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DEMO
Written by Brian Wood
Art and cover by Becky CloonanThe Eisner-nominated and critically acclaimed series of self-contained short stories by writer Brian Wood (DMZ, NORTHLANDERS) and artist Becky Cloonan (AMERICAN VIRGIN) arrives in a new edition. Twelve stories of conflicted teens grappling with love, loss, and the joy of finding your own way in life make DEMO a graphic novel not to be missed.

“More human than mainstream comics dare to be.” – Variety
“Touching…breathes with a sense of space and life rarely seen.” - Entertainment Weekly
“The fantastic throws the routine into relief.” - The Village Voice
“Lacking recurring characters, DEMO altogether is less reminiscent of other comics series than of a thematic rather than continuous-narrative novel, such as John Horne Burns’ The Gallery (1947).
“High praise, maybe, but deserving.” - Booklist, starred 328 pg, B&W, $19.99 US, MATURE READERS
ON SALE JUNE 25!

Check it out!

So the DEMO graphic novel ships two days after my birthday! Maybe this year I’ll throw a Trade Paper Birthday party

-Becky

As you all know (or should know, anyway), 5 has been nominated for an Eisner Award, for best anthology. Voting is being done online right now, so your vote would be greatly appreciated! Go to http://eisnervote.com/ to hook it up.

For more information: 5 is an international colaboration fueled by friendship and comics Featuring four shourt stories by Gabriel Ba, Becky Cloonan, Fabio Moon and Vasilis Lolos, with illustrations and covers by Rafael Grampa. Order on Khepri.com; 2007, self published

Also, if anyone hasn’t read 5, can’t get a copy and wants to vote, shoot me (Becky) an email and I’ll get you a copy of the PDF. (Please note that you have to be a professional in the comic book industry in order to be eligible to vote.)

I was born and raised here in New York so trips to Chinatown were occasional. It wasn’t until I was in High School and College that my trips there occurred more often and much more frequently. The one street I always visited was Elizabeth St right off of Canal St where I bought my games and anime collectibles. When you visit a place often, you notice when things change, and on Elizabeth St., it didn’t happen often so I was surprised when I came across this place.

Shanghai Garden has always been on this street for as long as I can remember but I never went in to eat until just a few weeks ago. Boy was I missing out! We (my boy and I) only went in because we were tired, hungry, and didn’t want to walk far to find a place to eat. It might have even been raining that day. Anyway we went in and found the place to be small and cozy but the food! They offered an array of dim sum, dumplings, and pork buns all at affordable prices. You could order meat and veggies over rice for a mere $4 and a fruit slushie for $1.75. For this price, the food is amazing and just the right serving per person. The place is small but never crowded (at least the times I went) so the service was always good.

If your ever in the New York area visiting Chinatown, check out Shanghai Garden. You’ll get delicious food at an affordable price without any skimping on servings and service. Enjoy!!

Welcome (back) to the new Estrigious site! Hope you’re enjoying what we have here. I’m terribly not great on blogging or updating in general so this will be a challenge. I also realized that my comic gallery isn’t appearing on Internet Explorer.

We will be making posts here every week with news of our newest projects, conventions we’ll be attending - or just random posts about the things we like. A few days ago, a group of us went to  a free salsa/swing dance night over at the Sandra Cameron Dance Center!

They even gave us a free show. But if you’re in NYC and interested in learning a variety of dancing, give this place a shot. Though I realized that I had two left feet and sweated like a fountain, it was still fun.

Hopefully my next post will be more interesting. And I’ll get that damn gallery fixed. Ciao!

Done for an acution with proceeds to help out David Pirkola. I’ll have details about the auction on when it goes up!

9×12, brush, pen and white paint.

 AMERICAN VIRGIN TPB Vol. 4
On Sale July 2, 2008 from Vertigo
Written by Steve Seagle
Art by Becky Cloonan and Jim Rugg
224pg.  |  Color  |  Softcover 
$17.99 US  |  Mature Readers

Collecting issues #15-23 of the GLAAD Award nominated series! In this final volume, Adam Chamberlain comes full circle. He’s been waiting his whole life to experience reunion, revenge and consummation. Under the all-seeing eye of his Higher Power, Adam is offered these desires, but each comes with a price: betrayal, arrest and damnation.

Welcome back! It’s been a while, and this update has been in the so-called “works” for almost a year!  I hope you enjoy poking around the new layout, it may not be much but we have some big plans for it! In the meantime check out Mel and Hwan’s galleries, they put up all new work! We’ll be working as a group more often and we have a lot to say, so check back often, or subscribe to the RSS feed.

 -Becky