Irene 6 Contributor Spotlight

Luke Howard was fathered by a fighter jet and mothered by a pile of laundry. One time he got an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies and this other time he was nominated for an Ignatz for ‘Promising New Talent’.

Irene 6 is the biggest and bestest Irene that ever was. It’s 216 pages of pure, uncut radness and features artists from every single continent (including Antarctica). Stiffen up the sinews and preorder your copy now! (Official release coming on September 19th).

I'm such a lucky cuss sometimes. Can't wait to get my hands on this!

IRENE #6 IS ON ITS WAY.

Irene #6 will debut at SPX 2015. But you can lock down a copy (and help us cover printing costs) by placing a pre-order now!

This is undoubtedly the biggest Irene yet. At 216 pages, this comics and art anthology is filled to the brim with contributors based in every continent on the planet Earth. Yes, even Antarctica.

Contributors include: Marc Bell, Lucy Bellwood, Nick Cartwright, Marta Chudolinska, d.w., Jai Granofsky, Leif Goldberg, Luke Howard, Ben Juers, Sean Knickerbocker, Dakota McFadzean, Lena Merhej, No Tan Parecidos, Carolyn Nowak, Katie Parrish, Ben Passmore, Jackie Roche, Shennawy, Frøydis Sollid Simonsen, Kevin Uehlein, Tillie Walden, Andy Warner, and Natsuko Yoshino.

This book contains tigers. So many tigers.

Irene is edited by Andy Warner, dw, and Dakota McFadzean. It’s a rainbow of color, a dream of beauty, a wild bust of lafter ‘an regular hot stuff.

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I am very honored always to be in an Irene Anthology - but especially this one. I am connected to every continent. The tiger boils inside me. Amen. So sayeth the Lord.

Everyone could use a little more “go and see” in their comics lives. We spend a lot of time wrapped up in what we’re interested in, so sometimes we miss new projects or comics. I thought I’d take a few seconds to point out some things you should have a gander at - new projects, ongoing comics,...

Did the EPA’s announcement about carbon emissions earlier this month confuse you? Wonder what Obama’s doing about CO2 and climate change?

Go read my new piece for KQED about the biggest carbon reduction plan in US history, and why it still may not be enough to stop a catastrophic temperature rise.

Andy kills it again with this informative comic. 

Irene 4 Contributor Spotlight: “Zapruder 313” by Luke Howard.

Luke Howard is the first-ever return contributor to the pages of Irene, having shaken and stirred us with Irene 3’s stunning “Dance Yourself to Death”. He storms the pages of Irene 4 with “Zapruder 313”, a to-the-point examination, experienced through the eyes of a nocturnal adolescent and his buddy, of just how much an entire world can change in the click-over between two frames of film.

Irene 4 makes its debut at TCAF TOMORROW and will be available wherever fine comics are sold thanks to our new partnership with Hic & Hoc Publications,

Can’t wait? You can place your preorders now! You can also order the combo pack and get more Irene for less money. You can have it all.

Being in an Irene anthology was easily one of the best anthology experiences I've had. These guys make amazing work. I highly recommend you read anything these the Irene name gets attached to. 

Here’s a process .gif for the cover I did for Irene 4. You can still preorder the book (we start shipping them May 12th!) and the combo pack. Get ON it!

Check it out!

Get yee some Irene 4 real good.

Look what just showed up at my door.

Hollow in the Hollows, published by One Percent Press, will debut at TCAF 2014. This 32 page, two color story is about a young girl who becomes obsessed with something secret she finds in a hollow tree.

Dakota is one of my comic heroes. I can't wait to snag me a copy at TCAF.

Irene 4 Contributor Spotlight: Drawings by Amy Lockhart.

Amy Lockhart is a filmmaker, cartoonist and animator whose animations have screened at festivals internationally. Her book Dirty Dishes was published by Drawn and Quarterly in 2009. She also did the cover for Nog a Dod, the collection of prehistoric Canadian psychedoolia published by Conundrum Press. For Irene 4, Amy produced some meditative, creepy pencil drawings of ladies. Some of them don’t have arms.

Irene 4 makes its debut at TCAF and will be available wherever fine comics are sold thanks our new partnership with Hic & Hoc Publications,

Can’t wait? You can place your preorders now! You can also order the combo pack and get more Irene for less money. You can have it all.

Amy Lockhart is one of my favorites. I can't believe I get to be in the same anthology as her! Buy yourself a copy lick-a-dee-split!

HEY EVERYBODY. THIS BOOK LOOKS AWESOME AND WE ARE OFF TO THE GODDAM RACES. Physical proofs approved. 152 pages of absolute radness. Holy moly!

Preorder Irene 4, ya dumkopfs!

You won't regret it! 

The cover for Irene 4, designed by Irene co-founder, co-editor and contributor Andy Warner, who also has a brand-new 16 page story in this book!

You can pre-order your copy of Irene 4 right now. You can also take advantage of our limited-time offer on the Irene combo pack, which includes issues 3 and 4 at a discounted price. Git ahn it!

Gorgeous cover. Buy this anthology and you will be well fed...

Announcing the release of Irene 4 on Saturday, May 10th at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival!

But if you can’t make it to Toronto, you can pre-order your copy online right now! Or better yet, for a super limited time, get your hands on both Irene 3 and Irene 4 with our discounted combo pack!

Irene is a critically acclaimed biannual comics and art anthology founded and edited by dw, Andy Warner and Dakota McFadzean. The newest issue in the series, Irene 4, contains work by artists spanning the globe from Colombia to Lebanon to Australia to North America and features all new contributions by Emi Gennis, dw, Andy Warner, James Hindle, Amy Lockhart, Dakota McFadzean, Laura Terry, Carlista Martin, Mazen Kerbaj, Jai Granofsky, Power Paola, Jackie Roche, Luke Howard, Georgia Webber, Jan Burger and Ben Juers. 

We are also proud to mention that Irene has partnered with the incomparable Hic and Hoc Publications to make Irene more widely available. For wholesale inquiries, please contact Matt Moses at matt.ame@gmail.com.

It’s a hell of a book and we’re gonna have a hell of a spring and summer promoting it. Check back here every day between now and May for previews, excerpts and more. Irene is coming.

It’s a rainbow of color, a dream of beauty, a wild bust of lafter ‘an regular hot stuff.

I have a tiny story in the next Irene (4). What did I do to get so lucky? Who knows, but I am. get ready to buy this anthology right up cuz it promises to be their best yet. 

This is a comic I made for the Irene anthology.

James Hindle’s comic in the upcoming Irene 4.

We just put up preorders for Irene 4 (we’re doing a big announcement about that tomorrow), and we’re offering Irene 4 as discounted combo pack with Irene 3 for a limited time, too! Preorders will begin shipping on May 13th, 2014.

Hindle’s excellent new piece for Irene 4. Order your copy now!

This is gonna be one hell of an anthology. Irene 4 is almost here.