PRESS RELEASE - CAVALLARO'S PARADE COMES COLLECTED THIS NOVEMBER!The complete Eisner-nominated PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) hits stands in definitive edition!
4 September 2008 - The Eisner-nominated true story behind cartoonist Michael Cavallaro's family history is finally collected this November in a full color, deluxe revised & expanded tradepaperback!
"PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) makes for the perfect Shadowline book in terms of not just its quality, but it's ability to stand out from anything else on the stands," said Shadowline Publisher Jim Valentino. "We couldn't be more proud of Michael and his achievement."
PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) opens in 1923, as Italy is pulling itself from the wreckage of the first World War while unknowingly plummeting toward another. The nation seemed to be holding its breath, and the slightest perceived transgression could result in violence. On the evening of the Feast of the Epiphany, it did, causing one man to choose between political standing and his very own family.
PARADE (WITH FIREWORKS) TP (SEP082265), a 72-page full color deluxe tradepaperback for $12.99, will be in stores November 26th, 2008.
Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently five partners in Image Comics (Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.
Friday, September 05, 2008
BOOM! STUDIOS AND THE JIM HENSON COMPANY
ANNOUNCE FAN FAVORITE FARSCAPE NOVELIST
KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO ADDED TO THE FARSCAPE COMIC CREATIVE TEAM
September 4th, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company announced today that Keith R.A. DeCandido will be scripting the FARSCAPE miniseries from an original story by FARSCAPE creator Rockne O'Bannon.
Using O'Bannon's unique vision and richly detailed story, DeCandido will work with BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company to bring fans the best comic this or any universe has ever seen!
Keith R.A. DeCandido has authored more than 30 novels, among them, the acclaimed FARSCAPE novel HOUSE OF CARDS, released in 2001. DeCandido also wrote three short stories in that universe for the show's official magazine and role-playing game.
"Words cannot describe how thrilled I am to be returning to FARSCAPE. Writing HOUSE OF CARDS was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my career, and I was always sorry I didn't get to do more work in the universe," said DeCandido. "Re-immersing myself in the wild and wacky world of FARSCAPE has been a true joy, as the show remains just as brilliant in 2008 as it was at the turn of the century.
"Working with Rockne just makes it a thousand times better. When he and I first met, the first thing he said to me was, 'You get it!'" added DeCandido. "And working together on the comic book has shown that we're both on a frighteningly similar wavelength. It's as easy and fun a collaboration as any I've had, and I hope there'll be lots more to come."
Debuting on the SCI-FI Channel in 1998, FARSCAPE follows the adventures of astronaut John Crichton, who has a freak accident during an experimental space mission that catapults him across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield. Suddenly, he's trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology - a battle that 20th century sci-fi pop culture never prepared him for. Hunted by a merciless military race, Crichton begins his quest for home from a distant galaxy.
A groundbreaking award-winning sci-fi production, FARSCAPE has become a global favorite. Named by TV Guide as one of television's "Best Cult Shows Ever" and most recently named by EMPIRE Magazine as one of the "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time," FARSCAPE is known for the overwhelming fan-based campaign that led to its miniseries production. The show has continued to find new audiences as it airs in syndication and is available on DVD around the world.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (http://www.boom-studios.com) is a unique new publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry's biggest talents. In its inaugural year, Wizard Magazine named BOOM! "Best New Publisher." Founded by the creator of the TV show EUREKA, Andrew Cosby, and his partner Ross Richie, BOOM! Studios continues to be on the leading edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.
About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and computer graphics. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets (the rights to which are now owned by The Walt Disney Company), Henson is the recipient of over 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Credits include the Saturn Award-winning "Farscape" and the features "MirrorMask," "Five Children and It", "Good Boy!" and the recently released direct to DVD feature "Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby". With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot complete with soundstage and post-production facilities. Independently owned and operated by the five adult children of founder Jim Henson, the Company is also home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry's top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state of the art and vintage equipment. The Company is currently in post-production on 40 episodes of "Sid the Science Kid," a new science readiness animated series for preschoolers that debuted on PBS Kids® in September 2008, and recently launched "Puppet Up! - Uncensored," a live puppet improvisational show that has played to sold out crowds around the world and premiered as a special on TBS. The Company has also announced the creation of Jim Henson Designs, a merchandise collection inspired by Jim Henson's earliest sketches. http://www.henson.com
ANNOUNCE FAN FAVORITE FARSCAPE NOVELIST
KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO ADDED TO THE FARSCAPE COMIC CREATIVE TEAM
September 4th, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company announced today that Keith R.A. DeCandido will be scripting the FARSCAPE miniseries from an original story by FARSCAPE creator Rockne O'Bannon.
Using O'Bannon's unique vision and richly detailed story, DeCandido will work with BOOM! Studios and The Jim Henson Company to bring fans the best comic this or any universe has ever seen!
Keith R.A. DeCandido has authored more than 30 novels, among them, the acclaimed FARSCAPE novel HOUSE OF CARDS, released in 2001. DeCandido also wrote three short stories in that universe for the show's official magazine and role-playing game.
"Words cannot describe how thrilled I am to be returning to FARSCAPE. Writing HOUSE OF CARDS was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my career, and I was always sorry I didn't get to do more work in the universe," said DeCandido. "Re-immersing myself in the wild and wacky world of FARSCAPE has been a true joy, as the show remains just as brilliant in 2008 as it was at the turn of the century.
"Working with Rockne just makes it a thousand times better. When he and I first met, the first thing he said to me was, 'You get it!'" added DeCandido. "And working together on the comic book has shown that we're both on a frighteningly similar wavelength. It's as easy and fun a collaboration as any I've had, and I hope there'll be lots more to come."
Debuting on the SCI-FI Channel in 1998, FARSCAPE follows the adventures of astronaut John Crichton, who has a freak accident during an experimental space mission that catapults him across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield. Suddenly, he's trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology - a battle that 20th century sci-fi pop culture never prepared him for. Hunted by a merciless military race, Crichton begins his quest for home from a distant galaxy.
A groundbreaking award-winning sci-fi production, FARSCAPE has become a global favorite. Named by TV Guide as one of television's "Best Cult Shows Ever" and most recently named by EMPIRE Magazine as one of the "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time," FARSCAPE is known for the overwhelming fan-based campaign that led to its miniseries production. The show has continued to find new audiences as it airs in syndication and is available on DVD around the world.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (http://www.boom-studios.com) is a unique new publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry's biggest talents. In its inaugural year, Wizard Magazine named BOOM! "Best New Publisher." Founded by the creator of the TV show EUREKA, Andrew Cosby, and his partner Ross Richie, BOOM! Studios continues to be on the leading edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.
About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and computer graphics. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets (the rights to which are now owned by The Walt Disney Company), Henson is the recipient of over 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Credits include the Saturn Award-winning "Farscape" and the features "MirrorMask," "Five Children and It", "Good Boy!" and the recently released direct to DVD feature "Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby". With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot complete with soundstage and post-production facilities. Independently owned and operated by the five adult children of founder Jim Henson, the Company is also home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry's top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state of the art and vintage equipment. The Company is currently in post-production on 40 episodes of "Sid the Science Kid," a new science readiness animated series for preschoolers that debuted on PBS Kids® in September 2008, and recently launched "Puppet Up! - Uncensored," a live puppet improvisational show that has played to sold out crowds around the world and premiered as a special on TBS. The Company has also announced the creation of Jim Henson Designs, a merchandise collection inspired by Jim Henson's earliest sketches. http://www.henson.com
AWARD-WINNING CG ANIMATED MOVIE DELGO
JOINS 2008 HOLIDAY FAMILY FILM LINE-UP
All-Star Voice Cast Includes Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft,
Val Kilmer, Chris Kattan, Malcolm McDowell, Lou Gossett, Jr., Kelly Ripa,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Sally Kellerman and Burt Reynolds
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 2, 2008) — Freestyle Releasing and Fathom Studios announce a December 12th release date for the award-winning, CG animated film, Delgo.
Susan Jackson, co-President of Freestyle, notes, “We are delighted to be involved with such a high quality movie with wide commercial appeal. Delgo was selected by all of the top animated film festivals and recently won ‘Best Animated Feature of 2008’ at Anima Mundi, one of the largest animation festivals in the world.”
Delgo is a fantasy action-adventure of a world’s struggle for unity. The all-star voice cast includes Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Val Kilmer, Chris Kattan, Malcolm McDowell, Lou Gossett, Jr., Kelly Ripa, Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Sally Kellerman and Burt Reynolds. To view the trailer please visit http://www.delgo.com/flash_site.html
Marc F. Adler, President of Fathom Studios, said, “Freestyle is the quintessential partner to distribute Delgo, and, if the movie is accepted by audiences as favorably as our test scores from NRG suggest, we hope to have an opportunity to work with them again on a sequel.”
The film has developed a large on-line following at Delgo.com via its Digital Dailies, a website where users are able to follow the making of the film. For anonymity, each employee posts their daily progress to the on-line forum under a pseudonym, most in Victorian parlance, like the film’s Director, known to the on-line community as the “Sublime Patron of Dreams.” Other identities will be revealed in the end credits of the film.
Delgo is rated PG and represented by Ken Kamins of Key Creatives.
About Freestyle Releasing
Freestyle Releasing is a US based full service theatrical motion picture company that specializes in releasing the films of independents as well as major and mini major studios including clients YFG and After Dark. Some of their biggest releases to date include “The illusionist”, “Dragon Wars” and “An American Haunting”. Freestyle is the number one non-studio affiliated theatrical distributor in the US and focuses on commercial releases of 1000 plus screens.
About Fathom Studios
Atlanta-based Fathom Studios (http://www.fathomstudios.com) has been creating award-winning computer animation since 1991. A division of the interactive agency Macquarium Intelligent Communications, the studio focuses on developing original content for television, film and the Internet through passion and creativity
JOINS 2008 HOLIDAY FAMILY FILM LINE-UP
All-Star Voice Cast Includes Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft,
Val Kilmer, Chris Kattan, Malcolm McDowell, Lou Gossett, Jr., Kelly Ripa,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Sally Kellerman and Burt Reynolds
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 2, 2008) — Freestyle Releasing and Fathom Studios announce a December 12th release date for the award-winning, CG animated film, Delgo.
Susan Jackson, co-President of Freestyle, notes, “We are delighted to be involved with such a high quality movie with wide commercial appeal. Delgo was selected by all of the top animated film festivals and recently won ‘Best Animated Feature of 2008’ at Anima Mundi, one of the largest animation festivals in the world.”
Delgo is a fantasy action-adventure of a world’s struggle for unity. The all-star voice cast includes Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jennifer Love Hewitt, Anne Bancroft, Val Kilmer, Chris Kattan, Malcolm McDowell, Lou Gossett, Jr., Kelly Ripa, Michael Clarke Duncan, Eric Idle, Sally Kellerman and Burt Reynolds. To view the trailer please visit http://www.delgo.com/flash_site.html
Marc F. Adler, President of Fathom Studios, said, “Freestyle is the quintessential partner to distribute Delgo, and, if the movie is accepted by audiences as favorably as our test scores from NRG suggest, we hope to have an opportunity to work with them again on a sequel.”
The film has developed a large on-line following at Delgo.com via its Digital Dailies, a website where users are able to follow the making of the film. For anonymity, each employee posts their daily progress to the on-line forum under a pseudonym, most in Victorian parlance, like the film’s Director, known to the on-line community as the “Sublime Patron of Dreams.” Other identities will be revealed in the end credits of the film.
Delgo is rated PG and represented by Ken Kamins of Key Creatives.
About Freestyle Releasing
Freestyle Releasing is a US based full service theatrical motion picture company that specializes in releasing the films of independents as well as major and mini major studios including clients YFG and After Dark. Some of their biggest releases to date include “The illusionist”, “Dragon Wars” and “An American Haunting”. Freestyle is the number one non-studio affiliated theatrical distributor in the US and focuses on commercial releases of 1000 plus screens.
About Fathom Studios
Atlanta-based Fathom Studios (http://www.fathomstudios.com) has been creating award-winning computer animation since 1991. A division of the interactive agency Macquarium Intelligent Communications, the studio focuses on developing original content for television, film and the Internet through passion and creativity
IDW’S LAUNCHES DEBUT ISSUE OF
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED MINISERIES
(San Diego, September 3, 2008) For newcomers as well as longtime fans, IDW Publishing - under license from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), is proud to announce the release of The Transformers Animated: The Arrival #1 — the first of a series of five ALL-NEW ORIGINAL comics. The story arc takes place in the continuity of the first season of the “Animated” TV show, airing on Cartoon Network.
In “Dispatches,” Animated series head writer Marty Isenberg, along with artist Dario Brizuela take a brand-new look at the story behind the AUTOBOTS’ arrival on Earth. You’ve seen the Animated movie, but do you know the whole story? You will as ULTRA MAGNUS, SENTINEL PRIME, STARSCREAM, BLACKARACHNIA, and many more tell their sides of the story that started it all! The TRANSFORMERS Animated series will also feature OILSLICK, who was originally intended to be a toy-only character, but the creators found a place to fit him into the comic.
Alex Milne and Marcelo Matere each provide a special cover for this debut issue.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. As a leader in the horror, action, and sci-fi genres, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry including: television's #1 prime time series CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Paramount's Star Trek; Fox's Angel; Hasbro's The Transformers, and the BBC's Doctor Who. IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. In April 2008, IDW released Michael Recycle, the first title from its new children’s book imprint, Worthwhile Books. More information about the company can be found at http://www.idwpublishing.com.
About Hasbro
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. (C) 2008 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights
TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED MINISERIES
(San Diego, September 3, 2008) For newcomers as well as longtime fans, IDW Publishing - under license from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS), is proud to announce the release of The Transformers Animated: The Arrival #1 — the first of a series of five ALL-NEW ORIGINAL comics. The story arc takes place in the continuity of the first season of the “Animated” TV show, airing on Cartoon Network.
In “Dispatches,” Animated series head writer Marty Isenberg, along with artist Dario Brizuela take a brand-new look at the story behind the AUTOBOTS’ arrival on Earth. You’ve seen the Animated movie, but do you know the whole story? You will as ULTRA MAGNUS, SENTINEL PRIME, STARSCREAM, BLACKARACHNIA, and many more tell their sides of the story that started it all! The TRANSFORMERS Animated series will also feature OILSLICK, who was originally intended to be a toy-only character, but the creators found a place to fit him into the comic.
Alex Milne and Marcelo Matere each provide a special cover for this debut issue.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. As a leader in the horror, action, and sci-fi genres, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry including: television's #1 prime time series CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Paramount's Star Trek; Fox's Angel; Hasbro's The Transformers, and the BBC's Doctor Who. IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. In April 2008, IDW released Michael Recycle, the first title from its new children’s book imprint, Worthwhile Books. More information about the company can be found at http://www.idwpublishing.com.
About Hasbro
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. (C) 2008 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights
DINOSAUR KING:
THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
DVD SET INCLUDES SPECIAL-EDITION TRADING CARD
AND ADVENTURE-FILLED BONUS CONTENT
The First DVD Release To Be Unleashed
September 23, 2008 from Shout! Factory
LOS ANGELES – Dinosaur King, the colossal fantasy adventure of three young dinosaur enthusiasts whose discovery of some mystifying artifacts pull them into an incredible world of adventure, danger – and dinosaurs – and one of the hottest new kids’ franchises, is scheduled to make its U.S. DVD debut on September 23, 2008. Shout! Factory, in association with 4Kids Entertainment, will summon up Dinosaur King: The Adventure Begins, the first DVD release from the smash hit TV series, which currently airs Saturday mornings on 4KidsTV (FOX). Featuring the first five adventure-filled episodes, a Special Edition Trading Card and dino-sized bonus extras, the DVD is priced to own for $14.99 SRP.
Based on the internationally renowned arcade and collectable card game, the fantasy adventure series Dinosaur King has already evolved into a monster-sized hit. The DVD, featuring the first five episodes (Prehistory in the Making, Battle at the Pyramids, Tanks a Lot!, Bungle in the Jungle, and Rubble Trouble), an exclusive Dinosaur King playing card, and a wealth of bonus features, is certain to excite fans both new and old.
For the Dinosaur King fan that enjoys video games, SEGA of America intends to release a Dinosaur King role-playing-game for the Nintendo DS™ in September 2008. Players assume the role of either Max or Rex and take part in a quest to travel the world to collect dinosaur fossils, thwart the Alpha Gang and their evil plans and collect all the remaining pieces of the mysterious stone tablet. Dinosaur King the video game features an innovative “fossil cleaning” mode allowing players to collect and bring to life over 100 different dinosaurs. Players will also be able to trade their dinosaurs with friends or compete in 3D rendered head-to-head dinosaur battles in the multiplayer portion of the game.
Dinosaur King has earned solid ratings in the Kids’ 6-11 demo since its September 2007 U.S. TV premiere. The global broadcast lineup includes YTV (Canada), TV2 (Denmark), TV4 (Sweden), Mediaset (Italy), RTL2 (Germany), France 3 (France), Canal J (France) and Jetix (UK, Scandinavia, Spain and Latin America), among others.
Step into the action of Dinosaur King and join the D-Team, Max, the son of a world-famous paleontologist, and his friends Rex and Zoe in this prehistoric adventure that begins when they uncover a set of mysterious dinosaur cards and three palm-sized stone tablets that have the power to bring extinct dinosaurs to life. With their new power, the three friends are thrust into a quest to collect the lost cards that have been scattered around the world before they fall into the hands of the evil, time-traveling Alpha Gang. Because whoever controls the cards is master of the dinosaurs!
About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is a diversified entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their careers sharing their music, television and film faves with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s DVD offerings serve up classic, contemporary and cult TV series, riveting sports programs, live music, animation and documentaries in lavish packages crammed with extras. The company’s audio catalogue boasts GRAMMY®-nominated boxed sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. These riches are the result of a creative acquisitions mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit www.shoutfactory.com.
About SEGA of America
SEGA® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA® Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA of America’s Web site is located at www.sega.com/us
About 4Kids Entertainment
With U.S. headquarters in New York City, regional offices for its trading card business in San Diego, California and international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global organization devoted to the creation, development, production, broadcasting, distribution, licensing and manufacturing of children’s entertainment products.
Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, 4Kids produces animated television series and films, distributes 4Kids’ produced or licensed animated television series for the domestic and international television and home video markets, licenses merchandising rights worldwide to 4Kids’ owned or represented properties, and operates Web sites to support 4Kids’ owned or represented properties. Through its majority owned trading card company and website company, 4Kids produces and markets collectible trading card games. Additionally, the Company programs and sells the national advertising time in a four-hour “4KidsTV” block which airs on nearly 200 affiliated FOX television stations Saturday mornings. Beginning in September 2008, the Company will also program and sell the national advertising time in the five-hour Saturday morning block on The CW Television Network.
Additional information is available on the www.4kidsentertainment.com corporate web site and at the www.4kids.tv game station site.
The information contained in this press release, other than historical information, consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors beyond the Company's control, including general economic conditions, consumer spending levels, competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations.
THE ADVENTURE BEGINS
DVD SET INCLUDES SPECIAL-EDITION TRADING CARD
AND ADVENTURE-FILLED BONUS CONTENT
The First DVD Release To Be Unleashed
September 23, 2008 from Shout! Factory
LOS ANGELES – Dinosaur King, the colossal fantasy adventure of three young dinosaur enthusiasts whose discovery of some mystifying artifacts pull them into an incredible world of adventure, danger – and dinosaurs – and one of the hottest new kids’ franchises, is scheduled to make its U.S. DVD debut on September 23, 2008. Shout! Factory, in association with 4Kids Entertainment, will summon up Dinosaur King: The Adventure Begins, the first DVD release from the smash hit TV series, which currently airs Saturday mornings on 4KidsTV (FOX). Featuring the first five adventure-filled episodes, a Special Edition Trading Card and dino-sized bonus extras, the DVD is priced to own for $14.99 SRP.
Based on the internationally renowned arcade and collectable card game, the fantasy adventure series Dinosaur King has already evolved into a monster-sized hit. The DVD, featuring the first five episodes (Prehistory in the Making, Battle at the Pyramids, Tanks a Lot!, Bungle in the Jungle, and Rubble Trouble), an exclusive Dinosaur King playing card, and a wealth of bonus features, is certain to excite fans both new and old.
For the Dinosaur King fan that enjoys video games, SEGA of America intends to release a Dinosaur King role-playing-game for the Nintendo DS™ in September 2008. Players assume the role of either Max or Rex and take part in a quest to travel the world to collect dinosaur fossils, thwart the Alpha Gang and their evil plans and collect all the remaining pieces of the mysterious stone tablet. Dinosaur King the video game features an innovative “fossil cleaning” mode allowing players to collect and bring to life over 100 different dinosaurs. Players will also be able to trade their dinosaurs with friends or compete in 3D rendered head-to-head dinosaur battles in the multiplayer portion of the game.
Dinosaur King has earned solid ratings in the Kids’ 6-11 demo since its September 2007 U.S. TV premiere. The global broadcast lineup includes YTV (Canada), TV2 (Denmark), TV4 (Sweden), Mediaset (Italy), RTL2 (Germany), France 3 (France), Canal J (France) and Jetix (UK, Scandinavia, Spain and Latin America), among others.
Step into the action of Dinosaur King and join the D-Team, Max, the son of a world-famous paleontologist, and his friends Rex and Zoe in this prehistoric adventure that begins when they uncover a set of mysterious dinosaur cards and three palm-sized stone tablets that have the power to bring extinct dinosaurs to life. With their new power, the three friends are thrust into a quest to collect the lost cards that have been scattered around the world before they fall into the hands of the evil, time-traveling Alpha Gang. Because whoever controls the cards is master of the dinosaurs!
About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is a diversified entertainment company devoted to producing, uncovering and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their careers sharing their music, television and film faves with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s DVD offerings serve up classic, contemporary and cult TV series, riveting sports programs, live music, animation and documentaries in lavish packages crammed with extras. The company’s audio catalogue boasts GRAMMY®-nominated boxed sets, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. These riches are the result of a creative acquisitions mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit www.shoutfactory.com.
About SEGA of America
SEGA® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA® Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. SEGA of America’s Web site is located at www.sega.com/us
About 4Kids Entertainment
With U.S. headquarters in New York City, regional offices for its trading card business in San Diego, California and international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global organization devoted to the creation, development, production, broadcasting, distribution, licensing and manufacturing of children’s entertainment products.
Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, 4Kids produces animated television series and films, distributes 4Kids’ produced or licensed animated television series for the domestic and international television and home video markets, licenses merchandising rights worldwide to 4Kids’ owned or represented properties, and operates Web sites to support 4Kids’ owned or represented properties. Through its majority owned trading card company and website company, 4Kids produces and markets collectible trading card games. Additionally, the Company programs and sells the national advertising time in a four-hour “4KidsTV” block which airs on nearly 200 affiliated FOX television stations Saturday mornings. Beginning in September 2008, the Company will also program and sell the national advertising time in the five-hour Saturday morning block on The CW Television Network.
Additional information is available on the www.4kidsentertainment.com corporate web site and at the www.4kids.tv game station site.
The information contained in this press release, other than historical information, consists of forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors beyond the Company's control, including general economic conditions, consumer spending levels, competition from toy companies, motion picture studios and other licensing companies, the uncertainty of public response to the Company's properties and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
TOP COW AT BALTIMORE COMIC-CON
Publisher returns to the Charm City with special guests, exclusive comics and great giveaways
Los Angeles, Calif. - September 2, 2008 - Top Cow Productions Inc. announced today it will be exhibiting at the 2008 Baltimore Comic-Con, a comics and pop culture extravaganza to be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland from September 27 - 28. The publisher will use the event to mark the launch of Dragon Prince, a new limited series co-created by Ron Marz (Witchblade) and Jeff Johnson (Amazing Spider-Man, Way of the Rat), written by Marz and drawn by Lee Moder (First Born: Aftermath, Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.).
Dragon Prince is an all-ages story about a young boy who discovers he is not only descended from dragons but is also being hunted by an evil race of powerful Magi. A special Baltimore Comic-Con variant cover for issue #1, drawn by superstar cover artist David Finch (New Avengers, World War Hulk), will be available exclusively at the show. Marz, Moder and Finch will be at the convention and they will be signing copies of Dragon Prince #1 all weekend so fans should check the Top Cow booth for a schedule of their appearances.
In addition, Top Cow will host scorching-hot, rising star Kenneth Rocafort (Madame Mirage), who will attend to mark the debut of Cyblade #1, for which he has provided a variant cover. Cyblade #1 by Joshua Hale Fialkov (Pilot Season: Alibi) and Rick Mays (New Avengers) marks the launch of a solo series based on the young, psionic blade-wielding member of Cyberforce and follows her adventures before joining the team. The series is a result of a fan-voted poll in Top Cow's 2007 Pilot Season initiative, in which readers voted on which one-shot they'd like to see made into its own series.
Rocafort will also be on hand to sign copies of the Madame Mirage Vol. 1 trade paperback, which is available for the first time in September and collects all six issues that he and writer Paul Dini (Detective Comics) worked on. Madame Mirage is the tale of a gorgeous, tech-savvy femme fatale who targets an underground organization of super-villains for termination, but as the title suggests, all is not what it seems. Rocafort also penciled one of 2008's Pilot Season books, The Core, and will work on an as-yet-unannounced project for Marvel Comics.
An exclusive Baltimore Comic-Con cover for Broken Trinity #2 by Top Cow founder and superstar artist Marc Silvestri will also be available at the show. Broken Trinity is a three-part mini-series with three tie-in books in which at least one established character dies and new characters are introduced to the Top Cow Universe with permanent ramifications.
Top Cow will also present a panel on Saturday afternoon (check schedule at the show for time and location), where attendees can hear some exciting announcements about upcoming publishing plans, including new projects from top creators. Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik, VP Editorial Rob Levin, Ron Marz, Lee Moder and Kenneth Rocafort will sit on the panel for the presentation and will also be available to answer any questions.
At the Top Cow booth, Sablik and Levin will be conducting portfolio reviews and accepting leave-behind samples of artwork from individuals who are interested in entering Top Cow's 2008 Talent Search, in which two talented up-and-comers will be invited to study under Marc Silvestri in the publisher's Los Angeles-based studio. See the schedule at the booth for designated times.
Top Cow is nominated for two Harvey Awards, one of the comic industry's oldest and most respected honors. The ceremony will be held at the Baltimore Comic-Con during the evening of September 27. Top Cow is nominated for Best American Edition of Foreign Material (Witchblade Takeru Manga) and Best Inker (Kevin Nowlan, Witchblade).
As a bonus, there will be free preview books, prizes, and other giveaways available at the Top Cow booth at Baltimore Comic-Con, so fans should be sure to stop by when they attend the show. Tickets for the event are available at http://www.baltimorecomiccon.com/.
Publisher returns to the Charm City with special guests, exclusive comics and great giveaways
Los Angeles, Calif. - September 2, 2008 - Top Cow Productions Inc. announced today it will be exhibiting at the 2008 Baltimore Comic-Con, a comics and pop culture extravaganza to be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland from September 27 - 28. The publisher will use the event to mark the launch of Dragon Prince, a new limited series co-created by Ron Marz (Witchblade) and Jeff Johnson (Amazing Spider-Man, Way of the Rat), written by Marz and drawn by Lee Moder (First Born: Aftermath, Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.).
Dragon Prince is an all-ages story about a young boy who discovers he is not only descended from dragons but is also being hunted by an evil race of powerful Magi. A special Baltimore Comic-Con variant cover for issue #1, drawn by superstar cover artist David Finch (New Avengers, World War Hulk), will be available exclusively at the show. Marz, Moder and Finch will be at the convention and they will be signing copies of Dragon Prince #1 all weekend so fans should check the Top Cow booth for a schedule of their appearances.
In addition, Top Cow will host scorching-hot, rising star Kenneth Rocafort (Madame Mirage), who will attend to mark the debut of Cyblade #1, for which he has provided a variant cover. Cyblade #1 by Joshua Hale Fialkov (Pilot Season: Alibi) and Rick Mays (New Avengers) marks the launch of a solo series based on the young, psionic blade-wielding member of Cyberforce and follows her adventures before joining the team. The series is a result of a fan-voted poll in Top Cow's 2007 Pilot Season initiative, in which readers voted on which one-shot they'd like to see made into its own series.
Rocafort will also be on hand to sign copies of the Madame Mirage Vol. 1 trade paperback, which is available for the first time in September and collects all six issues that he and writer Paul Dini (Detective Comics) worked on. Madame Mirage is the tale of a gorgeous, tech-savvy femme fatale who targets an underground organization of super-villains for termination, but as the title suggests, all is not what it seems. Rocafort also penciled one of 2008's Pilot Season books, The Core, and will work on an as-yet-unannounced project for Marvel Comics.
An exclusive Baltimore Comic-Con cover for Broken Trinity #2 by Top Cow founder and superstar artist Marc Silvestri will also be available at the show. Broken Trinity is a three-part mini-series with three tie-in books in which at least one established character dies and new characters are introduced to the Top Cow Universe with permanent ramifications.
Top Cow will also present a panel on Saturday afternoon (check schedule at the show for time and location), where attendees can hear some exciting announcements about upcoming publishing plans, including new projects from top creators. Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik, VP Editorial Rob Levin, Ron Marz, Lee Moder and Kenneth Rocafort will sit on the panel for the presentation and will also be available to answer any questions.
At the Top Cow booth, Sablik and Levin will be conducting portfolio reviews and accepting leave-behind samples of artwork from individuals who are interested in entering Top Cow's 2008 Talent Search, in which two talented up-and-comers will be invited to study under Marc Silvestri in the publisher's Los Angeles-based studio. See the schedule at the booth for designated times.
Top Cow is nominated for two Harvey Awards, one of the comic industry's oldest and most respected honors. The ceremony will be held at the Baltimore Comic-Con during the evening of September 27. Top Cow is nominated for Best American Edition of Foreign Material (Witchblade Takeru Manga) and Best Inker (Kevin Nowlan, Witchblade).
As a bonus, there will be free preview books, prizes, and other giveaways available at the Top Cow booth at Baltimore Comic-Con, so fans should be sure to stop by when they attend the show. Tickets for the event are available at http://www.baltimorecomiccon.com/.
Papercutz in November:
Live Free, Die Hardy!
The Hardy Boys are back, fighting the Sisters Noir!
HARDY BOYS #15: Live Free, Die Hardy!
By Scott Lobdell & Paulo Henrique
The evil female counterparts of the Hardy Boys, the Sisters Noir, and
their equally evil father return to create serious chaos! Joe and
Frank Hardy are working out at a top-secret training facility on the
grounds of American Teens Against Crime headquarters when the
compound is set-upon by Poppa Noir's anti-justice organization. The
only two people who are available to free the captured adult ATAC
agents are the Hardy Boys, and they have their hands full battling
their opposite numbers, the Sisters Noir!
Full-color paperback, 5” x 7 ½”, 96 pages, $7.95, ISBN:
978-1-59707-123-9
Also in collector’s hardcover: $12.95, ISBN: 978-1-59707-124-6
You can order through NBM Publishing at 800-886-1223.
For previews and more, visit www.papercutz.com and http://
www.myspace.com/papercutzcomics.
Live Free, Die Hardy!
The Hardy Boys are back, fighting the Sisters Noir!
HARDY BOYS #15: Live Free, Die Hardy!
By Scott Lobdell & Paulo Henrique
The evil female counterparts of the Hardy Boys, the Sisters Noir, and
their equally evil father return to create serious chaos! Joe and
Frank Hardy are working out at a top-secret training facility on the
grounds of American Teens Against Crime headquarters when the
compound is set-upon by Poppa Noir's anti-justice organization. The
only two people who are available to free the captured adult ATAC
agents are the Hardy Boys, and they have their hands full battling
their opposite numbers, the Sisters Noir!
Full-color paperback, 5” x 7 ½”, 96 pages, $7.95, ISBN:
978-1-59707-123-9
Also in collector’s hardcover: $12.95, ISBN: 978-1-59707-124-6
You can order through NBM Publishing at 800-886-1223.
For previews and more, visit www.papercutz.com and http://
www.myspace.com/papercutzcomics.
Hey Comics Fans,
To celebrate The Surrogates movie wrapping principal photography,
surviving San Diego, and all the cool new summer and fall
releases, for the next ten days -- thru Friday September 12th --
Top Shelf is having a giant $3 graphic novel web sale. When you
visit the site, you'll find over 125 graphic novels and comics
on sale -- with 90 titles marked down to just $3 (!) and a slew
of other key titles just slashed! All we ask is that you hit a
$30 minimum on sale and/or non-sale items (before shipping).
It's a great opportunity to load up on all those graphic novels
you've wanted to try, but just never got around to picking up.
Get 'em while supplies last!
To go directly to the list of items on sale, just click here:
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
But here are a few sample sale items:
-- $3 Books: Comic Book Artist, I Am Going To Be Small,
Lower Regions, Regards from Serbia, That Salty Air
-- $3 Books: Alec - After the Snooter, The Mirror of Love,
The King, Fox Bunny Funny, plus 90 more!
-- Slashed Prices: From Hell Hardcover, Lost Girls, Blankets,
Too Cool To Be Forgotten, Owly, Korgi, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Super Spy, Essex County Trilogy,
Incredible Change-Bots, The Surrogates, and more!
-- Freebies with every order: Yearbook Stories,
The 2008 Top Shelf Sampler, and Owly & Friends!
**We now accept PayPal (as well as Visa, MasterCard, Amex,
and Discover). All secure.**
Please note that this sale is GOOD for "direct market" retailers
as well, and comic book shops will get their wholesale discount
on top of these sale prices. Certain minimums apply,
so retailers please email us for details.
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
Your friend thru comics,
Chris Staros
Top Shelf Productions
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
To celebrate The Surrogates movie wrapping principal photography,
surviving San Diego, and all the cool new summer and fall
releases, for the next ten days -- thru Friday September 12th --
Top Shelf is having a giant $3 graphic novel web sale. When you
visit the site, you'll find over 125 graphic novels and comics
on sale -- with 90 titles marked down to just $3 (!) and a slew
of other key titles just slashed! All we ask is that you hit a
$30 minimum on sale and/or non-sale items (before shipping).
It's a great opportunity to load up on all those graphic novels
you've wanted to try, but just never got around to picking up.
Get 'em while supplies last!
To go directly to the list of items on sale, just click here:
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
But here are a few sample sale items:
-- $3 Books: Comic Book Artist, I Am Going To Be Small,
Lower Regions, Regards from Serbia, That Salty Air
-- $3 Books: Alec - After the Snooter, The Mirror of Love,
The King, Fox Bunny Funny, plus 90 more!
-- Slashed Prices: From Hell Hardcover, Lost Girls, Blankets,
Too Cool To Be Forgotten, Owly, Korgi, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Super Spy, Essex County Trilogy,
Incredible Change-Bots, The Surrogates, and more!
-- Freebies with every order: Yearbook Stories,
The 2008 Top Shelf Sampler, and Owly & Friends!
**We now accept PayPal (as well as Visa, MasterCard, Amex,
and Discover). All secure.**
Please note that this sale is GOOD for "direct market" retailers
as well, and comic book shops will get their wholesale discount
on top of these sale prices. Certain minimums apply,
so retailers please email us for details.
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
Your friend thru comics,
Chris Staros
Top Shelf Productions
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
PRESS RELEASE - BARACK OBAMA SELLS OUT!Pre-release sell out results in a limited edition second printing!
2 September 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - SAVAGE DRAGON's recent endorsement of Barack Obama heated up headlines from the New York Times to the Huffington Post and has led to a pre-release distributor-level sell out, resulting in an emergency second printing to meet demand.
"A lot of people have asked me whether or not Dragon would run again this election, but given its importance, I decided to have him bow out," said Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen. "Given Dragon's history and the opinions he expressed during his own run, Obama really was the only candidate for Dragon to endorse, my own opinions aside."
The SAVAGE DRAGON #137 second printing will feature an altered version of the Barack Obama cover, including a new background and trade dress.
SAVAGE DRAGON #137 2ND PTG (JUL088177D), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in stores September 10th, 2008.
Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently five partners in Image Comics (Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.
2 September 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - SAVAGE DRAGON's recent endorsement of Barack Obama heated up headlines from the New York Times to the Huffington Post and has led to a pre-release distributor-level sell out, resulting in an emergency second printing to meet demand.
"A lot of people have asked me whether or not Dragon would run again this election, but given its importance, I decided to have him bow out," said Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen. "Given Dragon's history and the opinions he expressed during his own run, Obama really was the only candidate for Dragon to endorse, my own opinions aside."
The SAVAGE DRAGON #137 second printing will feature an altered version of the Barack Obama cover, including a new background and trade dress.
SAVAGE DRAGON #137 2ND PTG (JUL088177D), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in stores September 10th, 2008.
Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently five partners in Image Comics (Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.
New from NBM Publishing in November:A MOVING, TOPICAL GRAPHIC NOVEL ON ABUSEPlus: Eurotica’s new SIZZLE
News for retailers, journalists and readers from NBM Publishing publicist David Seidman (davidseidman@earthlink.net / 310-652-4369)
New from NBM’s ComicsLit imprint:
WHY I KILLED PETER
By Alfred & Olivier Ka
“Peter was a populist priest. He was cool. He was funny. He was no priest, just a regular guy. It’s like I had another uncle. A great one, who laughed, who sang, who tickled. Until he took us for summer camp. Until we were so close, temptation came in the picture.”
Based on the writer’s own true story, this graphic novel presents the grey areas in a relationship between the abused and the abuser. As a boy, he had tucked the whole episode deep within him, but his rage and self-pity let it all out. Finally, he revisited the priest, now close to death, and came to grips with their painful history. WHY I KILLED PETER is a moving, topical, and important work, sensitively presented.
Full-color clothbound and jacketed graphic novel, 6” x 9”, 112 pages, $18.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-543-6
New from NBM’s Eurotica imprint:
SIZZLE magazine #40
Christian Zanier’s super-hot Honey Lickers’ Sorority continues, along with Cornnell Clarke’s equally hot Sister Jacqueline side-story to the series Peanut Butter. Also Ogenki Clinic, Barbarian Chicks and hopefully Omaha the Cat Dancer.
Black-and-white magazine with color cover, 8 ½” x 11”, 64 pages, $5.95
SEE PREVIEWS AND MORE AT WWW.NBMPUBLISHING.COMFor more information and to interact with us, visit www.nbmpub.com/comingup/comaug.html and our MySpace page, www.myspace.com/nbm_publishing.
News for retailers, journalists and readers from NBM Publishing publicist David Seidman (davidseidman@earthlink.net / 310-652-4369)
New from NBM’s ComicsLit imprint:
WHY I KILLED PETER
By Alfred & Olivier Ka
“Peter was a populist priest. He was cool. He was funny. He was no priest, just a regular guy. It’s like I had another uncle. A great one, who laughed, who sang, who tickled. Until he took us for summer camp. Until we were so close, temptation came in the picture.”
Based on the writer’s own true story, this graphic novel presents the grey areas in a relationship between the abused and the abuser. As a boy, he had tucked the whole episode deep within him, but his rage and self-pity let it all out. Finally, he revisited the priest, now close to death, and came to grips with their painful history. WHY I KILLED PETER is a moving, topical, and important work, sensitively presented.
Full-color clothbound and jacketed graphic novel, 6” x 9”, 112 pages, $18.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-543-6
New from NBM’s Eurotica imprint:
SIZZLE magazine #40
Christian Zanier’s super-hot Honey Lickers’ Sorority continues, along with Cornnell Clarke’s equally hot Sister Jacqueline side-story to the series Peanut Butter. Also Ogenki Clinic, Barbarian Chicks and hopefully Omaha the Cat Dancer.
Black-and-white magazine with color cover, 8 ½” x 11”, 64 pages, $5.95
SEE PREVIEWS AND MORE AT WWW.NBMPUBLISHING.COMFor more information and to interact with us, visit www.nbmpub.com/comingup/comaug.html and our MySpace page, www.myspace.com/nbm_publishing.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Friends-
Issue seventeen of CWR is now online, and it’s full of yummy goodness. Here’s what we have for you:
Jennie Breeden! The writer/artist of the smash webcomic THE DEVIL’S PANTIES talks about naming the strip, her artistic education, and much, much more:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jenniebreeden.html
Reviews of COMIC BOOK TATTOO, THE REVENANT, THE INVISIBLE MAN and more!
http://reviews.comicswaitingroom.com
Marc Mason discusses the end of Virgin Comics, Robert Scott’s diss of creator-owned work, and wonders who’d be dumb enough to stick with Wowio after they were bought by Platinum:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/mason17.html
Elliott Serrano forecasts the upcoming slate of DC Comics movies and makes a few predictions about casting and plot:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/ccw19.html
Avril Brown finds a way in which everyone can be a hero and serve justice:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/avril17.html
Vince Moore watched history unfold in Denver and ponders what’s coming next:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/vince25.html
Steve Saunders takes a look at a couple of new games, points out a place to buy cheap gaming supplies and reviews some new comics:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/tpk3.html
Brandon Jerwa and guest writer Eric Trautmann offer up their complete 9-page story from Image’s POPGUN 2 anthology and deliver some “directors’ commentary:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jerwa12a.html
Jess Blackshear returns with some advice for those who are about to buy a house, including some unusual pitfalls and ideas for dealing with your soon-to-be ex-landlord:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jess13.html
All wrapped in an eye-catching, controversial, Elliott Serrano-designed cover:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com
Remember: If you read something at CWR that you like, pass it on to friends and blogs. Enjoy the reading!
Marc Mason
Editor-in-Chief
Comics Waiting Room
Issue seventeen of CWR is now online, and it’s full of yummy goodness. Here’s what we have for you:
Jennie Breeden! The writer/artist of the smash webcomic THE DEVIL’S PANTIES talks about naming the strip, her artistic education, and much, much more:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jenniebreeden.html
Reviews of COMIC BOOK TATTOO, THE REVENANT, THE INVISIBLE MAN and more!
http://reviews.comicswaitingroom.com
Marc Mason discusses the end of Virgin Comics, Robert Scott’s diss of creator-owned work, and wonders who’d be dumb enough to stick with Wowio after they were bought by Platinum:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/mason17.html
Elliott Serrano forecasts the upcoming slate of DC Comics movies and makes a few predictions about casting and plot:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/ccw19.html
Avril Brown finds a way in which everyone can be a hero and serve justice:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/avril17.html
Vince Moore watched history unfold in Denver and ponders what’s coming next:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/vince25.html
Steve Saunders takes a look at a couple of new games, points out a place to buy cheap gaming supplies and reviews some new comics:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/tpk3.html
Brandon Jerwa and guest writer Eric Trautmann offer up their complete 9-page story from Image’s POPGUN 2 anthology and deliver some “directors’ commentary:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jerwa12a.html
Jess Blackshear returns with some advice for those who are about to buy a house, including some unusual pitfalls and ideas for dealing with your soon-to-be ex-landlord:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/jess13.html
All wrapped in an eye-catching, controversial, Elliott Serrano-designed cover:
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com
Remember: If you read something at CWR that you like, pass it on to friends and blogs. Enjoy the reading!
Marc Mason
Editor-in-Chief
Comics Waiting Room
CARTOON MARRIAGE
Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker’s Cartooning Couple
Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin
Random House Hardcover PUBLICATION DATE 2/5/08
For twenty years, veteran cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin have been married and have worked side by side as cartoonists at The New Yorker. CARTOON MARRIAGE: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker’s Cartooning Couple Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin (Random House Publication Date 2/5/08) is their cartoon conversation featuring the funniest parts of relationships from both a male and female perspective. From how they met (at a New Yorker party) to how they keep their relationship fresh (a little healthy career competition) Maslin and Donnelly cover everything from dating to marrying, divorcing, and remarrying, from having sex to having kids. With chapters like “I do,” “Play With Me,” “Gifting and Getting,” “Ex Whatevers,” “Come Hither,” “Is It Worth It?” and “In Bed,” CARTOON MARRIAGE is perfect for newlyweds, long-marrieds, or anyone thinking (or NOT thinking) of taking the plunge.
For example:
The Wedding Day “And do you, Louise, take Jack to be your husband until really, really pissed-off do you part?”
Cohabitation “And this is where I go to escape from where I go to escape.”
Parenting “Dad says it’s all right with him if I watch TV as long as it’s not all right with you.”
Male/Female Communication “You could at least acknowledge the fact that I’m ignoring you.”
Renovation “I’ve made a few improvements, but the way you see him now is pretty much the way I found Harold eleven years ago.”
A trip to the bedroom: “Owen, look, the good-sex fairy.”
Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker’s Cartooning Couple
Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin
Random House Hardcover PUBLICATION DATE 2/5/08
For twenty years, veteran cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin have been married and have worked side by side as cartoonists at The New Yorker. CARTOON MARRIAGE: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker’s Cartooning Couple Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin (Random House Publication Date 2/5/08) is their cartoon conversation featuring the funniest parts of relationships from both a male and female perspective. From how they met (at a New Yorker party) to how they keep their relationship fresh (a little healthy career competition) Maslin and Donnelly cover everything from dating to marrying, divorcing, and remarrying, from having sex to having kids. With chapters like “I do,” “Play With Me,” “Gifting and Getting,” “Ex Whatevers,” “Come Hither,” “Is It Worth It?” and “In Bed,” CARTOON MARRIAGE is perfect for newlyweds, long-marrieds, or anyone thinking (or NOT thinking) of taking the plunge.
For example:
The Wedding Day “And do you, Louise, take Jack to be your husband until really, really pissed-off do you part?”
Cohabitation “And this is where I go to escape from where I go to escape.”
Parenting “Dad says it’s all right with him if I watch TV as long as it’s not all right with you.”
Male/Female Communication “You could at least acknowledge the fact that I’m ignoring you.”
Renovation “I’ve made a few improvements, but the way you see him now is pretty much the way I found Harold eleven years ago.”
A trip to the bedroom: “Owen, look, the good-sex fairy.”
Bring the kids! Hanley's store is right across from the Empire State Building and has one of the largest selections of CHILDREN'S comics on earth!
Kyle will be signing his newest books, BABIES AND KITTENS and NAT TURNER, and his horribly offensive SPECIAL FORCES (not for kids!). He will also tell you lots of jokes and funny stories unless you stop him.
For more info:
http://www.jhuniverse.com/or
latest kb books: HOW TO DRAW STUPID AND OTHER ESSENTIALS OF CARTOONING
NAT TURNER (Single Volume HC)
THE BAKERS: BABIES & KITTENS
SPECIAL FORCES #3
NEW NAT TURNER FACEBOOK PAGE:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kyle-Bakers-NAT-TURNER/24462480145
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=864950061
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/qualityjollity
blog: http://thebakersanimationcartoons.blogspot.com/
eye candy: http://www.kylebaker.com/
newsletter: http://www.kylebaker.com/www/newsletter/newsletter.htm
Kyle will be signing his newest books, BABIES AND KITTENS and NAT TURNER, and his horribly offensive SPECIAL FORCES (not for kids!). He will also tell you lots of jokes and funny stories unless you stop him.
For more info:
http://www.jhuniverse.com/or
latest kb books: HOW TO DRAW STUPID AND OTHER ESSENTIALS OF CARTOONING
NAT TURNER (Single Volume HC)
THE BAKERS: BABIES & KITTENS
SPECIAL FORCES #3
NEW NAT TURNER FACEBOOK PAGE:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kyle-Bakers-NAT-TURNER/24462480145
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=864950061
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/qualityjollity
blog: http://thebakersanimationcartoons.blogspot.com/
eye candy: http://www.kylebaker.com/
newsletter: http://www.kylebaker.com/www/newsletter/newsletter.htm
Diary of a Wimpy Kid's Jeff Kinney at Baltimore Comic-Con!
Baltimore, Maryland - August 23, 2008 - Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times best-selling title Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and nominee in 8 Harvey Award categories this year, will be making his Baltimore Comic-Con debut on Saturday, September 27th!
"Jeff Kinney's been picking up accolades left and right with his series, and really draws a different demographic to the show," said show promoter Marc Nathan. "We're really excited to have him and think his appearance is going to be a huge hit." Jeff is appearing courtesy of Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and will be signing in their booth on Saturday at 3pm.
A full list of retailers can now be found on our website.
Swamp Thing co-creator and Frankenstein artist Bernie Wrightson will be the show's Guest of Honor.
He headlines a guest list that includes, in alphabetical order, Michael Bair (Identity Crisis, 52), Kyle Baker (Nat Turner, The Bakers), Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man, Secret Invasion), Ivan Brandon (NYC Mech, Marvel Comics Presents), Buzz (JSA), Jim Calafiore (Exiles, Countdown), Dennis Calero (X-Factor, Countdown), Nick Cardy (Aquaman, Teen Titans), Tommy Castillo (Grimm Fairy Tales, Kong: King of Skull Island), Howard Chaykin (Wolverine, American Flagg), Cliff Chiang (Green Arrow & Black Canary), Gene Colan (Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula), Darwyn Cooke (New Frontier, The Spirit), Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers), Steve Conley (Star Trek, The Escapist), Amanda Conner (Green Arrow/Black Canary, JSA Classified), Guy Davis (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson), Todd Dezago (Perhapanauts, Tellos), Steve Dillon (Punisher, Preacher), David Finch (World War Hulk, New Avengers), Ramona Fradon (Aquaman, Mermaidman and Barnacleboy), John Gallagher (Buzzboy, Roboy Red), Ron Garney (Wolverine, Skaar: Son of Hulk), Michael Golden (Micronauts, The 'Nam), Bryan J.L. Glass (Mice Templar), Mike Grell (John Sable, Iron Man), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle, Black Lightning), Dean Haspiel (American Splendor, Brawl), Adam Hughes (Catwoman), Stuart Immonen (Ultimate Spider-Man), Chris Ivy (Beast Boy, Marc Spector: Moon Knight), Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, Action Comics), J.G. Jones (52, Wonder Woman), Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Ultimate X-Men), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man, Empire), Rich Koslowski (Marvel Comics Presents, Sonic the Hedgehog), Scott Kurtz (PvP), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon, Image EIC), Jim Lee (All Star Batman & Robin, Wildcats), Norman Lee (Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane), the Luna Brothers (The Sword, Girls), David Mack (Kabuki, Daredevil), Sean McKeever (Teen Titans, Countdown), Mark McKenna (Banana-Tail, Annihilation: Conquest), Bob McLeod (New Mutants, Spider-Man), Pop Mhan (Blank, Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Mike Mignola (Hellboy, Disney's Atlantis), Mark Morales (Civil War, Secret Invasion), Rags Morales (Identity Crisis, Batman Confidential), Phil Noto (Danger Girl, Jonah Hex), Michael Avon Oeming (Mice Templar, Powers), Mike Okamoto (Hellraiser, Chaos! Quarterly), Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Jonah Hex), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Brandon Peterson (Ultimate X-Men, Strange), Eric Powell (The Goon), Tom Raney (Annihilation: Conquest, Ultimate Secrets), Alex Robinson (Too Cool to be Forgotten, Box Office Poison), James Robinson (Superman, JSA), John Romita Sr. (Amazing Spider-Man), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (Perhapanauts, X-Men: First Class), Andy Runton (Owly), Tim Sale (Batman: The Long Halloween, Heroes), Alex Saviuk (Web of Spider-Man, Feast of the Seven Fishes), Tony Shasteen (O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce), Jim Shooter (Legion of Super-Heroes), John K. Snyder III (Grendel), Taki Soma (Silent Forest, You'll Never Die), Mark Sparacio (Heroes for Hire, Captain Action), Brian Stelfreeze (Midnighter, The Ride), Karl Story (Black Canary Wedding Planner, Number of the Beast), Robert Tinnell (EZ Street), Peter Tomasi (Nightwing, Green Lantern Corps), Herb Trimpe (Incredible Hulk), Timothy Truman (Conan, Grimjack), Billy Tucci (Shi, Sgt. Rock - The Lost Battalion), Neil Vokes (The Black Forest, The Wicked West), Doug Wagner (The Ride, Gun Candy), Matt Wagner (Zorro, Grendel), Mark Waid (Flash, Boom! Studios), Mark Wheatley (Frankenstein Mobster, Mighty Motor Sapiens), Ron Wilson (The Thing), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).
The Harvey Awards will return to the Baltimore Comic-Con for the third consecutive year. The awards dinner and ceremony will be held Saturday night, September 27, 2008, following the convention's normal hours. As in 2007, the first 300 paid attendees and honorees at the 2008 Harvey Awards Ceremonies will receive a Hollywood-style bag of swag. Last year's bag included The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales - Volume 1 from Gemstone Publishing, a complete base set of the soon-to-be-released Jericho Season One trading cards from Inkworks, an exclusive pin from AdHouse Books, a Comic-Con exclusive edition of 30 Days of Night: Red Snow 1 from IDW Publishing, a Toon Tumbler from Popfun Merchandising, and an exclusive Harvey Awards keychain from LaserMach. Final ballots are presently online at www.harveyawards.org. Kyle Baker will return as Master of Ceremonies for the evening's events.
Tickets are now available for sale. For more information about the Baltimore Comic-Con, email cardscomicscollectilbes@yahoo.com or call (410) 526-7410. The guest list, ticket information, directions, and other information can be found on the convention's website or on its MySpace page.
For more information about the Harvey Awards, including sponsorship opportunities, e-mail baltimorecomiccon@yahoo.com.
Baltimore, Maryland - August 23, 2008 - Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times best-selling title Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and nominee in 8 Harvey Award categories this year, will be making his Baltimore Comic-Con debut on Saturday, September 27th!
"Jeff Kinney's been picking up accolades left and right with his series, and really draws a different demographic to the show," said show promoter Marc Nathan. "We're really excited to have him and think his appearance is going to be a huge hit." Jeff is appearing courtesy of Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and will be signing in their booth on Saturday at 3pm.
A full list of retailers can now be found on our website.
Swamp Thing co-creator and Frankenstein artist Bernie Wrightson will be the show's Guest of Honor.
He headlines a guest list that includes, in alphabetical order, Michael Bair (Identity Crisis, 52), Kyle Baker (Nat Turner, The Bakers), Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man, Secret Invasion), Ivan Brandon (NYC Mech, Marvel Comics Presents), Buzz (JSA), Jim Calafiore (Exiles, Countdown), Dennis Calero (X-Factor, Countdown), Nick Cardy (Aquaman, Teen Titans), Tommy Castillo (Grimm Fairy Tales, Kong: King of Skull Island), Howard Chaykin (Wolverine, American Flagg), Cliff Chiang (Green Arrow & Black Canary), Gene Colan (Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula), Darwyn Cooke (New Frontier, The Spirit), Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers), Steve Conley (Star Trek, The Escapist), Amanda Conner (Green Arrow/Black Canary, JSA Classified), Guy Davis (B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson), Todd Dezago (Perhapanauts, Tellos), Steve Dillon (Punisher, Preacher), David Finch (World War Hulk, New Avengers), Ramona Fradon (Aquaman, Mermaidman and Barnacleboy), John Gallagher (Buzzboy, Roboy Red), Ron Garney (Wolverine, Skaar: Son of Hulk), Michael Golden (Micronauts, The 'Nam), Bryan J.L. Glass (Mice Templar), Mike Grell (John Sable, Iron Man), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle, Black Lightning), Dean Haspiel (American Splendor, Brawl), Adam Hughes (Catwoman), Stuart Immonen (Ultimate Spider-Man), Chris Ivy (Beast Boy, Marc Spector: Moon Knight), Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, Action Comics), J.G. Jones (52, Wonder Woman), Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Ultimate X-Men), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man, Empire), Rich Koslowski (Marvel Comics Presents, Sonic the Hedgehog), Scott Kurtz (PvP), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon, Image EIC), Jim Lee (All Star Batman & Robin, Wildcats), Norman Lee (Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane), the Luna Brothers (The Sword, Girls), David Mack (Kabuki, Daredevil), Sean McKeever (Teen Titans, Countdown), Mark McKenna (Banana-Tail, Annihilation: Conquest), Bob McLeod (New Mutants, Spider-Man), Pop Mhan (Blank, Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Mike Mignola (Hellboy, Disney's Atlantis), Mark Morales (Civil War, Secret Invasion), Rags Morales (Identity Crisis, Batman Confidential), Phil Noto (Danger Girl, Jonah Hex), Michael Avon Oeming (Mice Templar, Powers), Mike Okamoto (Hellraiser, Chaos! Quarterly), Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Jonah Hex), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Brandon Peterson (Ultimate X-Men, Strange), Eric Powell (The Goon), Tom Raney (Annihilation: Conquest, Ultimate Secrets), Alex Robinson (Too Cool to be Forgotten, Box Office Poison), James Robinson (Superman, JSA), John Romita Sr. (Amazing Spider-Man), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (Perhapanauts, X-Men: First Class), Andy Runton (Owly), Tim Sale (Batman: The Long Halloween, Heroes), Alex Saviuk (Web of Spider-Man, Feast of the Seven Fishes), Tony Shasteen (O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce), Jim Shooter (Legion of Super-Heroes), John K. Snyder III (Grendel), Taki Soma (Silent Forest, You'll Never Die), Mark Sparacio (Heroes for Hire, Captain Action), Brian Stelfreeze (Midnighter, The Ride), Karl Story (Black Canary Wedding Planner, Number of the Beast), Robert Tinnell (EZ Street), Peter Tomasi (Nightwing, Green Lantern Corps), Herb Trimpe (Incredible Hulk), Timothy Truman (Conan, Grimjack), Billy Tucci (Shi, Sgt. Rock - The Lost Battalion), Neil Vokes (The Black Forest, The Wicked West), Doug Wagner (The Ride, Gun Candy), Matt Wagner (Zorro, Grendel), Mark Waid (Flash, Boom! Studios), Mark Wheatley (Frankenstein Mobster, Mighty Motor Sapiens), Ron Wilson (The Thing), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).
The Harvey Awards will return to the Baltimore Comic-Con for the third consecutive year. The awards dinner and ceremony will be held Saturday night, September 27, 2008, following the convention's normal hours. As in 2007, the first 300 paid attendees and honorees at the 2008 Harvey Awards Ceremonies will receive a Hollywood-style bag of swag. Last year's bag included The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales - Volume 1 from Gemstone Publishing, a complete base set of the soon-to-be-released Jericho Season One trading cards from Inkworks, an exclusive pin from AdHouse Books, a Comic-Con exclusive edition of 30 Days of Night: Red Snow 1 from IDW Publishing, a Toon Tumbler from Popfun Merchandising, and an exclusive Harvey Awards keychain from LaserMach. Final ballots are presently online at www.harveyawards.org. Kyle Baker will return as Master of Ceremonies for the evening's events.
Tickets are now available for sale. For more information about the Baltimore Comic-Con, email cardscomicscollectilbes@yahoo.com or call (410) 526-7410. The guest list, ticket information, directions, and other information can be found on the convention's website or on its MySpace page.
For more information about the Harvey Awards, including sponsorship opportunities, e-mail baltimorecomiccon@yahoo.com.
Vikings VS Werewolves!
Independent publisher Super Real Graphics offers a new volume from it’s
creator owned graphic novella imprint, Super Real Graphics Presents: The
Wolves of Odin.
Available for preorder now in the current volume of Diamond Previews
catalog, September 2008, from Lucasfilm artist Grant Gould (Star Wars: The
Clone Wars online) comes The Wolves of Odin, an all new self-contained
original graphic novel.
The rise of Christianity amongst the north-men has frustrated Odin, Father
of the Norse Gods. Out of jealousy and anger, he has transformed three of
his most loyal berserkers into unstoppable beasts, and set them loose upon
his traitorous “followers”. Thor, God of Thunder, takes it upon himself to
challenge his father’s madness by aiding a loyal warrior of his own - the
Viking Tyr. Along with the help of a witch and two strangers, Tyr must face
the wolves and realize his own destiny. The Wolves of Odin is a stout brew
of fantasy storytelling, werewolves, and Norse mythology.
You can see a 6 page preview of Wolves of Odin now, here, or at it’s
website:
http://superrealgraphics.com/Wolves.html
Super Real Graphics Presents: THE WOLVES OF ODIN
64 pages, digest sized (6x9), Full Color, $7.50
DIAMOND ORDER CODE SEP08 4260
About Super Real Graphics:
Super Real Graphics began publishing with creator/publisher Jason Martin’s
Super Real, which has seen five issues in print, and received great critical
response, over the past two plus years of release. The series has featured
guest artwork from some of the industry’s brightest independent talent,
including Josh Howard (Dead@17), Jim Mahfood (Grrl Scouts), and many more.
SR Graphics expanded it’s publishing in April 2008 with the first SR
Graphics Presents volume, Gnome, from creator Dave Dwonch, which has won
praise from BrokenFrontier.com, Ain’t It Cool News, and the Comic’s Buyers
Guide.
Super Real Graphics
Innovative, quality, creator-owned comics.
SuperRealGraphics.com
##################
PREVIEW PAGE URLS:
COVER
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/uploaded_images/cover_final_wrap-746091.jpg
SIX PAGE PREVIEW
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/31_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/32_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/33_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/34_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/35_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/36_preview.jpg
Thanks,
Jason
Jason Martin
Publisher - Super Real Graphics
www.superrealgraphics.com
Independent publisher Super Real Graphics offers a new volume from it’s
creator owned graphic novella imprint, Super Real Graphics Presents: The
Wolves of Odin.
Available for preorder now in the current volume of Diamond Previews
catalog, September 2008, from Lucasfilm artist Grant Gould (Star Wars: The
Clone Wars online) comes The Wolves of Odin, an all new self-contained
original graphic novel.
The rise of Christianity amongst the north-men has frustrated Odin, Father
of the Norse Gods. Out of jealousy and anger, he has transformed three of
his most loyal berserkers into unstoppable beasts, and set them loose upon
his traitorous “followers”. Thor, God of Thunder, takes it upon himself to
challenge his father’s madness by aiding a loyal warrior of his own - the
Viking Tyr. Along with the help of a witch and two strangers, Tyr must face
the wolves and realize his own destiny. The Wolves of Odin is a stout brew
of fantasy storytelling, werewolves, and Norse mythology.
You can see a 6 page preview of Wolves of Odin now, here, or at it’s
website:
http://superrealgraphics.com/Wolves.html
Super Real Graphics Presents: THE WOLVES OF ODIN
64 pages, digest sized (6x9), Full Color, $7.50
DIAMOND ORDER CODE SEP08 4260
About Super Real Graphics:
Super Real Graphics began publishing with creator/publisher Jason Martin’s
Super Real, which has seen five issues in print, and received great critical
response, over the past two plus years of release. The series has featured
guest artwork from some of the industry’s brightest independent talent,
including Josh Howard (Dead@17), Jim Mahfood (Grrl Scouts), and many more.
SR Graphics expanded it’s publishing in April 2008 with the first SR
Graphics Presents volume, Gnome, from creator Dave Dwonch, which has won
praise from BrokenFrontier.com, Ain’t It Cool News, and the Comic’s Buyers
Guide.
Super Real Graphics
Innovative, quality, creator-owned comics.
SuperRealGraphics.com
##################
PREVIEW PAGE URLS:
COVER
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/uploaded_images/cover_final_wrap-746091.jpg
SIX PAGE PREVIEW
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/31_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/32_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/33_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/34_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/35_preview.jpg
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves/36_preview.jpg
Thanks,
Jason
Jason Martin
Publisher - Super Real Graphics
www.superrealgraphics.com
Some updates and stuff going on…
THE WOLVES OF ODIN IN PREVIEWS / ORDER NOW
The latest book in my Super Real Graphics Presents line of creator-owned
graphic novellas, Grant Gould’s The Wolves of Odin, is now orderable via
comic book retailers everywhere!
The just released September edition of the Diamond Previews catalog, for
product shipping this November, has full solicit information for the new
book in the “comics and graphic novels” section, on page 318… you can’t miss
it, it’s right after the giant FULL PAGE AD!!!!
If you’d like to get a copy via your local comic book shop, simply let them
know, and give them the Diamond Order Code: SEP08 4260
Check out more on this kick butt VIKINGS VS WEREWOLVES concept here:
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves.html
Trust me, werewolf on Viking action is already sweeping the globe!
MARVEL MASTERPIECES SKETCH CARDS and ARTIST PROOFS
With my first set of sketch cards, Upper Deck’s Marvel Masterpieces 2
series, now in shops, you can nab some of my 200 cards on eBay, but I also
have a few cards left from the coveted “artist proofs”. Each artist got 10
of these rare blank cards to sketch on, and I have 6 remaining. I’m selling
these at $125ea for full color, but any sketch card fans of mine out there
on this list can get them for $100 even. Just let me know.
Also, I’m currently working on my 75 sketch cards for the Marvel
Masterpieces 3 series. So, I’ll have those to show soon!
And I’m always doing custom commissioned cards too.
BOOKMARK THIS SITE:
PulpGirls.com
Coming soon!
I think I’ve dropped enough exclamation points on you for now, but there’s
much more in the works, so stay tuned, and as always, check out the blog!!
;)
Jason
SuperRealGraphics.com
superrealgraphics.com/blog.html
jasinmartin.deviantart.com/
THE WOLVES OF ODIN IN PREVIEWS / ORDER NOW
The latest book in my Super Real Graphics Presents line of creator-owned
graphic novellas, Grant Gould’s The Wolves of Odin, is now orderable via
comic book retailers everywhere!
The just released September edition of the Diamond Previews catalog, for
product shipping this November, has full solicit information for the new
book in the “comics and graphic novels” section, on page 318… you can’t miss
it, it’s right after the giant FULL PAGE AD!!!!
If you’d like to get a copy via your local comic book shop, simply let them
know, and give them the Diamond Order Code: SEP08 4260
Check out more on this kick butt VIKINGS VS WEREWOLVES concept here:
http://www.superrealgraphics.com/Wolves.html
Trust me, werewolf on Viking action is already sweeping the globe!
MARVEL MASTERPIECES SKETCH CARDS and ARTIST PROOFS
With my first set of sketch cards, Upper Deck’s Marvel Masterpieces 2
series, now in shops, you can nab some of my 200 cards on eBay, but I also
have a few cards left from the coveted “artist proofs”. Each artist got 10
of these rare blank cards to sketch on, and I have 6 remaining. I’m selling
these at $125ea for full color, but any sketch card fans of mine out there
on this list can get them for $100 even. Just let me know.
Also, I’m currently working on my 75 sketch cards for the Marvel
Masterpieces 3 series. So, I’ll have those to show soon!
And I’m always doing custom commissioned cards too.
BOOKMARK THIS SITE:
PulpGirls.com
Coming soon!
I think I’ve dropped enough exclamation points on you for now, but there’s
much more in the works, so stay tuned, and as always, check out the blog!!
;)
Jason
SuperRealGraphics.com
superrealgraphics.com/blog.html
jasinmartin.deviantart.com/
PRESS RELEASE - JOIN SPAWN'S ADVENTURE THIS NOVEMBER!ADVENTURES OF SPAWN continues this November!
28 August, 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - THE ADVENTURES OF SPAWN, the high adventure re-imaging of Todd McFarlane's seminal creation, returns this November in a full color one-shot concluding the highly praised "Awakening War" storyline written by Jonathan David Goff and illustrated by fan favorite artist Khary Randolph!
“Working on this project has been like a dream come true for me," said Randolph. "When I was younger, it was books like Spawn that made me want to draw comic books for a living. So to actually have the ability to fulfill that dream on Spawn really can’t be beat.”
In ADVENTURES OF SPAWN, Al Simmons, now known as Spawn X, teams up with fellow heroes Omega and Redeemer in the never-ending battle against the forces of Darkness and its vicious leader, Mammon! While ADVENTURES OF SPAWN made its debut online as SPAWN.COM’s very first web comic to coincide with McFarlane Toys’ own toy line (Spawn: Series 30 & 32), this one-shot is the only place to read the story's conclusion in its entirety.
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane added, "It’s fun is to see if your characters can fit into different settings, genres, mediums and/or formats – as a means to get your idea in front of more new eyes. ADVENTURES OF SPAWN is such an attempt. Unlike the regular title, this one is truly built around the word, 'adventure.' Join us as we dive head-first into a world of Spawn unlike the others I've populated."
THE ADVENTURES OF SPAWN #2 (SEP082222), a 48-page full color comic book for $5.99, will be in stores November 19th, 2008. For more information and to read the original web comic, please see http://www.spawn.com/features/series30/comic/ .
Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently five partners in Image Comics (Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.
28 August, 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - THE ADVENTURES OF SPAWN, the high adventure re-imaging of Todd McFarlane's seminal creation, returns this November in a full color one-shot concluding the highly praised "Awakening War" storyline written by Jonathan David Goff and illustrated by fan favorite artist Khary Randolph!
“Working on this project has been like a dream come true for me," said Randolph. "When I was younger, it was books like Spawn that made me want to draw comic books for a living. So to actually have the ability to fulfill that dream on Spawn really can’t be beat.”
In ADVENTURES OF SPAWN, Al Simmons, now known as Spawn X, teams up with fellow heroes Omega and Redeemer in the never-ending battle against the forces of Darkness and its vicious leader, Mammon! While ADVENTURES OF SPAWN made its debut online as SPAWN.COM’s very first web comic to coincide with McFarlane Toys’ own toy line (Spawn: Series 30 & 32), this one-shot is the only place to read the story's conclusion in its entirety.
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane added, "It’s fun is to see if your characters can fit into different settings, genres, mediums and/or formats – as a means to get your idea in front of more new eyes. ADVENTURES OF SPAWN is such an attempt. Unlike the regular title, this one is truly built around the word, 'adventure.' Join us as we dive head-first into a world of Spawn unlike the others I've populated."
THE ADVENTURES OF SPAWN #2 (SEP082222), a 48-page full color comic book for $5.99, will be in stores November 19th, 2008. For more information and to read the original web comic, please see http://www.spawn.com/features/series30/comic/ .
Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently five partners in Image Comics (Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.
WANTED SCREENWRITER CHRIS MORGAN WRITES
ZOMBIE TALES #4 ON STANDS TODAY!
August 28th, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - Chris Morgan, the screenplay writer of the Hollywood blockbuster WANTED will be writing an issue of BOOM! Studios' successful anthology series ZOMBIE TALES. Featuring three different artists, this self-contained issue is guaranteed to terrify and please fans of the series as well as give new readers a great launching on point to these instant cult classics!
ZOMBIE TALES #4 is a special book-length adventure from Christopher Morgan, co-writer of the controversial SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS and screenwriter of WANTED with his brother Terry Morgan! Three separate chapters by three different artists - Gabriel Hardman, Minck Oosterveer, and Jason Ho - chronicle the birth, life and death of a young Japanese soldier who seeks only to defend his village and his family from the zombie hordes who surround his island!
Pre-release reviews have been very strong:
"The unique art style, combined with the well developed story continuing through the chapters makes this a book you'll read in one sitting, but likely go back to savor in time." - Newsarama
"Great storytelling... the dialogue, and descriptions of the scenes, everything flows perfectly with this style of story. On top of all of that we also have a great team of artists... once again another great anthology piece put out there by BOOM! Studios." - Project Fanboy
"After reading Chris' ZOMBIE TALES and SALEM, you know this guy has tapped into the essence of the horror and fantasy genres," said BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid. "But what separates Chris from other people with that ability is that he's a great professional writer, who brings high quality stories to whatever medium or genre he happens to be writing for."
Chris Morgan and SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS was featured on G4TV during Comic-Con International. BOOM! recently posted a behind the scenes footage to their website here: http://blog.boom-studios.net/2008/08/chris-morgan-brought-g4-to-boom/
ZOMBIE TALES #4 features covers by art by Minck Oosterveer and Marco Rudy and was released today.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (http://www.boom-studios.com) is a unique new publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry's biggest talents. In its inaugural year, Wizard Magazine named BOOM! "Best New Publisher." Founded by the creator of the TV show EUREKA, Andrew Cosby, and his partner Ross Richie, BOOM! Studios continues to be on the leading edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.
ZOMBIE TALES #4 ON STANDS TODAY!
August 28th, 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - Chris Morgan, the screenplay writer of the Hollywood blockbuster WANTED will be writing an issue of BOOM! Studios' successful anthology series ZOMBIE TALES. Featuring three different artists, this self-contained issue is guaranteed to terrify and please fans of the series as well as give new readers a great launching on point to these instant cult classics!
ZOMBIE TALES #4 is a special book-length adventure from Christopher Morgan, co-writer of the controversial SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS and screenwriter of WANTED with his brother Terry Morgan! Three separate chapters by three different artists - Gabriel Hardman, Minck Oosterveer, and Jason Ho - chronicle the birth, life and death of a young Japanese soldier who seeks only to defend his village and his family from the zombie hordes who surround his island!
Pre-release reviews have been very strong:
"The unique art style, combined with the well developed story continuing through the chapters makes this a book you'll read in one sitting, but likely go back to savor in time." - Newsarama
"Great storytelling... the dialogue, and descriptions of the scenes, everything flows perfectly with this style of story. On top of all of that we also have a great team of artists... once again another great anthology piece put out there by BOOM! Studios." - Project Fanboy
"After reading Chris' ZOMBIE TALES and SALEM, you know this guy has tapped into the essence of the horror and fantasy genres," said BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid. "But what separates Chris from other people with that ability is that he's a great professional writer, who brings high quality stories to whatever medium or genre he happens to be writing for."
Chris Morgan and SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS was featured on G4TV during Comic-Con International. BOOM! recently posted a behind the scenes footage to their website here: http://blog.boom-studios.net/2008/08/chris-morgan-brought-g4-to-boom/
ZOMBIE TALES #4 features covers by art by Minck Oosterveer and Marco Rudy and was released today.
About BOOM! Studios
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