Jeff Rougvie on AllMusicBooks Podcast 9/15/2020
Discussing Gunning For Hits, the forthcoming Rykobook and lots more. Check it out wherever great podcast are found!
Issue 6 - Out June 12, 2019
Image Comics’ Gunning For Hits #6: Surprise Cover By (In)famous Pop Artist Butcher Billy!
Image Comics acclaimed crime and music mash-up, Gunning For Hits, will have a cover by internationally renowned pop artist Butcher Billy.
Mash-ups are the Butcher’s specialty, frequently combining 80s music figures and comic book imagery, making him the perfect cover artist for the last issue of Gunning For Hits first arc. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, NME, Wired, and Vanity Fair. He’s exhibited in London, San Francisco, Miami, Lisbon, Chicago and Dubai.
Created by noted music producer Jeff Rougvie (David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Big Star), Gunning For Hits has been praised as “dripping with authenticity.” Artist Moritat (Harley Quinn, Jonah Hex) and colorist/letterer Casey Silver complete the creative team.
An immersive experience, every issue of GFH has an exclusive background feature and Spotify playlist. The main character’s journals are being excerpted on the twitter account @MartinMillsHits, providing clues about his mysterious past.
From the publisher: Set in the shady New York City music scene of the mid-80s, GUNNING FOR HITS stars Martin Mills, a record company talent scout with an inscrutable past. Follow Martin as he attempts to sign a rock band that’ll conquer the world in this music business crime thriller.
Issue 6: 29 pages of all-new story & backmatter! Brian Slade returns to the stage for a make-or-break worldwide TV broadcast, but not everyone wants him to make it through the show. Billy has that “one bad day” everyone talks about.
Published: June 12, 2019
Diamond ID: APR190145
Age Rating: M
ISSUE 5 - OUT May 8, 2019
COVER BY DAN VEESENMEYER
It all goes crazy.
Publisher’s description:
“Things are working out pretty good for Stunted Growth’s career, but they’ll find a way to screw that up. Things aren’t so hot for Brian Slade, but he’s oblivious, and these are all Martin’s problems anyway.”
This issue has a great cover by Dan Veesenmeyer, former storyboard artist for the X-Men Animated Series, the Batman Animated Sub-Zero movie and currently the artist on many Lego DC & Marvel video games.
Pretty proud of this one - things are going wildly off the rails for Martin, setting up next issue’s climactic last-ditch attempt to save his ass from a myriad of forces conspiring against him. The ending of this issue is as shocking as the first, don’t miss it!
Issue 3 Out Today!
As Martin closes in on signing Brian Slade, Slade’s bodyguard threatens to torpedo Martin’s plans. Stunted Growth begins to record their debut album, but Slade is lurking with evil intent. Plus: don’t miss this issue’s background feature and Spotify playlist!
Thanks to everyone for all the great reviews and help spreading the word about GFH!
Where you can get it:
physical copies - use the Comic Shop Locator to find a comic shop near you!
digital copies to read on tablets, phones, etc
Creator Jeff Rougvie Signing #1 @ Harrison's Comics January 9th
Stop by Harrison’s Comics on Essex Street in Salem, MA between noon and 4pm on Gunning For Hits street date and Jeff will gladly sign your copy (or any Bowie stuff he worked on)!
See you there!
Bowie Assassination Fear In 1987
I’ve never heard this story about Bowie’s fear of being killed at a gig in Ireland in 1987. Some of the paranoia came from the Troubles, but there was apparently paranoia lurking after Lennon’s killing 7 years earlier.
Check it out here
From the Irish Independent Newspaper
Multiversity Comics Interview
Quick, fun interview with Brian Salvatore of Multiversity Comics. We talk about the amazing Tsar and their frontman, Jeff Whalen, whose solo album is available through Pledgemusic here. Also, what comics are great and inspirational, the importance of sequencing and the pure awesomeness that is Moritat.