Shotguns, Rifles, Pistols and Cantaloupe Zombies with Tony Moore! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

Sketch Cards: Comics For Cures from Tony Moore on Vimeo.

Still time to bid on these cards and contribute to a noble cause.  Go here.

UPDATE: Bidding closed.  Tried to snag one for myself but lost out. Congrats to the proud new owners of bullet-riddled zombie goodness.

If that title alone doesn't make you want these, then you are definitely not me.

They're for an auction to benefit the American Cancer Society.  More info here.

Shaper of flesh, mistress of gristle and bone. Coming soon to the pages of GHOST RIDER #35. Art by Tony Moore.

Tony Moore's redesign of the old U.S. 1 villain, the Highwayman, coming soon to the pages of GHOST RIDER #34.

Newsarama has an interview with both outgoing GHOST RIDER writer Daniel Way and me, the new guy, talking about the changes to the character's origin that were revealed in this week's issue #18. Judging by the comments there, fans are pretty divided, and I agree with them that Ghost Rider's continuity is already ridiculously convoluted. Trust me, I've been reading old Ghost Rider comics for months now, so I feel your pain. I'm definitely not looking to make things any more complicated. If anything, I think my run on the book will be easy to follow for new readers as well as longtime fans. That's what I'm aiming for, at least.

Here's the interview

It's a dark meditation on violence that ships next week, August 8, with art by Jorge Lucas and a cover by Tony Moore.

From the solicitations for August:

SCALPED #8

Written by Jason Aaron; Art by R.M. Guera; Cover by Jock

"Casino Boogie" part 3 of 6. The man known only as Diesel may be a force to be reckoned with – which Dash Bad Horse finds out firsthand in this issue – but things weren't always easy for this wannabe Indian brave.

Vertigo 32pg. Color $2.99 US Mature Readers On Sale August 1, 2007

WOLVERINE #56
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils and Cover by HOWARD CHAYKIN
Special double-sized issue! "The Man in the Pit"

Wendell Rayfield is a recently divorced, down on his luck ex-cop who's looking down the business end of 40 with no hope for the future and with demons from his past still haunting him at every turn. All he has going for him is his new job. A job that involves a very large machine gun, a hole in the ground, a certain hirsute mutant and several thousand bullets. We all know what damage Wolverine can do with his claws, but how dangerous can he really be when all he's able to do is talk? Wendell Rayfield is about to find out. Written by up-and-comer Jason Aaron (The Other Side, Scalped), with art by comic book legend Howard Chaykin (Blade, American Flagg!).
48 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

RIPCLAW PILOT SEASON #1

What is Pilot Season 2007?
Pilot (noun): television show produced and filmed or taped as a sample of a proposed series. This Fall, Top Cow is launching 7 Pilot Issues starring fan favorite characters currently without a series. After all 7 issues have been released, fans will be able to VOTE online and pick 2 characters to get greenlit for their own all-new series in 2008. It’s up to you!

RIPCLAW PILOT SEASON #1
(W) Jason Aaron, (A) Jorge Lucas, (Cov) Tony Moore
Eisner nominated writer Jason Aaron (SCALPED, THE OTHER SIDE) joins up with artist Jorge Lucas (INCREDIBLE HULK, ANNIHILATION: RONAN) to unleash Top Cow’s resident badass in the first of eight special one-shots published under the Pilot Season 2007 initiative. The killer team is joined by intense cover artist Tony Moore (THE WALKING DEAD, EXTERMINATORS).
To kill the Yakuza kingpin called Boss Yamamoto, you’d have to fight your way through level after deadly level of his secret fortress, past an army of gun-toting thugs and sword-wielding assassins. No one has ever been foolish enough to try. Enter Ripclaw. The fan-favorite character returns to the spotlight as dangerous as ever and now fighting as if all hell is at his back.
Full Color 32 pages $2.99 pilot issue

Plus, August also brings the second volume of 24/seven, to which I contributed a story, and the first trade paperback of SCALPED, priced at only $9.99.

Atomic Revolver Signing 8, originally uploaded by Jason Aaron.

Me, Tony Moore, B. Clay Moore, Jeremy Haun and Seth Peck did a signing over the weekend at Vintage Stock in Joplin, Missouri. Hands were shaken, books were signed, cupcakes were devoured.

Best part: meeting lots of great people, including some big fans of SCALPED and THE OTHER SIDE. Second best part: digging into the store's half-price boxes and taking home issues of Kirby's THE DEMON, Gerber's MAN-THING and Tony Moore's MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. Weirdest part: signing the dashboard of someone's truck, right below William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Worst part: listening to Clay sing "Stop, In the Name of Love" at 2:00 am.