Thursday, May 29, 2008

Geeklings, rejoice!

Nerdcore is proud to announce the birth of our new baby, Double Fine Action Comics by Scott C (Vol. 1). It's the result of an unholy union between us and the most mighty videogame developer in all the land, Double Fine Productions.

It's a very cool book.

It comes out in August 2008.


Pre-order it now
so you don't miss out!


Here's some more info:

From the secret laboratory of renowned videogame developer Double Fine Productions comes this incredible collection of funnies created by the one and only Scott C, art director of Psychonauts and Brütal Legend. Chock full of 300 strips, as well as the coolest "behind-the-scenes" pages you'll ever find in a book, Double Fine Action Comics by Scott C is an absolute for anyone who enjoys frequent amusement and side effects like laughter.


Exciting Book Extras,
Bullet-pointed for Convenience...



Occasional color (as if gray-scale wasn't exciting enough)!
Knight Guy board game (pieces not included)!
Sketches and in-progress work (only half-done on purpose)!
Special commentary section (where Scott C writes what he's thinking)!
Secrets of "How to Draw!" (Warning: Not a state-certified class)!
Sexy Knight Guy pin-up (aww, yeah!)


The Really True Myth
of Double Fine Action Comics...


Once upon a morning, way back in 2002, Scott C stumbled into work at Double Fine Productions. On that particular morning, he decided to get extra inspired and draw a comic to warm up the creative side of his brain. It depicted a two-headed baby (also known as 2HB) and a knight doing not much of anything. Scott quickly got into an amazing groove, drawing a new comic every morning, just to see where the adventure with 2HB and the knight would go. Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine, suggested to Scott C that he never stop doing comics every morning. In fact, he was so excited about the idea, that he empowered three other Double Fine artists to join him with their own adventures: Nathan Stapley, Razmig Mavlian, and Mark Hamer. Every, single day these dudes would make comics and upload them to doublefine.com. And the world was made amazing.


About the Author...


Scott C is Scott Campbell, art director for Psychonauts and Brütal Legend at Double Fine Productions. Scott has done numerous comics that have appeared in such anthologies as Hickee, Flight, Beasts!, and Project: Superior. His story, Igloo Head and Tree Head, was awarded the silver medal from the Society of Illustrators. He has also painted many clever little paintings that have shown in such places as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Montreal, and Japan.

Scott thinks you should go to the internet and look at more of his stuff. You will get super happy. These are some places that you can go: scott-c.blogspot.com, doublefine.com, and pyramidcar.com


And that Foreword Writer,
Tim Schafer...


Tim Schafer is one of the few men in the videogame industry to marry intelligent humor, imaginative storytelling and brilliant design for the perfect three-way of interactivity. His games during his tenure at LucasArts, including Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, and Grim Fandango, garnered him the respect of gamers everywhere. Upon founding his very own company, Double Fine Productions, in 2000, Schafer put his creativity into overdrive, giving birth to the groundbreaking Psychonauts in 2005. Next up: a heavy metal odyssey called Brütal Legend, featuring the voice of Jack Black, set to unleash holy hell on next-generation gaming consoles everywhere very, very soon.


That's all!



Yours nerdly,


The Nerdcore Crew
totallynerdcore.com

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