I've decided to start putting some of my old comics up here for your reading pleasure! Below is "Shipwrecked with Dan the Gorilla", a story I did back in 2009 at a 24-hour comic book day event at my art school. This is that same story, re-drawn in 2010 all nice and pretty!
This story is also in print in "Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories", available out in the real world!
FIRST - Ray Sullivan's adaptation of "Good Business", the short of mine that first came out in Heavy Metal Magazine, recently dropped - and it looks amazing! Ray and his team did a beyond-awesome job with it all.
SECOND, I did an interview with the awesome Aaron Williams for his "Comics Manifest" Podcast - which is a podcast i honestly wish had been around when i was getting my start in the comics game. He really pushes for positive and constructive thinking, and does one hell of a good interview!
THIRD: I've been posting a ton of art on Instagram, including some disturbing sexy video-game art, which can all be seen here: https://www.instagram.com/simonamroy/
FOURTH: My last convention of the year (as far as i know now) will be the Magnificent Boise Library Convention, at the end of August - where I'll be with Jess Pollard, Farel Dalrymple, and a ton of other fun folks! Hopefully I'll see you then!
A couple of pages from a story called “Come Away, Child” I have in this month’s issue of Star Trek: Waypoint - all about two scientists having a classic prime directive dilemma!
I grew up as a Star Wars fanatic, which for kids is much more immersive and compelling then the awkward forehead-makeup universe of Trek. But once I found myself in adulthood, Star Trek rang much truer then SW’s hollow merchandise-driven adventures. Though Trek has it’s own trashy baggage (and shitty new movies), I find it full of profundity and inspiration.
Getting the chance to dip my own toes into it was an honor, and extremely fun to boot!
Earlier in the month, I was saddened to hear of the death of my friend and collaborator David Gaffney. We were plotting a new story for this year, even!
David was a wonderful, weird, lively writer, father, and stalwart manager in the Ministry of Transportation, and he's left us all far too soon.
The cold weather here in Vancouver has made me a lil nostalgic for my art-school days in Calgary, and reminded me of this animatic i made back in 2011 for school - a non-human cosmonaut’s return to earth. Its a bit rough around the edges, but take a look!
My amigo Brandon Graham fixed up the poster for our last stop of the WEST COAST MEGA TOUR - come on out to Golden Age Comics, downtown vancouver, tomorrow!!!!!
My final little push of pre-shipping promo - order this book up! Grab it on Amazon, or bully your local comic/bookstore to get some copies! FLOOD THE EARTH WITH MY CANNIBAL BROOD!
“All his life, Hank Cho wanted to join the ranks of the Habsec-the rulers of the orbital habitat his people call home. But when he finds a powerful, forbidden weapon from the deep past, a single moment of violence sets his life-and the brutal society of the habitat-into upheaval. Hunted by the cannibalistic Habsec and sheltered by former enemies, Cho finds himself caught within a civil war that threatens to destroy his world.
A new barbarian sci-fi adventure by SIMON ROY (PROPHET, JAN’S ATOMIC HEART, Tiger Lung), originally serialized in ISLAND MAGAZINE.
