Bailliwik Issue 8

I'm excited to announce that my mini-comic "Pizza Shark Presents: UFOs for Lunch" (posted below) will be included as one of 8 special projects to be included with issue 8 of Bailliwik, a self-published periodical made by my friends Rob Hunt and Surabhi Ghosh. Follow this link to the issue's page on the Bailliwik site to preview the work, learn more about the artists, or to order a copy for yourself. Click here to see the rest of the Bailliwik books.

MIOK print

In case you've been wondering about certain recent posts, I've been uploading quite a few images from a body of work related to a new comic I'm working on called MIOK (read the letters separately), a short story following the character Miok (pronounced 'my-oke') as he struggles with self doubt in an increasingly complicated life.


I just finished a long night of printing this print (!), which will sit on the page opposite the Chapter 1 page, based on this digital image that I created earlier this week. It's made up of 10 separate layers and will probably get a few more by the time I'm done with it.

It'll be shrunk down and probably simplified a bit for the sake of the book (the image, which isn't even totally finished, is about 12" x 12" on the paper and the projected size for the book is 11" x 11"). I will be making one hardbound artist book version of MIOK and also reproducing it in some other form.

LOSING SIGHT MEGASALE

Hey everyone out there in Internetville, good news from over on this side of the screen!

My good friend Wendy Lee Spacek has done me a big, solid favor and used some of her Cool California Connections to print me some more copies of my latest comic, "Losing Sight." (!) I just received them today, and already it's time to send them on to some new homes.

Printed in a seductive inkjet toner, "Losing Sight" is a story of love, loss, and triumph set in prehistoric times, before the dawn of man. (22 pages, black and white, and staple bound.) Here's a small taste:

If anyone is interested in purchasing a copy for the low, low price of $4 each, please send me an email at benjamin.j.bertin@gmail.com. Include your name, address, number of issues and your choice of cover color: "canary," "pink," "blue," or "green." That's right, your own personalized Cover Color Choice! The comics I'm so creepily displaying above are actually in the buff (comixxx?) - it's up to you, Dear Reader, to teach them a little decency. Here's the cover art so you can imagine the possibilities for yourself:

But there's more?! Yes! Because for a limited time (for as long as I have copies to sell) I will include with every order not one, not two, but several extra goodies to show my extreme gratitude for your kind and generous support.

"Losing Sight" and several extra goodies, all for the low, low price of $4? Dang.

Here we are, more faces

Some scans from a limited edition offset print book I'm working on. I'll be selling them at SAIC's upcoming Winter Art Sale (open to the public 11a-7p Fri, Nov 20 and 10a-5p Sat, Nov 21) as well as at Quimby's, Chicago Comics, and possibly Graham Cracker and Golden Age, all in Chicago. If I find the extra time in my schedule I'm thinking about creating a few special hardcover copies of the book as well, which I will sell only at the Art Sale. I will also definitely have some small glossy posters of four of the faces that will appear in the book printed in gold and purple.

AND remember... faces are everywhere.

Watch Pt. 1

These are the rough beginnings of my stories centered around the 1967 Detroit Riots. A better (and more complete) version of this will be ready in a few weeks, look out for it at Quimby's and Chicago Comics!

What a Pair!