Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers #2 (of 3) is now available to order in the December’s Diamond Previews catalog! You can take a sneak peak at issue 2 right here.

The order code is DEC07 3879.

Thanks to everyone who purchased their copy of issue #1, and to all the comic retailers who’ve already given our book a chance. Let’s make this next issue an even bigger success!

(If you missed out or want your comic shop to order more copies of our first issue, the Diamond code is AUG07 3960. Otherwise, you can order yourself a copy here.)

Forget grilled stickies and meat pies — bring a copy of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers #1 to your Thanksgiving pot-luck festivities instead. In fact, make sure you bring enough for everyone!

Hey, look — a rumour about Division 18 from across the pond, by way of the Big Apple Con. Issue 3 should be a lot of fun!

This poor schlub has never been the same since he left the Union and moved to LA.

Jeremy is wrapping up final inks for our second issue, and the solicitation details have been submitted to Diamond Previews — so expect an order code sometime in December. In the meantime, enjoy this 4-page sneak peak!

Keep an eye and wallet out for me at the Big Apple Comic Con (aka, The National) in New York City today (and possibly tomorrow). I’ll be kicking around with Josh Adams at the Neal Adams’ Continuity Studios booth with a few goodies. Why is the Union making time with the Adams family? It’s the worst kept secret in comics, but if you track me down at the show, I’ll clue you in.

If you’re in Texas instead, go check out this weekend’s Wizard World Texas and lasso up a copy of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers #1 from Christian Beranek and the gang at the Silent Devil booth. I said “lasso” because everyone in Texas is a cowboy. Har har.

Here at the Union, we take pride in our hipness. We know what’s bad and phat and even what’s money. But the only thing more important to us than keeping our collective finger on the pulse of popular culture is keeping our unionized boots across the throats of any scabs that cross our path.

So please enjoy this music video by Aesop Rock that is just filthy with unsanctioned animated novelty costumed scabs, while we polish our brass knuckles and track these suckers down on Google Maps.

Okay so it’s not an actual ”signing” per se… but signed books are available at Midtown Comics (Westside) right now! I signed the remaining stock of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers #1, transforming the books from mere small press comics into instant collector’s items.

So put on your rubber gloves, break out the mylar sleeve, and gets a shoppin’!

From the upcoming issue #2 of Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers…

The Union has a fan in Broken Frontier’s Dave Baxter! While I genuinely appreciate (and agree with) his assessment of my writing as remarkably well-done cliché drivel, my favorite part of the review is when Baxter compares Jeremy’s artwork to “a porpoise freshly freed from an oil slick.” I’ve always compared Jeremy’s work to a tortoise trapped in a fishing net, but Baxter’s on the right track.

Click here for the rest of this love letter to the Union.