MARVEL MARCH MADNESS

Last Saturday I went to Greensboro, North Carolina for a store signing at Acme Comics.  I still can’t get over how awesome it was.  Jermaine and Stephen at Acme organized an amazing event hosting writer Jim McCann, editor Jen Grunwald and me.  The store was packed with customers and I was sketching all day.  They also had me draw this piece for the event featuring the Dark Reign Illuminators!

Everyone at Acme was great, all the customers were super awesome, and I’ll return any time they want to have me back!

WHERE IS MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION?

So far I’ve had a lot of reports from stores telling me they sold out of their initial orders of MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION.  And that’s a good thing.  However, a lot of stores have had trouble getting their re-orders shipped.  This is because Diamond, the comics distributor, has been in the process of moving their warehouse.  This means that a LOT of comic books and merchandise are in the process of moving from one location to another.  During that time, much of that merchandise (including MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION) has been unavailable to ship to the stores that have ordered them.

In time, MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION will be back on the shelf at your comic book store (but it still wouldn’t hurt to remind them you’re interested in buying it!).

WHERE’S THAT NEW MINI MARVELS DIGEST?

MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION was supposed to go on sale this Wednesday, February 4th. In most of the country, it did, but in the New York City area, it did not. There was a problem with one of the distributor’s distribution centers which affected the shipment of books to NYC (not sure where else). Being located in NYC means I also did not receive the copies I personally bought.

However, I should actually receive my books in time for New York Comic Con. I should have them on hand Friday, but if not, I will definitely have them for Saturday and Sunday. I’ll also have copies of volume 1 on hand, as well as the sold-out G-MAN one-shot, so come on by and pick up a copy or two!

new MINI MARVELS on sale this week!!!

I’ve been really busy with work lately, which is why I haven’t been checking in here so much… but just wanted to remind everyone that MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION goes on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, February 4th! Be on the lookout, and thanks to everyone who pre-ordered!!!

What’s in Mini Marvels: Secret Invasion?

A lot of folks have been asking exactly what’s getting collected in the MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION digest.  It will contain the following:

CONSPICUOUS INVASION (16-page story featuring the Skrulls and the Fantastic Four written by Chris Giarrusso)

CIVIL WARDS (16-page story featuring Spidey and Power Pack, written by Marc Sumerack)

SPIDEY AND HIS AMAZING CO-WORKERS (6-page story featuring Spidey, Iceman & Firestar written by Sean McKeever)

AND LO THERE SHALL COME… A GO-CART (4-page story featuring Hulk and Power Pack written by Paul Tobin)

ARMAGEDDON UNLEASHED (4-page story featuring Hulk and Power Pack written by Paul Tobin)

PRINCIPAL STANLEY (2-page strip featuring Spidey and Principal Stan Lee written by Chris Giarrusso)

HULK ART CLASS, HULK SPLASH, HULK ZOO, HULK WEB, HULK AIRPORT, & HULK ICE (6 single-page strips written by Audrey Loeb

RETURN OF THOR (7-page story written by Chris Giarrusso)

WORLD WAR HULK: FINAL SHOWDOWN (5-page story featuring Hulk and the Illuminators written by Chris Giarrusso)

HAWKEYE AND THE BEANSTALK (16-page story written by Chris Giarrusso)

THE BLACK CAT, THE ITCH, THE COUCH, THE FRENCH BREAD & GIANT GIRL (5 single-page strips written by Chris Giarrusso)

THE SNOWMAN (1-page strip co-written by Sean McKeever and Chris Giarrusso)

BULLPEN BITS (6 pages of the original Mini Marvels comic strips written by Chris Giarrusso)

And that rounds it out!  I bet there’s a lot of stuff in there you never heard of before!

Please remember to tell your comic shop you would like to pre-order MINI MARVELS: SECRET INVASION, or they will not order enough copies and you won’t see it in the store!  This is not a book comic shops will expect people to want, so THEY WILL NOT ORDER IT UNLESS YOU ASK THEM TO!  To help explain to your store what you want, please click here to download the handy Mini Marvels special order form, note what you want, and hand it to your store owner!

Thanks!

VOLUME 2!

CONSPICUOUS INVASION