Every day I'm tumblin'

This blogspot will probably keep being updated with the same sloppy regularity, but if you want more constant sketch updates, etc, I'm moving some of my operations over to a Tumblr blog! Check it out here!

The Solicitation of Tiger Lung

This past weekend, I had the slightly terrifying realization that me and Jason’s book “Tiger Lung”, which I was recently put the finishing touches on, was ALREADY BEING SOLICITED! It was right there, on page 54 of previews, (order code AUG140080!)

Here’s the solicit summary:

"Thirty-five thousand years ago, the world was ruled by strange beasts and ancient gods! For some Paleolithic tribes, hope lay in the shaman warriors who stood between them and the unknown. Tiger Lung follows the struggle of one of these shamans to keep his people alive in a vast, hostile universe! Collects the Tiger Lung adventure from Dark Horse Presents #21-#23, along with two bonus stories."

Pictured below: Two pages from “The Hyena’s Daughter”, one of the stories contained within

Augustus Travels

THE INKSTUDS PARTY BUS ADVENTURE CONTINUES! Pictured here - two of the images I did to pay my way.

Next weekend, Brandon Graham, Robin McConnell, Farel Dalrymple, Joseph Bergin the THIRD and ME will be at Floating world comics in Portland - FOR THE FINAL ISSUE OF PROPHET SIGNING!!!!! Come on down August first! 

Next up, me and old Brandy will be in Whitehorse for YUKOMICON August 8-10 (along with Ken Steacy!). If you're a man (or woman or whatever) of the far north, we will be amongst you! Info here

After that, I'll be at the Vancouver Comic Show at the Croatian Cultural Center on August 17th, with my stalwart amigo Ed Brisson, Ken Steacy, Joan Thornborrow Steacy, and more! Info here

And lastly, me and Ed Brisson will be in Saskatoon Sept. 20-21st! Info here

It's a cruel, cruel summer

With a road trip and a convention (the always amazing VanCAF) under my belt since the last time I updated this sad, dusty blog, new events! New announcements!

First off - Robin McConnell is posting road trip travelogues, documenting our wild and crazy adventures on the road (image above - me getting picked up at the dawn of the first day with a positively glowing brandon graham). CHECK IT OUT HERE

Secondly - On Saturday June 7th, I'll be in Olympia for the Olympia Comics Festival, where myself, Jesse Reklaw, and Charles Burns (!!!) will be special guests, complete with a roudtable discussion and everything. More info here!

Thirdly - June 21st, Ed Brisson and I will be in Baltimore, doing a signing at Third Eye Comics!

Fourthly - The month ends for me at the Metchosin Summer School for the Arts,  where I'll be spending the 28th-29th teaching a comics course. If you're interested in bringing some stuff to workshop and explore, it's a cheap weekend and I think, from the cool people I've already talked to who will be taking it, it'll be a constructive time. Sign up before it's too late!!!!

Ramblin' Mans Club

AKA THE INKSTUDS 500 TOUR ROADTRIP MANSTRAVAGANZA! Tomorrow morning, bright and early, I will hop in a car with Brandon GRaham, Robin McConnell, and Shannon Lentz, and we will ride SOUTH! GIRD YOUR LOINS, AMERICA!

In addition to roaming around accosting comics professionals, we'll be at Mission: Comics and Art in San Francisco, at 7pm this saturday!
"Mission: Comics welcomes artists Brandon Graham and Simon Roy, partners in the relaunch of PROPHET! All part of the Inkstuds 500 Tour with Robin McConnell. As seen on kickstarter! http://kck.st/1lfyUkt"
https://www.facebook.com/events/601718026583397/


Plus so much more!

A down-home weekend

After the amazing, wonderful commotion of Emerald City (a huge thanks to everyone there - from the other creators to everyone who came by and got a book or commission! YOU ARE ALL WONDERFUL!) i'm on the road again this weekend, heading back home to Victoria for two events!

First! I'll be doing a signing for the new book "Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories" at the AMAZING Legends comics from 2-5pm on Saturday, April 5th (in downtown Victoria).

SECONDLY! I'll be spending all day Sunday at “4C”, the second annual Camosun College Comics Conference, hosted by the Comics & Graphic Novels program at Camosun College. The one-day conference will be held from noon until 5pm on Sunday, April 6, 2014, located on the third floor of the Young building at Lansdowne campus. Admission is free. (above poster drawn by the indomitable Ken Steacy)

So come on down, Victoria!

Emerald City

First, my book "Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories" came out yesterday!

Secondly, I'll be attending Emerald City Comicon in Seattle this weekend, sitting amongst a cluster of the finest artists of the comics medium, yet trapped betwixt the incorrigible Brandon Graham and the salubrious Joseph Bergin III (at table X-05). The above picture (drawn as a commission, much to the delight of my thirteen-year-old self - colored by Dean Stuart) will be available as a con-exclusive print!
While I'm there, I'll also be on this panel:

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Image Comics Presents Building A Better Dystopia

No matter how good we have it, a future where we have nothing has its own thrill. These creators know their way around a dystopia, whether it's due to mad science, economic factors, or nightmarish alternate dimensions.

Program date and time: Sunday, March 30, 3:00pm in Room TCC 301

I think it'll be a pretty swell time all around.

EDIT: ALSO - the first issue of Ed and I's series, "The field", will be available with an exclusive convention cover! AHHHH!
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS!

The Mailman's Gift

At long last, "Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories" lives and breathes!

Plus another little interview for the book over at Bloody Disgusting!

Simon Roy Talks Tone, Inspiration, and Point of View in "Jan's Atomic Heart & Other Stories"

I'll be doing a Comics Workshop this summer

I'll be teaching a weekend of comics this summer at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, an art school that runs every summer at Pearson College in Victoria. It'll be two hundred bucks for two days of deep comics knowledge.... read here for more info! 

The FOC Approacheth

"Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories" is set for a March 26th release, which means the final order cutoff for ordering Jan's is this monday - March 3rd! Get to your local comic book store with the order code JAN140546 and demand it!

The Everyday Alien

A really nice little write-up from my publisher, Image Comics!

(and an unrelated image from my flickr, below)

"What about the Tiger-men, hippies?"

(pictured above - a quick kzin drawing)

The second half of a conversation between Daniel Bensen and myself wherein we talk about more sci-fi stuff, including that annoying trope of "the exceptional human" and the awesomeness of the MAN-KZIN WARS!  LISTEN HERE!

ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE

There's a whole bunch of stuff with me and Ed Brisson up at Multiversity Comics!












AN ADVANCE REVIEW FOR JAN'S ATOMIC HEART AND OTHER STORIES

AN INTERVIEW WITH ME ABOUT SAID BOOK

AND AN INTERVIEW WITH ED "THA BRI$$" BRISSON ABOUT "THE FIELD"!

Thanks again, Multiversity!

Talking Long-Pig

Another podcast with my man DANIEL BENSEN! And, (drum roll please) it's all about CANNIBALISM! And magical cannibalistic power transfer! (apologies to james harren - what i said comes from a place of great fondness)

Trust me you'll love it.

LISTEN HERE: http://www.thekingdomsofevil.com/?p=3102

The Field

A new comic, coming out in april, from me, Ed Brisson, and Simon Gough! Here's the blurb:

"A man wakes in a field wearing nothing but his underwear. He’s got no idea who he is or how he got there. His only connection to the outside world a cell phone on which he receives mysterious texts warning him of impending danger. Danger like Christian, an ex-bible sales-man in the middle of a crime spree fueled by Christian Rock, dirty sex, meth and murder."

Read More: Image Announces 'The Field' #1 From Ed Brisson and Simon Roy | comicsalliance.com/the-field-e…

UNDERTOW!

I did a variant cover for the awesome comic "UNDERTOW" by Artyom Trakhanov and Steve Orlando - a crazy tale of atlantean explorers navigating the wilderness of the SURFACE WORLD (and other stuff too)! Out February 19th!

If you're interested, go down to your local retailer AND DEMAND IT!!!!! 

The ISSUE 1 Order Code is: DEC130486

The SIMON ROY Variant Code is: OCT138321

Original Art For Sale!

If you've been looking for that post-christmas feelgood new years present - look no further! I've got a ton of Prophet pages up at ComiCon Art if you're so inclined - take a look here!

New Year, New Books!

SO! 2014 has begun, and already dark forces are in motion, gathering in the night... I've got two collections coming out this year, plus at least two comic series that i'll be involved with to varying extents...



BUT the first of these is "Jan's Atomic Heart and other stories" from Image Comics! In the words of my solicit blurb:

"From the mind of Simon Roy, co-writer and artist of the Eisner Award-nominated series PROPHET, comes a collection of tales that span time, space, and species."

This collects my original "Jan's Atomic Heart", along with six other short science fiction and fantasy stories that i wrote and drew all on my lonesome ("Shipwrecked with Dan the Gorilla", "Good Business, and more). Go down to your local shop and get 'em to order a million!
The preview order code is JAN140546, it comes out March 26th, and at fifteen bucks it's a steal.

To cap all of that off, here's a little step-by-step of my coloring process!



More announcements and drawings soon!