Hey you DAMN DIRTY HUMANS! You can get your paws on my latest comic work in REVOLUTION ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #1, which hit stand this week!

So far some good words have come in. Tough crowd though, some would have liked POTA artist Neil Foster on the book apparently, but even the most hard core are still saying good things on the whole about #1.

And we’ve begun to get letters, Here’s are chunk from my favourite so far...

'The revolution will be illustrated' from Walter Harris

"My local comic shop had RPOTA issue 1 on display at the register and something about the cover (probably the fact that it is reminiscent of the old covers for the black and white comic magazines) drew me in. I decided to pick it up on a whim, despite the fact that I love the original POTA movies and collectables but have never read any of the comic incarnations.

Turns out this is one of the best presents I got this Christmas! The art is fantastic – I love the mixture of true-to-the-movies renderings of the apes along side true-to-life depictions in the same issue. I'm partial to the true-to-life look myself. It provides the best of both worlds for me – the original characters and storyline coupled with Burton/Baker make-up.

I particularly loved the Caesar's Journal section. As an African American, I always identified strongly with the socio-political underpinnings of the original POTA. I hope you plan to make the Journal entries a regular part of the series, as they provide an excellent platform for you to explore the societal, political, and religious issues that we face today. Personally, I see potential parallels between Caesar's daunting task of building a society/civilization among a savage populace and the Coalition's task of planting democracy in the middle-east (a populace many feel is to "primitive" for modern civilization to take hold). Any plans to leverage the struggles of today into RPOTA's tomorrow? It was cool to see Caesar's nod to Malcolm X in the main story (his character has always struck me as an amalgam of Malcolm and MLK) – will we see other references that show he is a student of the civil rights movements in the US and abroad?...."

I know this one had Ty & Joe grinning from ear to ear, and yes the story does touch on some of these issues.

Also i got a peek at the cover for 3, mmmmm, here's a wee thumb of a taste of that for ye. It's the most dynamic one yet from cover guru Denis Rodier.

Joe O'Brien has a new interview up at comicon.com here, talking about the book....

"The Apes series has clearly had a lasting impact. It’s permeated the culture. I didn’t realize how deeply ingrained it was until I started working on the book, and then I was seeing images of Cornelius and Zira everywhere, hearing people casually quoting the movies, sometimes without even realizing they were doing it. I don’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t know what Planet of the Apes is, even if they haven’t seen the films.

So the icons were already in place. Our job on this book is find a fresh expression of them, one that means something to the modern reader, but without losing sight that first and foremost it’s a kick-ass action story..."

...you'll find some peeks at art from #2 by me in there too. He also takes a good chunk of it up talking about the timelines of the story and how we are NOT doing a Burtton POTA comic...

And finally, if I’ve baited you adequately, you can order yourself a copy from our official mail order supplier, Altered States Comics - www.alteredstatescomics.com - they haven’t updated the catalogue on the site yet it looks like, so you can bug them at alteredstatescomics AT on DOT aibn DOT com to find out how to order your monkey love.