Good morning and happy February, everyone!

And it is a happy February, because today begins the five-day free promotion for the Kindle edition of Action Figures – Issue One: Secret Origins. The full novel is available until the end of Friday, February 5, so if you’re a new reader or a current fan who wants to introduce a friend to the series, you can — respectively — pick it up for yourself or send a copy as a gift. Just head on over to Amazon to download it now.

For you readers who are all caught up on the series and have been chomping at the bit for Action Figures – Issue Five: Team-Ups, your patience is about to be rewarded. Tricia began sending me peeks at the cover-in-progress, which is through the preliminary color work stage. Here’s a sneak-peek of the front cover from earlier on in the process…

Yep, it’s a classic “heroes on a rooftop watching over the city they’ve sworn to watch over” shot. Fans of the series will probably recognize the faceless fellow as the Entity, and the hint of a foreground figure you see will be Missy “Kunoichi” Hamill. I’ve seen Tricia’s rough sketch of Missy’s new outfit and I can’t wait to see the finished version of her, and of one of my favorite characters to write, Nina Nitro, who will be on the back cover.