David here. My issue of Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, #34 comes out next month. Written by the undeniable Paul Tobin (yes, you cannot deny him, EVER.) This is our first project together. Here are some of the pages, penciled by me, inked by Kris Justice, colored by Guillem Mari.

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David Hahn, here. I get to dip my toes into Spidey’s pool one more time in Spider-Man Family #6, due out Dec 12. The ten page story was written by Tom Beland (True Story, Swear to God), and penciled, inked, and colored by me. And Spidey does appear right-side up on some of the pages.

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“Team MJ welcomes new series artist David Hahn! In the aftermath of recent shocking revelations, what’s the story between Mary Jane and Peter? Between Peter and Gwen? Between Liz and – Oh, who CARES?! Is that Firestar?! What’s the second most awesome redhead in the world got planned for Spidey this time? Well, we’re sure not gonna tell you here! Collecting SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #16-20.”

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“This happens to the story’s main character, and I don’t know how Ryan could have done it any better. We get a remarkably vivid sense of the frustration and confusion she feels, and artist Dylan Meconis is up to the task, enhancing and adding nuance. “

Johnny Bacardi reviews Sara Ryan and Dylan Meconis’ CLICK.(Read the whole comic online for free.) He also reviews Flytrap #3, illustrated by Ron Chan, and X-Men First Class #3, written by Jeff parker and featuring a backup illustrated by Colleen Coover.

Colleen’s work is also under discussion at Millarworld, where they’re talking about adult comics, and everyone agrees that she’s one of the best out there. If you’ve got an opinion on the matter, join in!

And David Hahn’s Bite Club just got a rave review over at It’s Thursday, I’m in Love

So, no word from blogspot on getting rid of the blogjacking spammer yet. If anyone reading this knows anyone who works for blogger/blogspot, any contact there would be hugely appreciated.

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That X-men First Class Special continues to get more notice. They’ve interviewed Colleen Coover about it over at The Pulse. And reviewers and message boards continue to talk about it:
Pop Culture Shock|Fanboy Planet|Toonzone|The other Silver Bullet. We’re all really glad to see this. Editor Mark Paniccia took a risk letting an unabashedly funny cartoonist like Colleen work her magic on the X-men. Forunately, the reception looks to be positive. Hell, not just positive; wildly enthusiastic.

The fans are also liking David Hahn’s work on Spider-man Loves Mary Jane:Comixtreme|Scans Daily One can only assume this is because David rules.

And hey, this is nice:

“She was always spot-on with the story, and spot-on with the mood. I was extremely pleased when she said yes to the project, and I’m extremely pleased with the finished work.”

That was Jim Ottaviani at Newsarama, discussing Dylan Meconis’ work on the book.

I’m blogging this from Ohio, which is a big switch from Montreal, as you might imagine. I did manage another celebrity encounter, though. Sara and I were grabbing breakfast at the Portland airport before our flight, when a familiar looking guy sat down next to us. My immediate thought; “Geez, he looks like Ed Begley.” Later, when he told the person he was talking to that “I wasn’t this busy when I was doing St. Elsewhere” we took that as confirmation. Of course we eavesdropped, and it kind of made me want to go watch Living With Ed.

-Steve Lieber

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He took the stuff he was comfortable with, the scientific process, and turned it like a firehose onto the subject of love. The results are fittingly powerful and contradictory — a set of horrendously chilling experiments which incontrovertibly demonstrated one of the most tender principles of human life.

Tom Spurgeon talks with Jim Ottaviani, Dylan Meconis and Janine Johnston.

Free Comic Book Day was a blast. I wrote about it briefly at the CBIA forum:

From my limited vantage point behind the signing table, I can say that FCBD at Cosmic Monkey Comics’ new location in Portland was a big success. Jeff Parker, David Hahn, Colleen Coover and I were constantly busy talking about comics, signing and doing sketches. I couldn’t see how the other guests were doing, as they were out of my eyeline, but the cash register was right in front of me, and there was always a big line of people there. On the sketch front, Hahn’s Firestar and Spider-Man were in big demand, and everyone was shocked when Jeff Parker drew in their Agents of Atlas hardcovers. The guy was an artist for over ten years, people! Don’t be shocked that he can still bust out a Gorilla Man.

There was a giant Star Wars crew out front taking pictures with kids, who seemed to be having a great time, though a couple clearly thought the wookie was sort of alarming.

This was the first time I ever had FCBD content to sign, and it was ridiculously enjoyable to watch that huge stack of Whiteouts dwindle down to one or two copies. It seemed like the only breaks in signing came when I had to explain to younger readers that they couldn’t have a copy, but that I’d draw a picture of Batman for them. Lots of questions about the movie, most of which I could only answer second or third hand. I get to visit to the set in Montreal next week, so at least I’ll have some answers at my next signing.

Biggest surprise: a car crash right outside the store. * BOOM! * No one was hurt, and some kids sitting in a stroller on the sidewalk were maybe ten feet away from the point of impact and they didn’t even cry. Andy Johnson and some customers quickly organized a clean-up crew and they swept the glass out of the street. One shopper rolled up a poster she’d just bought and used it as a wand to direct traffic, waving cars into the next lane. It was really nice seeing actual community spirit in action.

As you’d expect, the big smash-up took some of the fun energy out of the room, but things quickly lightened up again and things went on as before. Soon everyone was talking comics and posing next to stormtroopers again. I’m glad to say that I had a great, great time.

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“So what was good? First rule: look for Jeff Parker’s name.”
Johanna Draper Carlson talks about new superhero comics

Here’s the first part of an interview with Too Much Coffee Man auteur Shannon Wheeler

“it’s a homecoming film of sorts for one of the city’s most talented creative duos, the brothers Jacob and Arnold Pander. They describe “Selfless” as a “sexy psychological thriller about the corrosive nature of ego and obsession.””
The Portland Tribune looks atthe Pander brothers’ move into film making.

The Scans Daily Community is talking about David Hahn’s debut on Spider-man loves Mary Jane.

Finally, if you haven’t seen it yet, go read Jeff Parker’s tribute to his cat. Bring kleenex.

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Call this a David Hahn kind of day: First, a couple of great reviews of his first issue of Spider-man Loves Mary Jane at Comixtreme and Living Between Wednesdays.

And then, from somewhere in Manitoba, a Whiteout filming update that focuses entirely on airplanes.

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I had the seed of a story about two people whose budding friendship is interrupted by catastrophe scribbled in the margins of my sketchbook for about a year. It was then that Shelly Bond at DC/Vertigo asked me to pitch something for the Minx line back in February ‘06. At that time everything about Minx was top secret, so naturally I had never heard of the imprint.

Read more: David Hahn interview at Comics Covered.

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