Fantagraphics Books Partners With ComiXology to Debut Violenzia
Fantagraphics Books’ First Digital Exclusive Comic
November 20th, 2013 – Seattle,
WA/New York, NY – Fantagraphics Books, publisher of the world’s greatest
cartoonists, partners with comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based
digital comics platform, to debut Fantagraphics’ first original, digital
exclusive comic book: Violenzia. Written and illustrated by acclaimed creator Richard Sala (Delphine, Cat Burglar Black), Violenzia
is an all-new, full-color, $5.99, 50-page one-shot exclusively
available today across comiXology’s entire platform including iPhone,
iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and comiXology.com.
"Let there be no mercy or
forgiveness for they have shown none." With these words, whispered
into the wind, a mysterious young woman leaps into action with wild
abandon, twin automatics blazing. Is she a brave and reckless heroine
taking on a monstrous evil? Or is she a deranged angel of death? One
thing is clear, whether she is dropping from a high window into a
crowd of red-robed fanatical cultists, or facing down a horde of
psychotic hillbillies, you don't want to get in Violenzia’s way.
"This is a new model for us,"
said Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds. "Not a better
model, but a different model. Richard Sala is one of our most beloved
authors, and recently he has built up a considerable and new following
online, via his Tumblr and other social media, so when he proposed Violenzia it seemed like the perfect opportunity to experiment with a digital-only release."
"We’re thrilled that Fantagraphics partnered with us to bring Richard Sala's beautiful and hilarious Violenzia
to comiXology and our worldwide audience," said comiXology co-founder
and CEO David Steinberger. "Readers and fans will also be treated to
experiencing this amazing work in comiXology’s cinematic Guided View
reading technology."
A fast moving, self-contained story, Violenzia
is a blast of pulpy fun, told in scenes of audacious action and
splashes of rich watercolors. With elements of golden age comics and
old movies mixed with Sala's trademark humor and sense of the absurd,
Violenzia is serious fun, a bloody enigma masked as eye candy, a puzzle
box riddled with bullet holes.
Violenzia
is the latest story by Sala featuring heroines (or anti-heroines) who
are quirky, mysterious and unpredictable — such as Peculia (PECULIA ,
PECULIA AND THE GROON GROVE VAMPIRES), Judy Drood (MAD NIGHT, THE
GRAVE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER), and K Westree (CAT BURGLAR BLACK), and
features the same distinctive mixture of mystery, violence and humor
as his books THE CHUCKLING WHATSIT, THE HIDDEN and DELPHINE.
Look for Violenzia out today on comiXology.
About Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics Books has been a leading proponent of comics as a legitimate form of art and literature since it began publishing the critical trade magazine The Comics Journal in 1976. By the early 1980s, Fantagraphics was at the forefront of the burgeoning movement to establish comics as a medium as eloquent and expressive as the more established popular arts of film, literature, poetry, et al. Fantagraphics quickly established a reputation as an advocacy publisher that specialized in seeking out and publishing the kind of innovative work that traditional comics corporations who dealt almost exclusively in super-heroes and fantasy either didn’t know existed or wouldn’t touch: serious, dramatic, historical, journalistic, political, and satirical work by a new generation of alternative cartoonists (including now-legends like Peter Bagge, Daniel Clowes, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Joe Sacco and Jim Woodring) as well as many artists who gained prominence as part of the seminal underground comix movement of the '60s, such as R. Crumb and Kim Deitch. Fantagraphics has since gained an international reputation for its literate and audacious editorial standards in publishing the best cartooning from all eras and regions with exacting production values.
Fantagraphics Books has been a leading proponent of comics as a legitimate form of art and literature since it began publishing the critical trade magazine The Comics Journal in 1976. By the early 1980s, Fantagraphics was at the forefront of the burgeoning movement to establish comics as a medium as eloquent and expressive as the more established popular arts of film, literature, poetry, et al. Fantagraphics quickly established a reputation as an advocacy publisher that specialized in seeking out and publishing the kind of innovative work that traditional comics corporations who dealt almost exclusively in super-heroes and fantasy either didn’t know existed or wouldn’t touch: serious, dramatic, historical, journalistic, political, and satirical work by a new generation of alternative cartoonists (including now-legends like Peter Bagge, Daniel Clowes, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Joe Sacco and Jim Woodring) as well as many artists who gained prominence as part of the seminal underground comix movement of the '60s, such as R. Crumb and Kim Deitch. Fantagraphics has since gained an international reputation for its literate and audacious editorial standards in publishing the best cartooning from all eras and regions with exacting production values.
About comiXology
ComiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. ComiXology’s Guided View™ reading technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience, helping comiXology become one of iTunes' top 10 grossing iPad apps in both 2011 and 2012. Offering the broadest library of comic book content from the top 75 publishers, and including independent creators as well, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has become a comic book fan. A privately held company, comiXology is based in New York City. For more information visit www.comixology.com.
ComiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. ComiXology’s Guided View™ reading technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience, helping comiXology become one of iTunes' top 10 grossing iPad apps in both 2011 and 2012. Offering the broadest library of comic book content from the top 75 publishers, and including independent creators as well, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has become a comic book fan. A privately held company, comiXology is based in New York City. For more information visit www.comixology.com.
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