Sharing the Love

Let me start by going on record about something: I love Valentine’s Day. I know, it’s a manufactured holiday targeted to brainwash consumers into overpaying for flowers and heart-shaped chocolates. So what. I think any day that encourages us to find our inner romantic and pamper the ones we love is A-Okay in my book.

On the subject of love, My Dead Girlfriend continues to be showered by it in ways I could have never predicted.

It felt like Ain’t It Cool News had changed its name to Ain’t It Cool Wight yesterday. Not only did they give me a beautiful review for Action Comics, but they also ran an in-depth analysis of MDG as their AICN Anime Valentine’s Day Special.

“More honest than a rote high concept meet-cute romance, My Dead Girlfriend is the right comic for Valentine’s Day regardless of whether you're in love, out of love, or somewhere in-between.”

There’s a new interview with me over at Wizard Magazine Online, along with an excerpt from the first chapter of My Dead Girlfriend.

Meg Cabot, the prolific princess of young adult literature, featured MDG in her blog as her pick for the perfect Valentine’s Day present! She’s even giving away five autographed copies to the first fans that can email her the correct answer to a trivia question from my book.

Augie De Blieck gave MDG a great write up in his Pipeline column over at Comic Book Resources:

“It's genuinely hard to believe that this is Wight's debut comic. (He's done short bits here and there, but this is his major debut, in my opinion.) His storytelling and his art style are so strong out of the gate, you'd almost think he's been doing this for years.”

Brian K. Vaughan, the critically acclaimed author of such books as Y: The Last Man, Runaways, and Ex Machina, picked MDG as one of his top five comics for the week of February 14th!

"MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND: You may know award-winning artist Eric Wight's work from THE ESCAPIST or episodes of THE O.C. (he 'ghosted' all the art for Seth Cohen), but he's never looked better than in his new book from Tokyopop."

I want to send some VD love to my chums Allan Heinberg, Geoff Johns, and Brad Meltzer for also plugging MDG in their myspace blogs. Their support has been incredible throughout the entire process of making MDG, and I consider myself extremely lucky to have friends whose hearts are as big as their talent.

Don't forget, today is the final day to get your entries in at the Whedonesque Valentine's Day Contest. Hurry up and write that story before it's too late!

One last little note -- a very, very special thank you goes out to my good friend and savior Rob Feldman, who built the original blog for me and was able to get things up and running again today while I retighten all the nuts and bolts. When Rob’s not bailing my ass out, he’s busy creating The Hyrde and Dr. Shroud.


Happy Valentine's Day!