday with Star Wars: Knight Errant – Escape #2! Kerra’s journey into Sith space continues, and we see a lot more about her personal history — and how it’s been tied together with Odion’s destiny from the beginning. The issue …

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My San Diego Comic-Con 2012 signing schedule

Comic-Con International: San Diego two years in a row! It’s my eleventh time to go, but I don’t think I’ve gone in back-to-back years since the six-in-a-row stretch in the 1990s. I have a busy schedule of things I’m there to do — and for the first time I’ve got signing hours every single day of the con. Note that this year the Dark Horse variant edition from Diamond Comic …

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Knight Errant Escape #1 notes online

I have posted some thoughts on the first issue of Star Wars: Knight Errant – Escape — and I’ve definitely had opportunity to think about the issue, as today I signed 300 copies of the limited 2,000-copy run of the Diamond Comics exclusive San Diego variant of the issue. (You can obtain the issue from retailers at the event, or retailers who brought back comics from the event.) I discuss …

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Escape with Knight Errant — new series now on sale!

Wednesday brings new comics to your store — and a pivotal chapter in the life of Kerra Holt. Star Wars: Knight Errant – Escape #1 goes on sale tomorrow, both with the main cover by Benjamin Carré and a variant cover by Mike Hawthorne. (There will also be a San Diego variant of the Hawthorne cover.) The issue finds Kerra working — as ever — undercover in Sith space, but …

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Knight Errant and Lost Tribe of the Sith podcasts

The week before a new series release is always a busy one — and I’m particularly jazzed about this one. I just got my advance copies of Star Wars: Knight Errant – Escape #1 from the publisher, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out. The issue releases on Wednesday, but in the meantime, there are quite a few places where you can find out more about it. First …

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Knight Errant Escape #1 gets San Diego exclusive variant

Every year, Diamond Comic Distributors works with publishers to create some special editions available to the retailers who’ll be setting up at Comic-Con International: San Diego — and this year, the Dark Horse variant will be none other than Star Wars: Knight Errant – Escape #1. The preview is now online for the regular version of the issue, which ships next Wednesday and can be ordered here — but the …

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Star Wars Knight Errant Deluge collection on sale today!

April showers bring May floods — at least on Aquilaris, where Kerra Holt tries to save the planet she once called home from the storms in Star Wars: Knight Errant – Deluge. The trade paperback goes on sale today, and can be obtained from your local retailer, from Amazon, or from Things from Another World. And in two weeks, Kerra Holt’s adventures continue with Star Wars: Knight Errant – Escape …

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