January 16, 2014 by Andrew

LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM update

We’re starting to wonder whether it’s even physically possible to fit all of this awesome in one book. New members of this Dream Team include…

SAM KIETH

The author of THE MAXX, ZERO GIRL, MY INNER BIMBO and a slew of other brilliantly off-beat creations, Sam is one of our very favorite cartoonists. Like McCay, he marries truly remarkable cartooning techniques and a sophisticated sensibility to a sense of childlike creativity and wonder. We can’t imagine a more fitting artist for a LITTLE NEMO tribute.

ZANDER CANNON

Known for his work with Alan Moore on TOP 10 and his terrifically original Image book THE REPLACEMENT GOD, Zander Cannon recently published the rich and compulsively readable graphic novel HECK, which was among our forty favorite books of 2013. We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome him to Slumberland.

MATT HUYNH

In addition to producing gorgeous calligraphic illustrations for THE NEW YORK TIMES, ROLLING STONE and ESQUIRE, Matt Huynh has published a number of beautiful comics including MA and HARRI. His Nemo strip is an ink-washed nightmare, and we’re proud to present it to you.

We’re keeping this list of Nemo names updated with most of the contributors we have publicly announced – so check it out if you’re wondering who else has signed up! And our first revealed pages from the book can be found here.

January 14, 2014 by Andrew

Tuesday Tease

With Valentine’s Day exactly a month away, we couldn’t pass up the chance to tease a little more of our Quarter Moon for lovers, issue #3.

Last week (link!) we showed off the first of its beautiful interior pages (by Alexandra Beguez), and laid out the stories you’ll be reading in this “erotic” installment of our quarterly anthology.

This week we’ve decided to reveal ONE of our cover artists, and slip you just the tip of the carnal iceberg that is his cover. Quarter Moon #3 will in fact have two covers, a reversible affair (unlike the affairs within). And each of them will knock you out.

So welcome he of Blades & Lazers, Lincoln Washington: Free Man, and Night Business fame, Benjamin Marra! What in hell has this guy gotten himself into? You’re gonna have to wait and see the full cover to figure that one out…

– Andrew Carl

January 7, 2014 by Andrew

Tuesday Tease

After a bit of a Christmas vacation, the Locust Moon Press Tuesday Tease is back to give everyone a glimpse at something we currently have in the works. Right now we’re closing in on the completion of our third Quarter Moon issue, due for release in February.

The first issue of our quarterly comics & illustration magazine focused on wordless stories.

The second was a grab-bag of fun & fighting & touches of melancholy.

The third will celebrate a topic perfectly suited for Valentine’s Day. No, not love or romance or chocolate. Quarter Moon #3 is our erotica issue. And Alexandra Beguez has come back for another go, after having last created one of our favorite, and funniest, strips to date in Quarter Moon: Silence, “Alien Raver: Forbidden Fruit”. So today I thought we’d share the first page of her new story for #3, “The Harvest”.

The setup seems simple enough, right? I promise you won’t be able to guess what happens next. This one’s out-there in the best way possible.

Other stories you’ll see in this issue include…
Jimmy Comey’s “Tijuana Bible Strip Tease”
Keren Katz’s “Mr. Beenoon, Were You Watching?”
Charles Fetherolf’s “Lilith”
Maggie Eighteen & Annie Mok’s “Errand”
and Rob Woods’ “Wilbur, Where Art Thou?”
There’ll also be a cover or two by a couple of awesome special guests. Stay tuned for those!

See you next Tuesday…
– Andrew Carl

December 17, 2013 by joshuaon

Tuesday Tease

this week we take a look at a series we have been working on called SHAMAN. the way this project came about is an interesting story. when we closed down the original locust moon there was about a year in-between opening up the current shop. during that year we were still obligated to receive books from diamond, and each week i’d meet the ups guy and haul the boxes of books up to my tiny apartment. this was a pretty shitty situation that was made a lot more tolerable by the fact about a dozen of our customers were loyal enough that they continued getting their books from us, meeting me in my apartment or outside my building. one of those customers was ben kahn, who was getting ready to graduate from upenn. ben had a real passion for the medium and a strong desire to create his own comics. once i realized that he was serious about it, i set off to help him make it happen. written and created by ben, illustrated by bruno hidalgo, and lettered by jason arthur, you will be seeing a lot more of SHAMAN in 2014. for now, here’s a look at the cover by farel dalrymple to the first issue and a page from bruno. SHAMAN logo designed by rob woods.

–chris stevens

December 16, 2013 by Andrew

LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM update

We’re entering the final stretch of production on our biggest, most dizzying project. We are so profoundly lucky to be acting as the curators for this remarkable collection of Winsor McCay tributes, and we couldn’t do it without folks like…

JEROME OPEÑA

Between his work on with Rick Remender on UNCANNY X-FORCE and Jonathan Hickman on AVENGERS, Opeña has brought a wide-eyed, big-screen boldness back into super-hero comics. His gorgeously iconic, epic-scale work reminds us of reading Marvel books when we were kids — everything is mythic, and bigger-than-big.

DAN GOLDMAN

The multi-media auteur behind SHOOTING WAR and the upcoming web-to-print graphic novel RED LIGHT PROPERTIES promises to bring us a cracked psychological take on Little Nemo.

JEN TONG

The dreamy, exquisitely kaleidoscopic imagination of Jen Tong is a perfect vehicle for a cruise through Slumberland. Her gorgeous hand-made comics make us wish we could screen print this whole damn book.

December 11, 2013 by joshuaon

the earfarmer

from THE EARFARMER, by farel dalrymple and me. coming in 2014 from DARK HORSE.

–chris stevens

December 10, 2013 by Andrew

Tuesday Tease

We’re starting something new, this week, at the Locust Moon Press end of our operation.

Each Tuesday, we’re going to start sharing a little taste (and on days like today, when you’re lucky, a big one) of a comic we currently have in the works.

For our first go, we’ve decided to give you a rather giant treat…a full page from our most special and spectacular upcoming book, LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM! This’ll be one of only a select few pages we’re sharing online (out of the 100 or so strips that’ll be in the final book), and we don’t plan on letting loose any others anytime soon.

So who are we going to show off this time?

DAVID PETERSEN. He wows us at each and every turn of his singularly epic MOUSE GUARD. He literally builds the worlds he creates. I have his poster for BRAVE hanging in my living room.

This is his Slumberland — and trust me, you’re going to want to see this at 16″ x 21″ as intended in DREAM ANOTHER DREAM.

The goose alone is nearly a foot tall!

– Andrew Carl

December 5, 2013 by Andrew

LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM update

In which we add notable passengers to the Slumberland Express.

PAOLO RIVERA

Paolo is one of our very favorite mainstream creators, and we can’t wait to see him bring his uniquely expressive and iconic style to the Land of Wonderful Dreams.

LISK FENG

The gorgeously inventive comics of Chinese transplant Lisk Feng have yet to be published on American shores — we’re thrilled to host her stateside debut in Slumberland.

BRENDAN LEACH

No tabloid-sized epic would be complete without the off-beat mastermind behind PTERODACTYL HUNTERS, IRON BOUND and NEW SLUDGE CITY.

September 23, 2013 by Andrew

LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM update

DEAN MOTTER

the visionary creator of MR. X is bringing his unique perspective to slumberland.

HANS RICKHEIT

hans’ surreal work toes the delicate line between the beautiful and the grotesque, and the dreamlike quality of his work fits nemo like a glove.

JEREMY BAUM

one of the most distinctive stylists in the rising new crop of comic book artists, no one else’s stuff looks like jeremy’s, and we can’t wait to see him run around in mccay’s world.

we were already lucky enough to have worked with jeremy on the first issue of our quarterly anthology, QUARTER MOON. he did a story and the wraparound cover…

–chris stevens

September 20, 2013 by Andrew

LITTLE NEMO: DREAM ANOTHER DREAM update

JH WILLIAMS III

there are a few artists that the book would feel incomplete without, and jh williams III is one of them. we are incredibly happy to have him come on-board, and as excited as can be to see what he does with the grand, 16×21 format.

DAVID MACK

david has created one of the great works in comics with his KABUKI series, a constantly challenging book that engages and communicates with its readers and dives into the deep end of issues of identity, loss, and reinvention.