ASP TITLES NOW AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE ORDERING AND READING
IPR and DriveThruComics now carrying ASP

Kearny, NJ -- Mar 17, 2008 -- Struggling to find back issues of your favorite ASP comic? Archaia Studios Press is here to help you in your quest to read “the creme-de-la-creme” of single-issue comic publishers.* We now offer two more ways to buy and enjoy ASP single issues and collected editions: shipped directly from the ASP Online Store at Indie Press Revolution or downloaded .pdf versions of select titles via DriveThruComics.

For IPR, visit:
http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=3

And for DriveThruComics, where new ASP titles are being added all the time, visit:
http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?cPath=728

“Making sure that back issues are available for readers is always kind of a struggle for small and indie comic book publishers,” said ARTESIA creator and ASP Publisher Mark Smylie. “We kept hearing from readers that issues of our books were sold out at their local retailer, or that a reader bought the second issue of one of our books, loved it, but couldn’t find the first, or read a terrific review, but couldn’t find it at their local comic shop. We of course prefer everyone check with their LCS first, but IPR and DriveThruComics offer two terrific alternatives for readers to get their hands on ASP books.”

Ongoing and backlist ASP titles currently available through IPR include:
Artesia, Artesia Afield, Artesia Afire, and Artesia Besieged by Mark Smylie
Awakening by Nick Tapalansky and Alex Eckman-Lawn
The Engineer: Konstrukt by Brian Churilla and Jeremy Shepherd
Hybrid Bastards! By Tom Pinchuk and Kate Glasheen
Inanna’s Tears by Rob Vollmar and mpMann
The Killer by Matz and Luc Jacamon
Killing Pickman by Jason Becker and Jon Rea
The Lone and Level Sands by A. David Lewis and mpMann
The Long Count by Jason L Blair and Leanne Buckley
The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury by Brandon Thomas and Lee Ferguson
Misericordia by Rebekah Brem
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Petersen
Okko: The Cycle of Water by Hub
Primordia by John R. Fultz and Roel Wielinga
Revere: Revolution in Silver by Ed Lavallee and Grant Bond
Robotika and Robotika: For a Few Rubles More by Alex Sheikman
The Secret History by Jean-Pierre Pécau, Igor Kordey, et al.
The Sisterhood by Christopher Golden, Thomas Sniegoski, and Wellington Alves
Some New Kind of Slaughter by A. David Lewis and mpMann
Starkweather: Immortal by David Rodriguez and Patrick McEvoy

And soon, these forthcoming titles:
The Bond of Saint Marcel by Jennifer Quintenz and Christian Gossett
Cursed Pirate Girl by Jeremy Bastion
The Devil’s Panties by Jennie Breeden
The God Machine by Chandra Free
The Grave Doug Freshley by Josh Hechinger and mpMann
Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation by Tom Siddell
Runners: The Big Snow Job by Sean Wang
Titanium Rain by Josh Finney and Kat Rocha
Trial by Fire by Juda Tverski

*Silver Bullet Comic Books

ABOUT ARCHAIA STUDIOS PRESS
Mark Smylie founded Archaia Studios Press (ASP) in 2002 as a new home for his epic fantasy comic book, Artesia (first published by Sirius Entertainment). Artesia, winner of ForeWord Magazine’s Best Graphic Novel of 2003, and its sequels -- Artesia Afield and Artesia Afire -- gave ASP its foundation. Artesia: Adventures in The Known World, a roleplaying game written by Mark, expanded ASP into the world of gaming; the game won the Origins Award for Role-Playing Game of 2005. Now Mark and publishing partner Aki Liao have expanded ASP to include a line of idiosyncratic and creator-driven comic books and graphic novels in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres, as well as translations of several of Europe’s best titles. More information can be found at www.aspcomics.com.