MEGACON in Orlando this weekend! Nathan Wiedemer, Steven Mangold, Ed Siemienkowicsz and Greg Vondruska's will be in the Artist's Alley--look for them! They'll have copies of their own books as well as HARD WORDS and possibly sneak previews for two yet-to-be-announced Blackglass books.

Blackglass will be abroad this weekend at three different shows! In Washington, DC, Nathan Nathan Wiedemer and Ed Siemienkowicsz will be at SPX. In Sydney, J. Marc SchmidtSchmidt will be at SupaNova. In Melbourne, Jason Franks and David Richardson will be at Armageddon--look for them in the artist's alley.

Schmidt, Franks and Sekine have two stories between the three of them in Cardigan Comics' new TANGO #7 anthology. Tango #7 will launch at the Aggressively Strange Fables: Melbourne Underground Comics and Animation Art exhibition, part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, on 8pm on Friday the 28 September at North Bazaar, 222 High Street, Northcote. Franks and Schmidt will both be in attendance.

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J. Marc Schmidt's new graphic novel for SLG has just been announced: http://slg-news.livejournal.com/208867.html. Preview material here. Interview with Schmidt is here.

The book will be out in October and can now be preordered from Diamond or Amazon.com.

Jennifer Contino at The Pulse interviews Franks about HARD WORDS

Franks will be at Doujicon Z in Melbourne on July 28th, selling Blackglass books. Stop bye and say hi!

HARD WORDS is now in production. Books should be available in the online shop around the end of May. Stay tuned for convention appearances and further details!

Greg Vondruska's new book, Robots Are People, Too, features work by Blackglass regulars Jason Franks, Steven Mangold, Nathan Wiedemer, and of course Greg himself. Available at Megacon 2007 in Orlando, Florida, or from Greg's website.Stop by and check it out!

SPX 2006 will be the last time Blackglass attends an American show in the forseeable future. Jason Franks, Justin Jordan, Steven Mangold, Nathan Wiedemer, and Greg Vondruska will be in attendance. Stop by and see them in the E section and all about the show for the existing books, plus previews of Hard Words, MCBLACK and other projects.

Article by Franks about the Australian comicbook scene on the Pulse.

Written by John Cunningham, Jason Franks, Justin Jordan,Steven Mangold, and J. Marc Schmidt, illustrated by Ed Siemienkowicsz, Shawn Richter, Yuriko Sekine, Tim Twelves and Greg Vondruska.

An article Franks and Schmidt wrote about Nannah Laveaux is up on The Pulse at: http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=005028

A preview of ROCKSTAR PIZZA has been posted on the Pulse.

Lo Fi Magazine reviews ONE MORE BULLET in issue #3 (December 2005). Lo Fi says: "... a perfect example of how different one story can be from the next," and "The title story... is at once a reminder of horror and hope... an intense way to start off an excellent collection."

A ROCKSTAR PIZZA is now complete and at the printer. Should be available int he first week of February. Press release and interviews should be up to coincide. Jason Franks and Richard Gaines will be at MEGACON in Orlando from February 24th-February 26th to promote the new book and other Blackglass wares. Look for them in the artists alley, right alongside the Blue Rose Boys, Steven Mangold and Nathan Wiedemer.

A Press Release regarding the Kol Ha'Ir article is now up at The Pulse.

NANNAH LAVEAUX now has a web forum, kindly hosted by winjeel.com.

NANNAH LAVEAUX is back--yeah, we're a week late--in a brand new story, "Lonely Hearts". This sotry marks the start of Nannah Laveaux Book 2. Stick around; we think you're gonna like what comes next.

"One More Bullet" was mentioned in an article in Kol ha'Ir, a weekly Jerusalem arts magazine, by Eli Eshed. Eshed interviews Steven Bergson, who lists OMB in the top 10 overlooked Jewish comics stories.

Franks and Schmidt are taking a 3 week hiatus on NANNAH LAVEAUX to accomodate travel plans and external deadlines. Nannah will return on 21/08/2005.

Jen Contino interviews Franks on The Pulse.

Lee Atchison interviews Franks in Sequential Tart this month. Franks also contributed a cover for the issue.

Steven Grant's gives ONE MORE BULLET an obtuse (which is to say, not entirely favorable) review in his Permanent Damage column today, as well as Steve and Nate's first three SAME OLD STORY minis.

Kenneth Antony interviews Jason Franks in the current issue of his SAMPLER 'zine. Published by Artistic License Studios.

The Pulse news site has posted a Press Release regarding the availability of OMB.

Scott McCloud has posted a link to NANNAH LAVEAUX on his blog this morning.

The Online Shop is up, courtesy of comixpress.com. Go buy!
Direct link: http://www.comixpress.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=141

Jason Franks will be at MEGACON in Orlando from February 25th-February 27th, flogging ONE MORE BULLET.

Look for him in the artists alley. Steven Mangold and Nathan Wiedemer will be there too--make sure you stop by their table and get them to sign your copies of OMB will you buy all their stuff!