So It's December the 1st! Marineman issue one is officially on sale today! Scary and exciting stuff I can tell you!

I've seen and listened to a few reviews and so far they've been favorable so that is really encouraging...

Issue 2 is off to be lettered by the hard working guys at Comicraft, it's all wrapped aside from that.

Issue 3 is being colored by myself and my new coloring companion - Alex Sollazzo. You may have seen his work on the other Image Comics publication; Morning Glories.

I'm still hacking my way through the drawing of issue 5 and I'm thoroughly enjoying it!

I want to thank you all for pre-ordering issue 1 of Marineman and for the support everyone has been showing the book - It really means a lot to me.

Here's a link to a podcast review of issue one by 'House to Astonish', the part about Marineman is about three quarters of the way in so you may want to skip ahead as it's a long podcast!
http://housetoastonish.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-11-21T13_18_36-08_00

Enjoy!

I sent one of the advanced copies of Marineman to comic book legend Dave Gibbons earlier this week, as I promised I would, and he sent me an email this morning saying that he really liked it!
So, thanks Dave!

I just had an advance copy of issue one of MARINEMAN sent through and it looks FANTASTIC!
I am so excited! I was a little nervous because there's always the chance that it might print too dark or too light but judging by the copy I have, it looks spot on! I can't wait to see it in the store!
I'm feeling like a little kid all over again! I love comics! There's just something about physically holding one in your hands and losing yourself in the story... Much as I like digital comics, for me they'll never replace that tactile feeling of holding and reading an issue as it was intended.
Roll on December 1st!!!

Marineman has been featured in the free zero copy of Mike Conroy's new comics magazine, 'MULTIVERSE'. Here's a link to the digital copy - take a look! Marineman article aside, it looks like a good read...

http://issuu.com/richjohnston/docs/multiverse__0

I had to stop and do an Ad for the Long Beach Con the other night which isn't needed now so I thought I'd post it anyway....

Issue 1 of Marineman has been solicited! So place your orders now!

I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I'm looking forward to getting some reaction to it...

The Toronto Fan Expo was a great show as always and I was kept very busy, thanks to everyone who turned up to get their comics signed. Next year they'll be Marineman comics!
It was good to hang out with Gary Frank again and I met industry legend, Bob Layton, who I got on really well with too.

Issue 4 is almost inked so next month I'll be pressing on with issue 5 which is looking like it's going to have more pages than the previous issues!
I think issue 6 is going to end up having more pages than I want to think about...!

Anyway, better get back to work! Here's a links to PREVIEWS...
http://previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=6&s=784&ai=100540

Issue 3 is drawn and inked and issue 4 is drawn and ready to be inked and issue 5's cover is drawn, inked and colored - phew!

Issue 1 has gone off to be solicited and is released on December 1st, it was going to be November but there was a scheduling mix up and it ended up being December.

It's really exciting as it's all starting to feel real now!

Robert Kirkman generously agreed to include a Marineman ad in an upcoming issue of Invincible, so thanks to him for that!

I'll be appearing at 'Thought Bubble' in November, promoting and sketching away along with my partner in crime, Richard Starkings, who'll be doing his Elephantmen thing, so if you can make it along, it'd be great to see as many faces as possible...here's the promotional banner for their website...

I'm off to Toronto tomorrow for the TorontoFan Expo so anyone in that neck of the woods please drop by and say hi!

I'm hoping to start roughing out issue 5 on the plane and I'll start inking issue 4 once I get back from the con.

I finally bit the bullet and had to get some help with the coloring on the interiors in the form of Nicolas Chapuis, so thanks Nic!

That's all for now, except I'm having a lot of fun getting this all out of my head and I can't wait to get it out there so you can all read and hopefully enjoy it too!

Catch you all soon!