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What’s New @ ARGGH!!! May 1, 2008 Preview Claremont/Byrne UNCANNY X-MEN article! 
Westfield Comics has posted a preview of BACK ISSUE #29. BI editor Michael Eury has selected Al Nickerson’s Claremont/Byrne article for the Preview. Part of the article is excerpted online, with a few images here. BACK ISSUE #29 is scheduled to be on sale in July. April 16, 2008 ARCHIE & FRIENDS #118… 
Hello ARGGHers, ARCHIE AND FRIENDS #118 should be in comic book stores today. As I mentioned before at the P.I.C. NEWS blog, I inked six pages in this issue. Again, I don’t always know where the stories I ink for Archie Comics end up. So, in this case, I’m glad I can let folks know ahead of time. It looks like I’ll be inking parts of ARCHIE AND FRIENDS for a while (as I continue to ink various stories for the Archie digest books; and, as rumor has it, maybe ink some of SONIC X). I inked the first half of issue #119, and I’m waiting for the pencilled pages to issue #120 to ink. I love inking Rex Lindsey’s pencils. So, I’m having a great time with ARCHIE AND FRIENDS. best, Al Nickerson (Chief Creative Director) 
April 9, 2008 Alex Ross covers BACK ISSUE #30! 
Hey ARGGHers, Above is a super-sneak-peek to the cover of BACK ISSUE #30. The cover by Alex Ross features television’s Captain Marvel played by Jackson Bostwick. BACK ISSUE #30 is the "Saturday Morning Heroes" issue which, unfortunately, doesn’t include any articles written by me. Still, this is an awesome cover! The only thing better than Captain Marvel (my all-time favorite super-hero) is Alex Ross artwork of Captain Marvel. For more of BACK ISSUE magazine, stop by TwoMorrows Publishing’s website! best, Al Nickerson (Chief Creative Director) January 5, 2008 Press Release: 
P.I.C. TOONS Studios has launched the P.I.C. Photo Album website. P.I.C. TOONS Studios is an art studio made up of students from the School of Visual Arts. The P.I.C. Photo Album chronicles the long and colorful history of P.I.C. going from a group of SVA students to becoming professional artists. The website depicts life of college students doing what most college students do. Much of which has to do with living at Sloane House, SVA’s old dormitory. November 21, 2007 BACK ISSUE #25 now on sale! 
Press Release: During a recent press conference, Al "Ink-Boy" Nickerson stated, "ROG-2000 is one of my favorite comic book characters. So, I was so pleased to write this article about ROG as well as interview John Byrne, Nick Cuti, and Joe Staton concerning John Byrne’s Bucket of Bolts." BACK ISSUE #25 unchains comics’ "Men of Steel"! Go behind the scenes of Iron Man’s influential ’80s run by BOB LAYTON and DAVID MICHELINIE, and steel yourself for RICH BUCKLER’s first-ever interview about his cyborg creation Deathlok the Demolisher! Also: MIKE GRELL on the Warlord, JOHN BYRNE on ROG 2000 (by Al Nickerson), Charlton’s Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman comics, Marvel’s Machine Man, the FF’s H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot, Superman vs. Brainiac in the World’s Greatest Super-Heroes comic strip, and DC’s Steel, The Indestructible Man. Plus: "Backstage Pass" looks at 1979’s Legends of the Super-Heroes TV specials starring ADAM WEST and BURT WARD! Art by and commentary from JACK KIRBY, BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH, DON HECK, GEORGE TUSKA, and more. With a riveting Iron Man cover by Bob Layton! Edited by MICHAEL EURY. Includes a FREE Preview of DRAW! 15! November 7, 2007 JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #39 now on sale! 
Written by Sholly Fisch; Art by Gordon Purcell and Al Nickerson; Cover by Zach Howard. Gorilla City is missing, and the world's greatest sleuth is on the case: Detective Chimp! Johnny DC | 32pg. | Color | $2.25 US September 22, 2007 THE GIANT SIZED JOHNNY RAYGUN / SAVAGE DRAGON FULL COLOR TEAM-UP! 
Howdy gang, It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of the JOHNNY RAYGUN comic. So, when (cartoonist extraordinaire) Rich Woodall asked me if Nihilist-Man could be part of THE GIANT SIZED JOHNNY RAYGUN / SAVAGE DRAGON FULL COLOR TEAM-UP, I responded with a resounding, "Heck, yeah"! 
Nihilist-Man’s cameo appearance in THE GIANT SIZED JOHNNY RAYGUN / SAVAGE DRAGON FULL COLOR TEAM-UP. 
Besides the Savage Dragon, Johnny Raygun, and Nihilist-Man, other characters appearing in the comic include Buzzboy, Invincible, the Moth, and the Goon. What sort of impact does Rich Woodall think Nihilist-Man has made on THE GIANT SIZED JOHNNY RAYGUN / SAVAGE DRAGON FULL COLOR TEAM-UP? "Well, he helped train some Raygun Agents, so overall, I'm guessin' he was a big part of saving the world... once again!", states Woodall. 
THE GIANT SIZED JOHNNY RAYGUN / SAVAGE DRAGON FULL COLOR TEAM-UP is written and penciled by Rich Woodall, inked by Ken McFarlane, and lettered by Matt Talbot. I don’t know who’s coloring this baby. And the comic will be hitting comic book stores in early 2008. Some JOHNNY RAYGUN links: JOHNNY RAYGUN’S website Rich Woodall's blog best, Al Nickerson (Chief Creative Director) September 14, 2007 LETHARGiC LAD: TOPICS OF UNCLEAR IMPORTANCE now on sale! 
The new Lethargic Lad trade paperback, LETHARGiC LAD: TOPICS OF UNCLEAR IMPORTANCE, is now on sale exclusively at LethargicLad.com! TOPICS OF UNCLEAR INPORTANCE contains 184 pages and prints pretty much all of the ll.com strips featured on-line since April 2000. That's over 370 Lethargic Lad strips, with material that has already been featured in the three Lethargic Lad Annuals, and material that has never seen print before. Also, the books contains all the Lethargic Lad's Rogues Gallery comics, that were originally featured in DORK TOWER. Copies of LETHARGiC LAD: TOPICS OF UNCLEAR IMPORTANCE are $25.00 with shipping included to anywhere in Canada or the U.S. Lethargic Lad creator Greg Hyland states that, "John Kovalic and I decided that we will do this book instead of the Jumbo-Sized Annual this year. It's been nice to have all this material in one book. It's basically everything I've done with Lethargic Lad from the last seven years. Fans have been asking for a book that reprinted the DORK TOWER strips, and LL Annual #1 & 2 are almost sold out, so this was the right thing to do." At a recent press conference, Al (Ink-Boy) Nickerson pointed out that, "LETHARGiC LAD: TOPICS OF UNCLEAR IMPORTANCE will also include Greg Hyland’s amazing chapter of "Crossover Classics". That alone would make me purchase this wonderful collection of comics." September 7, 2007 Talks on comic book Creator’s Rights continue as we look at our past. Over at the Creator’s Rights forum, you can link up to and download an audio interview that was recorded for the Comics Journal. Here, Gary Groth (THE COMICS JOURNAL), Scott McCloud (MAKING COMICS), and Steve Bissette (SWAMP THING and TYRANT) discuss the Creator’s Bill of Rights. I like this recent (and very true) comment from Mr. Bissette’s blog: "It's the complacency of many of my peers and the generations since 1990 that has led us down this 21st Century path, where work-for-hire and Vertigo contracts are still a sorry status quo." best, Al Nickerson (Chief Creative Director) August 7, 2007 NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 now on sale! 
NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 is now available at finer comic book stores everywhere. If your retailer hasn’t ordered copies, the book is listed in the June issue of PREVIEWS. The code is JUN073801. As we mentioned previously, you can also purchase online your copy of NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 here. For a preview of NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1, go here. NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 collects several stories featuring Nihilist-Man joining forces with the world’s greatest super-heroes including E-Man, Nova Kane, Lethargic Lad, Buzzboy, Hunter, Him, and Iago. NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1 is brought to you be Joe Staton, Al Nickerson, Michael Kornstein, Greg Hyland, Fernando Ruiz, Brandon J. Carr, John Gallagher, Steve Remen and Nick Cuti. Thanks for the support. 
March 29, 2007 The Pulse has an interview with me. Stop by, read the interview, and let us know what ya thought of the interview. In the interview, I discuss NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1. best, Al Nickerson (Chief Creative Director) February 2, 2007 
In honor of the soon-to-be-released NIHILIST-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS #1, famed illustrator and P.I.C. Toons Studios artist, Stephen Provenzano drew his interpretation of Nihilist-Man. It's like "All Star Nihilist-Man" or "Ultimate Nihilist-Man"! November 3, 2005 
Also, everyone's favorite Nihilist-Man will be making an appearance in the Savage Dragon/Johnny Raygun special. Stay tuned for future details! 
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