And we’re nearing the end of issue #3 of The Gloom, with two more weeks to go after this - Mousey and Carson finally go on their date and Turbine finally announces himself to the world!

As ever there’ll be a little break between ’seasons’ and issue #4 will be starting around mid July, so why not take that time to go back to the beginning and reacquaint yourself with The Gloom, or even tell a friend or two? With the lack of comments, it sometimes feels that we’re read by about three people…

Anyway. Here’s this week’s instalment - enjoy!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 29, 2008

WEBCOMICS COLLECTIVE ‘THE CHEMISTRY SET’ JUMPS TO BOOKSHELVES IN AUGUST WITH DESPERADO’S ‘NO FORMULA’

August 2008 marks the print debut of the webcomics collective The Chemistry Set in an anthology collection from Desperado Publishing entitled ‘NO FORMULA: STORIES FROM THE CHEMISTRY SET, VOL.1′ (Diamond Order Code JUN083849), just in time for the Set’s two-year anniversary. “There’s no better way to celebrate our Terrible Twos than with a big release like this,” said Jim Dougan, an original ChemSetter approached by Desperado publisher Joe Pruett to edit the anthology. “The only problem was choosing from among the literally hundreds of pages of great comics we’ve got on the site. Joe wanted only self-contained stories, though, so while that unfortunately left out a lot of great stuff, it helped me narrow it down. Are these the best 120 pages of comics ever to appear at the ChemSet? No. Are they the 120 pages that fit together best as a book? I think so.”

NO FORMULA will feature 12 stories from the two-year history of the ChemSet, in both black-and-white and color, all under a gorgeous color cover by Hyeondo Park. The story contents, most of which can be previewed online at www.chemsetcomics.com, are:

“The System” by Tony Goins and Tom Williams

“Night’s Plutonian Shore” by Neil Kleid and jamesmith3

“Rest Stop” by Jim Dougan, Dean Haspiel and Michel Fiffe

“Red” by Elizabeth Genco and Kevin Colden

“Snowblind” by Chris Arrant and Jessica Hickman

“The Legend of Caraboy” by Andrew Drilon

“Yes, Mother” by Elizabeth Genco and Sami Makkonen

“I’m Madly in Love” by Vito Delsante and Michel Fiffe

“Grinwit” by Andrew Drilon

“Dinner Date #9″ by Steven Goldman and Rami Efal

“Come the Dawn” by Jim Dougan and Hyeondo Park

“Rosa” by Steven Goldman and Rami Efal

“Joe Pruett has been an extraordinary supporter of the ChemSet virtually since its inception, and NO FORMULA is just an outgrowth of that,” said Dougan. “At least half a dozen issues of NEGATIVE BURN have featured ChemSetters, and in July we’ve got the graphic novel BLUE (Diamond order code MAY083778) coming from Elizabeth [Genco] and Sami [Makkonen], who also have a short story together in NO FORMULA. The relationship with Desperado is something we’re thankful for, and hope will continue to grow (thus the perhaps-optimistic ‘Vol.1′ in the title). For that to happen, folks need to go out and buy the books, though – so please pre-order your copies!”

NO FORMULA is found on page 256 of the June PREVIEWS (for comics shipping in August) - conveniently right next to the short order form.

Official Solicitation Text:

Haunting. Humorous. Harrowing. Those are just some of the words to describe the short stories compiled in this inaugural collection from the international comics collective the Chemistry Set. Founded in 2006, the Chemistry Set has served as the breeding ground for tomorrow’s comic all-stars and includes three Xeric Award winners. Combining talents from America, Australia, Europe and Asia, their chemistry together is seen in stories that range from the heartfelt to the horrifying, from the mythological to the macabre.

NO FORMULA: STORIES FROM THE CHEMISTRY SET, VOL.1
Color / B&W, 120 pp. 6in x. 9in.
Price: $16.99
Diamond Order Code: JUN083849
ISBN-10: 1935002090
ISBN-13: 978-1935002093

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For further information, please contact Jim Dougan at chatterbox.comix@gmail.com

www.chemsetcomics.com
www.desperadopublishing.com

Sorry we’re late this week - it’s all my fault.

First time reading? Catch up with Page One, Two, Three, Four, Five, and Six.

Now onto Page Seven, in which occurs the titular losing…

Can I be pacified?!? Will the Apple Store be spared?!? Come back next Tuesday, June 3 for Page Eight, and our stunning conclusion!

Thanks for reading. See you next week!

-Dwight L. MacPherson (with Thomas Boatwright and Thomas Mauer)

Late again, I know.  But you have to admit…now we’re getting somewhere!

-Vito & Rachel

And so it’s Friday, which means another groovy The Gloom episode!

This is the ‘interlude’ section where we see what else is happening around in the world of Carson Kane, but fear not, young readers, soon Carson will return as strong as ever!

Or will he….?

In other news, if you’re around London this weekend come to the London MCM Expo, where Dan and I will be signing copies of Hope Falls for the masses with celebrity chums to our left and right. Come, it’ll be fun!

Enjoy…

My friendly local retailer tells me that May 27 is the cutoff date for May orders. So if you haven’t yet pre-ordered BLUE, now’s the time. :)

You can see previews online at The Beat, Stainless Steel Droppings, and (of course) at Newsarama.

Oh yeah! Pages are also available on the BLUE blog, here.

The order code is MAY083778. Here’s the real cover:

hugs & snuggles,
Elizabeth & Sami

First time reading? Catch up with Page One, Two, Three, Four, and Five.

Now onto Page Six, where it looks like things are getting a little testy…

Whooooaaa, Nelly! Look out below! Come back next Tuesday, May 27 on Page Seven!

Welcome to the 67th installment of The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo!

I am happy to say we’ve completed the art for Poo Book 2 and lettering sensation Jason Hanley is finishing up the letters. The book will be solicited in the next issue of Previews, so I’ll be sure to post the Diamond Order Code as soon as it’s available. In the meantime, though, you can read the solicit and see the gorgeous cover HERE.

Thanks for reading, my friends. We’ll see you all next week.

-Dwight L. MacPherson (with Thomas Boatwright and Thomas Mauer)

And if you’re going to MoCCA Art Fest, be sure to track down Rachel and Vito with some FCHS freebies!

Sorry we’re late this week!

Vito & Rachel