DRAWING BLOOD SPLILLED INK (2019)

"Kevin Eastman (TMNT) returns to independent comics with a new creation: an inside look at the turbulent life and times of a once-successful cartoonist on the skids, Shane 'Books' Bookman. Once upon a time, Books co-created The Radically Rearranged Ronin Ragdolls: a gritty, funny indie comic that became a billion dollar global franchise. Now, years later, the partnership dissolved, the corporate buy-out all spent, Books is struggling to recover from the hit-and-run driver called early success and looking for the will and the joy to create something new again. Co-created by Kevin Eastman and David Avallone (Elvira, Bettie Page)."

"The saga of Shane 'Books' Bookman continues: the one-time mega-successful comic book creator fallen on hard times finds those times getting even harder. With his back to the wall, Books fends off mobsters, stars in a documentary, falls in love, sells his soul and it's only the second issue! Co-created by Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and David Avallone (Elvira, Bettie Page). Script by David Avallone, art by Ben Bishop (The Aggregate, TMNT Macro-Series), Kevin Eastman, and Troy Little (Rick and Morty, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas)."

"A funeral, an angry widow, a talking statue, a crazed mob, a silent-movie nightmare and a real-life faceoff with murderous Lithuanian gangsters it's just another tricky day for Shane 'Books' Bookman, a comic book creator who rode the roller coaster of fame and fortune and ended up in a whole lotta trouble. Will he live to see the next issue?"

"The senses-shattering, pulse-pounding finale of the first Drawing Blood story arc! Shane 'Books' Bookman has to face the 'Wrath of Cons,' as the mogul making the Ragdolls movie gives a disastrous interview on the first day of New York Comic Con and a legion of loyal fans are after Books' head! Don't cross those cosplayers, man! Co-created by Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)!"