James Jean, whose hauntingly beautiful work has graced the cover to every issue thus far of Vertigo’s Fables, has announced on his blog that he is leaving as the role of cover artist for the series to persue personal ventures.

If you don’t evacuate for Gustave, be sure to head down to the Bean Gallery at 637 N. Carrollton Ave on Friday August 29th from 6pm-9pm for an art show for several artists including two of our customers, Robby Musso and Wendy Warrelmann.

Wired has coverage of hard core fans from SDCC that sport comic themed tattoos.

Lastly, while we had hoped for a while to see the much anticipated Preacher HBO series, it looks like it’s a no-go. Straight from Mark Steven Johnson,

“It was a very faithful adaptation of the first few books, nearly word for word,” says Johnson, who directed Daredevil and Ghost Rider. “They offered me the chance to redevelop it but I refused. I’ve learned my lesson on that front and I won’t do it again. So I’m afraid it’s dead at HBO.”