Here's some fun news

Looks like I'll be on a panel at San Diego with Tori Amos, David Mack, Ted McKeever, and the lovely Kelly Sue, for the launch of COMIC BOOK TATTOO.

Tori at San Diego Comic Con!
Promoting the release of Comic Book Tattoo, Tori has scheduled a couple appearances at the San Diego Comic Con. Plans begin with a COMIC BOOK TATTOO panel, hosted by comics and music critic Douglas Wolk, and featuring discussion between Tori, editor Rantz Hoseley and several of the contributing creators on Saturday, July 26 from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

Shortly thereafter, 2:00 pm to be exact, Tori will be doing a signing on site. Fans wishing to meet Tori can receive tickets to her signing, limited to 200 fans, by purchasing a copy of COMIC BOOK TATTOO at the Image Comics booth.

Tickets will be made available in increments with 20 given out on Wednesday, July 23, 75 on Thursday, July 24, another 75 on Friday, July 25 and 30 on Saturday, July 26.

Rantz has pix of an advance copy on his Flickr, too:

NO FORMULA in Comic Shop News

When you go to your local comics shop this week, be sure to pick up a copy of Comic Shop News, because there's a big article on The Chemistry Set and NO FORMULA in it.

How cool is this?

Thanks to Vito for the tip!

New Interview + ad to go in NO FORMULA

Sami reworked the cover for an ad for BLUE that'll go in the back of NO FORMULA - nothing like a little cross-promotion...



Also, I recently answered a few questions for Tim O'Shea, which you'll find on his blog here.

"That’s usually how I work with songs and stories - I look for a line to set it all off. In this case, I was looking for a way in, and even though the song has a real meaning and mood for me, I was struggling. We were specifically asked to avoid “illustrated lyrics.” Makes perfect sense, and I’m not interested in that anyway. But that still left me looking for a way in!"

NO FORMULA roundtable interview @ THE PULSE

Wherein I talk about RED, the companion piece to BLUE:

"Both RED and BLUE are based on fairy tales (Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard, respectively). Both are tales about predators and the choices we make in the face of them. I thought it would be interesting to tell a Red Riding Hood story from the point of view of the wolf."

RED and BLUE were begun at the same time, and were initially meant to go together in a self-published anthology for the MoCCA Art Festival in 2006. BLUE quickly became waaaay too big for such a thing and got set aside. RED became a stand-alone self-published dilly-oh, and now it's seeing wider print in NO FORMULA, the Chemistry Set anthology.

And there you have it.

More here.

BLUE bookmarks for the asking!

Got me a box of some mighty fine BLUE bookmarks. I made them for retailers, but they're free for the asking to anyone who wants 'em. The bookmark features the cover on the front and comic shop ordering info on the back.

Just drop me an email: elizabeth dot genco atsign gmail.

In your email, please let me know if you're a reader or a retailer. Thanks!

The Chemistry Set's first anthology: NO FORMULA

I've been out of town at a marketing seminar so I'm a little late to the party on posting this cool news.

In other news, remind me to hire Mr. Jim Dougan to write all my press releases in the future!



August 2008 marks the print debut of the webcomics collective The Chemistry Set in an anthology collection from Desperado Publishing entitled 'NO FORMULA: STORIES FROM THE CHEMISTRY SET, VOL.1' (Diamond Order Code JUN083849), just in time for the Set's two-year anniversary. "There's no better way to celebrate our Terrible Twos than with a big release like this," said Jim Dougan, an original ChemSetter approached by Desperado publisher Joe Pruett to edit the anthology. "The only problem was choosing from among the literally hundreds of pages of great comics we've got on the site. Joe wanted only self-contained stories, though, so while that unfortunately left out a lot of great stuff, it helped me narrow it down. Are these the best 120 pages of comics ever to appear at the ChemSet? No. Are they the 120 pages that fit together best as a book? I think so."

NO FORMULA will feature 12 stories from the two-year history of the ChemSet, in both black-and-white and color, all under a gorgeous color cover by Hyeondo Park. The story contents, most of which can be previewed online at www.chemsetcomics.com, are:

"The System" by Tony Goins and Tom Williams

"Night's Plutonian Shore" by Neil Kleid and jamesmith3

"Rest Stop" by Jim Dougan, Dean Haspiel and Michel Fiffe

"Red" by Elizabeth Genco and Kevin Colden

"Snowblind" by Chris Arrant and Jessica Hickman

"The Legend of Caraboy" by Andrew Drilon

"Yes, Mother" by Elizabeth Genco and Sami Makkonen

"I'm Madly in Love" by Vito Delsante and Michel Fiffe

"Grinwit" by Andrew Drilon

"Dinner Date #9" by Steven Goldman and Rami Efal

"Come the Dawn" by Jim Dougan and Hyeondo Park

"Rosa" by Steven Goldman and Rami Efal

"Joe Pruett has been an extraordinary supporter of the ChemSet virtually since its inception, and NO FORMULA is just an outgrowth of that," said Dougan. "At least half a dozen issues of NEGATIVE BURN have featured ChemSetters, and in July we've got the graphic novel BLUE (Diamond order code MAY083778) coming from Elizabeth [Genco] and Sami [Makkonen], who also have a short story together in NO FORMULA. The relationship with Desperado is something we're thankful for, and hope will continue to grow (thus the perhaps-optimistic 'Vol.1' in the title). For that to happen, folks need to go out and buy the books, though – so please pre-order your copies!"

NO FORMULA is found on page 256 of the June PREVIEWS (for comics shipping in August) - conveniently right next to the short order form.

Official Solicitation Text:

Haunting. Humorous. Harrowing. Those are just some of the words to describe the short stories compiled in this inaugural collection from the international comics collective the Chemistry Set. Founded in 2006, the Chemistry Set has served as the breeding ground for tomorrow's comic all-stars and includes three Xeric Award winners. Combining talents from America, Australia, Europe and Asia, their chemistry together is seen in stories that range from the heartfelt to the horrifying, from the mythological to the macabre.

NO FORMULA: STORIES FROM THE CHEMISTRY SET, VOL.1
Color / B&W, 120 pp. 6in x. 9in.
Price: $16.99
Diamond Order Code: JUN083849
ISBN-10: 1935002090
ISBN-13: 978-1935002093