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Action Lab Goes Big

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action labI’ve been a fan of Action Lab‘s digest sized trades, but not all have dug them. Well, the company has announced “no more!” Effective with the brand new Order of Dagonet trade solicited this month, Action Lab is going BIG!  Now when you buy the trade collection of your favorite Action Lab series it will be the same size as the comics you know and love.  And the timing couldn’t be better!

The Order of Dagonet is a more mature fantasy/comedy from Eisner-nominee Jeremy Whitley, the writer of Princeless.  What anybody who has bought the comic knows is that it’s full of beautiful art from Jason Strutz that’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen in a comic book.
Whitley and Strutz create a world in The Order of Dagonet both remarkably familiar and undeniably strange.  A world where the magical faeries of myth stand side by side with the B-list celebrities of modern Britain.  It’s full of all the wonder of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and all the absurdity of Spinal Tap.  And thanks to this change by Action Lab, you’ll have the chance to check out the whole first arc in full-size, the way comic books are meant to be!
If you’re not familiar with the series yet, you’re in for a treat!  As the mythological creatures of Britain return to overrun Parliament, The Globe Theatre, and even the BBC, our only hope is the Order of Dagonet.  This motley crew of celebrity knights will be endowed with the power of Merlin and be our first line of defense against all manner of otherworldly beasts.  Our fate is in the hands of an aging rock star, a Shakespearean actor turned B-movie star, and a writer of popular children’s books.  God save the Queen, because God knows they won’t!

Double Your Fun and Excitement With Princeless: Short Stories for Warrior Women and The Order of Dagonet!

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Princeless: Short Stories for Warrior Women is back for a second issue of great, empowering short stories for readers of all ages. Join Adrienne, Bedelia, Sparky, and all of your other favorites from this award-winning series. Featuring art from breakout indie female illustrators with stories written by Jeremy Whitley, this issue also contains a special sneak preview of Princeless: Volume Two!

And then, Jeremy Whitley and Jason Strutz return to the tale of myth and mystery with The Order of Dagonet #2!

In this issue, The mythological creatures of ancient Britain have returned, and the faerie hoards are on the warpath! Our heroes are finally back on British soil, and things are about to get really weird. Emerald and Tottington have seen the bizarre, but nothing can prepare them for the Emerald Crusade!

This issue is filled with action, mystery and wry humor as the magical world of Great Britain continues to be exposed. You don’t want to miss this!

Princeless: Short Stories for Warrior Women #2 is the second of a two-issue micro-series and is listed in this month’s issue of Previews (Diamond Order Code SEP120738), and is currently available for pre-order at your local comic retailer, and various online comic book vendors.

The Order of Dagonet #2 is also listed in this month’s issue of Previews (Diamond Order Code SEP120737), and is currently available for pre-order at your local comic retailer, or various online comic book vendors as well.

Don’t Miss The Order of Dagonet #1 and Here’s a Preview and Review

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Superstar writer Jeremy Whitley and artist Jason Strutz bring a tale of myth and mystery with the release of The Order of Dagonet #1.

When mythological creatures of ancient Britain return, the call goes out to England’s knights for help.  Unfortunately, the call is answered by an aging rock god, a classically trained actor, a writer of boy wizard books, and a pop star in funny glasses!

This oversized issue is stuffed with action and mystery and introduces the reader to the magical world of Great Britain.

The book is listed in this month’s issue of Previews.  Diamond Order Code JUL120705.  You can read my review from a while ago here.

Poe Twisted Anthology Coming Soon!

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(August 19, 2011-New York, NY)  Red Stylo Media is announcing the release of its newest title, The Poe Twisted Anthology, a collection of original comic stories and art inspired byCover the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. The collection includes work from thirteen writers and artists collaborating on seven short graphic stories and eight vignettes. This anthology will be released both digitally and in print. Each of the individual stories is available for download at RedStylo.com, DriveThruComics.com and will also be available on Graphic.ly. The digital editions contain exclusive special features only available online and are $1.99 each.  The printed anthology (full-color paperback, 90 pages) will be released August 21. Orders have begun online at http://redstylo.com/store/poe-twisted-only/pre-order-the-poe-twisted-anthology-print-release-august-21-2011/

In the introduction, anthology editor Enrica Jang writes that Poe Twisted “began as a challenge to a new crop of comics artists to take the characters or setting from a favorite Edgar Allan Poe story, twist them, and make something new.” Rather than merely adapting well-loved Poe stories or poems, Poe Twisted stands on its own as “[a]collection of horror and hilarity, touched by the dark genius of the master, and yet with many an ironic jab and poke at him too. A parody here, a sequel there, but all of the pieces mutated re-imaginings of Poe characters in new worlds. Or Poe worlds in new characters.”

Edited by Enrica Jang, “The Poe Twisted Anthology” includes the following comic short stories:

• “Absolution.” Writer Jason Ciaramella (2011 Eisner Award nominee for The Cape) and artist Enrique Savory, Jr., team up in this sad tale of a grieving father driven mad by one of his son’s Christmas toys. A tribute to Poe’s classic poem, “the Raven.”

• “Dead Man’s Hand.” College card-shark, Toby, thinks it’s just another frat-house Poker night. The stakes are high and Toby is all in when a devilish coed mysteriously appears and calls his bluff. Story and art by Phillip Jacobson.

• “Eldorado.” The sun sets on a three-hundred year quest for fabled riches and gold in this zombie Western, titled after the poem of the same name. Written by film director Sherezada Windham-Kent (Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned From the Movies, 2009) with art by animator/comics artist, Alex Cormack.

• “Zombie Cruise” by Marta Tanrikulu, with art by Mark Mullaney. Trouble—and plague—brew on the high seas in this bio-medical thriller, a twist on Poe’s short story, “The Oblong Box.”

• “The Tell Tale Cat.” Beat cops Lansdowne and Harrington collar more than they bargained for in this noire police adventure, written and drawn by Alex Cormack. The story is parody of events in Poe’s “The Black Cat” and “The Tell Tale Heart.”

• “The After Party” by Kyle Richey, art by Ben Frazier. Wesley Prince has credit cards, his father’s mansion all to himself, and enough drugs to kill a few hundred fellow classmates in this twisted spinoff of the phantasmagoric classic “Masque of the Red Death,”

• “The System of Doctor Canne and Professor Bulle” by Mark Mullaney. Have someone special for dinner in this story of a free-range asylum, a sequel to Poe’s tale of insanity run amok, “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.”
POE TWISTED also includes a special collection of original comic vignettes:

• Artist Dirk Strangely (Graveyard Girl, Dirk Strangely’s Completely Inappropriate for Children Children’s Book) is inspired by the figure of Poe himself in two series of Gorey-esque portraits.

• Painter Andrew Jerz brings Poe spoofs to the big screen with a mini-collection of grindhouse movie posters: Lenore, Amonstrillado, and Careful Coffins for the Concerned Cataleptic.

• Illustrator Jason Strutz’s ironic print gallery re-imagines “The Tell Tale Heart,” “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”

For more information about The Poe Twisted Anthology and Red Stylo Media, visit http://www.redstylo.com. Also, find The Poe Twisted Anthology on Facebook at http://facebook.com/PoeTwisted

ABOUT RED STYLO MEDIA
Red Stylo Media is a publishing and consulting company based out of Cold Spring, NY. RSM specializes in comics and graphic novels. Enrica Jang, EIC.

Small Press Expo announces debut works from Takashi Murakami, Matt Thurber, Mike Dawson, and others at SPX 2011

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Small Press Expo announces debut works from Takashi Murakami, Matt Thurber, Mike Dawson, and others at SPX 2011

Bethesda, Maryland; August 16, 2011 – The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels, and alternative political cartoons, announces new graphic novels and comics being debuted at the festival.. For summaries, cover images, and details of all the debuting work, please visit http://www.spxpo.com/debuts

SPX has always been a showcase for new talent and a great place to debut new works. This year’s debuts — 38 at the time of this release! — represent a diverse range of cartooning styles, narrative approaches and topics, audiences, and cartoonists.

Takashi Murakami’s Stargazing Dog, the latest bestseller by the internationally renowned designer, will be available in an English-language version from NBM Publishing. The Japanese version has sold over a half a million copies and is slated to become a feature film.

Mike Dawson debuts the graphic novel compilation of last year’s Ignatz-award winner for Outstanding Online Comic, Troop 142.

Matt Thurber introduces 1-800-Mice, an imaginative and ambitious narrative set in the imaginary city of Volcano Park, where flying mouse couriers have replaced Federal Express.

Jennifer Hayden releases the print compilation of her popular and acclaimed autobiographic online comic Underwire. The comics previously appeared on ACT-I-VATE.com..

The festival features additional debuts from: 1RODHWY, Troy-Jeffrey Allen and Jay Payne, Americans UK, Pat Barrett, Jonathan Baylis, Carolyn Belefski, Jeffrey Brown, Marjee Chmiel and Sandra Lanz, Ernie Colon, the Draw Sucka! artists, Mario A. Gonzales, Seamus Heffernan, Jeph Jacques, James Jarvis, Jim8ball, Josh Kramer, Molly Lawless, Eric Leland, Joel Lolar, Renee Lott, Kyle Magnan, Jeremy Massie, Tom McHenry, Shawn Padraic Murphy, Jamie Noguchi, Melody Often, Katie Omberg, Desiree Pittman, Peter Quach, Ashley Quigg, Ethan Rilly, Justin Rivers and Courtney Zell, Jon Reed, Matthew D. Smith, The Sequential Artist Workshop, Andrea Tsurumi, Sara Turner, Joey Weiser, Jeremy Whitley and Jason Strutz, K. Sekelsky, Robert Ullman, Yuichi Yokoyama, and Chris Yura.

Interviews and review copies may be available. Please contact the SPX press office at the number above.

About SPX

SPX is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit that brings together more than 300 artists and publishers to meet their readers, booksellers and distributors each year. Graphic novels, mini comics, and alternative comics will all be on display and for sale by their authors and illustrators, as well as a series of panel discussions and interviews with this year’s guests.

As in previous years, profits from the SPX will go to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), protecting the First Amendment rights of comic book readers and professionals. For more information on the CBLDF, go to their website at http://www.cbldf.org.

The hours for SPX 2011 are 11am–7pm Saturday, September 10, and 12–6pm Sunday, September 11. Admission is $10 for a single day or $15 for the weekend.

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