Do you know who I am?

from Chicago: 1968, pg.75, by our current artist, the ultra sexy Antonio Maldonado

On behalf of myself and the rest of the Chicago: 1968 staff, I would like to extend heartiest congratulations to one of our own, Jenny Frison, who was artist on Part One of our little webcomic epic, and who, just this past Monday, was honored with a Harvey Award nomination for best cover artist of 2009.

Wow.

And damn does she find herself in some esteemed company, with Mike Mignola, Frank Quitely, et al.

Double wow.

Clipped from the Harvey Awards website:

BEST COVER ARTIST

____ Jenny Frison, “THE DREAMER”, IDW
____ Mike Mignola, “HELLBOY: THE BRIDE OF HELL”, Dark Horse Comics
____ Michael Avon Oeming, “MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY, PART I”, Image Comics
____ Frank Quitely, “BATMAN AND ROBIN”, DC Comics
____ JH Williams III, “DETECTIVE COMICS”, DC Comics

The winners of this year’s round of Harvey Awards are announced Aug. 28th, 2010, at a ceremony held at the Baltimore Comic-Con.  Congrats again, Jenny.  Frank Quitely’s Batman and Robin covers were pretty awesome, heh, but, of course, you’ve got my vote.

Exciting as that news is, we here at the Chicago: 1968 offices are pretty well acquainted with prestige.  Why, even while engaged in what seems like drudgery, we’re practically tripping over reminders of glories past and present.

Case in point: I was recently sorting through all my books and comics in preparation for last weekend’s big move into me and the wife’s new digs, and I came across a bagged and boarded copy of New Men #1, which some of you might even remember from the halcyon days of the early 90′s boom era of Image comics.

New Men #1

April, 1994... brings back some memories, don't it?

Guess what I saw when I checked out the credits on the inside cover?

that creature looks like a mutated persian cat

See? I can't letter worth a damn. Which is why I need Kurt.

Kurt Hathaway has been our letterer since day numero uno, and he designed our “Chicago: 1968″ logo, too.  As you can see, the man has quite a comics pedigree.

A new Chicago: 1968 installment went up this week.  Click HERE to read it.  Or HERE to read it on your iPhone or mobile device.