Sometimes being in the comic book industry can be fun:
And sometimes it really isn’t. This has been one of those weeks. Zero essential oils. A fog has just been in my heart and brain, but then two nights ago I went out with some friends. I drank FOUR glasses of white wine. I ate THREE tacos. I laughed and talked and the fog lifted for a bit. Some weeks that’s all you can hope for.
One of those friends was Sean McLeod, the wildly talented director who worked his magic on CHIPCLASS. He just finished this amazing video about everyone’s favourite topic, A.I., and I highly recommend everyone check out his ode to our robot masters. Welcome to BISCUIT BARN:
Friends are the best. I highly recommend getting some. I paid top dollar for mine and regret nothing.
This past week BATMAN #146 came out. Batman has no shirt. Go buy it.
But in IMPORTANT NEWS, this weekend is the dreaded FINAL ORDER CUTOFF for our WHITE TREES collection and its sequel, THE WHISPER QUEEN #1. Which means you need to immediately pester your local shopkeep to reserve a copy.
Kris Anka is one of the greatest comic artists in the world but he’s filthy and I cannot stop him:
And for more WHOLESOME Kris Kontent, here’s his cover for issue two. So good.
Okay, that’s it from me. If you can stomach my face/voice, boy is this the week for you. Here are three interviews I just did. I’m going to scale back doing stuff like this in the future so get it while you can!!
Be kind to each other. Empathy is in short supply these days and the systems we interact with are designed that way, so please find your real life genuine friends and, if it’s your thing, have four white wines and three tacos.
Love,
Chip
UPCOMING BOOKS
KAPTARA: UNIVERSAL TRUTHS TPB — April 9
AVENGERS: TWILIGHT #5 — April 17
AVENGERS: TWILIGHT #2 (3rd printing) — April 17
THE WHITE TREES — May 1
THE WHISPER QUEEN #1 — May 1
BATMAN #147 — May 7
AVENGERS: TWILIGHT #6 — May 29
NEWBURN VOL. 2 — May 29
BATMAN #148 — June 4
THE WHISPER QUEEN #2 — June 12
BATMAN #149 — June 18
UPCOMING SIGNINGS
C2E2 (Chicago) — April 26-28
COMICPALOOZA (Houston) — May 24-26
GALAXYCON (Raleigh) — July 25-28
ROSE CITY COMIC CON (Portland) — Sept 6-8
Hey Chip, you rock, and you need to know it. You may have "real" friends you "see" with your "eyes" but folks like me, and folks in our AIPT Discord truly love your work and think you're the best. Keep up the great work!
dear chip,
thank you for your beautiful words as always!
some of my favorite beautiful words from you this week:
"Be kind to each other. Empathy is in short supply these days and the systems we interact with are designed that way, so please find your real life genuine friends"
and
"This past week BATMAN #146 came out. Batman has no shirt. Go buy it."
thank you for sharing!
love
myq