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 (Dark Horse, July 15, 2025, $49.99)Jeff Lemire is sharing his winding path to success via a book-by-book and step-by-step journey of sketches, previously unpublished materials, essays, archives and more.
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;
Lemire has worked extensively for both Marvel and DC Comics including a celebrated run on Moon Knight which heavily inspired the 2022 Marvel television show. His graphic novels have been translated into dozens of languages, establishing him as one of the most prolific and acclaimed comic book creators of his generation.
His iconic comic book Sweet Tooth has been adapted into a popular Netflix original series produced by Robert Downey Jr., and Essex County was adapted in 2023 into a 5-part prestige television miniseries starring Molly Parker, with Lemire both writing and showrunning the production. Many of his other books are also in active development for film and television.
Lemire has won numerous Eisner Awards, YALSA Alex Awards, Joe Schuster Awards, Doug Wright Awards and has also collaborated with musicians including Eddie Vedder and Gord Downie.
Praise for Jeff Lemire:
“There’s a million and one reasons as to why you should like Mazebook, and each one of them can be felt throughout every page here.”—Comicbook.com
“Mazebook is a deeply haunting and powerfully human work by one of the greatest living masters of the comic medium. You do not want to miss this book.”—James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children, Blue Book, The Nice House on the Lake)
“It’s evident Black Hammer: Spiral City #1 is the most timely debut in the history of the franchise. Between a new artist who teleports readers to a new version of the ultra-meta superhero world and a premise that’s simultaneously common and fresh, Spiral City #1 hits all the right beats for an incredible debut for new and old readers alike.”—CBR
“I cannot say how long or short artistic appreciation should take, but I can say that when Jeff Lemire is the storyteller, even the smallest amount of time spent reading his creator-owned work leaves the reader with a lasting emotional impact.”—The Comics Journal
“The story [Snow Angels Season Two #1] by Lemire is tops. The art by Jock is out of this world. They work incredibly well together. I love this book very much and cannot wait to read the whole thing collected. It is a very good read indeed.”—Forces of Geek
“Black Hammer Reborn #1 is a great start to the series. Jeff Lemire’s Black Hammer universe is a love letter to comics history, and he has yet to produce an issue that doesn’t reflect his love of the medium. If this issue is any indication, this series will make a fine addition to the Black Hammer mythos.”—DC Comics News
10,000 Ink Stains will be available on July 15, 2025 in bookstores and July 16 in comic book stores nationwide. It is now available for preorder at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Things From Another World, and your local comic shop and bookstore.