USA Today, The New York Times, Amazon.com, Horror Talk and The Onion A.V. Club all included Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (drawn by our very own Jonathan Case) in their respective lists of the best graphic novels of 2011. Hats off to Jonathan! Check out his site for samples of the lovely art in his latest book, Dear Creature.

Great article on Comics Alliance on autobio webcomics here: Webcomic Diaries You Should Be Reading. They gave Erika Moen’s DAR a well-deserved shout-out!

They missed a great one that’s still running though:
Trixie Biltmore’s Meen Comics. Go check it out.

Jonathan Case has a holiday sale going on at his web store right now. Pick up a signed copy of Dear Creature or Green River Killer for 20% off, or some original art, like this Wunda Woman watercolor, for 30% off. Art prints and commissions are also 20% off.

The sale runs through the end of the year.

Tomorrow night (October 25th), Jonathan Case will be up in Seattle doing a book reading/signing for Dear Creature at the University Bookstore. Stop on by for a brief lecture on monsterism, accompanied by behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the book!

Here are the details, from the University Bookstore site:

Tuesday • October 25 • 7pm

Dear Creature (TOR)

Reading & Book Signing

Comic artist Jonathan Case’s Dear Creature follows the story of Grue, a deep sea monster whose exposure to Shakespeare has opened his heart and made him yearn to join the humans on the surface. There, a woman named Giulietta waits for her prayers to be answered in this love story like none you have ever read before.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Also, Dear Creature now has a fantastic trailer, just like in the movies:

Periscope’s Jonathan Case wrote and drew a book called Dear Creature, and it’s out in stores today. It’s a one-of-a-kind, weird, exuberant thing, and the critics are eating it up.

From Steven Padnick’s Blog:

Okay people! Today’s the day! Dear Creature is ON SALE RIGHT NOW. Now’s the time to run up to the store and buy all the copies they have and then demand they order 10 more.

Also, you know, you get to read it!

GO, BUY IT NOW:

Amazon

Indiebound

Barnes & Noble

BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT:

“With expressive art and clever writing in Dear Creature, Jonathan Case creates a unique and entertaining story of a man from the deep who just wanted to find a companion in life.”

—Previews Magazine, staff pick!

 

“This exuberantly weird comic novel succeeds in fusing ’50s monster movies and the works of William Shakespeare…Case’s b&w art sometimes stretches reality for humorous effect, but keeps even the strangest scenes from feeling merely grotesque. The script also generates a surprising amount of pathos for the lovers’ doomed passion. Startlingly assured for a debut effort.”

—Publishers Weekly

 

“Dear Creature is sure to be one of the quirkiest and most surprising love stories you will ever read.”

—Gene Yang, Eisner Award–Winner for American Born Chinese

 

“Every panel is beautifully composed… Case mastered it on his first project.”

—Steve Lieber, Eisner Award–Winner for Whiteout: Melt

 

“An impressive debut. I dream of a world where every cartoonist’s first graphic novel is this accomplished.”

—Derek Kirk Kim, Eisner Award–Winner for The Eternal Smile

 

“Every once in a while you get a beautiful anomaly like this black-and-white graphic novel by  Portland-based artist and writer Case… marvelously entertaining and a weird side-door entry into both Shakespeare and graphic literature… A funny, bizarre, unexpected pleasure that gives a creature from the depths heart and soul.”

—Kirkus Reviews

 

“Case is talented with both visual art and the written word; his art is some of the best brush pen work around, rich with detail and realism, and his writing, both plot and prose, is brilliant.”

—Ashley Cook, Giant Fire Breathing Robot

 

“Jonathan Case has a really dynamic style and real talent creating expressive faces. The clean line work and fantastic compositions enhances the creature’s story; of love and trying to fit in a world where you don’t feel you belong.”

—Doug Dorr, Portland Comics Blog

 

“I commend Jonathan Case for this excellent graphic novel. It is very rare to find a storyteller who is able to write something that is at once literary and meta-textual, while remaining touching and hilarious. To then combine that ear for dialog and prose with artistic talent is even rarer. If you enjoy sequential art, then hands down, you should pick up Dear Creature.

And I think that it should be on everybody’s short-list for the Eisner award.”

—Chris Modzelewski, The King of Elfland’s 2nd Cousin

 

This week Ron launches trekkercomic.com, where he will begin weekly uploads of all the existing stories of his classic sci-fi bounty hunter Mercy St. Clair, “Trekker”. Once all the existing stories are posted, Ron will continue with installments of all-new adventures of the character. Ron is excited to return to work on his best-remembered character and to bring her unfolding story back to life. He wants long-time fans of Trekker to know that the site also contains some extra features for them as well, including a gallery of rarely or never-before seen images, and a “Spoiler” page where he’ll be posting work-in-progress pages from the upcoming stories. Check it out!