(Courtesy of Radical Comics)
Yoshitaka Amano to sign at the Radical Publishing booth at Comic-Con, 2008
May 8th, 2008, LOS ANGELES – Radical Publishing, under its imprint Radical Books, is pleased to announce that Yoshitaka Amano will be signing copies of Yoshitaka Amano’s Mateki: The Magic Flute Saturday, July 26th at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con convention. Based on the opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Magic Flute, Yoshitaka Amano presents the story with his own unique vision using 128 pages of original artwork in a full color, oversized, hardcover book, set for release in June, 2008. Mateki: The Magic Flute has never been published outside of Japan leaving Radical Publishing exclusive world-wide rights for this international edition.
“Having Yoshitaka Amano on board for our first book is like a dream come true”, explained Radical Publishing’s President, Barry Levine. “His style is simply amazing. When Amano showed me the pages for Mateki: The Magic Flute, I knew immediately that this deserved a world wide release and I wanted it to be a part of Radical Books. In addition, the whole Radical team is honored to have Amano stopping by our booth and signing Saturday during the Comic-Con show. We have a huge lineup this year and expect to see more announcements like this in the coming months.”
MATEKI is a beautiful and dark tale of a young man who must put away his flute to become a warrior so he may save his lover from the lord of darkness. Mateki: The Magic Flute is a fantasy story told by an artist known around the world for his work on Vampire Hunter D, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman: The Dream Hunters, and the Final Fantasy games. In discussing Mateki: The Magic Flute in a recent interview, Amano explained
“The story itself is so well known, I don’t think I need to repeat it here. What actually attracted me most is the music Mozart wrote. Even though I knew the story from the accompanied texts, just listening to music gave me an inspiration of making it more like a ballet sequence, without words but the movements of images.”
Edmund Shern of Imaginary Friends Studios provides the English adaptation and the supervision for the design of this magical volume.
Yoshitaka Amano’s Mateki: The Magic Flute is featured in April 2008 Diamond Previews catalogue and will ship in June of this year. Yoshitaka Amano’s Mateki: The Magic Flute has a Diamond order code of APR084071.
About Radical Publishing
Radical Publishing is founded by BARRY LEVINE (Producer for Rogue Pictures’ BLOOD ON THE TRACKS, Executive Producer for the in development Warner Brothers’ REX MUNDI movie, written by JIM UHLS, starring JOHNNY DEPP and Universal Pictures’ R.I.P.D), his protégé JESSE BERGER, and longtime writer/publisher DAVID ELLIOTT (Atomeka Press and Tundra Publishing).
Radical Publishing is bringing the best in writing, storytelling and fully-painted cover and interior artwork to the global comic book market by prominent international talents such as YOSHITAKA AMANO, JOHN BOLTON, LUIS ROYO, JIM STERANKO, STEVE NILES, IAN EDGINTON, STEVE MOORE, SAM SARKAR, STJEPAN SEJIC, DAVE WILKINS, STEVE PUGH, JAMES HEFFRON, TOMM COKER, CLAYTON CRAIN, BILL SIENKIEWICZ, WETA WORKSHOP, IMAGINARY FRIENDS STUDIOS, and many more.
Interested in learning more about Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond?
The upcoming Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond gallery show has grown out of a partnership between the Wexner Center and Ohio State University’s Cartoon Research Library. It encompasses approximately 80 original drawings: primarily original black-and-white pages from Bone, with a smaller selection of full-color Bone covers and post-Bone work, including original drawings from Smith’s recent Shazam series for DC Comics and from Rasl, his current project about a time-traveling thief.
Working with the Wexner Center, Comic Related (http://www.comicrelated.com/) is excited to offer fans a look behind the scenes with a special preview video which can be found at http://www.comicrelated.com/news/wexner_jeffsmith.html
We at Comic Related will be offering Bone fans full coverage of the show opening on Friday, May 9th. We’ll also be covering the associated Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud in Conversation taking place on Saturday, May 10th. The conversation event will feature Bone-creator Jeff Smith and comic book artist and theorist Scott McCloud as they present a lively conversation about Smith¢s career and each artist¢s view of the practice and future of comic book art.
Join us at Comic Related May 9th, 10th and 11th as we bring you all the details from this not-to-be-missed comic event!
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‘MORBID MYTHS VOL.1 THE COLLECTION’ SELLS OUT!
Levittown, NY - May 1st, 2008 - Alterna Comics is pleased to announce that Hard Way Studios’ ‘MORBID MYTHS VOL.1 THE COLLECTION’ has sold out at Diamondl! Copies of the book may still be available at retailers nationwide. Alterna Comics is also more than happy to supply books for any reorders through Diamond. More details on ‘MORBID MYTHS’ and other Alterna titles are available at www.alternacomics.com.
The title, which marks the third national sell out release for Alterna, arrived in stores on April 30th, 2008.
Wizard Magazine had this to say in issue #186:
“[MORBID MYTHS] is a richly etched-out and stunningly well-inked ongoing series…“
Retail Price: $11.95 US
Cover: Dwayne Biddix, Chris Scott, Bob Sharen
Writer: Dale Mettam, Harold Edge
Art: Javier Martinez, Chris Scott, Chris Black, Dwayne Biddix
Readership: Young Adult
Format: Trade Paperback, SC, B&W, 104 pages
ISBN: 9780979787430
DIAMOND ORDER CODE: FEB08 3421
Release Date: AVAILABLE NOW!
CLICK FOR PREVIEW PAGES
Summary: In the vain of “The Twilight Zone” and “Tales from the Crypt”, Morbid Myths is an anthology of horror and suspense stories brought to you by narrator Job. Featuring stories that are both bone-chilling and side-tickling, Hard Way Studios combines their efforts to produce a superbly crafted title.
To order MORBID MYTHS, make sure to visit your local comic shop and let them know!
(Courtesy of Heroic Publishing)
FRANK BRUNNER’S CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION GRAPHIC NOVEL, SEVEN SAMUROID, AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT 
By arrangement with Heroic Publishing, Inc., Frank Brunner’s classic science fiction graphic novel, SEVEN SAMUROID, is now available for downloading in electronic format exclusively from Wowio.com. Based on the classic movie, Seven Samurai, this classic SF graphic novel from 1984 shows a European influence combined with Japanese culture and an anti-war them that reflects the current situation with America in Iraq today.
SEVEN SAMUROID can be downloaded from Wowio.com as part of the graphic story collection, “Frank Brunner’s Seven Samuroid and Other Tales,” that includes four additional classic tales by Brunner, including “The Wizard’s Venom,” “The Duckaneer,” “The Reading,” and the never-published tale, “The Final Solution.”
Wowio.com is an innovative website that offers an extraordinary variety of literature in electronic format absolutely free. Frank Brunner’s SEVEN SAMUROID graphic novel is now available for downloading at http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=4342
Wowio.com also offers virtually every issue of each title in Heroic Publishing’s library of classic comic books, including issues of FLARE, CHAMPIONS, and LIBERTY GIRL.
SEVEN SAMUROID™ is a trademark of Frank Brunner. FLARE™ and LIBERTY GIRL™ are trademarks and CHAMPIONS® is a registered trademark of Heroic Publishing, Inc.
More information about Heroic Publishing can be found on the Heroic Publishing website at http://www.heroicpub.com
Heroic Publishing’s full-color comic book magazines are distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors.
Retailers interested in stocking back issues of classic Heroic Publishing titles may want to register on the Heroic Publishing website at www.heroicpub.com/retailer and take advantage of Heroic’s back issue services.
(Courtesy of Fantagraphics)
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F.B.I. Informant: May 1, 2008 |
| Dear Friends of Fantagraphics,In this edition of the F.B.I. Informant newsletter:
• Monthly Special: The 2nd Annual Fantagraphics Online Friend Appreciation Sale! Don’t forget, you can keep up with all of our latest releases, events, new website features and other hi-jinks on FLOG! The Fantagraphics Blog. If you use an RSS feed reader you can subscribe to the FLOG! feed to keep up to date with the latest posts: http://fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=113&task=rss MONTHLY SPECIAL
Attention MySpace friends, Facebook fans, Flickr contacts, Twitter followers etc! It’s your second annual opportunity to save 20% off all your online purchases at Fantagraphics.com for the entire month of May — and this time we’re giving you a chance to save 25% by participating in some fun interactivity! Click here for all the details! RECENT FANTAGRAPHICS RELEASES
UPCOMING ARRIVALS COMING SOON
UPCOMING EVENTSTHREE BRILLIANT ART STARS SHINE ON CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS IN MAY AT FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE & GALLERY! Jordan Crane on May 10, Peter Bagge on May 17, and SHAG on May 24
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery springs into action in May with a succession of events featuring three of the country’s most celebrated cartoonists and remarkable illustrators. The public of all ages is invited to join us in an exciting series of exhibitions featuring Jordan Crane on May 10, Peter Bagge on May 17, and SHAG on May 24. Click here for our full listing of upcoming events in Seattle and elsewhere. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery NEW WEBSITE FEATURESWe’re adding great new content to our website all the time. Here are a few highlights from the past month: • Blake Bell’s Introduction to his book Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, excerpted in its entirety Click here for more recent additions! Don’t forget, you can keep up with all of our latest releases, events, new website features and other hi-jinks on FLOG! The Fantagraphics Blog. If you use an RSS feed reader you can subscribe to the FLOG! feed to keep up to date with the latest posts: http://fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=113&task=rss |
(Courtesy of Boom! Studios)
BOOM! NEEDS INTERNS!
May 1st, 2008 (Los Angeles, CA) — Summer Interships Available at BOOM! Unpaid, for college credit (must have letter from school). Email resume, cover letter, references, and availability to: interns@boom-studios.com. Photoshop and html skills a plus. Diverse candidates encouraged.
About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (http://www.boom-studios.com) is a unique new publishing house specializing in high-profile projects across a wide variety of different genres from some of the industry’s biggest talents. In its inaugural year, Wizard Magazine named BOOM! “Best New Publisher.” Founded by the creator of the TV show EUREKA, Andrew Cosby, and his partner Ross Richie, BOOM! Studios continues to be on the leading edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.
(Courtesy of SquidWorks)
REVVVelations makes its triumphant return
After a several month hiatus, the popular webcomic that promotes itself as “Cars. Cleavage. Cannibalism. Post-apocolyptic car races have never been so fun.” makes its long awaited return to weekly updates this Saturday, May 3rd at www.squidworks.com/Revvvelations/.
With the expert craftsmanship of artist, Jolyon Yates (Down With Us), the biting wit of writer and colorist Stan Yan (The Wang, SubCulture), and rave reviews from Broken Frontiers and Independent Propaganda, REVVVelations catapulted itself into the top 25 all-time on WebComics Nation, amassing over a half-million page views in less than six months.
Imagine the future of this country where corporations have usurped control of the states; where corporate mercenary war fallout has left humanity rampant with genetic mutation; AND, where your TV remote has an on/off button, volume control, and only ONE channel… because you only NEED one channel for the craze that’s sweeping the nation: the RACE!
This is the world of REVVVelations. Enter Moose and Essie, our fearless guerilla TV broadcasters – chased by FCC agents into the CoorGen Mountain Regional Race. These two archrivals are forced to put their social and professional differences behind them and join forces, battling their personal ghosts, to stay alive — but more importantly — professionally viable in their quest to deliver REAL news!
REVVVelations is an action adventure jam packed with humor, reliousity, romantic tension, and mutant disfigurations cast upon the backdrop of cannibalistic overtones.
