Jeff Lemire is an Eisner award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and comic book creator. He is best known for his critically acclaimed books Sweet Tooth, Essex County, Underwater Welder, and Mazebook as well as being the co-creator of Black Hammer, Gideon Falls, Descender, Little Monsters, The Bone Orchard, Phantom Road and many others.
For the first time ever in his new illustrated memoir, 10,000 Ink Stains: A Memoir, Jeff Lemire shares his winding path to success via a book-by-book and step-by-step journey of sketches, previously unpublished materials, essays, archives and more
Jeff sat down to chat about his career, works, and more
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In 10,000 Ink Stains readers will learn about Lemire in a whole new way, including:
- An intimate look at Lemire’s personal life, and his struggles with his mental health informed his most iconic works including Sweet Tooth, Essex County and The Underwater Welder;
- Lemire’s accounts of what it’s really like to work for DC and Marvel Comics;
- Lemire’s struggle to maintain his own voice while taking on some of comics most iconic characters;
- Insights into the adaptation of Sweet Tooth for Netflix’s hit TV series;
- An unprecedented look at Lemire’s creative process through never-before-seen sketches and archives and how he built the worlds of Descender, Black Hammer, Gideon Falls and more;
- Archival reproductions of Lemire’s very first self-published mini-comics and other rare comics from early in his 25-year career;
10,000 Ink Stains will be available on July 15, 2025 in bookstores and on July 16 in comic book stores nationwide.
Recent Episodes:
- Episode 270: Down On The Farm With Cartoonist Rob Guillory
- Episode 269: Jerry Caritia Explores Scott Snyder’s Cloak Room
- Episode 268 – Michael Schwartz Gets ARMORED Up For Adventure
- Episode 267: Protecting The Supernatural With Trevor Mueller & Bill Wako
- Episode 266: Joe Corallo Returns To Camelot and King Arthur And The Knights Of Justice
- Episode 265: Chuck Austen The Final Season Of The Sci-Fi Western EDGEWORLD
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