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April 6th, 2009

G-MAN: LEARNING TO FLY from Image Comics!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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MINI-MARVELS’ CHRIS GIARRUSSO CONTINUES MAKING TOTALLY AWESOME COMICS IN MAY’S G-MAN, VOL. 1: LEARNING TO FLY DIGEST!
Fans of Mini-Marvels to be pleased by Chris Giarrusso’s creator-owned superhero comic, G-MAN: LEARNING TO FLY!

6 April 2009 (Berkeley, CA) – Readers shocked by Chris Giarrusso’s departure from Mini-Marvels will be pleased to learn he’s expanding his unique take on superheroes in this May’s G-MAN, VOL. 1: LEARNING TO FLY !

“Working Mini-Marvels was cool, but G-MAN, VOL. 1: LEARNING TO FLY is what I’ve been wanting to do for years,” Giarrusso said. “It’s the story I was wanting to write and draw the entire time doing Mini-Marvels so I’m happy those fans are psyched by the collection. G-MAN and company are going to be taking up all my attention for the foreseeable future and I aim to make the long-time Mini-Marvels readers happy!”

G-MAN, VOL. 1: LEARNING TO FLY collects the entirety of Giarrusso’s Comic Bits strips, showcasing his entire line up of all-ages friendly superheroes including G-Man, his mean brother Great Man and friends like Billy Demon, Tan Man & Spark! These strips set the stage for this fall’s G-MAN miniseries, giving fans old and new the chance to catch up. Also included is a full-length origin story, a G-Man Christmas tale and the complete acclaimed Mean Brother/Idiot Brother series.

G-MAN, VOL. 1: LEARNING TO FLY (MAR092415), a 96-page full color digest-sized softcover for $9.99, will be in stores May 20 2009.

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Len Wein Suffers Major Losses in House Fire

Monday, April 6th, 2009

From the Harlan Ellison Website:

EXTREMELY BAD NEWS

Len Wein called this morning. More than half of his house burned down earlier today. Len and Chris Valada and Chris’s son, Michael, got out okay, but their beloved dog, Sheba, ran back inside and is gone. In addition to both bedrooms, the bathroom, and much of the office, what was burned first was the original art for the first Wolverine story, the cover of GIANT X-MEN #1 and other art pieces worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Susan and I will be over there as soon as I pick up my car today, and as soon as I’ve met the dental appointment we have scheduled. This is a major catastrophe for one of my oldest and closest friends. Like your Host, Len is a lifetime freelancer and, even though he remains a star of the comics world, even though he created Wolverine and Storm–among other characters–he goes from day to day earning a freelancer’s living, as do I…and these are frightening economic times for those of us out there, to paraphrase Arthur Miller, “on a few words and a shoeshine.”

Harlan

Len Wein is…best known for co-creating DC Comics’ Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics’ Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). He is also responsible as an editor for Alan Moore’s and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, one of the most influential graphic novels made.

This makes me sick with worry and I am so sad for Len and his family. A loss for them, and a loss for the entire comics community. Man, there is no creator in the world who doesn’t go faint at the prospect of such a disastrous possibility in their own life, but to have it happen to someone who is not only a truly nice guy, but a giant in our field…wow, can’t wrap my brain around it.

So terribly, terribly sorry for you, Len.

c

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