Mid Ohio Comic Con

Well Brett continues his con season appearances. Hopefully next season I will have a few dates of my own. Anyway he will be appearing at this weekend's Mid-Ohio Comic Con, October 3 and 4. Brett will be there signing and sketching and selling copies of The Venger: Sins and Secrets #1 as well as posters of the cover to issue 2. He will also be selling copies of his new book with writer Eric Rampson, The Silver Bullet. So any of you comic book and Venger fans please stop by and see Venger artist Brett Wood.

The Venger: Sins and Secrets #1 ON SALE

As I mentioned in my previous post the first issue of The Venger: Sins and Secrets is available for sale at Indyplanet.com. To purchase just click on this link or click on the title to this post. Brett and I are very thankful to all the folks who have been following us and this project. Here is the solicit info for the book...

"Undead Rising" The city- in flames. The police force- shattered. With no hope left in stopping the zombie horde from wreaking total destruction who will the people turn to? The Venger! The first issue in a new series telling the Golden Age pulp adventures of the original Venger!

There is darkness and violence and evil in life. Most of the time the system works and all that is held in check. Most of the time. But sometimes the horror cannot be stopped and the innocent need protection and justice and vengeance. And for those times they have...THE VENGER.

Thanks again and remember to order your copy today or buy one directly from Brett at the Chicago Comic-Con this weekend.

Chicago Comic-Con

For all you fans who are planning on attending Wizard's Chicago Comic-Con, August 6-9, please be sure to swing by the Ronin Studios booth in Artist Alley. There you will be able to check out all the fantastic Ronin titles and meet many of my talented studio mates.

You will be able to meet Venger artist Brett Wood. He will be there selling and signing copies of Venger/Footpath: EndGame as well as the premiere issue of the new series we have been working on The Venger: Sins and Secrets. He will also have Venger t-shirts and copies of The Venger: Dead Man Rising #1 as well. So please check out the Ronin booth and support indy comics and Venger!

Another Peek

Ok folks here is the final look for the Black Shroud, the villain that will be appearing in The Venger: Sins and Secrets #3 and #4. Brett made just a couple of tweeks to the other design to knock it out of the ballpark. When I was creating the character I had a few ideas on the design and sent them to Brett. And with a series of emails back and forth we were able to work on this until we got something we both really like.

I'll post some more on these issues in the future- I am way behind on getting the plot to Brett because of lots of real life stuff. But once we get cracking on it expect to see more.

Sneak Peek at The Venger: Sins and Secrets #3

Here are a few character designs that Brett and I have been working on for the last couple of days. This is a character that will be appearing in The Venger: Sins and Secrets #3 and #4. We will be starting the production on that issue very shortly and will be announcing something very SPECIAL about that issue. Stay tuned for more info.

Venger/Footpath: EndGame #1 now on sale

Finally! The long awaited crossover is now for sale. Thanks to the entire creative team for producing this book- Dustin, Brett, Brant and Al. I am so happy that it is available for everyone to enjoy. Be sure to click the link to get your copy from Indyplanet!

BUY VENGER/FOOTPATH: ENDGAME HERE!!!

Here's the solicit...

** While on the trail of a hi-tech weapons smuggling ring Venger encounter the mysterious Footpath who appears to be after the same ring. Or is she? Or are they both pawns in someone else's EndGame?

From the pages of The Venger: Dead Man Rising and C.H.E.S.S comes this powerful one-shot crossover of two of Ronin's most exciting characters- Matt Spatola's Venger and Alfred Paige's Footpath.

Venger/Footpath: EndGame

Just a quick update today since it has been awhile. Finally the long awaited crossover series between these two stars from the Ronin Studios universe is done- completed, lettered and off to the printers. It should be available very soon.

I'll be posting some more updates in the future detailing where this book and all Venger related books will be available for purchase.

In the meantime here is a look at a page from Venger/Footpath: EndGame by series artist Brett Wood. Put aside your $3.50 now!

The Venger Christmas Special!

Well not exactly but I do have some updates and images and special announcements for you all as promised. So lets gets started shall we?


The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2 is in the process of being lettered as we speak. My good friend Brant Fowler is doing a great job working on the pages as well as doing books for other companies like Image at the same time. So just keep hanging on- the book is coming, my plan is first quarter 09! Here are a couple of random pages from the issue to look at- I don't believe I have shown these before.

The Venger: Dead Man Rising #3 is still in production. I have some more of the script to do and the fantastic Tim Baskin is hard at work with the art. Tim is doing a great job with the look of the book. His art and grayscaling look perfect in #2 and will be even better in this issue. As we work on this my guess right now is 2nd half of 09 for it to be published. This is the unfinished pencils from page 2 of the book; I have previously posted page 1.

Venger/Footpath: EndGame is done. The pages have been lettered by Brant, Brett has done an awesome new cover for it and I have been trying to put together some bonus material for the back of the book to really make it special for everyone who has waited for this crossover. I'm planning a first quarter 09 release for this as well. Here is Brett's new cover and some random pages too.

And now for the special announcements. The first is regarding a new Venger ongoing- yes I said ongoing- series written by me and with art by my regular partner Brett Wood entitled The Venger: Sins and Secrets. This period book will feature the original Venger. Our plan is to do 'not quite full length stories'- around 16 pages- with bonus pages to bring this to you the readers on a regular basis and at a great price. The first issue will be the 'Undead Rising' story that I have recently posted about. Many thanks go to Brett on this because it was his enthusiasm and ideas that turned this one shot idea into a whole new freakin' series. Take a look at some of the pages Brett has completed so far.

The last announcement is of another special in development starring the original Golden Age Venger. The book is titled The Venger: Project Valkyrie and deals with Nazis, spies and mad scientists- oh my! This issue is a true partnership in that it is being co-written by myself and the book's artist Frankie Wessing. He has been providing some amazing breakdowns for the story. Here is the breakdown for the first 6 pages.

I want to thank everyone who comes here and checks in on Venger. I really appreciate it- supporting an indy title like this is fantastic. Thank you again. The Venger: Dead Man Rising #1 is still available for sale, click the link on the side of the page. The new year is looking like it will be a big year for us- hope you stick around for it.

The Venger: Undead Rising

I just finished the plot for the latest Venger story- The Venger: Undead Rising. My good friend Brett Wood and fantstic artist of Venger/Footpath: EndGame fame. I think the plot came out pretty well. Brett had approached me awhile back about doing a period story with the golden age Venger and zombies. I had a hard time at first nailing the right style for the story but after a few emails back and forth between myself and Brett I think we came up with an enjoyable action piece.

Brett has developed a great inkwash style that he will be using with this that really gives it the mood and period look. I'm sure you all will love it.

We are still working on the packaging for the story and where it will appear. Brett has a story of his own that he is writing and doing the art for- not featuring Venger- that he wants to include with this one. I'm thinking of making this part of my previously discussed Venger special. More details to come...

Finished!

Ok so we are finally finished with lots of Venger stuff. Tim has finished the art on The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2. We are now looking for a letterer and then will be doing the prepress production. Brett has also finished the pages for the Venger/Footpath: EndGame crossover as well as the golden age Venger short Venger: Dead End. Like #2 these also need to be lettered but things are really moving for Venger this year. I'll post some more art shortly but here are a couple of the EndGame pages Brett has done. Some great stuff...very dynamic.

The Venger: Dead End

I had previously posted Brett's rough for this page of The Venger: Dead End. Well here is his finished version. I love the background. Brett has finished the story and is back on EndGame. Next for him and I after EndGame is another original Venger story- tentatively titled The Venger: Deadly Sin.

The Venger: Dead End

Here's a rough layout page from The Venger: Dead End by Brett Wood. He's the new artist to this long coming story featuring the original Venger. My plan is that hopefully this will appear as a back up feature in The Venger: Dead Man Rising #2.




Brett has been doing a great job as my 'go to' art guy. And I am really looking forward to seeing what he can do with some Venger action!

Random Venger Art #5

Another quickie by Brett Wood. What interests me alot about his work is the use of all the blacks. Plus he usually throws in his own personal tweaks to the character.

Random Venger Art #3

A quick sketch by Brett Wood...his 'Stormshadow' version of the Venger.

Venger Sketch

Here is a quick Venger sketch done by Brett Wood. It looks like Brett will be drawing another Venger story, Dead End, after he finishes working on the Vigil piece and the Venger/Footpath: EndGame crossover.

More Vigil

I know, I know this is supposed to be the Venger blog so what is all this other stuff? Well I really don't have too much to add about the loooooong awaited second issue right now. We are doing the finishing touches on it but once it is done I will be posting alot on it. So I thought to try to be more regular about this blog I would throw in some other items.



Here is another concepts pic of Vigil done by Brett Wood, the artist of Venger/Footpath: EndGame. That project is nearing completion and Brett is also working on a short Vigil piece. That is why he is working on concepts of Vigil.