FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND BACK IN PRINT!!

GOOD NEWS!

After a fair amount of back and forth, it appears that the collected TPB edition of FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND (story by Steve Niles) will return to print and will be on the bookshelves by OCTOBER 24, 2007! Mark your calendars, and don't miss this opportuity to go out and pick up the latest edition of our woefully warmhearted tale of two brothers on the run. In celebration of this, I'll be running a contest from the Message Boards that will end with the prize of a free, signed copy of the book plus a sketch from the story, so keep your eyes peeled, and put on your thinking caps.

Be sure to ask your local shop to purchase some copies and let's keep this award winning book in print!

HEY OSCAR WILDE, IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!

I wanted to alert those of you who've not had the pleasure, to the glorious digitalmedusa website that features portraits of beloved literary characters by a mind boggling list of today's top illustrators and comics artists. I did a drawing of Don Juan Matus (from the Carlos Castaneda books) a few years ago when Steve was getting the site up and running, but it's grown to a shockingly qualitative size since. It really is a remarkable collection of names and art. Be sure to stop by and lose a great deal of your valuable time perusing the list:

http://digitalmedusa.com/sgettis/word/greg-ruth-don-juan-matus/

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BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELD'S END...

Hey Everyone-

Just a little heads up on my final two issues of Conan, completing the six-issue tale of our favorite barbarian's tumultuous youth, penned by the masterful Kurt Busiek. I've posted some peeks into the process of making these last two issues on the message boards, and Dark Horse will feature a series of peeks into the inner contents of the books as they climb closer to their release dates this Fall. Even if you haven't come aboard our previous issues before this final plunge, you won't be left out as we wrap up this story depicting Conan's first formative baptism by fire in the epic siege of Venarium. Issue #45 comes out 10/17 followed by its conclusion in #46 on 11/21!

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