Robot 6 points us to the pretty cool short film by Josh McCaw and Ali Borghi, based on events in Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody (which just came out a few days ago in paperback from DC’s Vertigo imprint). Just like Jeff’s bandage-wrapped stranger in a small town it has satisfying echoes of the early film adaptations of Wells’ Invisible Man – sticking to black and white for filming was a good call, I think and it’s a lovely, clear HD image. And if you haven’t picked it up you should have a look at Jeff’s The Nobody. And his other Vertigo title Sweet Tooth. And you most certainly should be reading his earlier Top Shelf published work Essex County, also now available in a handy single volume omnibus. And, well, let’s just say you should be reading Jeff Lemire if you aren’t already – and we’ll be seeing even more of him as DC announced just recently he will be working with Pier Gallo on a new ongoing Superboy series later this year.

The Nobody from VidFilms on Vimeo.

The excellent Jeff Lemire has revamped his official website and blog; if you’ve not read Jeff before its a good time to get in on his work, which I’m glad to see is gaining a wider audience. I first came across Jeff’s work via the engrossing Essex County trilogy which Top Shelf published (the series, set in a partly imagined version of his home stomping ground and characters in Ontario, was gathered into an omnibus edition this summer, highly recommended if you haven’t picked it up yet), DC has now published a hardback of his The Nobody while he also has an ongoing DC/Vertigo series, Sweeth Tooth, running at the moment (with a trade collection due sometimes mid 2010). If you’re already a Lemire fan go and check it out, if you’re not then you should be reading him (yes, that is another good suggestion for a Xmas present!).

(a cool version of Rom, Space Knight, by Jeff Lemire, borrowed from his site)