081500: PopPreview- AVIGON
Jimmie Robinson bring's Che Gilson's dark world to Image.

Coming this October is a very cool new stand alone graphic novel, AVIGON, from Image Comics. It's a very different type of story, that will definately appeal to fans of books like GLOOM COOKIE and I FEEL SICK. Probably the most interesting part of the book is how it came into existence. Originally written and drawn as a series of Mini-Comics by California artist Che Gilson, AVIGON is actually an adaptation of that series by CYBERZONE and EVIL & MALICE creator Jimmie Robinson. The story goes that Jimmie and Che were long-time friends, and Che having some wrist surgery prevented her from writing, and completing her story. Jimmie, who was really taken with the story, just started adapting the story, and about half-way in called up Che to tell her about it, and see what she thought. She must have liked it, because this October you can pick up Avigon from your Local Comic Shop. Having seen the artwork, I don't think there was ever a chance she wouldn't... :)

A slight caveat... I was lucky enough to be the colourist on Jimmie's last series from Image, THE ADVENTURES OF EVIL & MALICE. On top of that, I think Jimmie is probably the nicest guy in all of comics, so I'm probably not what you would call "un-biased" in my activism. That said, the book really does look great, and I hope you'll pick it up.