No time
for post-convention decompressing this
year. I barely had time to take a nap
when I got home on the red-eye from San
Diego before jumping right back into
work.
You might have heard the news that we'll
have a Haven Exclusive Variant of
Sullengray: Sacrifice #1. The
part you may have missed, though, is
that we're going to have it IN STOCK
before Diamond ships you theirs. We
only had 300 made, so hurry and order
yours now so you'll have it on the shelf
before the all the other stores in your
town.
Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight Series 1
figures are also IN STOCK now. No
hype. No more pre-ordering. They are
on my shelves... and
they
are selling fast already.
We've decided to move the COMICS!
catalog to a quarterly release schedule,
so issue 3 will be out in October.
Issue 2 is in stores now, available for
order for your customers, and will be
available online soon. Our Cover Story
for issue 3 will shine the spotlight on
Ape
Entertainment, and we'll have the
same great lineup of articles. Plus we
are going to include more reviews for
you.
I had a lot of great meetings with folks
at San Diego and the Chicago Comic-Con.
I want to save some of the announcements
for press releases, but keep an eye out
for a few more high profile publishers
to grace our shelves, too.
One quick note I can throw in for our
adult market buyers...among our new
arrivals will be Adult Source Media
DVDs. Spread the word.
And finally... Haven product codes are
very soon going to be integrated into
ComiXology.com and the
ComTrac POS system. You told me
that you needed it to be easier and
faster to order from us. There you go.
See, I listen to my customers.
Founded
by company president Peter Semeti in
January 2007, Alterna has vastly
grown in a short time. Alterna is a
creator-owned graphic novel
publisher that allows creators to
retain 100% ownership of their
properties. Choosing to veer away
from superheroes in general, Alterna
focuses its efforts on other genres,
such as science-fiction, horror,
fantasy and more. Peter Semeti
describes their comics as "comics
for people who never knew they would
enjoy reading comics."
Alterna
has gained critical acclaim with
such titles as Birth, The Chair,
Jesus Hates Zombies, Risers, and
many more. Alterna's full lineup is
available through Haven, and is also
available on the iPhone and
other avenues upcoming. Read more
about Alterna at their website
below.
Round 4 is underway, and we're
watching as the top 4 projects
duke it out in the effort to be
crowned Idol and win the $700
prize and publishing deal!
This year we have more ways to
vote than ever before! We have
PDF downloads for the digital
collectors, or you can check out
our
Retailer Kit to help get
these books in stores where they
belong! Retailers, use the
Haven Kit for your customers
(titles are available through
Haven). However you follow indy
comics we know you're looking at
the TOP 4 new books of the
year...and one of them, will be
crowned the winner!
ROUND 4: Now through August
31st!!!
The WINNER IS THE BOOK WITH THE
MOST SALES!
The
year is 2025. A burned,
mutilated, shrapnel-filled, and
left for dead Acker Kinney will
awake in a hospital to find his
life has changed forever. The
war on terror, in which he’s
fought since the age of 18 as a
medic in the Marines, has left
this 43 year old man scarred and
short both an arm and career
after a roadside bomb took out
his unit in the “Badlands” of
the Middle East… but this is
just the beginning. Once, the
concept of good and evil was as
simple as which person was
pointing the gun. When Acker is
attacked by a demon’s minion in
the hospital while recovering
from his wounds, he is saved by
a group of Knights from the
Society of the Enlightened.
Soon, he will find himself one
of them, blessed with countless
lifetimes of knowledge and
rediscovered powers. The
Society, in an eternal conflict
with the forces of Den
Malignity, an assembly of
powerful demons and their
minions, must react when the
participants on the battlefield
grow. Old factions, thought
banished in the time of the dark
ages, have risen again to claim
their rightful place in the
world. Which of these factions
will side with the Society and
which with the Den? The answer
will play out across the entire
planet and shape its destiny.
The schemes of gods, the desires
of demons, the powers of nature,
myth, and supernatural – all are
setting forth to change a world
long believed to be the sole
dominion of man. This is the
world the Society of the
Enlightened and her Knights must
protect. This is Faction.
“There lies
beyond the scrutiny and influence of
Man, and ancient domain of war,
carnage, mayhem and honour. The
expanses of this region have been
dubbed ‘The Underground’ and its
inhabitants are a force to be
reckoned with. They have existed
since before the birth of the
Man-Beasts and will surely strive
long after their extinction. Their
existence is an eternal battle of
the archetypical Good versus Evil.
No soul is free from the touch of
war in this forgotten land. They
are each endowed with their own
strengths, and burdened with their
own weaknesses. They are what Man
has dubbed, The Insects.”
The Underground
is a story of the world beneath our
world. The heroes and villains are
an assortment of insects and
arachnids. I have a very complex
on-going storyline constructed for
this series. With a cast such as
this, there are literally endless
possibilities.
An evil
from beyond the edge of sanity
threatens to engulf the Kingdoms of
Men in madness. And the only woman
who can stop it does not know her
own name...
Long
ago, the Sorcerer-Queens of Askara
cast a great spell to imprison the
Watcher from the Dark. Now a foolish
and arrogant Priest has cracked the
door of its prison. The Watcher's
influence and dark power leak out of
that crack like an ethereal
infection. Plague and War afflict
the lands, as rumors grow of a
conquering army from the North.
After
surviving a horrific attack by the
Priest and his followers, a young
woman wakes with no memory of her
former life. The people of her
village recognize her... but they
cannot remember her name. After
finding her in a rose garden, they
begin to call her the White Rose,
for her pale hair, her beauty, and
the place in which they found her.
But in a world where names have
power, it is as if her identity
itself has been sliced cleanly away
from their reality.
Driven
to the edge of reason by terrifying
visions, pursued by the cult
worshippers of a dark force from
before the dawn of time, she and her
companion Alaric must take up swords
and ride in search of the powerful
forces behind these events. And
before her visions drive her mad,
she must unravel the mystery of her
true identity: the last
Sorcerer-Queen, and the only person
with the power to defeat the horror
that threatens to devour her world.
As
teens Vanguard, Sync, Blur, Fury and
the Zig Zag twins formed the
superhero team Varsity Squad
and together fought super powered
villains and dangerous criminals
across the country. Twenty years
later the group reunites to open a
time capsule they buried underneath
their former headquarters. The
heroes are forced to confront their
pasts when they find the capsule
missing. Someone in the group has
something to hide and is willing to
do whatever it takes to make sure
the past stays buried.
Atomic
Pop Art Entertainment announces that
they have signed a deal with
International Enterprise which will
allow them to represent APA and all
APA collected trades and original
graphic novels to the international
market.
We are
very eager to start working with
International Enterprise to ensure
that the comic book market outside
the US can find all the exciting
properties that we are offering. Our
first property will be Michael San
Giacomo's Phantom Jack
with many more titles to follow
shortly.
"This is
a huge step forward for a small
press publisher and something we
have been working very hard to break
in to, but everyone at International
Enterprise has been very helpful
during this process." said APA
President Tracy Duty.
Now is the time to
start popping in a foreign country.
ABOUT ATOMIC POP ART ENTERTAINMENT-
Atomic Pop Art Entertainment, LLC,
was founded in 2008 by Tracy Duty as
an independent publishing and
production company that is dedicated
to the production of company owned
and licensed properties, and
creator- owned comic book, original
graphic novels, collected trades,
and other illustrated publications.
For further press release and other
marketing information please contact
us at
marketing@atomicpopart.net
or visit us at
www.atomicpopart.net
Th3rd World Studios is pleased
to announce that even with a 30
percent over print THE STUFF OF
LEGEND VOLUME 1 BOOK 1 has sold
out at the publishing and
distribution levels. As a
result, Diamond Comics
Distributors has agreed to make
the second printing of issue one
available for retailers starting
today. It will be appearing in
the weekly PREVIEWS PLUS
newsletter sent out to
retailers.
Th3rd
World Studios urges fans and
retailers to place orders for
THE STUFF OF LEGEND VOLUME 1
BOOK 1 second printing
immediately since Diamond is
only accepting orders for an
extremely limited time only.
THE STUFF OF LEGEND VOLUME 1
BOOK 1 second printing (order
code: JUN098432) will feature a
modified "worn" version of the
original printing's cover with a
different logo color.
"From day one we felt this was
the kind of project that had an
opportunity to be something
special if we could get enough
eyes on it. We are happy to see
that fans and retailers are
giving it a strong chance to
succeed in this difficult
market," said Th3rd World
co-publisher Jon Conkling.
Brian Smith, co-writer on the
series said, "Everything about
this comic has been a dream
come
true for me, and I could not be
happier about selling out of the
entire first printing. Thanks to
all of the retailers and fans
who gave us a shot, your support
means the world to us! "
Solicitation:
"The
year is 1944. An allied force
advances along a war-torn beach
in a strange land, outnumbered
and far from home. Together,
they fight the greatest evil
they have ever known. Never
ending waves of exotic enemies
come crashing down on them, but
they will not rest. Thousands of
miles away, the world is on the
brink of destruction. But here
in a child's bedroom in
Brooklyn, our heroes, a small
group of toys loyal to their
human master, fight an unseen
war to save him from every
child's worst nightmare-the
Boogeyman.
Led by the toy soldier known as
the Colonel and the boy's
faithful teddy-bear named Max,
the toys enter the dangerous
realm of The Dark. There they
will face off against
the
Boogeyman and his army-- a
legion of the boy's forgotten,
bitter toys. Fighting to survive
insurmountable odds, the toys
will discover this is a battle
not only for the soul of a
child, but for their own as
well..."
Writers: Mike Raicht & Brian
Smith
Illustrator: Charles Paul Wilson
III
Colors and Design: Michael
DeVito & Jon Conkling
THE STUFF OF LEGEND has received
from high praise from both
critics and readers:
"...this feels like it's going
to be one of those books. One of
those,
do-you-remember-where-you-were-when-you-first-read
kind of books... If your shop
has a small stack, I recommend
stocking up. I think this is
going to be huge."
-Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool
"A wonderful comic odyssey
begins here - be sure to get in
on the ground floor of what is
sure to become a water cooler
topic book."
- Broken Frontier
"...Magical in its ambiance,
there's adventure and emotional
resonance, cowardice and
confusion. A very pleasant
surprise."
-Comic Book Resources
Above is Robert
Roach, creator,
writer, and
illustrator of The
Roach comic
book @ the 2009 San
Diego Comic-Con
International!
The Roach
A Crime Noir Comic
Book Series!
Found @ The 2009 San
Diego Comic Con
International!
My
Thanks to Dale
Wilson of the
Antidote Trust who
introduced me to
Robert Roach at the
Con!
And
thanks to Robert for
introducing me to
all four issues of
'The Roach'
miniseries!
Dale
and Robert are
members of The
Antidote Trust
(TAT).
I met several creators this
year at the 2009 San Diego
Comic Con International,
(SDCCI), whose work was new
to me, either at Artists
Alley, Small Press Area, or
at their Publisher Booths.
This will be the first blog
of a series about those
publications with a photo of
the creator as seen at the
SDCCI .
Robert Roach of Hometown
Productions has a 4 issue
mini series on a character
called 'The Roach' that has
been published and is for
sale. Although the enigmatic
anti-hero, who is a
detective/assassin in this
mini-series carries the same
name as his own surname,
this is not an
'auto-biographical' work!
The Roach's storyline takes
place during the era when
Chicago was a prohibition
battleground. In the series
both the cops and gangsters
clashed with each other and
with the man named 'The
Roach'. The Roach is a
vigilante who acts as his
own judge, jury, and
executioner in this somewhat
violent but true to the
era's violent times.
The Roach is more of a
crimefighter in the pulp
books vein, like the Green
Hornet or the Spirit, but he
is different enough from the
others to have him stand out
in any comparisons to those
other characters.
Robert's storyline is one
that kept my interest from
the very beginning all the
way through the final
double-sized issue. Yes, he
uses sex, money, and
violence as ingredients to
tell his story, but it
all jells together
to present a story with
plenty of attitude!
Yes, there are racial
overtones told in this story
arc. The N-word is used in
different variations. The
white vs. black culture is
shown for all of its pluses
and minuses and is not used
just for shock value.
The consortium of white
crime lords posing as a cult
of do-gooders is not new,
but Robert mixes it up with
bringing in a black minister
who sells out his people for
some portion of the white
man's cash and power.
There have been other
creators that have explored
this era, both in comics and
pulps, but I found Robert's
mini-series to be the best
series I have read in this
genre. And no, I didn't
mean to just say the 'best
independent comics series'.
This body of work is darn
good and worthy of more
exposure to the reading
public!
Why? I've just mentioned
the storyline so far, which
kept my attention and made
me want to continue into the
next issue. Roach's artwork
was an immediately likeable
style, and 'improved' over
the additional months that
it took to bring each of
the following issues out to
publication.
The front covers are the
only thing that are not
his. Those color covers are
by J.H. Williams III, which
really bring out the fact
that the interior pages are
black and white. Yes,
readers expect a color
cover, but the black and
white reality shown inside
the comics lends a
credibility to the story
arc. I for one liked the
fact that the pages were
shown via black and white
printing instead of color!
So now I've told you of
this creation that I found
at the SDCCI. That 'The
Roach' is a four-issue
mini-series that is best
described as a black &
white comic book mini series
that pushes “crime noir” to
a new extreme. All that is
left now is to tell you how
to get it! Because
sometimes 'independent
publishers publications' are
just a little hard to obtain
you know due to
distribution!
I asked Robert Roach how
others can obtain his
series. The following is
what he messaged back to me:
"Yes, all 4 are
available. But the 1st print
of issue #1 is down to 25
left (print run of 1,000). I
may run a 2nd print in the
future, after all are gone.
However, I have a limited
advance printing of issue
#1, with my embossed seal of
authenticity, available
after the others are gone.
This run was limited to 500
& I think we have 150 of
these left. There WON'T BE a
2nd printing of this
particular book.
Retailers are able to
order back issues thru Haven
Distributors. Fans can order
thru their shops or directly
from us at our website. Just
hit the 2nd "gargoyle" from
the right on the Home Page
or scroll down to the
shopping cart."
Robert is referring to
his Hometown Productions web
site that can be found at:
Again, this is one series
that I enjoyed from
beginning to end within each
issue. That is saying
something in today's world
because quite often the
'floppies' single issues are
just one big story arc meant
to be immediately published
into a trade paperback
compilation format.
Which to answer your
immediate question now that
I brought it up... Robert
added this about a possible
TPB when I asked him if
there was already one or if
he was thinking
about printing one right
away:
"No, I haven't. But when
I do:
1) I will purposely leave
out some of the
behind-the-scenes info
published in the individual
issues; &--
2) I'll include an old,
5-page story of "The Roach"
illustrated in the
mid-90's... It'll show how I
intended to sculpt the
character & the
artwork--even back then."
That about wraps it up for
this review. One of the
highlights from the San
Diego Comic Con
International that I have
been pleased to read at home
for my 'fun' reading!
BTW, unless
we are on site all day and
night during a three day or
longer comic con... we
do blog daily on comic
book creators, comic book
reviews, and pop culture
news and events! PLUS you
can check out our
new listings of comics,
graphic novels, Comic Con
exclusives and more pop
culture items for sale in
our
Indy publisher continues
to gain ground with key
marketing blitz.
Red Handed Studios announced
today that its flagship
title Fallen Justice
has been ported to the
iPhone handheld device and
is currently available for
free download in the iTunes
store
Following
the success of several peers
in the indy comics scene,
Red Handed made the decision
about 3 months ago to pursue
the iTunes/iPhone market,
and has never looked back.
Red Handed President Cary
Kelley was quoted today as
saying: "This is it, the
next logical move we're
making to put Fallen
Justice and the Red
Handed brand in the hands of
as many people as we
possibly can."
Kelley, who
has been self publishing his
comics for several years,
sees an unlimited potential
in the new market, and as
such has taken some bold
steps to push forward. One
of those steps has been a
partnership with Graphics
Lab 2, (www.
GraphicsLab2.com)
a digital media company
based in California, owned
and operated by Kyle Hurlbut.
"It just made sense," said
Kelley, explaining the
partnership. "Kyle and I
have seen things very much
the same way, and that's
allowed us to work together
virtually seamlessly to get
this thing done. I supply
the content and Kyle and his
team take that and run with
it in so many directions
it's simply staggering.
They've done some incredible
work in such a short time it
just blows your mind."
And it seems he has a point.
In addition to the iPhone
work already well underway
there is talk of motion
video comics and other
medium transitions underway
as well. "We don't want to
give too much away at this
point," says Kelley, on the
subject of various projects
in production, "but let's
just say that we've got some
exciting stuff coming down
the line, in several
different formats. We'll be
hitting them all before
we're done, print, web,
handhelds, and video. This
is the total package, and
being on the ground floor of
this circus, seeing it all
take shape...it's
unbelievable."
"If you like excellent
stories, great
characterization and
fantastic artwork, Red
Handed Studios has what
you're looking for." Kelley
continued, "We've got some
very real world characters
in the Red Handed camp, and
that's only going to grow as
we continue moving forward.
The 'Red Handed Universe' is
already a reality, and will
only get bigger as we bring
characters and creators into
the fold to flesh it out
even further. This isn't
about doing doodles in a
notebook anymore, this is
the real thing. We're
playing in the big pond now,
and our stuff will hold its
own with anything out
there."
ABOUT RED HANDED STUDIOS:
Red Handed Studios is a
comic book publisher founded
in the early 2007 by Cary
Kelley. Red Handed titles
are currently available
through Haven Distributors
and on Indyplanet, as well
as in the iTunes store.
Visit Red Handed Studios
online at
http://www.redhandedstudios.com.
Looking forward to the
upcoming Wild Wolf
Entertainment Book Tour?
Here's the final details of
the tour that will hit
various locations in and
around the Ohio Valley area.
Sean
Collins (writer, artist, and
publisher of Wild Wolf
Entertainment will be
appearing at each stop of
the tour) and signing copies
of Spirit of the Wolf.
Sean and various feature
guests will be promoting all
the books currently
available through Wild Wolf
Entertainment which include
My First Walk by Kayla
McDaniel (novel)
Daughter of Dracula by Ron
Fortier and Rob Davis
(graphic novel)
The Adventures of Mr. Jigsaw
by Ron Fortier and Gary Kato
(trade paperback)
Spirit of the Wolf by Sean
Collins (trade paperback)
The Book of Noheim by Bill
Gladman (novel)
As well as promoting
forthcoming books such as:
No Gods by Dustin Carson and
Armando "Mannie" Abeleda
(trade paperback)
Wicked Tales-horror comic
anthology
Rage for Order by Bill
Gladman and Kevin Hicks
(graphic novel)
The Trail Where We Cried by
Sean Collins (graphic novel)
Gods and Galaxies by Aaron
Smith (novel)
Plus many more.
Monday August 17th
Fearless Readers
1613 Huffman Ave.
Dayton Ohio 45403
937-252-3036
5:00-6:30 pm
Sean will be appearing with
Chris Metzger (cover artist
for the Book of Noheim,
contributing artist for
Wicked Tales, contributing
artist for Pandemonium
Chronicles, cover artist for
the Jack the Rabbit Novels)
Artwork from the Book of
Noheim, Wicked Tales,
Pandemonium Chronicles as
well as other work by Chris
will be able to be viewed.
Tuesday August 18th
Heroes for Sale
328 North Dixie Drive
Vandalia Ohio 45377
937-898-2794
5:00-7:00 pm
Sean will be appearing with
Raichal Gladman
(contributing writer for
Wicked Tales and assistant
editor) Artwork for Denial
(which appears in Wicked
Tales and based on a short
story written by Raichal)
will be available to be
viewed as well as art work
from Spirit of the Wolf.
Wednesday August 19th
Dark Star Books
237 Xenia Avenue
Yellow Springs Ohio 45387
937-767-9400
5:00-7:00 pm
Sean will be appearing with
Bill Gladman (writer of the
Book of Noheim and Jack the
Rabbit Novels, writer of
Rage for Order, writer and
artist for Wicked Tales,
True Horror @ Midnight and
Pandemonium Chronicles,
Managing Editor of Wild Wolf
Entertainment.)
Bill will be signing copies
of the Book of Noheim and
passing out free Jack the
Rabbit comics (while
supplies last).
Thursday August 20th
Bell Book and Comic
458 Patterson Road
Dayton Ohio 45419
937-643-9006
5:00-7:00 pm
Sean will be appearing with
Kevin Hicks (contributing
artist for Wicked Tales and
Shining Comics, artist of
Rage for Order, and cover
artist for Gods and
Galaxies) AND Dustin Carson
(writer of No Gods and
contributing writer for
Wicked Tales)
Dustin will be selling and
signing copies of his No
Gods limited series which
will soon be a trade
paperback available through
Wild Wolf Entertainment.
Kevin will be signing and
giving away limited editions
of art prints and pin ups
(while supplies last).
Artwork from No Gods, Wicked
Tales, and Rage for Order
will be able to be viewed.
(Other Wild Wolf creative
talents may be in
attendance)
Friday August 21st
Main Street Comics and Games
2031 East Main Street
Springfield Ohio 45505
937-324-2400
6:00-????????
Informal meet and greet with
Sean. Books will be
available for sale and
signed.
Other Wild Wolf creators
that will be in attendance
include Bill Gladman and
Raichal Gladman as well as
the possibility of Chris
Metzger, Frank Raynor, Gary
Church, and Derron Church
Saturday August 22nd
Super Fly Comics and Games
132 Dayton Street
Yellow Springs Ohio 45387
937-767-1445
2:00-4:00pm
Wild Wolf Press Summit.
Books from Wild Wolf
Entertainment will still be
available this day as will
Scrap #1 and #2 and
Cliffhangers #1 by Studio
Akumakaze and possibly No
Gods by Dustin Carson.
The focus of the summit will
be on the book Wicked Tales
scheduled to be released by
Wild Wolf in late October
2009. Wicked Tales is a
horror anthology in trade
paperback form and this will
be an opportunity for the
public to meet several of
the creators involved with
the book as well as see some
of the artwork going into
the book as well.
Sean and Bill will be
passing out Dead Money
posters promoting the story
of the same name with
artwork by Oscar Pena (while
supplies last).
In
Attendance: (Scheduled to
appear)
Sean Collins (editor, writer
and artist of Forbidden
Love, Fatal Lust and the
narrative panels of the
book)
Bill Gladman (editor, writer
of N.I.B., A Matter of Life
and Death, Driver's Seat,
and artist on Denial)
Raichal Gladman (assistant
editor, writer of Denial)
Kevin Hicks (cover art)
Chris Metzger (artist and
co-plotter of N.I.B.)
Frank Raynor (writer of Dead
Money)
Tad Cleveland (writer of
Gifted)
Chad Strohl (artist of
Mouthful of Spiders)
Gary Church (artist on A
Matter of Life and Death)
Derron Church (finished
artwork on A Matter of Life
and Death)
The writing and art team of
Studio Akumakaze will also
be on hand.
BJay Johnson (letterer on A
History of Blood)
Jacob Newell (artist for A
History of Blood)
Chris Hoskins (finished art
for A History of Blood)
Chris Martin (artist and
letterer of Dead Money)
We at Wild Wolf
Entertainment hope to see
you on the road somewhere in
Ohio during the Dog Days of
Summer!
Kong
is Back and in
company with
world-destroying Sea Monsters!
AAM/Markosia's
long awaited Kong: King of Skull
Island trade
paperback will ship in
October
2009, on the back of
news that the story
(described as the sequel &
prequel of the much-loved
classic), isto be made into a
movie. The
announcement was made at the
Ray Bradbury panel at San
Diego's Comic-Con amidst
much excitement and
enthusiasm that the great
simian is making a comeback.
Also shipping in the same
month is
Serpent Wars,
written
by Christoff Rodriguez and
Chris Campanozzi, and
features art by Antonio Rojo.
Set in the 1800's, a
young scientist's apprentice
stows away onto the war ship
of a British Lord, in order
to prove that there are sea
creatures downing ships off
the shores of South America.
His voyage leads to the
discovery of a mysterious
hidden
island
where an ancient race is
witness to the epic serpent
gods who are now locked in a
battle that could decide the
fate of mankind.
"We are very
excited about these two
books", said publisher Harry
Markos, "discussions about
the Kong:
King of Skull Island
movie have
been going on
for some time now and it was
amazing to hear the
announcement at the Ray
Bradbury panel at Comic-Con.
We have spent the last six
months or so working on some
significant improvements to
art and colors and it looks
great". On Serpent Wars,
Markos adds,
"Serpent Wars
is an absolute must-read.
The story is based closely
around South American myths
and legends so you'll see
some fantastic characters.
Monsters, magic and mayhem
all round! We're also
delighted that industry
legend
Howard Chaykin will
be writing an introduction,
which speaks volumes for the
project".
The Planet Saturday Comics
webcomic is now being
featured in the Cartoon Art
Museum's Virtual Gallery as
part of the Monsters of
Webcomics exhibition!
The show opened to the
public this past Saturday,
August 8, and will run
through December 6, 2009 at
the Cartoon Art Museum in
San Francisco. This historic
exhibition includes over 100
artists, making this one of
the largest exhibitions in
the Cartoon Art Museum's
24-year history. If you're
in the area, please check it
out and let us know if you
like what you see.
Gary Reed
pens a column about the
past, present and future of
Transfuzion Publishing at
www.comicrelated.com.
Learn more about the company
via this column, and
purchase the books they
produce through Haven!
Here's a snippet from the
first column:
Welcome to Talking
Transfuzion! This
is a new column running
exclusively up on Comic
Related and will deal with
my discussion about
everything to do with
Transfuzion Publishing.
Obviously, I'm going to hype
things that you should know
about but I also plan to
talk about what's going on
with Transfuzion Publishing,
some of the processes
involved, and areas that
sometimes people might not
realize that publishers deal
with. I'm not saying it's
going to be a magical
"behind the scenes" look
because, well, there's
really no magic or earth
shattering details to
reveal.
I'd love to get questions
that anyone might have on
anything to do with
Transfuzion and publishing
in general. I'm going to
assume anything sent to me
if for public consumption
unless specifically stated
otherwise. Email me at
transfuzion@gmail.com
A good start is at the
beginning. What is
Transfuzion and how did it
form?
Right now, Transfuzion is a
publishing house that
primarily collects comic
series that have gone out of
print. We currently have
about 25 titles. But that
isn't what Transfuzion
started off as.
In 2006, Rafael Nieves and I
were discussing comic ideas.
I had recently returned to
comics (after years of
running Caliber Comics and
then stepping away) and was
writing for Penguin and
other publishers but not
really doing new stuff in
the comics market. Rafael
had worked with some local
groups in his hometown
Chicago but also was not
actively doing any comics
work. We both had lots of
ideas and properties so we
decided to form a writers'
studio and bring in artists.
We decided that we would
have to share ownership on
the properties with the
artists as we had no
intention of hiring
freelancers on titles that
had yet to find a home. We
decided to bring in two
other writers that I had
worked at with Caliber.
Steve Jones was very
prolific for us and had done
some Sherlock Holmes
and Lovecraft
comics and had written for
Malibu and other publishers.
Randy Zimmerman was involved
in the early days of Arrow
and in fact, took over the
revamped Arrow and always
had lots of ideas. Both had
a lot of proposals that were
different from mine and
Raf's, so it gave us a very
diverse pool to work from.
Raf and I decided on the
name Transfuzion. As you can
see on the logo, Raf got a
sense of "transfusing new
blood" and put the blood
flow in the log, whereas I
got more of the fusion part
rather than a transfusion
(combining rather than
infusing new). So, it hit
both of our sensibilities.
The spelling was just so we
could trademark it.
Th3rd
World Studios urges fans and
retailers to place orders for
THE STUFF OF LEGEND VOLUME 1
BOOK 1 second printing
immediately since Diamond is
only accepting orders for an
extremely limited time only. 
Looking forward to the
upcoming Wild Wolf
Entertainment Book Tour?
Here's the final details of
the tour that will hit
various locations in and
around the Ohio Valley area.
In
Attendance: (Scheduled to
appear)
Monty
and Kelli 
