Neil Young’s Greendale – UPDATED
Originally posted June 9, 2010. After more than 4 years in the making, Neil Young’s Greendale goes on sale today in comic shops. It’s hard to believe that I’ve spent nearly 2 years working in some form on this book, and it’s now finally in print, available for people to read and hopefully enjoy. I’ve talked about this project quite a bit in the last few weeks, mostly to newspapers and websites which I’ll link to in the coming days, and there’s not much left for me to say that you can’t read somewhere else. So I’d like to simply express my gratitude and admiration for all my collaborators. Thanks to Karen and Pornsak for their generosity and patience, to Josh for his energy and collaborative spirit, to Todd and Dave for their skill and experience, to Pamela and David for their tireless efforts, and lastly, to Neil for his vision. It’s been an honor.
Greendale will be available in comic stores this week, and in bookstores on June 15th. Please come back tomorrow, when I’ll post some of the character sketches I did in preparation for the book.
There will be a special Greendale signing and art show on Friday, June 18 at Rocketship in Brooklyn.
New York Times readers, you might be looking for these 12 Inch Remix pieces mentioned in the article.
NEWS UPDATES:
- The New York Times interview with Neil, Josh and me.
- Wired’s article on Greendale.
- We made a Greendale playlist for Largehearted Boy.
- The Huffington Post has an exclusive 13 page preview.
- Newsarama has put up 2 interviews with Josh and me.
- CBR interviews Josh. I’d definitely draw a Bowie book!
- Techland posts a 3 page preview.
- Comics Alliance previews another 3 pages.
- Amazing reviews from The Seattle Times, Sundance Channel, CBR, CraveOnline, and Newsarama.
June 15th, 2010 | Posted under Greendale
Comments: 12
Comments
Comment from Erica
Time: June 9, 2010, 9:07 am
This sounds really different, in a cool and interesting way. I’ll be checking it out. How could I not! Its got Cliff Chiang art!!
Comment from Cliff
Time: June 9, 2010, 9:59 am
Thanks, Erica!
Comment from Ben Huang
Time: June 9, 2010, 10:16 am
Congratulations, Cliff! The preview copy you had at Heroes looked stunning. I’ll definitely be picking up a copy today at my LCS.
Comment from ramon
Time: June 9, 2010, 5:04 pm
Got it this morning. It looks so awesome. I have not read it yet but just opening it up and flipping through it was incredible. Love how it was colored to look like it was an old printing with “faded” ink and yellowed paper. Just the overall design of this thing is so classy. Look forward to reading it.
Comment from Cliff
Time: June 9, 2010, 5:08 pm
Thanks, Ramon. I try to keep things classy, in spite of my worst instincts!
Comment from Adam Richards
Time: June 12, 2010, 3:03 pm
Cliff, that page of Sun dancing in front of the band is just amazing!
Comment from JMann
Time: June 12, 2010, 5:28 pm
Wonderful book, Cliff!
I loved the art, and the colors give it a timeless look.just beautiful.
Will you be selling your original artwork for this book?
Comment from Cliff
Time: June 15, 2010, 1:56 am
Thanks, Adam! Drawing characters dancing is always tricky, so I’m glad you liked that one.
JMann, still trying to decide whether to sell the art yet. Thanks for the interest!
Comment from Gino Collins
Time: June 16, 2010, 10:57 am
Dammit, you’re gonna make me look past my hatred of Neil Young and pick this up aren’t you? I can never pass up your art. *sigh*
-Gino
Comment from Colin
Time: June 17, 2010, 1:36 pm
Congrats, Cliff!! Nice to see you getting some much deserved acclaim.
Comment from Patrick Herman
Time: June 17, 2010, 2:52 pm
Hi Cliff,
I second Colin’s emotion with regard to your deserved acclaim. This weekend will be quite the busy one for me. I intend to appear at your Rocketship store appearance, a small convention in Jersey on Saturday and another signing at Midtown comics late Monday afternoon. Wish I could afford to live in New York.
Anyway….The real reason I decided to drop you a line today is to ask a couple of questions.
1) Regarding the store appearance….I know that you typically charge a premium fee on convention sketches, but I’m wondering…I’m planning to bring two hardcovers- Greendale and the latest Gotham Central- and am curious to know if you’d be willing to do a couple head sketches in my books if asked politely?
2) With regard to that beautiful Zatana sketch you did at Heroes con….Tell us about the rabbit, Cliff…Yes, I fully realize that my little reference to Of Mice and Men was a real groaner, but couldn’t resist it. Back to the subject at hand…When I met you at N.C., you stopped sketching that piece in order to sign a handful of books. When I commented about the size of the rabbit in the illustration, you told me that it was based upon something you’d come across on You Tube. As I have a gazillion things to do today-as I am sure that you do as well!!!- and simply don’t have the time to do it myself, I’m wondering if you or another one your enterprising you blog followers might track down and post a link to the video in question?
See you tomorrow night, Cliff. Thanks for your continued kindness to your readers throughout your creative career.
Sincerely,
Patrick Herman
Comment from Javier Cuevas
Time: July 10, 2010, 9:22 am
Hi Cliff.
I goy my copy and read it this week.
What a wonderful art inside! Everything works and look great.
I love the way the colors help the story..
Congrats again!!
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