STRANGE ATTRACTORS RETURNS IN COMPLETE VOLUME
Pirate Peg’s Rangerette Handbook Collects Entire Series



One of the leading independent comics from the 1990’s, Strange Attractors, will finally be collected into one complete volume to be released into the comic market for the first time. The Strange Attractors saga from Michael Cohen and Mark Sherman will be released from Transfuzion Publishing in December, 2010 It will collect all 17 issues and run nearly 400 pages and retail for $24.95.

The story centers on Sophie, curator of the Museum of Lost Things, who gets caught up in a war between science and magic in this light-hearted retro post-modern science fiction where the comics she loves are actually coded history and she becomes a magnet for all sorts of cosmic weirdness.

“When Michael contacted me about collecting the entire series, of course I was interested,” said Transfuzion publisher, Gary Reed. Caliber Comics, the previous publishing house ran by Reed, had published the last two issues of Strange Attractors. “I’ve always felt it was a vastly under-appreciated book,” he said, “even when it was a hit back in the day. It should’ve been even bigger.”

The decision to re-title the saga from simply Strange Attractors to Pirate Peg’s Rangerette Handbook was the idea of Cohen and Sherman. With the Strange Attractors Superman story as well as the episode of the superhero TV series, Heroes, Strange Attractors suddenly became a common name and the identity of the original comic series was diluted.

Reed added that he thought the book would capture some of the audience that had followed the original series. “Michael and Mark have been releasing it over the years on the web so it still has a following. Diamond Comic Distributors gave their full support to it and even spotlighted it in their Previews.” Pirate Peg’s Rangerette Handbook can be found in the latest issue of Previews on page 308, Order Code: OCT101148 with an ISBN of 978-0-9826549-4-1.

For more information on the collection and the publisher, Transfuzion, visit the website at www.transfuzion.biz where there are also preview pages.

REVIEWS

“Strange Attractors for me is possibly the most novelistic graphic story I know of with the possible exception of Watchmen and certainly the most novelistic series….Strange Attractors is that true rarity, an adult, amusing, multi-layered graphic SF novel.”
---Hugo and Nebula Award Winning Author, Norman Spinrad



“What creators Cohen and Sherman have undertaken is massive and what is more impressive is that they deliver!”
---Overstreet’s Fan

“This is not rave of the month stuff---this is rave of the year. Wow, what a story!”
---Comic Buyer’s Guide

“In a barren desert of derivative movie and TV science fiction comics, Strange Attractors is an sparkling oasis of originality.”
---Steve Bissette, Tyrant and Swamp Thing

“Opening an issue of Strange Attractors and starting to read it is comparable to walking into an environment that creates in us a pleasure sensation at all levels.”
---Dave Sim, Cerebus, Glamourpuss

“A sweet and pungent postmodern nostalgic trip! Strange Attractors brings butterflies to my stomach.”
---Rick Veitch, Brat Pack and Maximortal

“A compelling universe populated with the coolest female cast this side of Love and Rockets. Cohen and Sherman are the Lennon and McCartney of postmodern Sci-Fi comic books.”
---Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules

About Strange Attractors: The comic series appeared first in 1993 from RetroGrafix and ran for 17 issues. It was one of the often spotlight titles of the creator driven comics that propelled small and self publishers.

About Transfuzion Publishing: Transfuzion has published nearly 30 graphic novels, many of which are compilations of previous material although in 2010, they have begun producing original graphic novels. www.transfuzion.biz