February 17

HIGHLANDER ORIGINS: THE KURGAN # 2 is out this week! Here’s a preview!

 

HIGHLANDER ORIGINS: THE KURGAN # 2 is out this week, and Comic Book Resources has the preview.

This issue is also the LAST comic you'll see from me for at least six months, so take one last bite before the famine begins…

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February 03

STUPIDER LIKE A FOX!
Ignore the Simpsons quote in the title header - there's NOTHING stupid about THE FOX!

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THE SHIELD #6


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January 01

By the skin of my teeth!
See? I told you I'd update this thing today! ;)


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December 23

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOURS
Hello, all. I'm at my folks' house in Stockton, California right now and only have a minute. I know I've been terrible about updating this blasted website, but 2010 will kick off -- on the very first day, I promise you -- with a whole new focus on getting the information out to people in a timely fashion. Thanks for your patience and commitment in the meantime. You're all appreciated! It's time to sign off now, but I want to wish you and your families and friends a wonderful holiday season and safe travels.

Brandon

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September 11

THE SHIELD and INFERNO are burning up the internet!
THE SHIELD #1 is out now, and the reviews are starting to come in!



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September 03

FULL COURT PRESS!
There's been quite of Brandon-related news lately, so here's a one-stop round-up for your convenience:

DC Editor Rachel Gluckstern on THE RED CIRCLE

Get a first look at THE SHIELD #1 and the INFERNO co-feature!

Brandon Jerwa and Doug Murray talk STARGATE

Elliott Serrano interviews Brandon Jerwa at San Diego Comic-Con VIDEO!

Brandon drops in on Eric Trautmann's MSN column to talk about G.I. JOE

Be sure to pick up a copy of THE SHIELD # 1 on SEPTEMBER 9TH!

And finally, we're happy to announce that Brandon will be signing at THINGS FROM ANOTHER WORLD on L.A.'s UNIVERSAL CITY WALK on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30th from 4-6 P.M. - we hope to see you there!





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August 17

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd in SEATTLE

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd at COMICS DUNGEON in SEATTLE!

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Comic Creator Day!

Mark Rahner from Rotten!

Scott Allie from Dark Horse's Solomon Kane!

Brandon Jerwa recently on Battlestar Galactica!

Eric Trautmann from JSA vs Kobra!

We will also have the 501st here with Stormtroopers and more!

Toys 25% off
Statues 40% off
Graphic Novels 30% off
Back Issue 60% off
Silver-Age 45% off
Display Case Comics 25% off
All T-Shirts only $15!
($12 for Kids sizes)

Subscription Customers get an additional 10% off!

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August 14

PLEASE JOIN ME IN PUYALLUP ON AUGUST 15th!

AUGUST 15TH AT COMIC EVOLUTION IN PUYALLUP! I'll be signing with several other comic industry luminaries and your presence is required! It all starts at noon, and the full information on the charity aspect can be found at the link. I know Puyallup is a bit of a drive for even the Seattle folks, but it's all in the name of a good cause.

WWW.COMIC-EVOLUTION.COM


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July 20

HOLY CRAP, DO I HAVE SOME NEWS FOR YOU!

I know what you're thinking: "Once again, Jerwa has fallen behind on updating his website, and now he expects us to wade through a whole pile of nonsense that he's accumulated over the last month!"

I swear I'm innocent this time! I have two VERY BIG NEWS ITEMS today, but this is all stuff that was announced over this last weekend. This is hot off the proverbial press, folks!

Okay, okay. Let's get to it.

First off, the movie option for WIDE AWAKE has been purchased by Do-Over Productions. The press release...

Do-Over Productions has just announced that they have optioned the film rights to Wide Awake, the extraordinary webcomic written by Eric Trautmann and Brandon Jerwa, with art by Mirco Pierfederici and art direction by David Messina. As described in the press release from Do-Over, Wide Awake is the story of Amanda Carter, a young woman whose dreams of terrifying monsters are much more than just figments of her unconscious mind. If she doesn’t defeat them before she wakes up, the horrors from her dreams get loose in the physical world and she must deal with them there.

Trautmann and Jerwa co-created the series which premiered a sample chapter on Free Comic Book Day and was originally scheduled to commence weekly chapters later this summer. This new deal may possibly alter that schedule some. Jarrod Feliciano and Mirjana Novkovic will produce and write the film adaptation. They are repped by attorney Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe. Do-Over Productions is currently in production of the crime drama Fallen Moon, directed by Peter Medak and produced by Feliciano, Novkovic, Valerie McCaffrey, and co-produced by Roger Pugliese.

This is pretty big news for us, obviously. We'll be doing some press in the next couple of weeks to discuss this further. In immediate WIDE AWAKE news, Eric and will be signing copies of Popgun Vol. 2 at the Image Comics booth at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 24th from 10:30-11:30 A.M. Our nightmare-plagued heroine Amanda Carter was first introduced in that anthology in a short story called "Behind The Wall Of Sleep." If you're submitting to the madness that is Comic-Con, we sincerely hope you'll make time to come and see us.

Now for the OTHER big news: Dynamite Entertainment will be publishing STARGATE comics based on various incarnations of the hit SyFy television franchise, and I'm writing one of the three series. This excerpt from a Newsarama article explains the whole thing far more effectively than I could hope to:

“Stargate is truly a crown jewel when it comes to episodic science fiction television,” stated Dynamite President Nick Barrucci. “Just in time for the Stargate Universe series debuting in October, Dynamite will create an adventure series that retailers and fans alike will love. We have three separate launches planned, each designed to focus on the characters and attention coming the way of both the new show and Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis!”
 
Helping bring the world of Stargate to life is a team of top creative talent including: John Watson, whose work has graced Marvel Comics covers as one of the finest painters in the industry.  John will be doing his first sequential work EVER in Stargate Universe.  Dynamite is also bringing in famed Star Wars painter Dave Dorman as the main cover artist, as well as writers Chuck Dixon (G.I. Joe) with a prequel to Stargate Universe, Doug Murray (Jungle Girl and ‘Nam) with the continuing stories from Stargate Atlantis beginning with Season Six and Brandon Jerwa (Battlestar Galactica) on Stargate SG1 beginning with Season #11.  Dynamite will be launching a Stargate #0 bringing three different stories in one event comic for $1.00, to help introduce fans to the Stargate “universe”.

I'd say "that's all for now," but jeez - isn't this enough? Besides, I need to go finish doing laundry and packing for San Diego. Hope to see you there, kids!







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July 07

MAN ON FIRE
Brandon Jerwa talks "Inferno" with Newsarama

Trautmann and Jerwa on "The Shield" and "Inferno" - Pop Culture Zoo

The time has finally come! I'm working in the DC Universe! Eric Trautmann and I are teamed up once again for "The Shield" and "Inferno." Eric's writing the patriotic title character, while I'm handling the incendiary co-feature. Our heroes are a major part of the integration of the Red Circle characters into the DCU, picking up the threads after J. Michael Straczynski's initial launch of the characters in a series of 4 one-shots debuting this August. Our ongoing series will debut in September.

In convention news, I will be attending San Diego Comic-Con and have just been confirmed as a guest for Emerald City Comicon 2010.

More great news to come...VERY SOON!




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June 10

ONCE AGAIN, I AM BEHIND ON UPDATES

It’s been a pretty crazy time over here in Brandon-land. Since my last update, I’ve made appearances at the Highlander Worldwide convention in L.A., and the Spokane Comic-Con here in Washington. I’ve also been hard at work writing a few different as-yet-unannounced Secret Projects. Oh, and did I mention that Eric Trautmann and I launched a preview of our new free online comic series, WIDE AWAKE?

Like I said: crazy times. “Be careful what you wish for,” isn’t that how the saying goes? I’m here to tell you that it’s true, folks…and I’m loving every minute of it!

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April 03

BRANDON JERWA AT EMERALD CITY COMICON THIS WEEKEND!

Hey, kids! I'll be at the ECCC this weekend. Look for me sitting with / around Greg Rucka, Jen Van Meter, Eric Trautmann and Joshua Ortega.





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March 09

JERWA ON TWITTER AND A "WIDE AWAKE" PREVIEW!

First up, follow me on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/jerwa

And here's a "Wide Awake" teaser image!

As we prepare for the launch of the WIDE AWAKE webcomic, I'll be sharing various production and promotional art pieces. This particular image is from regular series artist Mirco Pierfederici and features our lead character Amanda Carter in a tastefully vulnerable state. May be NSFW for mild artistic nudity.

(The webcomic will be PG-13 most of the time, FYI.)

http://wideawakeonline.com/gallery/


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March 07

20 QUESTIONS AT COMICS SPOTLIGHT
http://comicsspotlight.blogspot.com/2009/03/20-questions-with-brandon-jerwa.html

This fantastically in-depth interview is very different from the press I've been doing of late. You won't catch me talking about how awesome my book-of-the-week is, but you might just gain some insight into who I am and where I come from. If you're into that...





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February 28

WonderCon '09: John Layman on Debuting 'Chew'

By Matt Brady
posted: 27 February 2009 06:16 pm ET

Readers who’ve followed the writing career of John Layman are used to his creator-owned ideas being kind of...out there.

While the corporate mascot gone very, very wrong story of Puffed and Stay Puffed went into their own land of...different, this June, Layman, with artist Rob Guillory are looking to move the goalpost a little further with Chew, a police procedural starring a “quirky” investigator that makes Monk’s Adrian Monk look just as normal as anyone you’d pass on the street.

We’d best let Layman take it from here, as we’re not well-acquainted with the legalities and liabilities of this kind of story and who can be held responsible for what.

Click here for the rest.
Click the thumbnail below to enlarge.

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February 17

New interview at www.generalsjoes.com

 

Justin Bell is one of a handful of truly active and loyal G.I. Joe fans who take on the serious responsibility of maintaining an insightful web presence for the fans at www.generalsjoes.com – offering toy reviews, editorial articles and much more.

He surprised me recently with a really in-depth set of interview questions, resulting in what may just be my longest interview ever. We discuss my feelings on G.I. Joe in its many forms - comics, toys and movies; past, present and future - and touch on some non-Joe topics as well.
You can read the end result by clicking on the link!

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February 03

Get To Know Two Guys That I Approve Of

 

 

Joe Rybandt (seen here with his two “life partners”) is my editor at Dynamite, and literally one of my favorite people on the planet. If I never write another book for them again as long as I live, I'll be content in the knowledge that I :

1) worked with a great editor who valued and respected my work;

and

2) made a friend for life.

This interview offers some insight into the man, the myth, the miracle...that is...JOE RYBANDT. Check it out.

 

 

Andrew Modeen (seen here, shaken but not stirred) was a HUGE help to me in preparing HIGHLANDER ORIGINS: THE KURGAN - he gathered existing media for reference, helped me reconcile timelines throughout history and was a fantastic devil's advocate as things were coming together.

 

Jen Contino of THE PULSE talks to him about the project, his love of Highlander and his own creative ambitions. Check it out, too!

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January 30

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: GHOSTS #1 commentary at Comic Book Resources!

 

 

Here's another commentary article from yours truly. This time around, I'm taking a look at BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: GHOSTS # 1 at Comic Book Resources.

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January 28

JANUARY NEWS CATCH-UP: Because I fell behind just a tiny bit…

 

Good gravy, there’s been so much to share over the last ten days or so. Rather than part it out into bite-sized chunks as per the usual, we’re going to put it all on one big plate! Dig in and dig IT:

 

XENA vs. ARMY OF DARKNESS: WHAT, AGAIN? #4 (of 4) is out now. There’s a preview at the link!

 

Brandon talks to MTV about HIGHLANDER ORIGINS: THE KURGAN

 

Brandon is formally announced as a guest at Highlander Worldwide 9
WHEN: 24th to 26th April 2009
WHERE: The WESTIN HOTEL LAX
5400 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045, United States

 

Pop Culture Zoo reviews HIGHLANDER ORIGINS: THE KURGAN #1

 

Geek Goggle examines HIGHLANDER ORIGINS: THE KURGAN # 1

 

The Philadelphia Daily News gives KURGAN a glowing review

 

Comic Addiction shows THE KURGAN some love

 

THE KURGAN gets reviewed by Stranded In Stereo

 

Brandon offers up a “director’s commentary” for THE KURGAN #1 at Comic Book Resources

 

I think that about covers it. And isn’t that enough?

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