PUNK DRUNK CHRISTMAS 2: APOCALYPTIC BOOGALOO poster

Poster for an upcoming punk show, colors by Allen Passalaqua. Thanks to the Thundering Asteroids! for asking us!

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

My piece in a series of movie posters for a Studio Ghibli retrospective coming up at the NW Film Center.

SPELL CHECKERS vol. 2 - preview up at Amazon

Spell Checkers, vol. 2: Sons of a Preacher Man is being printed right now and it's hitting stores at the end of September. It's written by Jamie S. Rich, illustrated by Nicolas Hitori de, with flashbacks by myself. I also drew the cover, which was colored by Kimball Davis. Oni Press is publishing it.

Amazon has a short preview in their "Look Inside" area.

Give it a look, and order it from their site, or your local book seller or comic book shop.

HOUSE OF NIGHT #1 solicited for November

This is what I am currently working on. Each issue has two stories, one drawn by me, the other by Karl Kerschl. It's being published by Dark Horse Comics.

New series—$1.00 first issue!

HOUSE OF NIGHT #1 (of 5)
Kent Dalian (W), P. C. Cast (W), Kristin Cast (W), Joëlle Jones (A), Karl Kerschl (A), Jenny Frison (Cover), and Steve Morris (Variant cover)
On sale Nov 9
FC, 32 pages
$1.00
Miniseries

Until recently, Zoey Redbird was an average high-school student worrying about grades, boys, and breakouts. But priorities have a way of changing when you are marked as a vampyre, enroll in the vampyre academy House of Night, and have to figure out a whole new social hierarchy, affinities for elemental magic, and physiological changes that make you crave blood.

- The magical world of New York Times best-selling authors P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast comes to comics!
- Five million novels sold and legions of loyal fans!

SPELL CHECKERS vol. 2 - black-and-white cover

Here is the original line art for the next Spell Checkers:



You can see Kimball Gray Davis' color version at the Oni Press website. They are solicting the book for September.

Spell Checkers, Vol. 2: Sons of a Preacher Man

Jamie S. Rich • Joelle Jones • Nicolas Hitori de

There are two new kids at school. Twin brothers--one straight-laced and buttoned-up, the other a rebel in a leather jacket--and they’ve transferred in with trouble for the Spell Checkers. Jesse finds romance, but for Cynthia, it’s rivalry. She and the good brother compete for student body president, while Kimmie tries to find out who murdered the last one. Dark magic is afoot, as well as dark humor, in the second mystical volume of Oni’s latest hit series.

Format: Original Graphic Novel, Digest
Content Rating: T+ (Teen Plus)
Available: Sep 21, 2011

ISBN: 978-1-934964-72-9

SNEAK PREVIEW

Sorry for no daily doodles lately, I've been inking like crazy--how about a page I am working on?

SNEAK PREVIEW

CONCEPT ART: ARCLIGHT

Drawing of a character created by Robert Fortney for a book he's writing called Arclight.



Bobby has posted more drawings on his blog.

Natalie Nourigat also drew a few for him.

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #150

Today is the release of the 150th issue of Ultimate Spider-Man. In this anniversary comic, writer Brian Bendis asked three other artists to join series regulars David Lafuente and Sara Pichelli. Those three are Skottie Young, Jamie McKelvie, and myself. I've illustrated the 8-page Iron Man story.

Here is David LaFuente's awesome cover.

You can preview the work of the other artist's at Comic Book Resources, but here are two of my pages, colored by Sunny Gho. You can click through for larger versions.

Special thanks to iFanboy for picking the issue as one to check out this week.

"I can't think of a better way to celebrate 150 issues of one of the longest running, consistently great titles Marvel publishes than the artistic tour de force that Brian Bendis pulled together. Joining series regular artists LaFuente and Pichelli are two of my favorite artists: Jamie McKelvie and Skottie Young. Throw in a fantastic artist I would never have thought [I] would [see] on Spider-Man -- Joelle Jones -- and this extra huge issue is clearly one to pick up, even if you've never read an issue of Ultimate Spider-Man before."

Pages will be for sale, please enquire through the regular joellejonesart[a]gmail[dot]com address--though the page with Spidey above is already claimed.

OVER THE SURFACE pin-up

Here is a piece that was published in the second printing of the first issue of Natalie Nourigat's minicomic Over the Surface



Other artists to contribute pin-ups are Emi Lenox, Angie Wang, and Spell Checkers co-artist Nicolas Hitori de. Natalie posted them all at her blog.

Buy a copy of this comic, along with other stuff by Natalie at her Etsy store.

MADAME XANADU #20 original art

My gallery has now been updated with all the pencils from Madame Xanadu #20, as well as the missing pieces from #19. Thanks to the Allreds for helping get the last pages scanned.

Flickr set

Browse art and sale prices on Comic Art Fans

JAM! cover

Oni Press just released details for their anthology Jam! Tales from the Derby Girls, due to be released this June. I drew the cover, and it was colored by Kimball Gray Davis.

More details on the book over at the Oni site.

MADAME XANADU original art

For those keeping track, Madame Xanadu #20 goes on sale this Wednesday, and we have also started posting the pencil artwork online. I don't have scans for every page yet, but we have most of #19 up now, and we'll post a good portion of #20 by the end of the week, once people have had a chance to read the issue.

Flickr photo set here.


Comic Art Fans gallery, complete with prices - note: all the pages are for sale, even if you don't see the scans yet. Drop a line if you don't see your favorite.

The pages were all drawn on DC art board at the regular 11" X 17" size. The pencils were then scanned and inked on blueline printout. This means I have all the original pencil art still intact, and this is what we will be selling. Hence, our reasons for posting them: so you can see what you're going to get.

A couple of favorite pages:

There will also be a corresponding gallery show for my pencils on Thursday, March 4th. Matt Wagner and I will be appearing at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR. Full details here.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Joëlle Jones & Matt Wagner
WHAT: Madame Xandu art exhibit and book signing
WHEN: Thursday, March 4th, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave #101


As a bonus, here are some composites of character sketches I did before starting my work on the series.

Thanks to everyone who worked on this book for having me as part of the team.

PENCILS FROM AN AS-YET-UNANNOUNCED COMICS PROJECT

MONSTERS & DAMES

This piece was done for the Monsters & Dames benefit organized by Emerald City ComiCon. Jamie and I have a table at the show, which is March 13th and 14th in Seattle. Full details here.

Larger versions linked in the picture.

Dark Horse NOIR - art for sale

My Etsy shop has just been updated with the four illustrations from the Noir anthology that Dark Horse put out last week.

You can buy any of the pieces here.

The anthology looks fantastic, with lots of great stories in it. Here are more details from the Dark Horse page. I did drawings to go with a prose story by Ken Lizzi.

Dark Horse's NOIR anthology

One of four illustrations done for Ken Lizzi's story in Dark Horse's Noir anthology, due in October.

More details here.

Thanks to Diana Schutz and Brendan Wright for bringing me on board. The drawings are spot illos for a prose story. The rest of the anthology features comics by a lot of talented people, including Eduardo Barreto, Sean Phillips, Ed Brubaker, Paul Grist, David Laphan, Brian Azzarello, and more.

7 Deadly Sins

I will be selling sketchbooks of the 7 deadly sins at SDCC swing by say hi and pick one up!

ATOMICS character sketches

Preparation for my story with Jamie in Madman Atomic Comics #16, which goes on sale today.

Thanks to the Allreds for having us on board. You can preview Mike's story from the same issue here.

WASTELAND pin-up

For the upcoming Wasteland: The Apocalyptic Hardcover Edition, Vol. 1 by Antony Johnson and Christopher Mitten.

Click through to view larger versions.