Online and Print publications. http://www.activeimages.com Issue #21 is in some ways a direct sequel to our first issue , in that it picks up on the stories of Elephantman Ebony Hide and his human friend, Savannah. Having said that, it's an action packed, pulls-no-punches story with Totally Kick Ass artwork by our regular cover artist Boo Cook, and this story sows the seeds of our next big storyline, QUESTIONABLE THINGS. It's a great jump on point for new readers or people who've been sticking to the trades because they are afraid to jump in the middle of an ongoing story. I'm so glad we're overshipping this particular issue because I want it to get into as many people's hands as possible... We've sold out of EVERY issue since #16 -- the Marian Churchland issues were a huge hit -- and our numbers have been holding very steady since we returned to our regular monthly schedule with our series of standalone stories, DANGEROUS LIAISONS. I envision ten hefty ELEPHANTMEN collections by the time we're done, so readers have a lot to look forward to. Moritat returns as regular artist with issue #23 , as Hip Flask and Ebony are forced to deal with a MAPPO sleeper cell which seeks to reactivate the Elephantmen as the weapons of mass destruction they intended them to be! We also have knockout covers by J Scott Campbell and Steve Skroce, and a couple of other big surprises in the months to come. Watch this space! -- Rich September 4, 2009 http://www.hipflask.com/issues/elephantmen21/cover_150.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20090904_01 ELEPHANTMEN creators Richard Starkings, Moritat and JG Roshell will be at Comicraft's usual spot in the Independent Publisher's Pavilion -- booth 2106 , just across from DC Comics. Comicraft will be premiering the new Image Comics trade paperback DAMAGED GOODS -- collecting Marian Churchland's SOLD OUT issues of ELEPHANTMEN and featuring an exclusive signed and numbered print by Marian -- as well as copies of the new ELEPHANTMEN VOLUME 2 hardcover FATAL DISEASES. Moritat will be sketching on request alongside a number of special guests. Stop by the Elephantmen booth to find out who! Plus -- free posters, buttons, fridge magnets and tattoos! July 14, 2009 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20090714_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20090714_01 Image Comics reports that, after a number of hiccups in the scheduling of ELEPHANTMEN in 2008, the book is back on track for 2009. "I'd really like to thank retailers, podcasters and online reviewers for continuing to give our book so much incredible support," says Richard Starkings , ELEPHANTMEN writer and creator, "We're very proud of the WAR TOYS mini series we launched last year and so happy to see it at the very top of the 2008 Power Rankings on Newsarama and rubbing shoulders with more established books on CBR's Top 100 books of 2008 . Nevertheless, we're anxious to repeat the 12 issues in twelve months track record we established in our first year, and I'm happy to report that we already have five of this year's issues in the can!" "ELEPHANTMEN #15, which wraps up the WORLDS COLLIDE storyline, is shipping a week later than we expected, but due to a printing error rather than the interim creative team of Ian Churchill and Boo Cook! Marian Churchland , who has already completed full colour art for issues #18 and #20 is currently working on #19, and Moritat , who is recovering from gall bladder surgery, is working on a special framing sequence for issue #17 before returning to the book for issues #22 and 23!" Here's the ELEPHANTMEN schedule through to July -- mark your calendars: JANUARY 21ST: ELEPHANTMEN #15 by Starkings, Ian Churchill, Boo Cook & Steve Buccellato, cover by Boo Cook, flip cover by Tim Sale & Dave Stewart FUNGICIDE! The spore war ends, but not without casualties. Plus: STILL LIFE -- Steve Buccellato illustrates the introduction of Vanity Case; Hip Flask's life will never be the same! More info >> FEBRUARY: ELEPHANTMEN #16 By Richard Starkings & Chris Burnham. Cover by Boo Cook, SLEEZE flip cover by Lanning & Hine DARK HEART A woman from The Silencer's past has tracked him down to Los Angeles. She knows all the Silencer's secrets... except one! Plus: THE SLEEZE BROTHERS by John Carnell and Andy Lanning. Digitally remastered! More info >> MARCH: ELEPHANTMEN #17 By Richard Starkings, Moritat & Rob Steen. Cover by Rob Steen, variant cover by Erik Larsen & Boo Cook THE MONSTER IS LOOSE! Freed from his lonely prison cell, the Elephantman known as Tusk wanders aimlessly along the dark avenues and alleyways of Mystery City... until he is taken into the care of another lost soul, and then his problems truly begin... More info >> APRIL: ELEPHANTMEN #18 By Richard Starkings & Marian Churchland, cover by J. Scott Campbell with Boo Cook, variant pencil cover by J. Scott Campbell BAD GIRL Hiromi Kiyoko -- Miki -- is intent on finding out Hip Flask's deepest darkest secrets... but Miki and her mother, Keiko, have some secrets of their own. More info >> MAY: ELEPHANTMEN #19 By Richard Starkings & Marian Churchland, cover by Ian Churchill with Boo Cook, variant pencil cover by Ian Churchill DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL The story of Sahara. More info >> JUNE: ELEPHANTMEN #20 By Richard Starkings & Marian Churchland, cover by Marian Churchland, variant cover by Ladrönn & Boo Cook STAR BRIGHT Girl meets Elephantman. Girl falls for Elephantman. Elephantman loses perspective... More info >> JULY: ELEPHANTMEN #21 By Richard Starkings & Boo Cook, cover by Boo Cook KILL KILL KILL Ebony prepares to spend a quiet day at home... but a MAPPO sleeper cell has other plans for him. More info >> January 13, 2009 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20090113_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20090113_01 Our friends at GoComics/UClick have converted the first issue of Elephantmen to an iPhone Application. Features: • Intuitive design & controls • Screens and panels tailored for the iPhone • Easy-to-use "tap" and "swipe" navigation Get issue #1 now from the iTunes App Store for just 99c! December 22, 2008 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20081222_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20081222_01 On Saturday and Sunday, look for Richard at the IMAGE COMICS booth at the BALTIMORE COMIC-CON! English chocolate still applicable. And be sure to catch the IMAGE COMICS SHOW from 12pm-1pm in Earth 53 (upstairs, room 307) See Richard, along with Robert Kirkman (WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE), Erik Larsen (SAVAGE DRAGON, IMAGE UNITED), Jimmy Palmiotti (Back to Brooklyn, The Pro), featuring the public debut of all-new IMAGE UNITED art, along with many other announcements, surprises, and giveaways! Saturday, Sept. 27 and Sunday, September 28 Baltimore Convention Center One West Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 http://www.comicon.com/baltimore/ September 24, 2008 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20080924_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20080924_01 Clickwheel LTD is proud to announce a new addition to its premium roster in ELEPHANTMEN. True to it's Sci-Fi themes, ELEPHANTMEN and Starkings are eager to help Clickwheel push the boundaries of comics as we know them: "I've been interested in CLICKWHEEL since Tim set up the site," says ELEPHANTMEN and HIP FLASK writer/creator Richard Starkings. "Of all the sites that approached COMICRAFT with the whole 'iTunes for comics deal', it seemed clear that CLICKWHEEL had the cleanest, best designed user interface, and as 'Purveyors of Unique Design and Fine Lettering' the presentation of a download site is obviously going to be important to us. Plus -- Tim didn't even approach me, he got my attention just by doing a good job, what a concept! When Tim added 2000AD to CLICKWHEEL I realized that we were more than a perfect match -- I've often said in interviews that ELEPHANTMEN is the strip I would have contributed to 2000AD had I ever had the opportunity. 2000AD's founding fathers, John Wagner and Pat Mills were a huge influence on me and we even share cover artist Boo Cook from time to time!" "Tim and I have been working out the logistics of posting ELEPHANTMEN on CLICKWHEEL for the last couple or three months but now the contracts are signed, the ink is dry, the hands have been shaken, the tees crossed and the eyes dotted and... I'm sorry, I'm drifting... ELEPHANTMEN will be available for download every month on CLICKWHEEL for just $1.99 an issue. Every ad, every letters page, all the back up features and indicias will be included -- everything except the staples, and Tim tells me he's working on making small pieces of bent rusty metal downloadable even as I speak." Tim Demeter, Clickwheel Editor in Chief adds: "I lettered my very first comic with Comicraft fonts and it's a true honor to be working with Rich. I'm really excited about this for a lot of reasons, none the least being that ELEPHANTMEN is a great book. It's the type of quality we want people to think of when they think of Clickwheel. I'm also happy to announce that ELEPHANTMEN is the first of many, many new comics to come at Clickwheel in the coming weeks." ELEPHANTMEN is available monthly at http://www.clickwheel.net . One $1.99 purchase earns three formats: PDF, CBR and iPhone formatting. (Via the Clickwheel iPhone reader, available free on the Apple App Store.) Download Elephantmen #1 now at http://www.clickwheel.net/features/254 . September 3, 2008 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20080903_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20080903_01 All of our books and comics are on sale through the end of August! Fill in the holes in your Elephantmen collection or pick up one of the new War Toys or Wounded Animals TPB collections. Get one of Tim Sale's sketchbooks or the beautiful oversized Black And White hardcover . Or pick up a thrilling all-in-one read like Steven Seagle's Solstice and Kafka , or Duncan Rouleau's mind-bending The Nightmarist . Whichever you choose, you'll save 25% during August at Comicrazy.com . August 11, 2008 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20080811_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20080811_01 Those awfully nice, Eisner-Award-nominated chaps at Comicraft, John JG Roshell and Richard No Middle Initials Starkings have a whole bushel of goodies for visitors to their booth in the Independent Publishers' Pavilion (just look down for the red carpet, folks!)... Aside from hot-off-the-presses copies of the ELEPHANTMEN: WAR TOYS and ELEPHANTMEN: WOUNDED ANIMALS trade paperbacks, the latest issue of ELEPHANTMEN (#13) and the Beautiful Deluxe Edition of the Kelly/Bachalo masterpiece CAPTAIN STONEHEART & THE TRUTH FAIRY, look for two show exclusives -- the new TIM SALE sketchbook, HEROES/VILLAINS/BABES and the glorious hardcover edition of David Hine's gothic shocker, STRANGE EMBRACE , which features an exclusive print signed and numbered by Dave. PLUS: Badges, Posters, Postcards and T-Shirts! Signings by ELEPHANTMEN creators, Starkings & Moritat , SPAWN and DISTRICT X writer David Hine and TIM SALE BLACK AND WHITE REVISED & EXPANDED artist, um, Tim Sale! Bring British chocolate to Booth #2106 and don't forget that Comicraft fonts are half price at ComicBookFonts.com for the duration of the show! July 23, 2008 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20080723_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20080723_01 This 104 page paperback collects the three WAR TOYS issues in their entirety, along with an extensive sketchbook by Moritat and Boo Cook. Flash movie trailer >> Desktop picture gallery >> YEAR 2239: Africa and China are at war KILL ZONE: virus-devastated Europe ENTER: MAPPO's soldiers, the Elephantmen Even in the face of blistering resistance, it seems that nothing can stop MAPPO's advance across France to the North. But as Hip Flask comes face to face with the last vestiges of humanity in the frozen Scandinavian wastes, he discovers that only the dead see the end of warfare. Elephantmen: War Toys TPB By Starkings & Moritat Cover by Boo Cook 104pp B&W with 8 page color section for $9.99 Diamond #MAY08 2184 July 17, 2008 http://www.activeimages.com/news/20080717_01.jpg http://www.activeimages.com/index.html#20080717_01