From the SLG Livejournal, Jennifer de Guzman writes -

Nowheresville, USA has a review of The Clarence Principle, giving the new graphic novel by Fehed Said and Shari Chankhamma three and a half stars: “It’s rare that I come to the end of a book (comic or otherwise) and just lose my breath from being astounded. I sat there dumb-founded. It was a good sort of feeling – to not really know what to think. I think it’s been a long time since I was surprised.”

Meanwhile, at SLG Art Director Scott Saavedra’s blog, he gives you a look behind the scenes at the process behind the design of the cover of The Clarence Principle. Writes Scott, “Sure, this a completely insane, backward way to produce a cover design but we’re all crazy here. That’s just how it is.”

Yep.

The image of Clarence’s face that was on the original cover is now on the spine. We don’t like to waste art here.

End of SLG Post.

In other news, Shari is still working her butt off on our upcoming 44 pager, ‘The Forgotten Incident of San Sabian’. She’s a trooper that one. Really, she’s been losing out on a lot of sleep and working non-stop all day everyday to get this done by the deadline, and she’s not cutting any corners either! Click on it for a larger more detailed image:

Rack Raids gives The Clarence Principle “Three and a half out of five Vikings”.

Suicide, as we know it in North American culture, is a dark, disturbing, and wholly selfish act, one derived from pain, often done to deliver more pain, and sometimes done to relieve it. It’s an act that’s not really very easy to make light of, and perhaps even more of a challenge to adapt into a “down the rabbit’s hole” type adventure. Yet, that’s what writer Fehed Said and Shari Chankhamma have attempted to do with their original graphic novel, The Clarence Principle, which explores a purgatory or restless wandering that resembles a landscape plucked from the Sandman’s Dreaming merged with the backdrop of a Tim Burton animated movie.
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I liked reading this review.

From the SLG Publishing LiveJournal

The Clarence Principle by Fehed Said and Shari Chankhamma – 224-page graphic novel, $12.95

Embark on a surreal voyage into an unconventional vision of the afterlife. Clarence wakes to the aftermath of his own suicide and a hidden message spawns his journey beyond. Follow Clarence’s twisted tale, as he meets whimsical characters whose fates are destined to intertwine with his.

If you’re looking to get a copy of The Clarence Principle, we recommend that you try Borders or Waldenbooks . The bookstores ordered far more copies than comic book stores did. And of course, it’s also available from the SLG website, www.slgcomic.com.

Kevin Melrose at the Blog@Newsarama chooses The Clarence Principle as his pick of the week. “I’ve been looking forward to The Clarence Principle since SLG Publishing announced it back in February,” he writes.
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To celebrate, Shari and I asked a friend, Carrie Dean, to create some LJ icons for us. Here’s a small sample:

You can see all 20 icons and download the full set here.

Shari made a chibi Death CG just for fun. It’s also available as a Print in various sizes. Click here to check out the details.

Straight cut and paste from Shari’s LJ, ‘cos I’m too lazy to rewrite it XD
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First proper review for Clarence. Found by our friend Kelsie.

on the art: Shari’s…

[...] art is gorgeous, vaguely and superficially resembling the round-headed, emotive characters of Brian Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim, but her storytelling, gothic lighting and lush backgrounds move the art into a completely different realm. She’s able to move back and forth between the humorously bizarre to the gut-wrenchingly heart breaking with apparent ease, and the fantasy settings of the story never get confusing, no matter how dreamlike they become.

on the story: Fehed’s…

[...] story is filled with terrific moments, many of which will make most readers laugh out loud at the absurdity or blackness of the moment. However, despite some emotional moments, the overall theme of Clarence’s self-discovery doesn’t quite pull together in a satisfying. Undoubtedly many readers will still enjoy the book, and even take something away from it, but my feeling is that Said left the circumstances of Clarence’s life too open to generate the proper closure. The finale feels artificial and incomplete, disjointed. Nevertheless, the journey, in this case, is sufficiently enjoyable that it is probably worth the ride, no matter where you end up.

Originally from Newsarama.

Overall, this is a positive review, me happy <3 <3 a bonus comment from some japanese blog about american comics (and linux)

“まったく知らない作家の作品だが、プレビューを見るとかなり期待できそう。”

According to babelfish, it’s something along the line that s/he has good expectation for the book after seeing the preview even tho the writer is unknown. (or maybe totally different thing altogether, you can’t trust babelfish XD)
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So there you have it, our first review. Now go pre-order the book!