Tori Drops "Cherry Bomb" Advice

Several sources are reporting that Miss Tori will dispense “life advice” in the forthcoming book Cherry Bomb: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, and a Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Life Like a Rock Star. Tori’s ivories of wisdom will cozy up alongside advice from Lisa Loeb, Anna Sui, Terri Nunn, Cherie Currie, Imogen Heap and many others. The book, edited by Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna, is due August 5, but you can pre-order it on Amazon now. Thanks to toritattoo, Kimberly and umpalumpa for the tip!

Um, What? Matt Chamberlain In Cornwall, Recording?

Matt’s journal explains that he is in Cornwall to do some recording with Tori. On May 11, he explained, “Tomorrow I’m off to Cornwall England to record with my red headed piano playing friend Mrs. Tori Amos.” The May 13 entry shows a photo of his kit at Martian Studios. Wow. We have no idea what they’re up to over there in England, but as soon as we find out we’ll post it. Thanks to Darrell and Kevin D. for spotting this.

CBT: The Responsible Parties, More Artwork, Tori Store Pre-orders

First and foremost, Newsarama has posted the complete creator list for Comic Book Tattoo. The list appears to be one row per story, so one would assume that one could match up that list with the song list and figure out who worked on which story for the anthology.

Update: Indeed, Everything Tori has posted the contents of the anthology, listing titles and creators, so now we can be sure of who worked on what. The full list is included beyond the cut

Additionally, Newsarama has more exclusive artwork from the collection to whet the appetite. Panels from Winter, Mr. Zebra, Here In My Head, and Bouncing Off Clouds can be now viewed on their site — and we have to say that they look really tasty!

Update #2: Leif Jones has posted a second page from “Little Amsterdam” on his blog.

From the pre-ordering-the-collection department, all three editions of Comic Book Tattoo have been added to The Tori Store. They are currently charging the full price for all three (thank you Darrell!).

Meanwhile, on the Amazon front, the hardcover continues to be “currently unavailable” while the limited edition continues to be available (perhaps they’ve gotten the quantities they can sell of the two items mixed up?). And, even though the American store has jacked up the price of the limited edition to $94.49, the Canadians are still listing the deluxe edition at the drastically low price of CDN $63.83 (thanks Colleen!). Even discounting the current strength of the Canadian dollar, that’s still a steal considering the list price.

Finally, DavidMackGuide has posted a list of several stores where you can pre-order any of the three editions of the collection. If you’re looking to send your business to somewhere other than the faceless Amazon behemoth and support a comic store directly, take a look!

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Your Daily Comic Book Tattoo Update

Paul, chet and SugaredRiotPoof note that Amazon.com has increased their price for pre-ordering the deluxe edition of Comic Book Tattoo. Amazon now accurately shows the list price as $149.99 but are charging $94.49 for pre-orders — up from the $62.99 steal that was listed last week. Several people who pre-ordered the book at the lower price report receiving confirmation from Amazon that the lower price will be honored when the book is delivered to those early adopters. The pre-order prices for the softcover and regular hardcover remain unchanged — and the hardcover also remains mysteriously unavailable. And don’t forget that Forbidden Planet has all three editions for pre-order as well.

We also hasten to point out, since we hired specially-trained ninjas to surreptitiously do so under the cover of night, that three new pieces of artwork from the anthology have been added to our previous article about the collection’s “set list”! Rantz was gracious enough to let us share with the Toriphile community pages from “Marianne” (by Kako), “Space Dog” (by Matthew S. Armstrong) and “The Waitress” (art by Ming Doyle, writing by Rantz Hoseley). Check it out!

Come And Get It: The Comic Book Tattoo Songs! And New Artwork!

Hear ye! Hear ye! Undented is pleased to announce the “track listing”, if you will, for the upcoming Comic Book Tattoo anthology!

Rantz was kind enough to send us the list of songs which, in this order, comprise the collection. Covering the width and breadth of Tori’s catalog, from the old to the new and the hits to the obscure, every Toriphile should find at least one of their favorites of Tori’s girls in the book’s chapters — and maybe find a few new favorites as well!

UPDATE: But wait! There’s more! We have three more exclusive panels of sample artwork from the collection. They are from the stories for “Marianne”, “Space Dog”, and “The Waitress”. Check them out beyond the cut — and thanks, again, to Rantz for allowing us to share them with everyone!

Jump the cut for the full list and keep an eye out for more details about the anthology to surface soon!

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Comic Book Tattoo Pre-Order Price Reduction At Amazon

At the risk of turning into an Amazon cheerleader, we hasten to point out that their pre-order prices for all three editions of Comic Book Tattoo have been reduced! Slashed, even! The softcover is now $19.79, the hardcover, now “temporarily out of stock” (though one wonders how a not-yet-released book can be out of stock) is $36.49 and the limited edition is $62.99. Thanks to Michael Fellows and susan for the tip!

UPDATE: We’ve received confirmation from Rantz that the price for the limited edition of Comic Book Tattoo is, in fact, $149.99. Given that and the limited run of the edition (1,000 copies), the $62.99 pre-order price that Amazon continues to list does seem suspicious, particularly since they do not appear to be limiting the number of pre-orders on this item — its current sale rank at Amazon is #541!

In addition, Melanie received a reply from Amazon in response to her query about the limited edition, the basic gist of which is that they could not confirm anything about the physical details of the edition. This, of course, makes perfect sense considering that the book has not been published or even solicited to retail yet. They also reiterated that Amazon’s return policy allows for full refunds if a book does not meets one’s expectation.

Given all that, caution is advised in pre-ordering the limited edition from Amazon. Deals that appear too good to be true usually are, so please keep a healthy level of expectation about this. Mind you, we’re not suggesting that Amazon is doing a bait and switch! But considering the lack of details at this stage, no one should be surprised if they can not meet the price they’ve advertised or are unable to supply all copies they have accepted orders for.

On a less cautionary note, Darrell points out that Forbidden Planet is now listing all three editions as well. Their current prices are £13.39 for the softcover, £22.10 for the hardcover, and a much heftier £66.33 (that’s $130.87 at the current exchange rate) for the limited edition.

Amazon.co.uk also has all three editions but does not have prices listed and is not accepting orders for them.

RTL2 Zacoustic Session Videos Now Available!

Clément writes to let us know that videos of Tori’s Zacoustic session, recorded last April during the American Doll Posse European promotional tour, have been posted on the RTL2 website. All three songs recorded for Zegut’s Pop Rock Station program — “Velvet Revolution,” “Father’s Son.” and “Beauty of Speed” — are available for your Windows Media streaming pleasure.

PS22 Says Your Brain Is A Comic Book Tattoo

Although Perez Hilton has made sure that no one on the web doesn’t already know, it would be remiss of us not to mention that the PS22 Choir has covered Flying Dutchman. Check it out on their blog or view it below. Thanks to Devin for the heads-up.

We’re guessing this isn’t a marketing cross-promotion with Comic Book Tattoo — but perhaps they ought to consider it!

Catching Up With A Comic Book Tattoo...

Over the past week, several more bits and pieces fell into place for the upcoming Comic Book Tattoo anthology.

First, designer TomM posted about his involvement with the project on his blog. In addition to featuring the title logo, which you can see over there on the right, Muller also mentions that there will be three editions of the collection: a regular trade paperback, a hardcover and a deluxe hardcover, with slipcase, signed by Tori, limited to 1,000 copies.

On a related note, editor Rantz Hoseley has posted photographs of “dummies” of each edition on his Flickr. These dummies are full, art-free constructs of each edition that the production team is using to gauge the look, feel and heft of the book. There are several shots of the softcover, the hardcover, the limited edition for your viewing pleasure. And even though you can’t hold them, that should give you an idea of what the volume will be like to hold and peruse.

Today, DavidMackGuide.com posted the solicitation for the anthology which, in addition to a rundown of the writers, illustrators and other involved, includes this choice paragraph:

Over 80 of the best creators from every style and genre, have contributed over 50 stories to this anthology featuring stories inspired by the songs of multi-platinum recording artist, TORI AMOS. Featuring an introduction by NEIL GAIMAN, with stories by creators such as CARLA SPEED McNEIL, MARK BUCKINGHAM, C.B. CEBULSKI, NIKKI COOK, HOPE LARSON, JOHN NEY REIBER, RYAN KELLY and many, many others, COMIC BOOK TATTOO encapsulates the breadth, depth and beauty of modern comics in this coffee table format book.

Perhaps of more interest, the pricing for the three editions is also noted: $29.99 fpr the softcover, $49.99 for the hardcover and $149.99 for the signed and numbered slipcase hardcover.

And finally, MiMi points out that Amazon.com has added a listing for the softcover edition and is now taking pre-orders for the book. Their current price is the $29.99 list price mentioned previously, though it is eligible for Amazon’s 5% pre-order discount

Update: Whoops! Completely missed that the hardcover and limited edition hardcover are also listed on Amazon.com for pre-order. (Thanks to Zac for clearing that up!) The limited edition is listed at $99.99 — a pretty hefty discount from the $149.99 price tag DavidMackGuide.com has. Amazon does not specify that this limited edition is signed, though it seems reasonable to assume that. We’ll try to get some clarification on that and on the actual publication date which Amazon has as July 16th rather than the July 23rd date that was thrown out there earlier.

Image Comics' Ink On Comic Book Tattoo

“I have been surprised, excited and pleasantly shocked by these comics that are extensions of the songs that I have loved and therefore welcome these amazing stories of pictures and words because they are uncompromisingly inspiring,” says Amos. “It shows you thought is a powerful formidable essence and can have a breathtaking domino effect.”

Today, Image Comics, publisher of Comic Book Tattoo, the upcoming anthology of Tori’s songs adapted in comic form, posted an article about the collection on their website. It includes the above quote from Tori, some additional comments from editor Rantz Hoseley and, of interest to many, a specific publication date! Expect the 12” x 12”, 480 page book to be available in your local comic shop starting July 23rd and includes an introduction written by Neil Gaiman.

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