In Your Skin: The News Continues
I’m writing this from London – Anand RK and I came down here to do something very exciting with Ram V, Evan Cagle, Tom Muller and Arnaud Kikoo for an exciting new thing (you can catch a sneak peek of it here).
While we were here, though, a little something started up in the Middle East that has meant we couldn’t go home when we were supposed to (which was today – our flight back was via Dubai). So we’ve rebooked on a direct flight, but a few days later. Till then, we’re bumming around London, which isn’t the shabbiest place to be stuck in like this – great coffee, whisky, and chatting about comics with some of my favourite collaborators.
To the news.
First of all, the solicits for In Your Skin #2 are out, which means I can show you our beautiful covers.
Cover A by Som is probably one of the most beautiful images I have ever seen him make – every time I look at it, it reveals more of itself. And I love how Dylan’s circle logo works so well with all the covers so far.
DaNi is one of my oldest collaborators in comics – we first did Coffin Bound together, then Arkham City: The Order of the World, and a bunch of short comics in between. The moment we got to thinking of variant covers for In Your Skin, DaNi was on my mind, and I’m so happy she and Brad agreed to carry over their iconic pairing for this cover.
Tiny Onion was at ComicsPRO over the weekend (the premier retailer convention in comics), and sent over a postcard from the event:
I’ve continued sending the PDF to friends and colleagues in the industry, and have received notes of encouragement. Fellow letterer Clayton Cowles wrote a lovely note in his latest newsletter:
Aditya Bidikar gave me an early look at the first issue, and this one had me at page one. […]
More at the link.
Finally, in lettering news, Ben Templesmith is joining the team for The Department of Truth for issues 36 and 37. I started reading comics properly around 2005, and Templesmith, as expected, blew my mind with what he could do with minimal lines and an incredible sense of mood. It’s been a joy lettering his art, and I can’t wait for you folks to see what we’ve done.