Today we are serving hotdog with catsup, and a staple of Filipino cuisine known as pusit. It’s called “The Dog, the Cat and the Giant Squid” and it’s a wholesome meal for the whole family! Kain na!

I hope you enjoyed this latest entry on the menu!

Be here in two weeks for our next delicious installment! Kare-Kare Komiks : Filipino-Food-For-Thought! Only on The Chemistry Set.

Maraming salamat!

-Andrew Drilon

Please excuse the interruption in our story, but I wanted to use this opportunity to share more information about Viper Comics’ Free Comic Book Day Book which will feature none other than Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits!

We are excited to say the book will feature a cover illustration by Jack Lawrence (of “Lions, Tigers and Bears” fame). Jack’s a busy, busy chap, so I’d like to publicly say thank you, Jack, for taking time out to hook a brother up. I owe you one–er–okay, more than one. Cheers, my friend!

As you know, Free Comic Book Day is May 3rd and then, just one month later–in June–Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits Volume 1 will be released! That’s right… JUNE! You heard it here first, my loyal friends! That means the graphic novel will appear in the next issue of Previews! Can you believe it?! I can’t tell you how excited we are about the release of this book! My 12 year-old and 9 year-old are just enthralled with it. Chris Eliopoulos (of Marvel’s “Franklin Richards” fame) had this to say:

“Kid Houdini is a fun all-ages read. How do I know? The enjoyment I got out of it was exceeded only by the enjoyment my two 8-year-olds got. They spent the day after reading it, repeating the name ‘Hans’ over and over and laughing to themselves. A delight!”

Please, my friends… let your shops know about the Free Comic Book Day book and ask them to order it for you. I cannot stress this point strongly enough: it is imperative that you let them know you want it. Retailers are going to order a ton of Marvel’s and DC’s Free Comic Book Day books, I promise you that. But they will not order a book they don’t believe there’s a demand for… that simple. That’s where you come in. Please, let your retailer know you want it–and that you believe it will appeal to a lot of people. Judging from the reaction we’ve received thus far, we believe it will.

With that said, we will disappear for now, but you can rest assured that we will return next week with the continuation of our story. As always, we thank you–our friends–for reading and spreading the word!

Sincerely yours,
Dwight L. MacPherson (with Worth Gowell and Kevin Conley)

This month, COME THE DAWN’s Hyeondo Park and I and our new romance/adventure comic SAM & LILAH are entrants in Zuda Comics’ online competition. For those of you new to the Zuda thing, each month the editors at Zuda (a part of world-famous DC Comics – you know, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) select 10 comics that folks can go online to read, vote for, favorite, hug, kiss, you name it. The comic receiving the most votes wins the competition, along with a contract, and continues its story on the Zuda site for the next year.

Hyeondo and I would be eternally indebted to you if you would be so kind as to head on over, check out the comic, and if you be so inclined, vote for us, leave a comment, and add us to your favorites. You *do* have to be a registered Zuda user to vote, comment, and favorite (it’s an easy process), but it won’t cost you anything but your time.

Please click the banner below:

Vote for LOVE!

Vote for ADVENTURE!

Vote for CUPCAKES!

Vote for SAM & LILAH!

Many thanks,
Jim D. and Hyeondo P.

SAM & LILAH ’08: LOVE WE CAN BELIEVE IN

Previously in THE MASSACRE MEMORIAL DAY SALE MASSACRE

THE WHISPER OF MY SOUL: The Heart-wrenching Story of Andrew Foley and the Creation of THE HOLIDAY MEN

Thanks,

Vito & Rachel