Comics have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. As a kid I would go to Bob’s Waban News, where Bob would let kids behind the counter to pick out their own candy and grab comics from the one spinny rack in the front window. I’d buy Spectacular Spiderman and a watermelon Slush Puppy (iykyk). I remember buying Peter Parker Spiderman #84 in 1997, and the beauty of Romita’s line work. I spent hours trying to learn how to draw comics (I still do, on occasion), first with that Klutz book that came with four markers. All of this is to say that to create a comic has been a lifelong pipe-dream, and one I never thought would come to fruition in such an incredible way, if at all.
2 years ago my friend and partner, the amazing
@jon.silk introduced me to the legendary
@rickremender . Rick, arguably one of the greatest living writers of comics, not only put his faith in me that a complete rookie could write a book, but surrounded me with a world-class art team, the full support of
@imagecomics , and the creative freedom to tell this story. For a partner in crime, I was paired with the peerless
@francesco.mobili , who has blessed me with his generational talent, patience, and passion for the two years it has taken to bring this book to life. Color by
@chrischuckry and letters by
@ruswooton is an embarrassment of riches. Having variant covers by
@yanickpaquette ,
@bengalgram and
@dikeruan feels surreal.
I could not be prouder of THE TIN CAN SOCIETY. It is a deeply human, often heartbreaking, always soulful look at power—who has it, who doesn’t, and what happens when that shifts. It’s about the power of the abled, the power of the wealthy, the power of the white, the power of the famous, and, in the face of all of that, the power of old friendship to weather it. This is a superhero story unlike any other, and one that I hope will make a large audience feel reflected and seen.
The first of nine issues hits shelves in September, and I hope you’ll check it out.
And huge thank you to
@photocallmusic for sharing this photo of himself looking fresh to death at Bob’s Waban News, a place which is now lost to history, but not to memory.
