I'm the managing editor of Orang Utan Comics, group editor of AAM/Markosia, writer of Alpha Gods, Hypergirl and Hero: 9-5, and also do freelance inking and lettering work for the likes of AAM/Markosia, Slave Labour, Top Shelf, Image, Marvel/Panini and I letter the official Doctor Who graphic novels for BBC Books.
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Click the link, read the preview and if you like what you read then pre-order the book from your local comic shop now!
For the first time since 2010 I have a book listed in the Diamond Previews catalogue.
This is “A Big Deal.”
And because of this, I need YOUR help.
How can you help? In several ways:
1) Simply reblog my posts about it. Particularly the one I posted earlier with the order form. If you missed it, don’t worry, I’ll be posting it again.
2) If you read and enjoyed the first book, recommend the new book to your friends and online followers. You do NOT need to have read the first book to enjoy the new book.
3) Pre-order the book. Seriously, please, go do it. If every single one of my followers on tumblr pre-ordered the book it would hit the top 200 graphic novels in July (based on figures for March). If every one of Orang Utan Comics’ followers on Facebook pre-ordered the book then it would hit the top 10 graphic novels in July. If ALL my followers across ALL social media pre-ordered the book then it would be the number two best selling graphic novel in July. And pre-ordering the book costs NOTHING. You just have to walk into your local comic book store and give them the details. They won’t ask you for any money, they’ll just (hopefully) order the book. Then, in July, you’ll walk into your store and it’ll be waiting for you. What if you can’t afford it then? Then your retailer will simply take the book and put it on the shelves with the rest of the books. Retailers are understanding people like that. I want you to buy and read the book, but given that the pre-order system screws creators over, I’m not below pointing out that we can play the system just a little here. But, please, if you can, buy the book.
4) If you don’t want to pre-order the book for yourself, you can always simply encourage your retailer to order it in for the store and give him the details (they’re on the order form…I’ll reblog it in a moment).
Thanks for your time, and thank you, ahead of time, for your help!
You may be able to pre-order past this date depending on your retailer, but to avoid disappointment please get your pre-orders in NOW.
Visit your local retailer or give them a call tomorrow and pre-order the book!
Not sure if you want to pre-order Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus because you haven’t read the first book?
You want to read the first book but for any one of a million perfectly legitimate reasons you can’t buy a copy or legally download it?
Then you can always download a pirated copy here.
Yup, I’m giving you a link to illegally download my work. Shocking, eh? But, hey, you have Google, you could find it anyway if you really wanted. And if it persuades just one of you to pre-order the new book then I think it’ll be more than worth it. And, hey, maybe some of you will love it so much you’ll want to own a copy.
So, once you’ve read the first book, how can you pre-order the new book?
Well, you have until May 18th to pre-order Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus from your local comic shop.
If you want a copy then please don’t just assume your retailer will order it in and you’ll just be able to pick it up when you see it on the shelf in July, because odds are that you probably won’t. If you want it, preorder it. Preorder it now.
To aid you in this, there’s a handy form above that you can print out and take along to your local comic shop. It includes all the details that they need to order the book for you. It’s as easy as that.
Alternatively, order it from your regular online retailer, such as:
TFAW - $12.79
Forbidden Planet - £8.27
Westfield Comics - $12.79
Mail Order Comics - $11.99
Midtown Comics - $11.19
SciFi Genre - $12.80
Together again, for the first time..Sharman, Gray and Zamor bring you Hero: 9 to 5…but for just a few pages we’ve teamed up on the art.
This particular page of the forthcoming sequel, Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus, features the book’s three creators combining their artistic talents, with Gray pencilling and Zamor colouring as usual, and Sharman joining them on inks.
Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus is now available to pre-order from your local comic shop!
Read a free preview of the book here, and an interview with Hero: 9 to 5 writer and creator Ian Sharman here.
Order from your local comic shop by quoting Diamond order code MAY130752, or pre-order now from any of these great online retailers:
TFAW - Forbidden Planet - Westfield Comics - Mail Order Comics
Please note: Due to the nature of the comic book industry, pre-ordering is essential to ensuring that you get a copy of the book. Please do not simply assume that your local comic shop will be ordering the book anyway, as it’s highly likely that unless you tell them you want it they won’t order it at all.
Just had to make a banner for Alpha Gods: Emergence for Markosia, so I thought I’d share it here.
Not sure if you want to pre-order Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus because you haven’t read the first book?
You want to read the first book but for any one of a million perfectly legitimate reasons you can’t buy a copy or legally download it?
Then you can always download a pirated copy here.
Yup, I’m giving you a link to illegally download my work. Shocking, eh? But, hey, you have Google, you could find it anyway if you really wanted. And if it persuades just one of you to pre-order the new book then I think it’ll be more than worth it. And, hey, maybe some of you will love it so much you’ll want to own a copy.
So, once you’ve read the first book, how can you pre-order the new book?
Well, you have until May 18th to pre-order Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus from your local comic shop.
If you want a copy then please don’t just assume your retailer will order it in and you’ll just be able to pick it up when you see it on the shelf in July, because odds are that you probably won’t. If you want it, preorder it. Preorder it now.
To aid you in this, here’s a handy form that you can print out and take along to your local comic shop. It includes all the details that they need to order the book for you. It’s as easy as that.
Alternatively, order it from your regular online retailer, such as:
TFAW - $12.79
Forbidden Planet - £8.27
Westfield Comics - $12.79
Mail Order Comics - $11.99
Midtown Comics - $11.19
SciFi Genre - $12.80
