THE SIXSMITHS, an original graphic novel by J. Marc Schmidt and Jason Franks–

–coming in 2010 from Slave Labor Graphics; publishers of

LENORE

and

JOHNNY THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC.

The graphic novel is comprised mostly of new material, but you will be able to continue to enjoy the webstrip without reading the book (and vice versa).

– JF

I have been fielding a lot of questions about this, so I thought I would take a moment to talk about the Sixsmiths graphic novel, which is coming out from SLG around May or June next year.

The book is about the same characters and situations, but it will contain almost entirely new material. It’s structured like a novel: fifteen chapters of between five and sixteen pages each, for a total of 140-150 pages. Some of the material presented on here on the website may or may not appear in the interstices between chapters, but the book will, by-and-large, but altogether new material. Marc and I planned this from the outset and these webstrips do fit into a certain period within the book’s continuity, but readers should be able to appreciate the webcomic and the graphic novel separately.

I hope that clarifies things for everyone. Rest assured, we will keep you informed about when the book will be out and how to order it.

Hail Satan!

– Jason Franks