ARCHAIA, ISHINOMORI PRODUCTION INC., & COMIXOLOGY
TEAM UP TO DELIVER THE FIRST ‘TRULY DIGITAL’ VARIANT
COMIC BOOK COVER WITH ‘CYBORG 009: CHAPTER 000’
‘Cyborg 009: Chapter 000’ special cover and comic created in honor of legendary manga creator
Shotaro Ishinomori’s 75th birthday
New York, NY (Jan. 23, 2013)
– Award-winning graphic novel publisher Archaia Entertainment has
teamed up with Ishinomori Production Inc. and comiXology—the
revolutionary digital comics platform boasting iTunes’ #3 top grossing
iPad app of 2012—to deliver the first “truly digital” variant comic book
cover! Created specifically for comiXology’s Guided View reading
technology, the cover to
Cyborg 009: Chapter 000
celebrates the 75th birthday of legendary manga creator Shotaro
Ishinomori, known the world over for creating Go Rangers (the precursor
to
Power Rangers),
Cyborg 009,
Kamen Rider (a.k.a.
Masked Rider),
Kikaider, and
Skull Man.
“We
can’t think of a better way to celebrate the innovative work of manga
legend Shotaro Ishinomori than debuting the groundbreaking ‘truly
digital’ variant of Cyborg 009: Chapter 000 by Archaia,” said co-founder
of comiXology John D. Roberts. “We knew that comiXology’s Guided View
would play a big role in the evolution of comics storytelling but this
‘truly digital’ variant is an exciting leap into a whole new direction.
Here’s to the first of many!”
“After changing the way people
think about printed books the past few years, one of our missions at
Archaia for 2013 is to change the way people think about digital
storytelling,” said Archaia Editor-in-Chief Stephen Christy. “What we’ve
produced with comiXology for
Cyborg 009: Chapter 000
is almost a digital ‘flip book’ cover for the 21st century, with Marcus
To and Ian Herring brilliantly bringing to life a fight between Cyborg
009 and an unnamed agent of series villain, The Black Ghost. I can’t
wait for comics fans around the world to see what Marcus and Ian have
created.”
Cyborg 009: Chapter 000
previews Archaia’s full-length hardcover graphic novel, featuring a
contemporary take on Ishinomori’s classic Cyborg 009 characters. It will
debut at Comic-Con International in San Diego this July. Written by
F.J. DeSanto
(The Spirit, Insurgent) and Bradley Cramp (
Gattaca), illustrated by Marcus To (
Huntress, Red Robin), and colored by Eisner Award Nominee Ian Herring (
Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand),
Cyborg 009: Chapter 000 is available today exclusively across comiXology’s entire digital comics platform including the
iPhone,
iPad,
Android,
Kindle Fire,
Windows 8 and
the Web
Cyborg 009: Chapter 000 features the first 17 pages of the forthcoming
Cyborg 009 graphic novel from Archaia, as well as the first 61 pages of the original
Cyborg 009 Volume 1 manga, which, along with other works by Ishinomori, are also available for purchase on comiXology.
Conceptualized
and brought to life by Marcus To, Ian Herring, Eisner Award-nominated
designer Jon Adams, Eisner Award-winning editor Stephen Christy, and
comiXology co-founder John D. Roberts, the
Cyborg 009: Chapter 000 cover is available exclusively through the comiXology digital comics platform.
The original
Cyborg 009
manga has sold over 250,000,000 copies worldwide. A new animated movie
adaptation produced by Production I.G was released this past October in
Japan.
About Archaia Entertainment, LLC
Archaia
is a multi-award-winning graphic novel publisher with more than 75
renowned publishing brands, including such domestic and international
hits as Mouse Guard, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, Return of the Dapper
Men, Rust Bolivar, Gunnerkrigg Court, Old City Blues, Awakening, The
Killer, Tumor, Syndrome, Artesia, and an entire line of The Jim Henson
Company graphic novels such as The Dark Crystal, The Story Teller, and
Fraggle Rock. Archaia has built an unparalleled reputation for producing
meaningful content that perpetually transforms minds, building one of
the industry’s most visually stunning and eclectic slates of graphic
novels. Archaia was named Graphic Novel Publisher of the Year by Ain’t
it Cool News, Comic Related, and Graphic Policy, which honored the
publisher two years in a row. Archaia was honored with nine 2011 Eisner
Awards nominations and two Awards for Best Graphic Album and Best
Anthology. In 2012, Archaia was honored with six Harvey Award
nominations, two Harvey Awards, six Eisner nominations and three Eisner
Awards, and both Gold and Silver awards from ForeWord Reviews. In
addition to publications, Archaia has successfully emerged as a prolific
storyteller in all facets of the entertainment industry, extending
their popular brands into film, television, gaming, and branded digital
media. For more information, visit the Archaia website at
www.archaia.com.
About comiXology
Founded in 2007 with the mission of bringing comics to people
everywhere, comiXology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic
novel world. With the development of the comiXology digital comics
platform - with buy-once, read-anywhere availability across across
iPhone,
iPad,
Android,
Kindle Fire,
Windows 8 and
the Web—
comiXology provides the easiest way worldwide for people to enjoy
comics anywhere they happen to be! Regularly ranking as the top grossing
iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store, comiXology is one of the
leading drivers of the iPad economy. Providing the most digital comics
on the most devices, comiXology will not stop until everyone on the face
of the planet has been turned into a comic book fan.
About Ishinomori Production Inc.
Founded
by the late Shotaro Ishinomori in the 1970s, Ishinomori Production Inc.
continues to bring the properties of the legendary manga creator to the
world via film, television, animation, publishing and other media. Born
in 1938, Ishinomori made his debut in 1954 with “Second Class Angel”
while still a student in high school. Ishinomori would go on to create
classic manga titles such as CYBORG 009, GORANGER, KIKAIDER, and
SKULLMAN as well as hundreds of others. He was a prominent figure in the
Manga industry for decades, working in varying genres and using his
chosen medium to spread a universal message of positivity throughout the
world. Ishinomori’s creations have been produced in over 105 different
movies and television series. His most successful creation, KAMEN RIDER
(a.k.a. MASKED RIDER), was launched simultaneously as a manga and
television series in 1971, making it one of the world’s first transmedia
properties. Over the course of 42 years, more than a thousand episodes
of KAMEN RIDER and 39 feature films have been produced. It is now the
number one boys merchandise seller in Japan, having exceeded $325
Million U.S. in annual wholesales. Shotaro Ishinomori is also registered
in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s largest number of
comics published by a single author (770 titles and 128,000 pages of
material), for his vast library of titles that cover a multitude of
genres, including super heroes, sci-fi, drama, history, comedy, romance
and countless others. Ishinomori Production Inc. is headquartered in
Tokyo.
