Upcoming Appearances for Oct and Nov.

Appearances!  I've got three events coming up in the next few weeks, here's a quick rundown.

October 23, 2011 (Sat)
Book signing at Acadiana Comics
From 1 to 3 pm
2506 Johnston Street
Lafayette, LA 70503-3238
(337) 234-9639

October 29, 2011 (Sat)
Panel Discussion and Book Signing

Pens and Pistols: A Roundtable featuring today’s Crime Comic All-Stars Panel discussion focusing on Crime Comics with special guests Howard Chaykin (Black Kiss), Kody Chamberlain (Sweets: A New Orleans Crime Story), and Victor Gischler (Punisher Max). 

Panel discussion at 2pm followed by a book signing at 3:15pm
State Museum, Auditorium - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
660 North 4th Street, Baton Rouge, LA, US
http://www.louisianabookfestival.org

November 11, 12, & 13 (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Austin Comic Con
Austin Convention Center
500 East Cesar Chavez Street
Austin, TX 78701
http://www.wizardworldcomiccon.com/home-tx.html
http://www.austinconventioncenter.com

We're close to locking down a book signing in Dallas for December. Details soon.

Bookstore release!

I'm VERY happy to announce the release of the paperback edition of SWEETS: A New Orleans Crime Story to all major bookstores around the globe.

If you'd like to purchase the printed paperback edition of SWEETS at your local comic shop, use this handy Comic Shop Locator.

You can also buy the book online or in person at your favorite bookseller:

• Amazon
• Abe Books
• Alibris
• Barnes & Noble
• Books·A·Million
• Forbidden Planet (UK)
• Indie Bound
• InStockTrades
• Midtown Comics
• My Comic Shop
• Powell's
• TFAW

You can also read the entire SWEETS graphic novel on your computer or mobile device, or sample the first chapter of SWEETS for FREE on ComiXology.

Accolades:

SWEETS earned a 4.25 out of 5 on Goodreads!

Winner of the 2011 Spinetingler Award for Best Mystery/Crime Comic or Graphic Novel.

Have a look at some of the reviews.

Interviews galore!

Three new interviews to report. First, a MASSIVE interview with Newsarama about my entire creative process. Anyone that's ever wondered about my step-by-step comic-making process should read this one, it's jam packed with info.

Second, MTV Geek has a slightly shorter interview up about Sweets and Punks, and the upcoming relaunch of Punks through MTV on their geek imprint. Some good info here about what's coming up in the next few months.

Third, a detailed audio interview with Amber over at Comic Book Page. This one goes into great detail about process, philosophy, and more. Worth a listen.

And if you missed this one posted earlier this month, I did an interview with On The Page screenwriting podcast with Pilar Alessandra, who happens to host one of my favorite podcasts on the subject of creative writing. I like the podcast so much, I actually hired Pilar to consult on the original Sweets script before I started drawing. HUGE help, and I think the story improved greatly because of it. And buy her book The Coffee Break Screenwriter, it's awesome.

SWEETS is Previews Pick of the Month from Comic Geek Speak!

"A phenomenal graphic masterpiece"
— Comic Geek Speak

News, and more news.

Lots of stuff going on these last few weeks, here are a few highlights:

The first issue of Sweets is now FREE on ComiXology, grab a copy and see what everyone's been talking about.

I'm thrilled to announce I just received a very nice foreword for the Sweets trade paperback (collected edition) from comic book legend Duncan Fegredo! This really made my day. If you're not familiar with Fegredo's work, pick up the new issue of Hellboy that hit last week, I highly recommend you pick some up today, and since it happens to be new comic Wednesday at your local comic shop, pick up the new issue of Hellboy that came out last week.

I recently did a new audio interview with Comic Book Page Podcast, hosted by Elizabeth Amber. Give it a listen. Please note, There are a few strange stuttering pauses during the conversation, that's just a little bug in the recording process and we had to restart a few times.

Kody goes On The Page!

While visiting Los Angeles about two weeks ago, I was asked to be a guest on the 'On The Page' podcast, one of my favorite screenwriting podcasts. Give it a listen (episode 193), and don't forget to subscribe free on iTunes, it's the bombdiggity.

SWEETS just won the Spinetingler Award!

Wow, SWEETS just won the Spinetingler Award! thanks to everyone that voted, there was some very stiff competition in that category including a few books that outsold Sweets by a significant margin. I think they did a damn fine job picking out some of the top crime books on the shelf today, I actually read (or have read) the bulk of these. And it was a real pleasure to see my pals Fialkov and Johnson on that list, but I figured none of us had a chance against Darwyn Cooke. I owe all of you a great big hug.

Dark Rain by Mat Johnson and Simon Gane (Vertigo Comics)
The Executor by Jon Evans and Andrea Mutti (Vertigo Crime)
Greek Street by Peter Milligan and David Gianfelice (Vertigo Comics)
Last Days of American Crime by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini (Radical Publishing)
Parker: The Outfit by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Pug by Derek McCulloch and Greg Espinoza (Image Comics)
Sam and Twitch: The Writer by Luca Blengino and Luca Erbetta (Image Comics)
Scalped by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo Comics)
Sweets by Kody Chamberlain (Image Comics)
Tumor by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia Studios Press)

—Kody