"Far Arden" Origins

Powells guest blogger Kevin Cannon details the origins of his graphic novel, "Far Arden," with an illustrated post here.

Pre-order "Far Arden" here.

"Blotchmen" 24 Hour Comic

Check out Kevin Cannon's full Blotchmen story at his blog Freshman For Life

The Architecturons

Read Kevin Cannon's contribution to the upcoming Ghost Comics anthology,"The Architecturons," here.

More about the Ed Moorman's Xeric- winning Ghost Comics here.

Golden Wing versus The Freezer

Check out Zander Cannon's 2008 24 hour comic here and you can get a behind the scenes commentary of the comic's creation here. It was really fun to hear about his writing method:

As with every year, I decided on a genre (this year, a superhero thriller), and then drew a Pictionary card to determine the plot points. This year, the card had the following words to be made into a plot:

Wing

Freezer

Brainwashing

Fig Leaf

White

Spoiler warning- he uses the Eastman variation! And it's so worth it!

Also be sure to check out Zander and Kevin's 144 hour graphic novel challenge- 12 pages in 12 hours, once a month for a year. I think it goes without saying that these guys are hardcore.

Cannon comes back for Moore

Zander Cannon's rough layout with Todd Klein's lettering

Top 10 lives! I haven't read any official announcement for "Top 10 season 2" but artist Gene Ha states, "I've started work on writer [and layout artist] Zander Cannon's new Top 10 series. My run will be at least four issues." Letterer Todd Klein confirms that it's been in the works since 2006 on his blog. This is exciting stuff- I'm glad to hear that the original team is back working on the book (sans Alan Moore, of course).

I never read it but the Top 10 mini-series without the original creative team always seemed a bit sacrilegious to me.

TOP 10 SEASON TWO #3 (OF 4), art by Gene Ha

Update 09.21.08- Thanks to Gene Ha for directing me to the DC comics page for Top 10 season 2! Can't wait for October 1st! I'm still stunned that a bigger deal hasn't been made yet...

Big Time Attic, Big Time Blog

Check out the blog of Zander Cannon and his cohorts at Big Time Attic here. It features a recurring comic (complete with recurring panels) and helpful tips about creating comics.

Zander Cannon bio here.