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Anthony Bourdain’s GET JIRO! Now in Paperback!

Wed, 04/10/2013 - 11:00am | Pamela Mullin

GET JIRO! the acclaimed original graphic novel from Anthony Bourdain, renowned chef, New York Times bestselling author (Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw) and star of the Emmy-winning hit travel show No Reservations and the series The Layover, arrives in paperback on May 1 in comic store and everywhere books are sold May 7th!

Co-written with Joel Rose (LA PACIFICA, Kill Kill Faster Faster) this stylized send-up of food culture and society features spectacular detailed and dynamic art by Langdon Foss.

Fans of Anthony Bourdain can see him on his new show Parts Unknown, launching this Sunday on CNN and for those who want to see him in person, Bourdain’s Spring Guts and Glory tour begins this Friday, April 12th. Find out if he’ll be appearing in your town, here. And while you’re there, pick up a copy of GET JIRO! and ask him to sign it for you!

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Vertigo On The Ledge: With Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose, authors of Get Jiro!

Thu, 06/21/2012 - 7:00am | Pamela Mullin

Joel Rose was the first guy to publish me--way back in the day when he was running a literary mag out of a tenement on the Lower East Side. Years later, while I was still slinging steaks, still standing next to a deep fryer, he was the first guy to see the possibilities in a book of stories about the restaurant business (Kitchen Confidential). We've stayed friends and in touch, whatever's happening in our lives, thick and thin, over the last 30 years. He knew that I'm a comic book guy and one-time collector (early Eisner, Caniff, early ‘60s Marvels, ‘50s E.C.s, the golden age of Undergrounds). I knew that he's actually worked in the graphic novel field, having written and edited some pioneering stuff for Paradox Press like LA PACIFICA (with Amos Poe) --and worked on A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and others. I've always loved his books: Kill The Poor, Kill Kill Faster Faster, and The Blackest Bird.

So when he called me up and said "let's do a graphic novel together," it took about ten seconds to say… "Hell, yeah!" What red-blooded overgrown, middle-aged boy wouldn't work on a graphic novel--given the opportunity? I figured there would be food. It's what I know--and worked with for 30 years. I'm a big admirer of the hyper-wonky Japanese manga series Oishinbo, and I thought right away about combining that level of accuracy about food preparation and cookingwith the sort of lurid violence and beautifully inked bloodletting that I always like to see when reading a comic book.

Joel and I talked about many of the things we loved: the artists, writers and films who've influenced and excited us over the years. And we threw a lot of them into the blender, added a dash of Red Harvest, spent a lot of time looking for the perfect artist to execute this food- and bodily-fluid-spattered fever dream--and GET JIRO was born. Our guiding principles were at all times "Let no man question our recipe for blanquette de veau--or our pot au feu " and "Let's make the violence really cool." In this, I think we have succeeded.

--Anthony Bourdain

One thing I’d like to clarify. As I remember it, I didn’t call Tony with the idea to do a graphic novel together. For a number of years at Thanksgiving he would corner me and say, “You know what would be really cool? I have this idea …”

--Joel Rose

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Vertigo: Graphic Connection

Tue, 12/20/2011 - 4:50pm | DCE Editorial

IGN announced AMERICAN VAMPIRE: Survival of the Fittest as the Best Mini Series of 2011 and Scott Snyder as Best Writer of 2011. THE TORONTO STAR includes JOE THE BARBARIAN in their list of Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2011 and they ran a rave review of MARZI calling it “a series of elegant vignettes that beautifully blend many familiar childhood moments with scenes of a maturing nation. Author Marzena Sowa, along with her partner, artist Sylvain Savoia, perfectly captures the emotion of this pivotal time in world history through the eyes of a child in a story that is deeply affecting.” VILLAGE VOICE picked SPACEMAN as one of 2011’s Best Comics and Graphic Novels. LARGEHEARTED BOY posted artist Rebecca Guay’s Book Notes playlist for A FLIGHT OF ANGELS. And CBR/Robot 6, EATER.com and FOODBEAST picked up the cover of GET JIRO! by Langdon Foss, which you can see below.

Vertigo Graphic Connection

Wed, 11/30/2011 - 3:41pm | DCE Editorial

THE NEW YORK POST featured an article on the upcoming publication of GET JIRO! written by renowned chef, best-selling author and host of the new Travel Channel show “The Layover” and novelist Joel Rose with art by Langdon Foss.

Additionally, IFANBOY, EATER NATIONAL and ABOUT.COM MANGA reported on the book’s recently-announced June release date.

Look for it next summer!

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What’s coming in Summer 2012?

Tue, 11/22/2011 - 9:00am | DCE Editorial

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

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Renowned Chef Cooks up GET JIRO!

Sat, 10/09/2010 - 3:45pm | DCE Editorial

You may have heard that renowned chef, best-selling author and host of the Travel Channel’s “No Reservations,” Anthony Bourdain is working on an original graphic novel for Vertigo. Well, we’re excited to confirm that and to give you, our hungry fans, the details you’re craving.

Written by Anthony Bourdain (Medium Raw, Kitchen Confidential) and novelist Joel Rose (Kill Kill Faster Faster, La Pacifica) GET JIRO! will be illustrated by artist Langdon Foss (Heavy Metal) who’s best known for his detailed and hypnotic line-work.

GET JIRO! is a futuristic action thriller that takes America’s newfound obsession with exotic cuisine to a manic, violent extreme. It takes place in a world where food and the secrets of how to prepare it are the source of all power leading master chefs to fight over Jiro, a mysterious top-notch sushi chef with ideas of his own.

Now, the title is not Get Gyro! as some outlets have reported. But who knows, maybe there’s a Japanese/Greek mash up in the future? Mmm...all this talk about food is making my stomach growl.

So let's get ready to Get Jiro!