2012 is ramping up to be a banner year for artist Corey "Reyyy" Lewis. The long-awaited sequel to his breakout graphic novel Sharknife is due out this month, and the artist is planning to release the third volume of his Layered Jacket anthology at this year's Emerald City Comicon in Seattle at the end of March. And now he's making it even more special with an art show during the convention.

Titled "Pure Sass," this show at Seattle's Bauhaus Books & Coffee promises to be a rare glimpse inside the frenetic mind and creativity of Lewis' work. Although it's taken six years for Lewis to finish his sequel to Sharknife, he's put out a number of mini-comics, ashcans, posters, webcomics and surprising guest appearances in a number of comics and magazines. From his unlikely comics debut doing a cover for Marvel's Captain Marvel #35 in 2002 to the present, seeing his artwork all in one place -- and all originals -- sounds like a modern-day comics archeological find. Now I just got to find a cheap flight to Seattle.