The Nocturnes

Last week I gave a few clues about what’s coming up in 2012. One of the clues was “do you remember the Nocturnes?” Well, I was talking about AMERICAN VAMPIRE.

The Nocturnes are a band that you’ll be seeing soon in the pages of AV in a two-part story called (duh) “The Nocturnes” with incredible art by Roger Cruz.

Some of you might think you know Roger Cruz, but trust me, you don’t.

AV artist and co-creator Rafael Albuquerque called me one day to ask me if I knew Roger’s work. “Sure,” I said. “X-Men guy, right?” Indeed, Roger had done some X-Men back in the day, but as Rafael told me and I quickly learned, that’s not his “true” style…

Roger is an incredibly versatile and talented guy. That’s why we’ve asked him to come on board for this two-part story about the deep south, Doo-wop music, and a haunted man named Calvin Poole. Remember him? If not, you will. And you'll remember The Nocturnes too...

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From The Editor's Desk: Mark Doyle

Mark Doyle here, editor of AMERICAN VAMPIRE, NORTHLANDERS and SWEET TOOTH. Every Monday I’ll be popping by the Vertigo blog to give you a glimpse of what’s flying across my desk these days.

Since it’s a New Year, I thought I would give a little tease of things to come. Three clues, three books, do you know which clue applies to which title?

All good things must come to an end.

Do you remember The Nocturnes?

Sharpen those blades.

That’s all for now. Come back over the next couple months for answers to these riddles. We have a ton of HUGE things planned for 2012 in these titles and ALL of Vertigo. Keep checking back here for sneak peaks, sketches, Q&A’s and more!

Stay tuned…

Mark

Vertigo Cover Reveals

(AMERICAN VAMPIRE cover #25 by Rafael Albuquerque) (DOMINIQUE LAVEAU: VOODOO CHILD cover #1 by Rafael Grampa) (FABLES cover #115 by Joao Ruas) (FAIREST cover #1 by Adam Hughes) (HELLBLAZER cover #289 by Simon Bisley) (iZOMBIE cover #23 by Mike Allred) (THE NEW DEADWARDIANS cover #1 by I.N.G. Culbard) (NORTHLANDERS cover #49 by Massimo Carnevale) (SAUCER COUNTRY cover #1 by Ryan Kelly) (SCALPED cover #57 by R.M. Guera) (SPACEMAN cover #5 by Dave Johnson) (SWEET TOOTH cover #31 by Jeff Lemire) (THE UNWRITTEN cover #35 by Yuko Shimizu) (THE UNWRITTEN cover #35.5 by Yuko Shimizu) *Covers are not final and subject to change

Vertigo Graphic Connection Holiday-Gift Guides

Looking for the perfect book to get your friends and loved ones? Check out these holiday gift guide recommendations:

USA TODAY’s Gift Ideas for the Comic Book Fan includes 100 BULLETS Deluxe Edition and Graphic Novels To Get You in the Holiday Spirit includes A FLIGHT OF ANGELS.

CNN/Geek Out includes AMERICAN VAMPIRE in their Holiday Gift Guide.

And CAMPUS CIRCLE’s Holiday Gift Ideas include A FLIGHT OF ANGELS, MARZI, JOE THE BARBARIAN, NEW YORK FIVE, RETURN TO PERDITION and THE UNWRITTEN Vol. 4.

What’s coming in Summer 2012?

We’re about to look into the future. Look for these Vertigo titles to be published in Summer 2012. Please keep in mind this information is not final and may be subject to change. Coming in May 2012: AMERICAN VAMPIRE VOL. 2 TP Writer: Scott Snyder Artists: Rafael Albuquerque and Mateo Santoluco Collects: AMERICAN VAMPIRE #6-11 $17.99 US, 160 pg DEADENDERS TP Writer: Ed Brubaker Artists: Warren Pleece, Richard Case, Jay Stephens and Cameron Stewart Collects: DEADENDERS #1-16 and a story from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #3 $29.99 US, 392 pg THE SANDMAN VOL. 9: THE KINDLY ONES TP NEW EDITION Writer: Neil Gaiman Artists: Marc Hempel, Richard Case, D’Israeli, Teddy Kristiansen, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ormston and Kevin Nowlan Collects: THE SANDMAN #57-69 and a story from VERTIGO JAM #1 $19.99 US, 320 pg Coming in June 2012: FABLES DELUXE EDITION BOOK FIVE HC Writer: Bill Willingham Artists: Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, David Hahn, Lan Medina and Dan Green Collects: FABLES #34-45 $29.99 US, 304 pg GET JIRO! HC Writers: Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose Artist: Langdon Foss Original graphic novel $24.99 US, 160 pg Coming in July 2012: FABLES VOL. 17: INHERIT THE WIND TP Writer: Bill Willingham Artists: Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Adam Hughes, Gene Ha and Karl Kerschl Collects: FABLES #108-113 $14.99 US, 144 pg DMZ VOL. 12: THE FIVE NATIONS OF NEW YORK TP Writer: Brian Wood Artist: Riccardo Burchielli Collects: DMZ #67-72 $14.99 US, 144 pg HELLBLAZER VOL. 3: THE FEAR MACHINE TP NEW EDITION Writer: Jamie Delano Artists: Mark Buckingham, Richard Piers Rayner, Mike Hoffman and Alfredo Alcala Collects: HELLBLAZER #14-22 $24.99 US, 240 pg SCALPED VOL. 9: KNUCKLE UP TP Writer: Jason Aaron Artists: R.M. Guera, Dean Haspiel, Denys Cowan, Igor Kordey, Jill Thompson, Timothy Truman, Brendan McCarthy and Steve Dillon Collects: SCALPED #50-55 $14.99 US, 144 pg Coming in August 2012: HOUSE OF MYSTERY VOL. 8: DESOLATION TP Writer: Matthew Sturges Artists: Luca Rossi, Jose Marzan Jr., Darwyn Cooke, Aaron Campbell, David Lapham and Peter Snejbjerg Collects: HOUSE OF MYSTERY #36-42 $14.99 US, 160 pg RIGHT STATE HC Writer: Mat Johnson Artist: Andrea Mutti Original graphic novel $24.99 US, 144 pg THE INVISIBLES OMNIBUS HC Writer: Grant Morrison Artists: Steve Yeowell, Jilll Thompson, Dennis Cramer, Chris Weston, John Ridgway, Steve Parkhouse, Kim DeMulder, Paul Johnson, Phil Jimenez, John Stokes, Tommy Lee Edwards, Dick Giordano, Mark Buckingham, Mark Pennington, Michael Lark, Keith Aiken, Marc Hempel, Ray Kryssing, Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Ivan Reis, Warren Pleece, Sean Phillips, Jay Stephens, Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, and others Collects: THE INVISIBLES #1-25, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 2 #1-22, THE INVISIBLES VOL. 3 #12-1 and a story from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #1 $150.00 US, 1,536 pg NEIL GAIMAN’S MIDNIGHT DAYS DELUXE EDITION HC Writers: Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner Artists: Dave McKean, Teddy Kristiansen, Richard Piers Rayner, Mike Hoffman, Mike Mignola, Steven Bissette, John Totleben and Sergio Aragonés Collects: HELLBLAZER #27, SANDMAN MIDNIGHT THEATRE, SWAMP THING ANNUAL #5 and material from WELCOME BACK TO THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY and the NEIL GAIMAN’S MIDNIGHT DAYS TP. $24.99 US, 176 pg SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING BOOK TWO TP Writer: Alan Moore Artists: Shawn McManus, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben and Ron Randall Collects: SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #28-34 and SWAMP THING ANNUAL #2 $19.99 US, 224 pg

AMERICAN VAMPIRE #20

“Beast in the Cave” continues.

In the middle of the brutal Indian Wars an unspeakable evil is released on the world. Meanwhile, the friendship of Skinner Sweet and James Book is starting to fracture.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE #20 (on sale next Wednesday) features amazing guest art by the legendary Jordi Bernet (Torpedo, JONAH HEX).

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Scott Snyder Talks to The Onion’s A.V. Club

AMERICAN VAMPIRE writer Scott Snyder was recently profiled for THE ONION’S A.V. CLUB.

“In the ’40s cycle that we just finished in American Vampire, I knew that Henry was going to feel his own mortality because Pearl isn’t getting older, but he is,” Snyder said. “There’s this huge, epic war going on around the world and he isn’t a part of it. So my feeling was, where can we put him? What context can we put him in that’s going to really challenge or reflect his psychology at that moment? So, you realize the Pacific. He’s isolated; he can be all by himself out there in this small platoon.”

AMERICAN VAMPIRE continues with issue #20, in stores next week.

Vertigo To Publish Several Comic Book Series Same-Day Digital

(SWEET TOOTH #26 is the first Vertigo title to be available same-day digital and is available now)

Vertigo is going same-day digital. Executive Editor Karen Berger announced today during the Vertigo panel at New York Comic Con that several Vertigo comic titles will be available digitally on the same day they are in print. The move follows the highly successful launch of same-day digital with DC COMICS-THE NEW 52.

“We’ve found digital to be a great way to bring in new audiences and I’m excited to introduce digital comic readers to these already very popular Vertigo titles,” stated Hank Kanalz, senior vice president of digital, DC Entertainment.

The digital and editorial teams worked together to find “jumping on” points in each comic’s storyline to make it easy for new readers to try out Vertigo comics. Accordingly, here’s a list of Vertigo titles that are going same-day digital and the dates they will begin offering digital versions:

· SWEET TOOTH starting with issue #26 available now
· SPACEMAN the new mini-series by Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso will launch with issue #1 on sale Oct. 26. This exciting new series featuring award-winning talent will be available for a special price of $.99 – a first for digital pricing that makes this series a “can’t miss” event.
· THE UNWRITTEN beginning with #31 on sale Nov. 9
· iZOMBIE beginning with issue #19 on sale Nov. 16
· THE UNWRITTEN .5 issues beginning with #31.5 on sale Nov. 23
· FABLES beginning with the special holiday issue #112 on sale Dec. 21
· AMERICAN VAMPIRE beginning with issue #22 on sale Dec. 28
· HELLBLAZER beginning with issue #287 on sale Jan. 18

Digital and print comics are available at the same price of $2.99. So head out to your favorite comic shop, visit read.dccomics.com, or download the DC Comics app and enjoy all the wonderful stories we have to offer.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWEET TOOTH Cover Reveals

Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire are the amazing talents behind the highly acclaimed series AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWEET TOOTH, respectively.

As we enter the 1950s, AMERICAN VAMPIRE is terrorizing the suburbs with hot rods, teeny boppers and fangs! Here’s the cover to issue #23 on sale in January.

SWEET TOOTH begins a new storyline called “Natural Selection” as Jeppard, Gus and Singh are making plans to begin their journey to Alaska. Here’s the cover to issue #29 on sale in January.

Among their incredible Vertigo stories, as part of DC Comics-The New 52 Scott Snyder is writing SWAMP THING and BATMAN and Jeff Lemire is writing ANIMAL MAN and FRANKENSTEIN: Agent of S.H.A.D.E.

Over at FEARNET they shared their list of Top 10 Horror Comic Books.

AMERICAN VAMPIRE: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Concludes

In the final issue of the mini-series AMERICAN VAMPIRE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, Vampire hunter Felicia Book must make a horrible choice. The reverberations of her choice will impact the ongoing series AMERICAN VAMPIRE, changing her life and the world of vampires forever.

Read the conclusion in issue #5 this Wednesday! But in the meantime, here’s a sneak peek inside:

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