I was shocked to discover today that Mike "Ringo" Wieringo
died Sunday August 12th of a massive heart attack. He was a vegatarian, fit and healthy by all accounts- its incredibly shocking.

Moreover, Mike was a friendly guy and an extremely talented artist. He was an inspiration because of his style and excellent skills. He drew circles around most of us and he did it with good-natured humility.

reported by Alan Belfast

In a recent post to Dan's message board, Olympian Publisher Tom Negovan writes:

"THE BLACK PLANET BOOKS ARE FINISHED!"

Tom went on to say "I wanted to wait to post the news until Dan received his surprise copy in the mail this afternoon, but they look unbelievable."

Nocturnals.com received a digital photo of the cover of one of these advance copies today.

http://comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11119

EXCLUSIVE: DAN BRERETON COVER TO "AMAZING FANTASY OMNIBUS"
by CBR News Team, Editor

Marvel Comics has provided CBR News with an exclusive first look at the Dan Brereton variant cover for the colossal "Amazing Fantasy Omnibus" hardcover. Shipping in August, the deluxe hardcover volume collects for the first time in one book the entire run of the original "Amazing" Marvel anthologies, concluding with the debut of Spider-Man.

-reported by Alan Belfast

Dan's not sitting next to Tim Bradstreet in Artist's Alley, as he was previously told. No, he and Truzey will be sitting in space DD-06.

When Dan isnt in Artists Alley, he will be at the big Century Guild Booth between 2pm and 4pm daily.

Hello Girls and Ghouls,

just wanted to make an announcement regarding a special item at this year's Comic-Con San Diego:

The Inagural Local 23 Monster Society Member's Kit!

reported by Alan Belfast

He's not pulling weeds, mowing lawns or serving frogurt on the boardwalk- instead Dan's current Summer job is painting pages for Marvel's IMMORTAL IRON FIST ANNUAL, set for a Fall release.

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_guests.shtml#Brereton

Ive been very fortunate to be asked as a special guest at Comic-con this year, who are big fans of Nocturnals and wanteds to help us get the word out on the relauch. Its also our 13th Anniversary of the Nocturnals this year, which is pretty cool, and being a guest of Comic-Con makes it extra special. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/

I'LL BE AT 2 LOCALES THIS YEAR:

As keen readers of MySpace and the Forum will have noticed:

AT LONG LAST- THE FIRST NOCTURNALS BOOK FROM OLYMPIAN PUBLISHING!!!! Not a dream! Not a fantasy! A NOCTURNAL ALPHABET will be available at San Diego Comic-Con International!!!!

PRE-ORDERING NOW OPEN AT HTTP://WWW.OLYMPIANPUBLISHING.COM!!!!!!!!