Announcing my illustrated memoir: 10,000 INK STAINS

A memoir documenting my 25 years of making comics.

I’m very excited to announce that next year I will be releasing a project very close to my heart, 10, 000 INKS STAINS: A MEMOIR. This hardcover book will feature essays that document the creation of each of my books, from my earliest self-published never before published mini-comics, to Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer, Minor Arcana and everything in between. In addition to essays discussing the creation of each project and my personal life at the time, this book will also feature never seen developmental artwork, rare and unpublished comics and in-depth process material.

This book started right here on my Substack newsletter with the “From The Vault” posts that I started in 2022. I’ve taken all of those and expanded upon them and then continued on adding all new chapters that document everything up to my most recent projects.

Dark Horse Book will be publishing the book in JULY 2025, and their press release below has all the details.

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Jeff Lemire’s illustrated memoir, 10,000 Ink Stains: 25 Years of Making Comics, is coming to print for the first time through Dark Horse Books. This hardcover memoir collection showcases the work of the legendary Eisner-Award–winning comic book creator Jeff Lemire, including titles such as Sweet Tooth, Essex County, Black Hammer, Descender, and much more.

With in depth essays Lemire takes the reader on a book-by-book journey through the making of each project. This collection showcases artwork from each of his books and provides details of his personal life as he was creating them. It also includes some never-before-seen process material, as well as unpublished stories. This is the ultimate book for fans of Lemire and modern comic books!

10,000 Ink Stains: 25 Years of Making Comics (208 pages, 9” x 12”, hardcover) will be available on July 15, 2025 in bookstores and on July 16, 2025 in comic shops, and will retail for $49.99. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Things From Another World, and wherever books and comics are sold.

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