Host Blair Butler loved the book, the Steve and Dean synthesis of of art and color and the killer concept movie studios will hopefully fight to the death over... but, hmm... what's missing?
Good show, and fun review nevertheless...
I'm going to be a guest of the Emerald City Comic Con this weekend (March 13-14) in Seattle, WA. Never been to ECCC, Seattle or the state of Washington before so this should be fun.
Steve Rolston and I are going to be, more or less, parked at the Oni Press booth (#406 on the ECCC floor plan) promoting the debut issue of GHOST PROJEKT #1 this week. We'll also be part of a special 'Q&A' session at the Oni Press Panel on Saturday at 4:00 PM (Room A).
Stop by and say hello if you're going!
You may not have heard this through about every means possible, but artist Steve Rolston and I have a new book out today. GHOST PROJEKT #1: "Cold Warriors" is gorgeous and we're all very proud of the work and we really hope you check it out.
Written by Joe Harris (Nightmare Factory, Creepy, Darkness Falls, The Tripper), illustrated by Steve Rolston, coloured by Dean Trippe and published by Oni Press.
Fans of the hit series Queen & Country may rejoice now that Oni Press is once again trodding down the road of action-espionage with their new supernatural spy story, Ghost Projekt.Russia is often remembered from the shadow cast during the Cold War-era when every stranger was a spy, but now that the Cold War is long over, some things left behind from that era may not stay lost. An abandoned Soviet research facility somewhere in Siberia has been home to a strange and dangerous weapon that is now in the hands of thieves claiming it for their own. U.S. weapons inspector Will Haley has been assigned to find out what dangers the weapon poses, and with the help of Russian agent Anya Romanova, they will find the answers but it will be far from easy.
It's the first of many creator-owned comics titles I'll be launching this year (look for more announcements as we snake through the summer convention season).
You can click here to check out a FREE 13-PAGE PREVIEW of the book!
Other GHOST PROJEKT goodies from around the internets:
Podcast interview with Joe Harris on iFanboy
Ghost Projekt #1 marked a Staff Pick in the Diamond Previews catalog
Interview with Joe & Steve at Ain't It Cool News
Interview with Joe at Bloody Disgusting, part 1 & part 2
Advance review on the A Comicbook Orange podcast
Interview with Joe & Steve at Comic Book Resources
I recorded a podcast interview with iFanboy over the weekend talking GHOST PROJEKT #1, Steve Rolston's singular genius, how I broke into writing comics at Marvel and more.
My cracked early Sunday voice follows...
Steve and I sat down with Ain't It Cool News to talk GHOST PROJEKT.
Looks like the solicitations have leaked early. Coming in tomorrow's Previews Catalog from Diamond, things start heating up on the horror front...
GHOST PROJEKT Book Three (of Five)
"Dark Riders"
(W) Joe Harris (A) Steve Rolston
On Sale May 19, 2010
Diamond Code # MAR101105
Will and Anya race to stop a black market weapons deal only to discover that Will's American superiors may know more than they've let on. But all that might not matter once the supernatural weapon they've been chasing -- the mysterious "Dosvidanya Projekt" -- is unleashed in the heart of Moscow's Red Square!
Casey at A Comic Book Orange sent me a link to her advance review of GHOST PROJEKT #1.
"In Ghost Projekt by Joe Harris and Steve Rolston the ghosts of Cold War experiments literally haunt the present... the mystery is intriguing and the art great. It gets 3.5 Oranges (out of 5)."
The various comics sites are running our just released free 13 page preview of GHOST PROJEKT #1 and since I can't choose which one to link to, I'm just going to paste them all here... the rest continues after the break.
Note: GHOST PROJEKT #1 will be on sale March 10th, not March 3rd as previously listed.
GHOST PROJEKT #1
Written by Joe Harris, Art by Steve Rolston, Colors by Dean Trippe.Russia is often remembered from the shadow cast during the Cold War-era when every stranger was a spy, but now that the Cold War is long over, some things left behind from that era may not stay lost. An abandoned Soviet research facility somewhere in Siberia has been home to a strange and dangerous weapon that is now in the hands of thieves claiming it for their own. U.S. weapons inspector Will Haley has been assigned to find out what dangers the weapon poses and with the help of Russian agent Anya Romanova they will find the answers, but it will be far from easy.
Diamond Code: JAN10 1074
In Comic Shops 3/10/2010
The solicits are out for the second issue of GHOST PROJEKT. The book will be released by Oni Press on April 21st. If you're headed to the comic shop, please let your retailer know you want to order a copy:
Diamond Order# FEB101047
(W) Joe Harris(A) Steve Rolston
As U.S. Weapons Inspector Will Haley and his Russian counterpart Anya Romanova begin to uncover the truth behind the mysterious military project known only as 'Dosvidanya,' those most closely associated with the program keep turning up dead. Can this pair of sleuths get past their cultural differences before the body count rises even further, or is this just a prelude to the nightmare the Soviets planned for their enemies?
Part Two of my interview with Bloody Disgusting has been posted. Many more GHOST PROJEKT details dropped including character stuff, story elements and influences. Any chance in which I get to profess my old school fondness for Brian Lumley's legendary NECROSCOPE novels, I am happy.
I did an interview with old friends at Bloody Disgusting. Lots of GHOST PROJEKT details dropped.
Check it out!
Check out the ad running in Oni Press' hit color titles RESURRECTION by Marc Guggenheim and STUMPTOWN by Greg Rucka:
Diamond Comics Order #JAN101074
GHOST PROJEKT, the new supernatural thriller comic series from artist Steve Rolston (Queen & Country, Mek, Emiko Superstar), Oni Press and myself hits the stores in March and Diamond has made the book a "Staff Pick" in the upcoming issue of PREVIEWS:
Fans of the hit series Queen & Country may rejoice now that Oni Press is once again trodding down the road of action-espionage with their new supernatural spy story, Ghost Projekt.
Russia is often remembered from the shadow cast during the Cold War-era when every stranger was a spy, but now that the Cold War is long over, some things left behind from that era may not stay lost. An abandoned Soviet research facility somewhere in Siberia has been home to a strange and dangerous weapon that is now in the hands of thieves claiming it for their own. U.S. weapons inspector Will Haley has been assigned to find out what dangers the weapon poses, and with the help of Russian agent Anya Romanova, they will find the answers but it will be far from easy.
Readers of Queen & Country will feel at home with illustrations by Steve Rolston, but writer Joe Harris, a contributor to several Batman and X-Men titles, is the new addition to the Oni Press stable. Oni Press is usually known for its original graphic novels but 2010 may just be the year of great comic books from a company already known for its diverse, award-winning titles.
See PREVIEWS page 279.
(W) Joe Harris (A) Steve Rolston U.S. Weapons Inspector Will Haley has seen his share of scary stuff. When your job routinely involves donning a hazmat suit, grabbing your Geiger counter and jetting into sometimes-hostile territory, "scary" feels almost normal. But when the alarm sounds at an abandoned Soviet facility, Haley, along with Russian "operativnik" Anya Romanova, must track a stolen weapon unlike any they've encountered before. What is the "Dosvidanya" project... and are they too late to stop it?
Diamond Comics Order #JAN101074
I'm going to be updating the site as called for as we get closer to launch with news of promotions, convention appearances and previews. Steve Rolston is knocking himself out getting this book looking as good as it does, and colorist Dean Trippe is helping make this a nice followup to Oni's recent color series successes, RESURRECTION and STUMPTOWN.
Please let your retailer know to order you a copy!
***REVISED
Check out these special preview images by Steve Rolston and Dean Trippe!
I haven't been updating this site much lately but thought I'd check in and let everyone know that GHOST PROJEKT -- my first creator-owned title, co-created with Steve Rolston, is on track for a March 2010 release from Oni Press.
Steve just sent in the art for issue #3 and it's family fare like this that warms the cockles of my horror-loving heart:
In truth, we slaughter a whole bunch of Russians in this book (apologies to my Russian friends -- these were the bad sort we were after, not you).
It's my first title with the company, but not my last. THE HASHISHIAN is due to come out at some point later that year (we hope?).
More to come. Much, much more...
We announced my first two creator-owned comics titles at the San Diego Comic-con's Oni Press panel this past weekend. Newsarama has the details, but I wanted to elaborate a bit.
I've had a journey, from Marvel mainstay on both Spidey and X-books (if you remember these, wonderful, but I can't bring myself to flashback in this post), to horror movie Hollywood and back again. Oni seems to get what I'm about and what I'm trying to do. I've been blessed to have two incredibly talented co-conspirators and am ecstatic to bring my first original comics to the fore.
First up for me is GHOST PROJEKT (illustrated by Steve Rolston).
The story takes place in the former Soviet Union and revolves around the idea that during the Cold War, the Soviets experimented with all sorts of weapons of mass destruction, including the supernatural.
An American weapons inspector discovers a project that involved the Soviets trying to weaponize ghosts that "went horribly wrong," Harris said. It's due in late 2009 or early 2010.The series will mark Steve's first color work for Oni and is going to be a tense, action-packed thriller with some very creepy moments of horror. I'm writing it now and can't wait to get this out.
The second title we announced is THE HASHISHIAN, an original graphic novel with former DC and Bat-books artist, Trevor McCarthy.
Harris said the name comes from a sect of assassins during the Crusades who were sent out to perform assassinations "drugged out of their minds," Harris said.
"But that's not exactly what our story is about," he added. It's about two Brooklyn stoners who find a magical stash of marijuana, and when they smoke it, "they have flashbacks to the 12th century where these characters were alive and well and doing their duty," he said. The owner of the pot, one of these 12th century assassins, shows up and hunts them down to reclaim his pot - later they learn he's there to assassinate the president.I love stoner buddy movies in the Cheech and Chong tradition. I look forward to Pineapple Express like few others. But I've never seen anyone do with the genre what we're trying to pull off here. I've been describing this as a sort of "Harold & Kumar meets The Bourne Identity" with a serious action/adventure bent and some subversive politics thrown in for good measure to go along with the drug comedy.
I've had the idea for THE HASHISHIAN percolating in the back of my head for a very long time and I can't tell you how excited I am to finally be telling this story.
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