Enrico’s blog

I’ve known of these books for a while now, Ronnie was singing their praises a while back and man was he right. After reading Gus I finally broke down and had to get to these other books by Christophe Blain. What amazingly compelling story he has created here! Stunning drawing and wonderful writing that make [...]

I had a nice chat with Jen Contino of the Pulse. We talked about making the Venice Chronicles and more … check it out.

The Alternative Press Expo this past weekend was really fun. It’s a tiring weekend but it sure felt good to be back in the swing of it. We met a ton of really wonderful people and we sold one hundred Totoro Forest Books! They go like candy, pretty amazing. Venice Chronicles did well too and [...]

Here it is! The ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO is happening this weekend in San Francisco’s Concourse center. Venice Chronicles is officially debuting at this convention and I will be sharing the table with friends Ronnie del Carmen, Dice Tsutsumi and Scott Morse. Tons of great books like Paper Biscuit, Out of Picture and Tiger!Tiger!Tiger!. We even [...]

Just got this book up in Portland and wow, what an amazing read. Don’t miss this, you might have heard of or read Blain’s Isaac the Pirate, this book is another gem. He takes the genre and turns it upside down, pushes the stuff of westerns way in the background and focuses on clueless men [...]

It’s become tradition for us selfpublishing friends here at Pixar to take photos of the opening of the first box of books. Here’s some coverage of it all, even with a shot of the first customer: Nate Stanton! Yay, thanks Nate. In the second to last shot, you can see the Venice Chronicles in good [...]

2085 copies of the Venice Chronicles have just been delivered!! Yay! Wow, 58 boxes of books, my back is gonna be a little sore tonight. Anyway … they look great, at 144 pages it’s a nice and hefty book. Order yours today!! I will also start shipping the pre-orders as soon as I can! More [...]

Here’s work in progress shots of the 20 bookplates I am making for the limited edition Venice Chronicles. At the moment I’m sold out of these, if you really want one and haven’t put in an order, shoot me an email, I’ll see whether to make more later. At first I thought I’d do all [...]

Ah Good old Bethesda, I remember going to The Small Press Expo ten years ago with good ol’ Monkeysuit Press. Wow, been ages. Well SPX has been thriving in the meanwhile and it’s happening this weekend! If you’re going be sure to say hi to Chris Pitzer at the Adhouse Books table, he also has [...]

Not sure how many of you read the other autobiographical comics I did a few years back, but it might be worth mentioning them now, for either first time readers or just as a little prep for the upcoming Venice Chronicles. There’s the one that got it all started, which was a 24 hour comic. [...]