The Martian Confederacy Blog

Toxic air. Bloodthirsty politicians. Drinking bears.

The Dukes of Hazzard meeting Noam Chomsky

Posted by jasonmcnamara on May 12, 2008

Graeme McMillan and I have a good old time talking about the Martian Confederacy on the io9 site. We cast the Martian Confederacy film, discuss the role of realism in comics and identify science fiction as a living language. Check it out

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Mars Interview and Solicitation

Posted by jasonmcnamara on April 28, 2008

MARTIAN CONFEDERACY GN VOL 1 REDNECKS RED PLANET

The Martian Confederacy is featured in the recently released July edition of Previews.  The Diamond Order Code is MAY083907

J.K. Parkin and I kick off the Martian solicitation with a rollicking interview on the Newsarama blog. I reveal what its like to work with Paige and what inspired me to write the Martian Confederacy. Check it out!

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Mid-air collisions and shower scenes

Posted by paige on April 26, 2008

Land sharks on Mars!

Bounty hunter takes aim…

Mid-air conflict…

Steamy shower scene….

Juicy bits from pages 82-92 of The Martian Confederacy.

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Some interesting panels in progress

Posted by paige on April 17, 2008

Detail from page 74: the big boom

Detail from page 75: Lou is in trouble

Detail from page 76: Unconscious and bleeding


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LOU469 (aka: Lou)

Posted by paige on April 2, 2008

I thought I’d upload a couple of pages featuring Lou. Who I love. These pages are not in order. Just glimpses of Lou. This is page 20.

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This is page 26:

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Podcast interview

Posted by jasonmcnamara on March 27, 2008

I was recently interviewed by Tim at Deconstructing Comics. We had a rollicking conversation about the Martian Confederacy, my previous books, the state of independent comic books and a why Spider-Man will probably never get caught in a mens room with George Michaels. Listen in!

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Original art from Mars

Posted by paige on March 26, 2008

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Jason and I (pictured here at Wondercon) have been working on the Martian Confederacy for over a year now… I had various art projects (Jane’s World) that slowed down the art production process. I take full responsibility for the slow down… BUT I wanted to start posting some of the original scanned art on our blog. I don’t want to give away spoilers for the book so certain pages I can’t show… also, the final book will be in color (Brian Miller is currently working on that). So this book is really a team effort. It’s been a real change for me working with a writer, but it’s been a terrific experience and I can’t wait to start on The Martian Confederacy Vol. 2!

Enjoy these first art postings… more to come…

First up… opening sequences of the book.

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Spinner runs into some trouble on page 67…

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And on page 70 Boone straps on some extra equipment for a new kind of voyage…

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WonderCon memories

Posted by jasonmcnamara on February 25, 2008

Much thanks to all the WonderCon attendees that made it so much fun to appear. I handed out postcards and talked up a Martian Confederacy storm. Our preview pages were worn out by the Sunday afternoon. JK Parkin from Newsarama stopped and we had a fun discussion about…well just about everything. He was also nice enough to plug Martian Confederacy on the Newsarama blog. Check it out.

Jason McNamara, Matt Silady and Omaha Perez

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Wondercon in SF

Posted by paige on February 22, 2008

Hey, if you happen to be wondering around Wondercon in SF this weekend stop by and say hello. Jason McNamara will be at table AA90, the Wondercon home for Writers Old Fashioned. Swing by and pick up a cool, full-color post card with artwork from The Martian Confederacy. Enjoy the show!

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Lou crash lands on the Martian surface

Posted by paige on February 20, 2008

I mentioned in my previous post about The Martian Confederacy that there was a third member of the “confederacy.” Well, she’s Lou… the hot, sassy, tri-sexual android who will be gracing the cover.

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Cover art by Paige Braddock

Cover color by Brian Miller

Logo design by Blambot 

and of course, story by the insanely witty Jason McNamara

 

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