The Secret is out! Mike Wieringo TELLOS Tribute

[Steve Hubbell]

The Secret is out!

https://mikewieringotellostribute.com/

The Mike Wieringo TELLOS Tribute is a 500 page, original graphic novel presented in two over-size, hardcover volumes. It features the artwork of over 200 of the comics industry’s most popular and talented artists and is dedicated to the memory of late artist, Mike Wieringo, with all proceeds from this project being donated to the ASPCA in Mike’s name.

Three years in the making, the Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute continues the adventures of characters made popular in the original Tellos series created by Mike and writer Todd Dezago and published by Image Comics. They are; Jarek—a young hero with magikal abilities he does not yet understand, Koj—a tiger-warrior who is both Jarek’s partner and protector, Serra—the young pirate queen who finds herself somehow linked to these two reluctant heroes and, Rikk—the fox-thief bent on finding his fortune but, more often than not, finds trouble instead.

In this tale, they are reunited to stop the dread Sur-Azal, the ruthless leader of the denizens of Nether, slithering, scuttling creatures that dwell far beneath the lands of Tellos. As Sur-Azal and his minions move to make Tellos habitable once more for his primordial brethren, other dark creatures called The Baden sweep across the many kingdoms, terrorizing and possessing the bodies of the population.

Produced by a dazzling array of Mike’s friends, fans, and colleagues, the Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute is dedicated to the memory of this kind, caring, and talented artist and friend.


https://mikewieringotellostribute.com/get-the-books/


The Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute
Book One: Fallen Friends

In the summer of 2007, beloved comics artist, Mike Wieringo, passed away suddenly, leaving behind a legion of fans and too many stories untold. Now, ten years later, more than 200 of the industry's top artists come together to pay tribute to their fallen friend.

Based on the comics series Wieringo co-created with scribe Todd Dezago, Tellos Tribute Book 1 returns Readers to the fantasy world of Tellos where our heroes — a pirate princess, a sword-wielding tiger, a boy with a magikal amulet, and a larcenous fox — are drawn together once again to confront an horrific uprising by the monstrous denizens of the underworld called Nether. But first, they need to find each other…

Ships second week in June.
All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the ASPCA in Mike Wieringo’s name.
Order cut-off date: April 10, 2017



Featuring artwork by these talented Artists;

Craig Rousseau
Rich Case
Gregory Wright
Andy Smith
Andie Tong
J. Bone
Gordon Purcell
Mark McKenna
Leonel Castellani
Todd Nauck
Jamar Nicholas
James Offredi
Neil Vokes
Brandon Peterson
Bret Blevins
Terry Austin
Rich Ellis
Joe Rubenstein
Tom Orzechowski
Ryan Browne
Andrew Pepoy
Nate Lovett
Mark Wheatley
Laura Truxillo
Casey Jones
Terry Dodson
Rachel Dodson
Dave Sharpe
Shawn McManus
Martin Egeland
Howard M. Shum
Alex Sinclair
Jon Bogdanove
Bobby Timony
Leanne Hannah
Rod Hannah
Charles Paul Wilson III
Ramona Fradon
Karl Story
Andrew Robinson
Matt Wieringo
Christian D. Leaf
Tom Zahler
Dee Fish
Ed Dukeshire
Rob Stull
Dave Tata
Derek Fridolfs
Mike Thomas
Jerome Gagnon
Danielle Ellison
Chuck Wojtkiewicz
Raphael Albuquerque
Joe Staton
Matt Webb
Nicky Soh
Andrew Cieslinski
Jim Amash
Jeff Parker
Mauricet
Jason Browne
Mark Bagley
Andrew Hennessy
Paul Smith
Ian Sokoliwski
Clara Meath
Lauren Gramprey
Chris Kemple
Bart Sears
Dave Bardin
Tone Rodriguez
Al Milgrom
Jason Levine
Chris Campana
Jack Purcell
Denny Fincke
Jack Lawrence
Jerry Ordway
Drew Moss
Jeff Johnson
John Livesay
Stan Sakai
J.M. Dragunas
Rod Whigham
Marc Hodge
Denis Medri
Bruno Bessadi
Val Staples
Billy Martin
Dean Beattie
Marcelo Di Chiara
Sean Tiffany
Mark Buckingham
Kyle Latino
Joe Frontirre
and many more~!



The Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute
Book Two: By Thy Side

In the summer of 2007, beloved comics artist, Mike Wieringo, passed away suddenly, leaving behind a legion of fans and too many stories untold. Now, ten years later, more than 200 of the industry’s top artists come together to pay tribute to their fallen friend.

Based on the comics series ‘Ringo co-created with scribe Todd Dezago, Tellos Tribute Book 2 continues our saga as our rat-tag gang of Heroes marshall together the forces of the Resistance to do battle with the arcane and evil forces of the dread SUR-AZAL.

Darkness falls heavily on the magical realms…and Tellos will never be the same.

Ships second week in September.
All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the ASPCA in Mike Wieringo’s name.
Order cut-off date: July 10, 2017

Featuring artwork by these talented Artists;

Karl Kesel
Tom Raney
John Burgin
Gus Vasquez
Christian D. Leaf
June Brigman
Kurt Wood
Jim Terry
Paul Smith
Erik Donovan
Bryan L. Mon
Tracy Yardley
Dwayne Biddix
Rich Woodall
Dana Black
Steve Epting
Mike Maihack
Lousie Simonson
Walter Simonson
Wilson Ramos
Lovern Kindzierski
Jim Calafiore
Tom Bancroft
Jamie Jones
Terry Austin
Jon Roscetti
Matt Roscetti
Carlo Barberi
Mike Norton
Rico Renzi
Duncan Rouleau
Kari
Steve Dutro
Robb Mommaerts
Michael O’Hare
Tak Toyoshima
Sandy Jarrell
Laura Martin
Ariela Kristantina
Aluir Amancio
Jim Keplinger
Evan Dorkin
Charles Pritchett
Pedro Delgado
D. Forrest Fox
Keith Conroy
Kyler Clodfelter
Elvin Ching
J. Chris Campbell
Ed Smith
Ian Chase Nichols
Lora Innes
Kevin Kobasic
Tom McCraw
Fred Hembeck
Danielle Ellison
Laura Truxillo
Nathan Greno
J. Bone
Andy Genen
John Burgin
George Perez
Scott Hanna
Darwin Talon
Ryan Browne
Meg Syverud
Domo Stanton
Kelly Yates
Brandon Palas
Chris Sprouse
Karl Story
Ray-Anthony Height
Richard Goodwin
Todd Nauck
Franco
Art Baltazar
Rebekie Bennington
Dean Beattie
Mike Stock
Sunder Raj
Alex Ogle
Paolo Rivera
Vassilis Gogtzilas
Simone Arena
Armando Zanker
Joe Staton
Paul Mounts
Dave Bardin
Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Kyle T. Webster
Matt Wieringo
Craig Rousseau
and many more~!

[Gaffey]

PLEASE NOTE: In an attempt to insure that all monies go to the ASPCA, we have made this a very limited offer; The two volumes — shipping in June and September of this year — are unique in that they will only be offered in this format ONE TIME and ONE TIME ONLY. These exclusive books WILL NOT be available in any stores. The only way to order the Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute is here, on this website. Once initial ordering is done, it’s done. This means ALL SALES ARE FINAL. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

[Warren]

Thanks for the news, Gaffey. That's an astounding list of artists.

(Has it been ten years already? )

Edit; thanks Steve, even. Thanks to Steve and Gaffey!

[Gaffey]

I wonder if any of the art will be auctioned off to benefit the ASPCA?

Where did you find Stan's art?

[Steve Hubbell]

I wonder if any of the art will be auctioned off to benefit the ASPCA?

Where did you find Stan's art?

Stan posted it on Twitter last year....

[jabba359]

Is Tellos good? Amazon Kindle has the first issue for free, so I read it and liked what I saw.

It appears the Tellos Colossal vol. 1 hardcover is out of print and expensive, but the softcover has serious quality problems so I don't want that one. Was wondering if I should pick up a "good" condition HC for $20.

[johnsonk513]

Should I assume that this is not the secret project that Stan worked on recently that put Usagi on a small hiatus since the pencils are from last year, or is this the one?

[Gaffey]

Fed Ex delivered Volume 1 today. It's a nice book with a confusing table of contents. At least to me. Worth the $50 donation to the ASPCA



Fence and Fykes.........203 (got cut off)


This is page 193 (not Sakai)


This is page 205 (Sakai)

[maichan]

Ah, maybe that's what's scheduled for delivery today from FedEx - I'm expecting a mystery package coming from CENVEO, EUREKA, MO...

Hmm.... so index doesn't jive with the contents?

Is it just one page from Stan? Looks like the best page in the book!

[Steve Hubbell]

I hope my copy arrives without problem since it was addressed to a PO Box.

Really wish web-sites would list the shipping method to be used in the ordering process to avoid problems like this.

[Gaffey]

Yeah, it's from MO. Someone knocked on the door and by the time I got up I saw the FedEx truck driving way. I had no idea what was in the box. I didn't know if I should open it?

Is it just one page from Stan?

I only saw the one page. There's a fair amount of errors in the book, but I consider it a freebie for donating to the ASPCA. Not a big deal. It has a nice sewn binding. I always prefer that to glued.

[maichan]

I hope my copy arrives without problem since it was addressed to a PO Box.

Really wish web-sites would list the shipping method to be used in the ordering process to avoid problems like this.

Hopefully they sent yours USPS.

[jabba359]

Got my book today as well. As Gaffey points out, the index page numbering is significantly off on many of the listings. The chapters listings are all page accurate, but when multiple artists contributed to a chapter, the artist breakdown under that chapter are all off by 12 pages.

For instance, in Gaffey's picture, chapter 5 says it starts on page 203. That is correct. But you'll notice that the artist breakdown page numbers list previous pages. If you add 12 to each artist, then you get to the correct page. Chapter 6 then starts on page 215, as correctly listed. Since there was only one artist on that chapter, there isn't a page/artist breakdown and therefore doesn't list conflicting pages.

The print and binding quality is nice. I haven't read the series before, so need to find the first run. Unfortunately, the current tpb just falls apart like crazy from the reviews I read. The hardcover is discontinued and pretty expensive. Flipping through this tribute, however, I'm enjoying the various art styles. This should be fun to take around and get signed by the various artists.

[Gaffey]

Volume 2 was in today's mail. A pleasant surprise.