SUMM Publications News

2008-02-26T10:09:00.000-08:00

:: ZENNON IS COMING BACK!!? ::

Yep. I will be working with my brother (T.J.) and Chris Gugliotti again to bring you the wacky tales of your favorite alien, Zennon. It has been eight long years since you first read Zennon as a wonderful, quirky web comic, brought to you by SUMM Publications. I know you are just dying to read some issues. I'm very happy to announce that the story will be a massive collaborative effort between the three of us and I'm already very excited about some of the ideas that have been thrown table. When I get some more news, YOU will be the first to know.

2007-08-16T20:06:00.000-07:00

Go check out Grey Shades and vote for it at the attblueroom.com Comicbook Challenge, put on by Platinum Studios. Vote for Shawn Granger as many times as you hands will allow.

2007-08-02T13:24:00.000-07:00

:: VOTE SHAWN GRANGER IN COMICBOOK CHALLENGE! ::

A friend of SUMM Publications has made it to the top ten of Platinum Studio's Comicbook Challenge!! Please stop by AT&T Blue Room and vote for Shawn Granger. Please be sure to vote as many time as you can. There is no limit to voting. Many thanks to everyone who helps. And good luck to Shawn! We hope you make it very far!

2007-05-24T19:21:00.000-07:00

:: Jason May will be at the Connecticon in Harford CT July 2007! ::

Stop by Hartford CT and buy some robot paintings, drawings and prints from the super robot artist Jason May. He'll also have some great previews of Mr. Phelps (from King Tractor Press) as well as books from SUMM Publications. He may even have some preview pages of an upcoming sci-fi series that he is working on with a joint venture of two companies.

Until then, you can quench your thirst for Jason's robot art by visiting his site.

You can learn more about the Connecticon by visiting http://connecticon.com/

2007-05-03T20:03:00.000-07:00

:: Robot Heads from Jason May ::

Jason will be heading to Philly this July. Pick up some robot heads before the crowds nab them again. Get them on Friday or go to his site now and get them first!

2007-02-20T16:13:00.000-08:00

Here are some paintings waiting for your purchase at NYC this weekend.

2007-02-19T12:59:00.000-08:00

More information as to what you'll see at the SUMM Publications booth. We will have all of our titles that you can preview at summ.net as well.

Jason May New York Convention Commercial

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2007-02-14T20:34:00.000-08:00

Here is Myspace Event posted by Shawn Granger from King Tractor. We'll be teaming up with him as well as After Hours Press at the NYC Con. Come join us.

Hosted By: Shawn Granger
When: Friday Feb 23, 2007
at 9:00 AM
Where: New York Comic Con
New York, NY 10002
United States
Description:
Shawn Granger

Click Here To View Event

2007-01-18T20:12:00.000-08:00

:: COME SEE SUMM PUBLICATIONS CREATORS AT THE NYC CON ::

SUMM Publications has purchased a booth at the NYC-con on Feb 23rd-26th. Stop by the table and pick up Catching Lucifer's Lunch and meet the creators. We will be signing and I will be sketching all day every day. I will also have a variety of artwork and various other goodies for sale from my own studio. We'll see you in February.

Jason

2006-12-13T20:07:00.000-08:00

JASON MAY SKETCHBOOK

It's official. Jason May's sketchbook is at the printers now. If everything goes well they will be available at the NYC Comic-con at the SUMM Publications booth. He is also hoping to have new robot figurines to sell. If you puchase a robot figure you'll recieve the sketchbook free with it. The sketchbook has a spot in the inside cover for the artist to sketch out a unique con-sketch for his fans. If you don't want a robot figure, you can purchase the sketchbook separatley.

We will offer a small image or preview as soon as the book is off the press. When the robot figures are complete, we'll also offer a preview.

2006-11-08T20:25:00.000-08:00

SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2006: SUMM PUBLICATIONS

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2006-07-13T11:48:00.000-07:00

:: SUMM PUBLICATIONS HITS SAN DIEGO COMIC CON ::

Yes, we know this is not a booth a San Diego, but we thought we'd put up an image of our products while we talked about San Diego.

This is SUMM's first year hitting comic con. You have seen us in Philly, Chicago, Boston, SPX, Mighty Mini-con and much much more. We'll be flying into San Diego with copies of our latest book, Catching Lucifer's Lunch as well as our other titles. There are new Read Graphic Novels sticker for sale, as well as a free Gimme SUMM sticker just for our SD fans. If it is really popular we'll bring it back. No worries.

Jason will be doing is usual 'quick' custom robot sketches (on backer boards) for $10 and he's upgrading and doing some water color bots as well. He's got a few started and will be doing some at the con. The water color robots (pre painted) in his sketchbook will be $20 ($25 in frames) and anything made custom for you, at the show, will be $30 (full color water color).

T.J. May will be signing all of his books for free. Yes, for free (as long as you buy the book).

We look forward to the chaos to come. Hope to see you there.

2006-05-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

:: NEW SUMM STORE ::

Come check out the new store. We now have all of our books available, stickers, prints and Tshirts. Some items are still being added to the store, so bear with us. If you want something asap that you see but doesn't have a button, just email us and let us know and we'll hook you up!

2006-05-10T07:19:00.000-07:00

:: WHAT'S NEW IN THE WOLD OF SUMM ::

With the conventions getting near, SUMM has decided to bring out the guns and offer our present and future fans some great goodies! At this year's cons (Philly, San Diego and SPX) you can look forward to some new tshirts designed by Jason May. Some of them are available right now in our store. We'll also have some fantastic stickers to give away and to sell. You can snag a free 'Gimme SUMM' sticker at our booths or purchase one of our new burshed metal 'Read Graphic Novels' stickers. They look great on cars, bathroom doors and forheads. You'll also be able to pick up Jason May's Robot Prints. We are adding an additional robot to the collection. So come on by and check it out. He'll also be doing his robot sketches and other commisions. You can also pick up our newest title Catching Lucifer's Lunch as well as our older titles.

On our website, you'll find some great new web comics provided by Komikwerks.com. We currently are offer PPV and The Front.

This is shaping up to be a stellar year for SUMM Publications and we look forward to spending it with you!

2006-05-03T10:03:00.000-07:00

:: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY | LARRY'S COMIC IN LOWELL, MA!!! ::

The Brothers May will be invading Larry's Comics on Lowell, MA this weekend for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. You can find more information about the event by visiting Larry's comic website. Come on and pick up an advanced copy of Catching Lucifer's Lunch autographed by both Jason and T.J.. Jason will also be doing free convention sketches for those who attend.

2006-04-09T04:37:00.000-07:00

:: THE COMIC SHOW NASHUA NEW HAMPSHIRE TODAY ::

The Brothers May will be attending The Comic Show today in Nahua NH. Stop by the table and pick up and advanced copy of Catching Lucifer's Lunch and get a custom robot sketch from Jason May, who will also have original art for sale.

For more information regarding the show, please visit: www.thecomicshow.com or www.summ.net

2006-04-06T19:58:00.000-07:00

:: HOSTING/ SERVER ISSUES RESOLVED ::

We have fixed out issue with our registrar and our site is cureently up and running. Please notify us of any issues/malfunctions concerning the site. If you have any questions about purchasing our publications, please visit: www.summ.net/store.html

2006-03-26T05:37:00.000-08:00

:: DOMAIN PROBLEMS!!! ::

Currently our domain host is having problems:

"Joker.com currently experiences massive distributed denial of service attacks against nameservers.
This affects DNS resolution of Joker.com itself, and also domains which make use of Joker.com nameservers.
We are very sorry for this issue, but we are working hard for a permanent solution.
Thank you for your understanding,"

Obviously this is a major blow to the SUMM advertising campaign and we are trying to remedy the sitution right now by changing our name servers over to a new server with the help of a very good friend of our's. I will keep you posted. Thanks for your support.

Until this gets worked out, please visit our forums:
http://www.digitalwebbing.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=24

2006-03-23T09:02:00.000-08:00

:: SUMM.net OUTAGE ::

Currently, www.joker.com is down. This is the site that we run out domain through. Catching Lucifer's Lunch came out yesterday in Diamond Previews and now no one can access my websites. This seems to always happen somehow around important events like shows, releases and signings. I am begining to think that a higher cyber power does not want SUMM Publications to thrive....

Should you be able to visit www.joker.com, please notify me immediatly so I can figure out what's going on.

Thank you for your support.

2006-03-15T19:55:00.000-08:00

:: Catching Lucifer's Lunch Diamond Ordering Information ::

Today, SUMM Publications, received their order information from Diamond Distributers. You can order your copy of Catching Lucifer's Lunch through Diamond Distributers, April Previews at your local shop, or for your shop, using the information listed below.

We urge retailers to take advantage of the incentive program we have set up. You will be able to receive 1 FREE COPY of CLL when you purchase two. If you are a customer of a store and are ordering the book, please mention that deal to your stores owner and recommend carrying multiple copies for other customers to enjoy.

APRIL PREVIEWS 2006
Page 326

APR053349 CLL
APR053350 CLL incentive
(this is for the retailer buy 2 get 1 free deal).

2006-03-15T09:36:00.000-08:00

T.J. May and Jason May will be appearing at Larry's Comics in Lowell, MA on Free Comic Book Day--May 6th, 2006

We will be signing from 11am-3pm. You can purchase copies of all SUMM books at this appearance, Catching Lucifer's Lunch may actually debut that day, and Jason will be giving out Free Sketches.

Should be a lot of fun!

2006-03-15T09:29:00.000-08:00

Howdy folks,

I have been asked to do a "lecture" series on comic book creation in my home town of Hudson, MA. It is part of a month long art festival to raise money for the public school libraries.

It is being put together by THE VAULT skateboard shop, THE BOOKWORM used book store, and THE HARVEST cafe. I'll be speaking with a group of teens on April 1st. They will have a few weeks to submit a small project for an art contest that I will judge on April 22nd. And then there will be a follow-up meeting on April 27th.

Details are still being hammered out so visit www.summ.net, this blog or stop into any of the stores mentioned above for more information.

My best
T.J. May
Writer in Residence

2006-03-03T05:14:00.000-08:00

Howdy,

T.J. here again.... So, I'm learning new stuff everyday.

One of the biggest lesson we learned in the past was that nothing sells your book like your book itself. With that in mind we are over-printing Catching Lucifer's Lunch, in fact it's already at the printers, and Diamond is going to help us get a copy into the hands of 1000 retailer most likely to order a copy.

But, the dilemma was that I thought I was going to have all 5000 copies shipped to my house, and then repackage them and ship them out again myself. Anybody that has gone through the distribution process using Quebecor as a printer knows that the Diamond's pick-up service is invaluable. And I thought that I was going to have to go without. But Jay mentioned on a whim that maybe Quebecor offered storage. So I asked...

And they DO! For $50 a month they'll store our product, ship to me what I need as I need it, and Diamond will pick-up their copies as they go and bill me their fee (which is peanuts compared to the shipping and handling cost, plus time wasted I would have had to go through).

Happy day!

T

2006-02-27T06:36:00.000-08:00

Hello,

I'm T.J. May. This is my first post into the blog. I'll try to make it a daily occurrence, but that of course never happens.

I attended the NYC Comic-Con last weekend. I was invited to sign at the NArwain booth all day Saturday and had a great time meeting Dario and Sabrina. Also got to check in with Buddy Scalera, always a good time.

So, the con was insane. Friday night it was only open to the public from 4-8pm and 12,000 fans came through. By noon on Saturday the con had sold out of tickets for the rest of the weekend. Saturday was a shy guys worst nightmare, way too many people but it was great. The con had a few bugs that I'm sure will get worked out for future events, and there will be future events as I'm sure they got at least 50-60,000 people there this weekend. 1,000s were turned away, some pros even had to wait 45minutes to an hour just to get back in after going for a cigarette break, or food run.

But, for SUMM many new connections were made. We handed over some samples to a paramount pictures executive, and made a crucial foreign licensing connection. A company (I forget the name) headed by Tim Hegeraty (probably spelled wrong) is already brokering deals to get our titles in Germany, and plans to move it around Europe and beyond.

So, stay posted!

My best
T

2006-02-23T20:18:00.000-08:00

:: DIAMOND PICKS UP CATCHING LUCIFER'S LUNCH ::

Catching Lucifer's Lunch has been picked up by Diamond Distributers and will be in the April 2006 Previews. Please order a copy and urge your favorite comic book shop or book store to carry it. We will be posting the ISBN soon. Those of you at the NYC Con can grab an ISBN card from T.J. May. He has been outfitted with business cards with the cover, ISBN and contact information regarding CLL.

2006-02-20T20:47:00.000-08:00

:: T.J. May Signing ::

Come see T.J. May this weekend at the New York Convention. He will be signing at the Narwain booth. He will be giving out business cards with information on obtaining our newest title, Catching Lucifer's Lunch, which hits stands in May 2006. Bring you copies of Bryan Yuzna's Horror-ramma #2 as well as Ill Conceived and A Day in the Pyschosis of David Price with you and get his signature. T.J. will have other SUMM goodies to hand out as well. Visit SUMM.net for more information about T.J. May or visit out forum hosted at Digital Webbing.

2005-12-19T09:44:00.000-08:00

:: NEW WEBSITE FOR 2006 ::

SUMM PUBLICATIONS is going to 'step-it-up' in 2006. You'll be seeing a new graphic novel, "Catching Lucifer's Lunch," as well as other stories throughout the year. Come back to: news.summ.net to find out more information about the May Brothers and their exploits!