2007 is in the house — and it is dressed in an 8-foot-tall felt snake suit! Relive the greatest comic you missed the first time around. This is the entire 3 issues plus every extra I could pull together, including the full script for 3 mor…e issues that have so far gone unpublished. For $1.99, you cannot go wrong. I guarantee you will laugh at least four times, maybe more, over these 90+ pages. That’s like fifty cents a laugh! Our prices are INSAAAAAAaaaaaaaane!

Do it. Go on. Go. Do it.

Think about it: if it weren’t for Clokey, we wouldn’t have Gumby, and if it weren’t for Gumby, we wouldn’t have Gumby parodies.

And if not for the original Gumby parody–a foul-mouthed, womanizing, chain-smoking creep in an 8-foot-tall, green-plush costume, who pals around with a dopey sidekick–would Jimmy the Snake have ever crawled his way out of the stinking depths of my subconscious?!

So, thank you, Art, wherever you are!

Division 18: The Movie

Check out Level 92 Films for more.

Just calling the book “Division 18: The Union of Novelty Costumed Performers” seems anticlimactic at this point, so we want YOUR help naming the collection. Help us choose from one of the following or reply with your own suggestions. When the book goes live on ComixPress.com for order, you may be the proud recipient of a virtual pat on the back.

Here are the title ideas so far:

“Division 18: The Union Files”
“Division 18: Union Dues”
“Division 18 Volume 1: The Final Chapter”
“Division 18 Kills Print Dead”
“Division 18: The Union Strikes”

What do you think, union supporters?

Jimmy the Snake represents da’ union in 8 pages of the new DC Conspiracy Dremo’s Taphouse anthology, which makes it’s official print debut at SPX 2009 and is already available for order online from Comixpress!

There’s also an additional non-D18 4-page story in the book written by me and illustrated by Renzo Ventrella–so whether you support the union, support me, or just want to support small press comics, be sure to get yourself a copy of The Spoils of Crime!

There will be some actual D18-specific news by the end of the summer, but in the meantime, you should check out my new personal, Donelson-free blog, No Cure For Comics.

I mean now. Go!

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