BROS. FRAIM HEAD TO OHIO

The art team supreme of ANTIQUES: THE COMIC STRIP and VAMPIRE, PA are the kick-off artists for The Akron Public School District's new program that introduces students to working artists! A big shout out to Brendon & Brian Fraim for the honor and to the Akron Public School District for having the good sense to get these hard working guys on board! The proverbial win-win!

Scoop has the full story on their Friday, March 23, 2012 appearance!

VAMPIRE, PA Limited Edition Hardcover NOW AVAILABLE!

Finally! The Vampire, PA limited edition hardcover is now available!

Vampires in suburbia? Dean Marklin didn’t believe in vampires until a beautiful one tried to kill him! Now he’s a vampire hunter trying to hold onto what’s left of normal life. How do you think that’s working out for him?

Written by J.C. Vaughn, illustrated by Brendon Fraim and Brian Fraim, with color art and cover by Mark Wheatley, this new limited edition hardcover collects Moonstone’s three-issue Vampire, PA mini-series, bonus story pages, and the prose short story that inspired it, from the writer of Zombie-Proof and Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Children. Visit Western Pennsylvania’s oddly vampire-rich environment!

BEHIND THE SCENES on ZOMBIE-PROOF

When we first started working on the Zombie-Proof story "Zombie Zoo," it was going to be an annual with different artists illustrating different chapters. The only part that worked out -- no surprise to anyone who has worked with them -- was the chapter supplied by Brendan & Brian Fraim, my artists on Vampire, PA and my abele collaborators on other projects, most notably Antiques: The Comic Strip.

Another frequent partner in crime, Gene Gonzales, posed for reference photos for the gruesome death at the hands (paws, actually) of the zombie chihuahuas. Here's one of the great pages by the Fraims. You'll see others in the Zombie-Proof collected edition when that eventually happens (it's getting very close now).

While we changed a bit of the pacing, you'll see we used the same "camera" direction and similar pacing with my Zombie-Proof co-creator Vincent Spencer took his take on this scene (see previous blog entry).

VAMPIRE, PA Limited Edition Hardcover in August PREVIEWS

The Vampire, PA: Pittsburgh Noir limited edition hardcover is in the August 2011 issue of PREVIEWS from Diamond Comic Distributors; it's on Page 306 and is Item #AUG11 1133.

VAMPIRE, PA Collected Edition Mini-Preview

The Vampire, PA collected edition hardcover will include four previously unpublished story pages, the original prose short story "Vampire Hunter Dean" that inspired the series (from the anthology Vampires: Dracula and the Undead Legions), character designs and more...

More details soon.

VAMPIRE, PA Collected Edition Coming Soon

Details to follow...

FLASHBACK: ANTIQUES for HERO

Other than covering them in Scoop, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and other publications, one of the first things I got to do for The Hero Initiative was donate the Week 33 original art from Antiques: The Comic Strip for a fundraiser auction. Artists Brendon and Brian Fraim and I signed the piece, as did special guest star Stan Lee. My biggest thrill was that Stan did not change my dialogue for him!

VAMPIRE, PA #3 at the Printer

VAMPIRE, PA #2 is at the Printer

As soon as I have an on sale date, I'll post it!

VAMPIRE, PA #1-3 COVER GALLERY

VAMPIRE, PA #3

The concluding chapter of the first Vampire, PA mini-series finds Dean desperate to track down the vampires who grabbed Dee-Dee, and he’s not about to let their minions stand in his way. It’s an all-or-nothing series of battles across Dormont with one life and many un-lives hanging in the balance. Also in this issue: two more chapters of Zombie-Proof: Zombie Zoo, leading into the upcoming Zombie-Proof one-shot! 30 pages of story and art. Covers by Brendon & Brian Fraim (75%) and Jacob Jordan (wraparound, 25%). 32 pages, full-color, $3.99

Look for it in the August 2010 PREVIEWS, on sale October 2010!

Vampire, PA is written by yours truly, J.C. Vaughn, illustrated by Brendon and Brian Fraim, colored by Mark Wheately, lettered by Marshall Dillon and edited by Charlie Novinskie. The Zombie-Proof back-up feature is written by JCV and illustrated by Vincent Spencer.

VAMPIRE, PA #3 COVERS - First Look!

Vampire, PA #3 cover A by Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim and Mark Wheatley, and Vampire, PA #3 cover B (wraparound) by Jacob Jordan.

VPA: BRENDON & BRIAN FRAIM INTERVIEW

Dinosaurs For Hire creator, TV scribe, and all-around writer-guy Tom Mason has interviews Vampire, PA artists Brendon and Brian Fraim about their work on the series on the Comix 411 site. Check it out!

VAMPIRE, PA #1 Eight-Page Preview

VAMPIRE, PA #1 (of 3)
J.C. Vaughn, Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim

Vampires in suburbia? Dean Marklin didn’t think so. In fact, he didn’t believe in vampires at all. Then he met one. Then he met lots more, and they all wanted to kill him! Now he’s a vampire hunter, and he’s pursued by a beautiful vampire while he tries to hold onto what’s left of normal life. How do you think that’s working out for him?

From the writer of Zombie-Proof comes this trip to Western Pennsylvania’s oddly vampire-rich environment.

Cover A by Mark Wheatley. Cover B by Jacob Jordan.

VAMPIRE, PA #1 will be listed in the April 2010 PREVIEWS from Diamond Comic Distributors under MOONSTONE BOOKS and is set to go on sale in June!

The three-issue, bimonthly mini-series is based on my short story "Vampire Hunter Dean," which appears in the prose anthology Vampires: Dracula And The Undead Legions, also from Moonstone Books, and which is on sale now.

BRENDON and BRIAN FRAIM are the artists on the series. In addition to working previously on Antiques: The Comic Strip, they have also done The Odd Squad from Devil’s Due Publishing and America, Jr. from Image Comics, and other cool stuff.

The mini-series is being colored by multiple award-winning creator MARK WHEATLEY, the driving force behind such projects as Breathtaker, Blood of the Innocent, Mars, EZ Street, Lone Justice, Radical Dreamer, and more.

My previous credits include Moonstone’s mini-hit in 2007 Zombie-Proof, the adventures of Jack Bauer in 24 from IDW Publishing (based on the Fox series), Billy Tucci’s Shi from Crusade, Avatar and Dark Horse, and other stories. I’m also the Associate Publisher of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and the writer of Gemstone’s Free Comic Book Day entry, The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics.

This issue features 32 pages of story and art! Vampire, PA #2 and #3 will feature a Zombie-Proof back-up story (and at least 28 pages of story and art each) leading into the upcoming new one-shot, Zombie-Proof: Zombie Zoo.