BLACK HAMMER RETURNS!
Spiral City #1 arrives this week with amazing art by Teddy Kristiansen
Hello Farmhands!
This week marks the publication of Black Hammer Spiral City #1 by myself and Teddy Kristiansen. Teddy and I are immensely proud of this bold new direction for Black Hammer. I started writing the series back in the winter of 2022 and it’s really satisfying to see it come to life in print this week. In case you missed the preview pages here they are again…
The first issue also features great covers by legends Mike Mignola, Matt Wagner and Duncan Fredrego!
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF BLACK HAMMER
While I have you, I have been debating a few things lately and would love some feedback from you all…
First up, the future of Black Hammer! After the 8-issue Spiral City I have been debating what’s next for the BH Universe. What characters would you most be interested in reading more about?
And would you be more interested in an ongoing Black Hammer series or more mini-series? Would love to hear from any retailers out there as well.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
Right now this newsletter is sporadic at best…but it’s also FREE. When I launched it, I was proving a subscription option that included a weekly newsletter with exclusive material, comics and more.
I’d like to hear from you…how many of you would be interested in returning to a paid subscription version of this newsletter that included a new exclusive serialized weekly comic, a weekly work journal with previews and gives insight what I’m working on every week, and other perks like first chance at original art before it goes public etc.?
Looking forward to hearing back from you all! And don’t forget MINOR ARCANA #3 is out next week. It was supposed to be out this week but apparently there were some issues at the warehouse/distributor so it will be comic shops November 20.
I'm loving "Minor Arcana" so far Jeff! I must have missed out on the Black Hammer series but I may start buying it too. It's nice there are so many great comics out now. Gives me a place to escape the real world.
I've always enjoyed the character focused stories with lower, but more personal stakes. I also love it when the series skews more towards the horror side of things. There are certainly areas of the World of Black Hammer I'd like to see explored further, like Madame Dragonfly's second child, the one that was buried at the Black Hammer farm. And I'm still curious about how the Black Hammer Squadron is connected to the heroes called Black Hammer, a connection teased in "Horrors to Come". And, of course, I'd love to see Dani return to do more with Willow D. Whisper. Knowing how much Tyler Crook loves drawing swamp monsters, I can't help but think he'd do a great story with Dragonfly's swamp monster partner. And I'd love to see a story with TLKY-WLKY as the main character—I can't get enough of her. As for the format—ongoing, miniseries, or even OGN—that entirely depends on the story you want to tell.
I'll also echo the sentiments of others here that a Patreon would be cool. Certainly I'd love to see some short stories or serialised stories set in the Bone Orchard Mythos. (Shadow Eater needs some other stories to be collected with.) And, of course, Black Hammer is a very natural fit for serialised stories, especially if it was exploring the pulp era.
I loved the "From the Vault" posts you used to do. Those sorts of behind-the-scenes pieces are fantastic. I'd love to see some of them make their way into the comic collections as extras.