MARK HAVEN BRITT'S FULL COLOR HITS IN JULY

**MattBrady** · 05-30-2007, 07:33 AM

From Image

We've all had bosses that we've hated. What if you just told your boss EXACTLY what you thought? Xeric Award-winning Mark Haven Britt's new whirlwind graphic novel FULL COLOR answers that question. The 176-page black and white revenge-fueled morality tale goes on sale this July 18th.

And yes, it is a black and white book entitled FULL COLOR.

This graphic novel tells the story of Boom, a young woman who is pushed to the brink of madness. Boom decides she's going to get her whole life in order in one day or she's going to kill herself. The same day she decides to go after her boss, she comes home to find an old friend standing on her fire escape. David's double-crossed a drug dealer and he's looking for help. Boom tells him, "I can't. I've given myself one day to make it all right or I'm just going to kill myself. What do you think of that?" David smiles, "Chaos it is, then. We'll need coffee."

The story is an odyssey through New York City featuring dog fights, hot tubs, rainy alleyways and even a breakfast with Bill Clinton.

"This book is a hybrid of everything I love about comics: pulpy action, kinetic visuals and humor. While this book has no shortage of morbidity, I swear it's funny!" says Britt. "I wrote this at a time when I had a job I loathed and New York had just exploded. This was just something I had to write. This book has been my life for the past five years and I have poured my heart into it. I think you can see that in the pages."

FULL COLOR is a 176-page black and white graphic novel with a cover price of $15.99 and goes on sale July 11, 2007. ISBN: 978-1582408408 It is available for order through Diamond Previews (MAY071852)

For more information about FULL COLOR please visit: www.markhavenbritt.com

industri · 05-30-2007, 09:27 AM

Pages look fantastic, idea sounds cool - I'm looking forward to this... (and that 2-page montage with the arches - yowza! Super impressive)

frimfram · 05-30-2007, 10:10 AM

This looks excellent. Adding it to my list.

Robot H Brian · 05-30-2007, 10:29 AM

Dear God, do I miss the good old days of hand lettering.

I just can't get past the typography on these pages.

ShinAkuma666 · 05-30-2007, 10:53 AM

Thanks for bringing the spotlight on amazing projects like this !

Like the first poster said, it looks very impressive, I just added it to my Amazon list and will pick it up when it comes out, I am buying more and more Image tpb these days.

Horus · 05-30-2007, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Robot H Brian

Dear God, do I miss the good old days of hand lettering.

I just can't get past the typography on these pages.

Sorry to break this to ya man, but those pages aren't hand lettered. That's not even a comic book font. It's looks like a standard computer font. The balloons are maybe hand drawn.

dcorsetto · 05-30-2007, 04:48 PM

I really dig the art on these! It IS a shame about the lettering, though, unless that's just temporary...

Robot H Brian · 05-30-2007, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Horus

Sorry to break this to ya man, but those pages aren't hand lettered. That's not even a comic book font. It's looks like a standard computer font. The balloons are maybe hand drawn.

Um, yeah. That's why I was lamenting the dearly departed days of hand lettering. And why I used the word "typography."

kalorama · 05-30-2007, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Robot H Brian

Dear God, do I miss the good old days of hand lettering.

I just can't get past the typography on these pages.

Yeah. At least spend a few bucks and buy a comic book font with some personality.

The art does show some promise.

ShinAkuma666 · 08-23-2007, 10:26 PM

Just finished it today and wow, it am very pleased and impressed by this TPB, it was a fun paced story with a lot of action, I was not sure at first about the letteing and bubbles but its all part of the great designs from Mark Haven Britt.

The layouts reminded me a bit of Brian Wood in some places, very impressive, check it out !