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THE SPIRIT #29 featuring my collaboration with MR. X co-conspiritor PAUL RIVOCHE, "Needles and Pinski" in the 'spirit' of the late, great Will Eisner.	FORTUNE. Illustrator GREG SCOTT and I explore the Marvel Universe post- WW II via Howard Chaykin's pulp hero Dominic Fortune in this 6 episode serial.	It is posted on the Marvel website. The full story will be collected and included in Chaykin's upcoming all-new DOMINIC FORTUNE hardcover graphic novel.	RAY BRADBURY'S famous tale is superbly adapted by artist TIM HAMILTON. I supply the design, art direction and lettering for this classic graphic novel.

HOW TO DRAW FROM LIFE: JOE KUBERT. At long last the teacher and master of figure drawing in comics shares his thoughts and philosophy in this new book from Vanguard. I supply the design, layout and co-editorial duties. A true delight!eand co	MISTER X: CONDEMNED the collected edition. Features issues 1-4 of my all-new mini-series from Dark Horse plus the short stories from MDHP and NOIR. All this and an introduction by HOWARD CHAYKIN. Now on sale. See below.	MISTER X: THE VANISHING BREED. A NEW two-part story, now on MDHP featuring yet another classic character from the original Mister X series, Katsuda. Mister X confronts a new authority at Radiant City. myspace.darkhorsepresents #26 and #27.	ELECTROPOLIS: THE INFERNAL MACHINE, the anthology is now commercially available. This reprints the Image Comics mini-series with additional pages and art in a new edition. Afterword by KEN STEACY. See below.

MISTER X AND DEAN MOTTER RETURN TO RADIANT CITY IN THE 21st CENTURY. CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MISTER X HARDCOVER ARCHIVE EDITION. X-CITING NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL.


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	MISTERIIX : THE ARCHIVES To commemorate the 25th year since Mister X's first Vortex appearance Dark Horse is publishing a high-end archive edition of the color run of the seminal 1980's comic series. This 384-page hardcover edition features new, high-quality scans, printing and corrected pagination (compared to the ibooks collection) and, of course, my revised and restored finale. It highlights the work of the Hernandez Brothers, Seth, Paul Rivoche, myself and others. It also features stories by Bill Sienciewicz, Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman. Foreword by Transmetropolitan' s WARREN ELLIS.
A page from the premiere issue of Mister X: Condemned.	MISTERIIX : CONDEMNED W r i t t e n + I l l u s t r a t e d b y D e a n M o t t e r Collected edition Dark Horse has offered me the opportunity to resurrect my most popular creation in an all-new four-issue mini-series. This fresh visualization is a reboot designed for new readers as well as those that remember the original series. These stories are even more rooted in Film Noir, Art Deco, German Expressionism and the Bauhaus architectural aesthetics that made the series so identifiable in the '80s. This collection includes the stories from Dark Horse myspace., and the NOIR anthology. Introduction by HOWARD CHAYKIN. Issue #4 in stores 4/22.	Issue One
Issue Two	From Yacht on the Styx. This eight page intersticial episode is scheduled to appear in the upcoming Noir anthology from Dark Horse.	Issue Four
	M I S T E RIIX `Nightclubs & Daydreams` `Denouement Redux & Other Pages` Special Edition by Dean Motter This 38-page collection includes the new finale for the 1986 storyline, After the Spirit, the Comic Book Artist tribute to Will Eisner featuring Mister X and a number of other pieces and seldom-seen guest appearances of Motter's signature creation. Now available from www.lulupress.com for $11.99 USD.

NOIR
A COLLECTION OF CRIME COMICS

The biggest names in comics crime fiction assemble for an anthology of original tales of murder and deceit, presented in glorious black and white! Comics luminaries Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets), Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Sleeper), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Sean Phillips (Criminal), Eduardo Barreto (Cobb) and featuring my tale MISTER X: THE YACHT ON THE STYX.

MDHP 3
MYSPACE DARK HORSE PRESENTS VOLUME 3

Featuring my tale, MISTER X IN SLUMBERLAND, a reflection on Radiant City's origins via an homage to Winsor McKay. Also included are dynamite tales by Mike Mignola, Larry Marder, Stan Sakai, Jim Krueger and many others.

STAR WARS OMNIBUS:
THE RISE OF THE SITH

Featuring my tale, AURRA'S SONG, illustrated by Isaac Buckminster Owens. This tale from bounty hunter, Aurra Sing's youth.

JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER:
THE FAMILY MAN

Featuring SUNDAYS ARE DIFFERENT, written by the inimatable Jamie Delano, penciled by me and inked by Mark Pennington.

Click here to read INTERVIEW from COMICON PULSE March 2007.	Written by Dean Motter Illustrated by Dennis Calero Jon Geoffries has just learned that the Earth has a twin, a parallel world in another dimension. The two worlds are closely linked. Most people have nearly identical counterparts of themselves on both Earths, and their fates are tied together. If your counterpart dies on the other world, you die, too. It's inescapable. The twin Earth is mirror of our own, except that human society is nocturnal. And our worlds are phased in such a way that when it is day in one it is night in the other. The night world is similar to our own but it i s marked by cultural differences as the result of humanity developing in darkness. A shared history and population tie these worlds together. Each major event has a similar reciprocal event. There are unscrupulous types that seek to affect events in one dimension by manipulating those in the other. They do this by means of the rare individuals who have no doppelgangers and are able to move from world to world. These people are referred to as 'Uniques'." Jon is one of those Uniques, and he's a target of ruthless enemies who plan to use the connection between the Earths to control the fates of billions. While Unique is my first contemporary story in a while, it is somewhat of a a tribute to Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison; as if Richard Kimble from the old Fugitive TV series woke up in a vintage Twilight Zone episode. My script is illustrated by Dennis Calero of Marvel's X-Factor fame and I couldn't be happier with the results.	Click here for PODCAST INTERVIEW from BULLPEN BULLETINS April 2007. Unique © Platinum Studios
Hollywood Reporter Click Here to View the Original Article Touchstone has 'Unique' view of Earth By Boris Kit Touchstone Pictures has picked up "Unique," an upcoming graphic novel from Platinum Studios, to serve as a directing vehicle for David Goyer. David Heyman will produce through his Heyday Films, while Platinum's Scott Mitchell Rosenberg will serve as executive producer. Michael Cooney has been tapped to adapt the material.	"Unique" centers on Jon Geoffries, a man who discovers the Earth has a twin, a parallel world in another dimension. The worlds are closely linked, explaining such phenomena as deja vu and love at first sight, with people having counterparts on both Earths. However, a few are born "unique," with no doppelgangers, and can travel between worlds. Geoffries is one such person and soon finds himself a target of enemies who want to exploit his connection. The graphic novel, by Dean Motter and Dennis Calero, was brought to Heyman by Heyday's Marc Rosen. Louanne Brickhouse is overseeing the project for the Walt Disney Co. Aaron Severson is supervising it for Platinum and will serve as associate producer. Rosenberg, who helped bring "Men in Black" to the big screen, established Platinum in 1997 with a focus on comic book-to-film adaptations. The company has set up "Cowboys & Aliens" at Sony, "Nathan Never" at DreamWorks and "Mal Chance" at Miramax. It also optioned indie comics "The Dark Fringe" and "Rust." Platinum also produces the sci-fi Showtime series "Jeremiah."	Heyman is best known as the producer of the "Harry Potter" movies. Goyer, who wrote "Blade" and "Blade 2," is shooting New Line Cinema's "Blade: Trinity," which he also wrote. He also penned the new "Batman" movie that Christopher Nolan is directing for Warner Bros. Pictures. Outside the movie world, Goyer writes the DC comic "JSA." He is repped by WMA. Cooney, who wrote last year's hit "Identity," is repped by UTA. The UNIQUE graphic novel is scheduled to be published by Top Cow. Platinum Studios

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INTERVIEW from COMICON PULSE
March 2007.

Written by Dean Motter
Illustrated by Dennis Calero

Jon Geoffries has just learned that the Earth has a twin, a parallel world in another dimension. The two worlds are closely linked. Most people have nearly identical counterparts of themselves on both Earths, and their fates are tied together. If your counterpart dies on the other world, you die, too. It's inescapable.

The twin Earth is mirror of our own, except that human society is nocturnal. And our worlds are phased in such a way that when it is day in one it is night in the other. The night world is similar to our own but it i s marked by cultural differences as the result of humanity developing in darkness. A shared history and population tie these worlds together. Each major event has a similar reciprocal event. There are unscrupulous types that seek to affect events in one dimension by manipulating those in the other. They do this by means of the rare individuals who have no doppelgangers and are able to move from world to world. These people are referred to as 'Uniques'."

Jon is one of those Uniques, and he's a target of ruthless enemies who plan to use the connection between the Earths to control the fates of billions.

While Unique is my first contemporary story in a while, it is somewhat of a a tribute to Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison; as if Richard Kimble from the old Fugitive TV series woke up in a vintage Twilight Zone episode.

My script is illustrated by Dennis Calero of Marvel's X-Factor fame and I couldn't be happier with the results.

Hollywood Reporter

Click Here to View the Original Article

Touchstone has 'Unique' view of Earth

By Boris Kit

Touchstone Pictures has picked up "Unique," an upcoming graphic novel from Platinum Studios, to serve as a directing vehicle for David Goyer. David Heyman will produce through his Heyday Films, while Platinum's Scott Mitchell Rosenberg will serve as executive producer. Michael Cooney has been tapped to adapt the material.

"Unique" centers on Jon Geoffries, a man who discovers the Earth has a twin, a parallel world in another dimension. The worlds are closely linked, explaining such phenomena as deja vu and love at first sight, with people having counterparts on both Earths. However, a few are born "unique," with no doppelgangers, and can travel between worlds. Geoffries is one such person and soon finds himself a target of enemies who want to exploit his connection.

The graphic novel, by Dean Motter and Dennis Calero, was brought to Heyman by Heyday's Marc Rosen.

Louanne Brickhouse is overseeing the project for the Walt Disney Co. Aaron Severson is supervising it for Platinum and will serve as associate producer.

Rosenberg, who helped bring "Men in Black" to the big screen, established Platinum in 1997 with a focus on comic book-to-film adaptations. The company has set up "Cowboys & Aliens" at Sony, "Nathan Never" at DreamWorks and "Mal Chance" at Miramax. It also optioned indie comics "The Dark Fringe" and "Rust." Platinum also produces the sci-fi Showtime series "Jeremiah."

Heyman is best known as the producer of the "Harry Potter" movies.

Goyer, who wrote "Blade" and "Blade 2," is shooting New Line Cinema's "Blade: Trinity," which he also wrote. He also penned the new "Batman" movie that Christopher Nolan is directing for Warner Bros. Pictures. Outside the movie world, Goyer writes the DC comic "JSA." He is repped by WMA.

Cooney, who wrote last year's hit "Identity," is repped by UTA.

The UNIQUE graphic novel is scheduled to be published by Top Cow.

Platinum Studios

M I S T E RIIX Nightclubs & Daydreams Denouement Redux & Other Pages

M I S T E RIIX
`Nightclubs & Daydreams`
`Denouement Redux & Other Pages`