Straight from the thumbnails for issue #3, Snake enjoys a delicious cup of morning coffee. Yes, he’s enjoying it at Mother Effer’s Tuesday morning Happy Hour… but it’s still just the pick-me-up he needs to start his day off right! Oops, looks like it’s filled a little too close to the rim there, Snake!

Here’s a little warm-up sketch I drew of the boss-man, Tony. He looks uncharacteristically pensive in this pose… though that might just be indigestion. A lot of Tony’s moods can be blamed on indigestion.

Where is Issue #2?!?! That’s the question on everybody’s lips. I wish I had an answer for you, faithful readers (all 3 of you). But rest assured that we at Division 18 Industries, Inc. are hard at work on issue #3, working hard under the belief that the highly-anticipated follow-ups to the critically-acclaimed, senses-shattering, ribs-tickling, 24-pages-having debut issue will be in stores soon.

So, to give you a taste of what goes on behind the scenes, here’s a peek at some penciled pages of issue #3…

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Check out these 16 pages from the upcoming Division 18 Collection! And make sure to ask your local comic store to order a copy for you… the Previews code is JUL08-4207.

(by Josh Adams with some little finishing touches by me )

Division 18 will be making a guest appearance in the next genre-themed anthology from The DC Conspiracy — “Doctor Dremo’s Taphouse of Tall Tales & Short Stories: The Spoils of Crime.”

I’m still writing our lovably costumed mooks, but the new 4-page piece will be illustrated by a guy named Renzo Ventrella. As you might guess, Jeremy got in deep with his bookie, who sent Renzo to stomp on his fingers and break his pencils…but these comics ain’t gonna draw themselves, and the big lug agreed to knock out a few doodles himself, fuggeddabouditt. Check out the pages in progress below.

As for hooking up with the DCC, maybe it has something to do with our mutual affinity for ridiculously long comic titles. But whatever the reason, crime will be spoiled. Stay tuned here and at the DC Conspiracy site for updates.

Alright, alright, calm down. You’ll be able to get the finish story (and more) when The Spoils of Crime goes on sale in a couple of months. In the meantime, the latest offerring from Doctor Dremo’s Taphouse, “The Horrors of War,” is available now for order from ComixPress and includes two stories written by yours truly! Order your copy of “Doctor Dremo’s Taphouse of Tall Tales and Short Stories: The Horrors of War” from ComixPress today! http://store.comixpress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1369

~Matt B