Still not sold on the Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers trade paperback? Well, former Marvel UK editor and the man behind the curtain at Down the Tubes and ROK Comics, John Freeman, had this to say about our TP preview:

“I really enjoyed this. It certainly puts new meaning into ‘costumed heroes’(!) The pace and script are strong, the humour evident throughout and the characterisation a delight.”

How can you argue with this guy? He’s British! (You can tell by the way he misspells “humor” and “characterization.”)

Looks like your only choice is to pre-order the book (Diamond Previews order code: Jul08-4207)

5. Never-before published material – 75% of this collection is 100% brand new!

4. Not only do you get the creative stylings of Matt Bergin and Jeremy Donelson, but you also get guest pencils by Josh Adams, making his print debut in a story about a furry convention gone bad!

3. The TPB includes a story about a furry convention gone bad. 

2. Mimi the Maid knows 14 ways to kill you with a feather duster … you don’t want to piss her off.

1. He may not be the hero you want, but Jimmy the Snake is the hero you deserve.

Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers TP is available NOW for pre-order in the July Previews catalog, page 326, order code: JUL08-4207.

Hey, Retailers! Have you ordered your stack of Division 18 TPBs from Diamond yet (order code: JUL08-4207)? Not yet? Hrm… okay, well check out the July Previews Podcast over at ComicBookPage.com for some extra convincing!

UPDATE: Here’s the direct link to the interviews portion of the CBP Previews Spotlight, which features me, Jeremy, and publisher Christian Beranek. We come in at about 28 minutes.

This poor schlub in the pecker suit got busted for allegedly “disrupting” a graduation. You’d be excited too if you’d just earned an advanced degree in “Novelty Costume Theory.” 

Hype machine, engage!

The Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers TPB (srp $9.99) is in the July Diamond Previews catalog and awaiting your order.

Readers, tell your retailer!

Retailers, tell your readers!

(And someone tell Disney to give our man Christian a day off  from Kingdom Comics so he can get this thing to the printer!)

The order code is JUL08-4207.

I’ve got a new interview running over at The Pulse. Click on through to find out about the upcoming Division 18 trade paperback, some of my upcoming non-D18 projects, and a first-hand account of the hardships of small press publishing. And if none of that tickles your pickle, check it out for a round of Spot the Typos. Comma splices are worth double points!

…this is ridiculous. Sugar Bush the Superstar Squirrel?! Really?!! I’m pretty sure Mimi once filed a complaint against Snake for calling her “Sugar Bush.”

 Someone’s getting hit with a baseball bat over this.

Word on the street (specifically, on the corner of Press Release Road and Web Hype Boulevard) is that the Silent Devil himself, Christian Beranek, is part of the troika running the new Disney graphic novel division, Kingdom Comics. Check out the details here and here. 

I have only one question: Does this mean Division 18 is going to Disney World? There’s a certain pantsless duck the Union needs to have a few words with…

For some reason, dressing up kids in novelty costumes has been flagged as a “weird” new trend on Buzzfeed.com. Well, I call it smart parenting! It’s never too early to start training your younglings for a fruitful life in costumed entertainment.

Let’s talk geek semantics for a moment…

If a Trade Paperback collects previously released single issues into one bound collection, and a Graphic Novel is just a long-form comic that is first released in that bound format, what do you call it when two thirds of the bound collection are previously unreleased content? No wonder the NPR crowd and Lit Nerds have taken to calling every comic a Graphic Novel. (No offense, Lit Nerds, but knock it off, will ya?!)

We told you D18 was coming back. More on this in a bit.

For now, just soak in the awesome!