Steve Purcell has decided to buy something on eBay, and that means he will sell you something first. The item for sale is a unique piece of art he created for Monkey Island 2. Check out the auction here! For now it will only ship to the US, but Steve is looking into shipping internationally. Also, here’s a close-up of the image if you’re still undecided. (via Mojo)

This contest has ended.

Want to win a ‘Tales of Monkey Island’ poster signed by Steve Purcell? Here’s your chance! If you have played chapter 3, Lair of the Leviathan, of ‘Tales of Monkey Island‘ you have come across a photo of the lovely Sister Agnes. The men want her and the women want to be her. Her looks are unique yet we will try to replicate the visual wonder that is Sister Agnes with this contest. We invite you to dress up, put on your best Sister Agnes face, snap a photo of it, and send it to us at talesofmi@gmail.com.

When the contest has ended the staff here at talesofmi.net will choose the best photo and the winner will receive a ‘Tales of  Monkey Island‘ poster signed by Steve Purcell. The second and third place will each receive a full season of ‘Tales of Monkey Island‘! If you already bought the full season you can always give it to a friend so they too can experience how awesome Monkey Island is!

All these prizes are kindly donated by Telltale so remember to thank them in your next Oscar speech, when you’re on Oprah, as you call a friend on ‘Who Wants to be A Millionaire?’, in the comments, on their forums, or just send them a kind thought and buy their games

There are some rules (aren’t there always?):

1. Image must be of reasonable quality and at least 300*300 pixels in size.
2. Image must be in jpg, gif, or png format.
3. No editing is allowed. You cannot edit the image with Photoshop or any other photo editing software. However, cropping of the image is allowed.
4. By entering this contest you agree that your image may be displayed publicly on the Internet.
5. Only one(1) entry per person.

Send your photo along with your real name and nickname (what you want to appear next to your photo) to talesofmi@gmail.com. The deadline for entries is Monday 19th October 23.59 CET / 14.59 PM PDT. After the winners are selected all entered photos will be available for all to see in a public gallery so the world can envy the creativity of the Monkey Island fans. Click here for the photo of Sister Agnes and don’t hurt yourself trying to do the crossed eyes, a great costume and details can put you in the winning chair as well

We look forwards to lots of graceful mugshots of Sister Agnes

Good luck!

Over on his blog, Steve Purcell has written something about how his cover for Tales of Monkey Island came into existence. He says he usually does three concepts, and the client decides… but in this case, Telltale let Steve decide which one he would make into a final version. You can see the three concept sketches here, and to read more about the process, point your browser to this address.

Have an empty wall? Need something to cover up the bullet holes from last week’s party? Too lazy to paint your living room? Telltale has the solution! Steve Purcell has painted a cover for the forthcoming DVD  release of ‘Tales of Monkey Island’, but you can also buy a 21.75″ x 16″ poster of it and for a few extra pieces o´eight you can even get Steve Purcell to hand-sign it!

Poor Steve, I hope his hand doesn’t cramp up. Head over to the TTG store and purchase the regular poster for $14.95 or the signed one for $19.95. Shipping fees may apply and a note from Jake at TTG says “The poster is currently listed as “backordered,” because it has not yet arrived at the warehouse to ship out. It should start shipping next week. The signed posters will take another week or so longer, as Steve is still signing them.”

I have to apologize for the lack of news updates here, but I promise you, we’re working on some interesting original content. Still, that’s no reason to just stop blogging!

First of all, listen to the latest Idle Thumbs podcast, which is all about that guy, Ron Gilbert. He made something called Monkey Island or something like that? You know, that game about an island full of monkeys, I think. Never heard of it.

Also, here’s the Tales of Monkey Island box art, as painted by the one and only Steve Purcell. And if you were at PAX, you could have seen the awesome Monkey Island Museum of Things, where things like this were on show. And last but not least, Steve Purcell has been posting some concept art from the cancelled Monkey Island movie on his blog, so check that out as well.

Alright, now you’re up to date on Monkey Island news again! (Thanks to Mixnmojo.com as well, from which some of this news was stolen borrowed.)