Arcana Comics has announced a new partnership with Roddenberry Entertainment, launching with new books in the Days Missingseries as well as a new book, Worth. Days Missing was previously published by Archaia.
The imprint will debut at SDCC 2012 with an exclusive preview book, available at Arcana Comics booth #2415 AND Roddenberry booth #2543 Exclusively. It’s FREE and limited to 5000 copies, so don’t miss your chance to pick up a copy.
Created by Roddenberry executive, Trevor Roth, Days Missing is “your opportunity to experience each accounting of the various 24-hour periods that, from the beginning of time, have been erased from human memory, but hidden safely away in the annals of The Steward’s library. Ironically, each story proves integral to humanity’s progression and essential to the evolutionary changes of our species. Each accounting will allow you to understand more of our own history and often explain the extraordinary changes between one day and the next.”
Worthis the “heartfelt story of Grant Worth, Motor City’s most iconic hero. During the 1960’s, Worth’s ability to control machines made him a legendary figure in Detroit. But, when Worth’s powers become obsolete because of society’s own progress, he is forced to find out what happens when a superhero can no longer be super.”
Arcana Comics has announced they will be teaming up with The Asylum, the movie studio behind such films as Mega Shark Vs. Crocosaurus and Transmorphers, at San Diego Comic Con. Arcana Comics is releasing a limited edition, SDCC Exclusive, A Field Guide to Cryptozoology, featuring creatures from The Asylum’s films.
Drawn by Mike Dubisch with writing and design work from Michael David Nelsen, the field guide shows off the creatures of The Asylum films, and only people attending SDCC this year will be able to pick up a copy.
You can find them at booth #2415 at SDCC this year.
Today, Arcana Comics has announced that they’re teaming up with Gene Simmons to relaunch Simmons Comics Group at San Diego Comic-Con. The first book Simmons Comics Anthology will debut on Friday, June 13th with a book signing at 2:00 pm in Arcana Comics booth #2415.
The Anthology brings together comics originally created by Simmons Comics, and includes the first issues of Zipper, Dominatrix and House of Horrors plus the first chapter of the all-new crossover event, The Slave Trade, where Zipperand Dominatrix will face off against each other. The Slave Trade features art from Yannis Roumboulias and is written by Arcana writer, Erik Hendrix who will be on hand during the convention to celebrate the relaunch.
Gene Simmons himself will be doing a book signing on Friday the 13th at 2 pm at Arcana Comics booth #2415. Only 200 copies will be made available at Comic-Con of the Anthology. Fans will get the chance to meet Gene and get their photo taken with real life versions of Dominatrix and Zipper.
Arcana has released their signing schedule for San Diego Comic-Con 2012. Located at booth #2415, they’ve got signings throughout the weekend as well as exclusives. At their booth you can get the John Henry: The Steam Age SDCC Exclusive Preview Book, a special SDCC Exclusive Creepsville Preview, an SDCC Exclusive cover to The Inventor, their Cryptozoology book made in conjunction with The Asylum, and more!
And on to the signing schedule…
WEDNESDAY JULY 11TH
6:00 – 6:45 PM – Bobby Nash – Yin Yang
6:00 – 6:45 PM – Monty Borror – Red Light / Spirit Window
6:00 – 6:45 PM – Michael Mongillo – The Lost Girl
6:45 – 7:40 PM – Dwayne Harris – Amnesia / John Henry: The Steam Age
6:45 – 7:40 PM – Brandon Easton – Shadowlaw
THURSDAY JULY 12TH
10:45 – 1:30 PM – Ravé Mehta – The Inventor
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Justin Robinson – Nieves
12:00 – 1:00 PM – Josh Blaylock – Misplaced / Warstone / Blade of Kumori
1:30 – 2:15 PM – Alfonso Ruiz – Ezra: Egyptian Exchange
1:30 – 2:15 PM – Matt Wilson – Scrooge & Santa
1:30 – 2:15 PM – Josh Kenfield – Scrooge & Santa
2:15 – 3:00 PM – Erik Hendrix – The Book / SideShows / The Evil Tree / Deadly Harvest /
Champions of the Wild Weird West / Intrinsic
2:15 – 3:00 PM – Amanda Rachels – The Book
2:15 – 3:00 PM – Michael David Nelsen – The Book / SideShows / Champions of the Wild Weird
West / Deadly Harvest
3:00 – 3:45 PM – Sean Dulaney – 51 Delta
3:00 – 3:45 PM – John Barker – Dead Cell
3:00 – 3:45 PM – Dwayne Harris – Amnesia / John Henry: The Steam Age
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Matthew R Adams – Kord & Harley
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Scott Sanders – Burn
FRIDAY JULY 13TH
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Shannon Eric Denton – GRUNTS / GRUNTS: War Stories / Markus Fang
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Michael Mongillo – The Lost Girl
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Justin Robinson – Nieves
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Edgar Delgado – UltraDuck
12:00 – 12:45 PM – John Barker – Dead Cell
12:00 – 2:00 PM – Ravé Mehta – The Inventor
12:45 – 1:30 PM – Dwayne Harris – Amnesia / John Henry: The Steam Age
12:45 – 1:30 PM – Sean Dulaney – 51 Delta
2:00 – 3:00 PM – ************************ <– Oh, no you don’t!
3:00 – 3:45 PM – B. Alex Thompson – Amour / Blood Shells & Roses / Lethal Instinct
3:00 – 3:45 PM – Arthur Bellfield – War’s Chosen
3:00 – 3:45 PM – Matthew R Adams – Kord & Harley
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Mike Dubisch – A Field Guide to Cryptozoology
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Delia Gable – A Ninja Named Stan
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Mike Whittenberger – A Ninja Named Stan
4:30 – 5:15 PM – Ian Miller – Philosopher Rex / Redball 6
4:30 – 5:15 PM – Monty Borror – Red Light / Spirit Window
SATURDAY JULY 14TH
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Alfonso Ruiz – Ezra: Egyptian Exchange
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Mudo Vzz Martinez – El Arsenal
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Ian Miller – Philosopher Rex / Redball 6
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Brandon Easton – Shadowlaw
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Mark Poulton – A Cat Named Haiku / Koni Konfidential / Daddy’s Little Girl
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Dexter Weeks – A Cat Named Haiku / Koni Waves
12:45 – 2:15 PM – Ravé Mehta – The Inventor
12:45 – 2:15 PM – Chris “Doc” Wyatt – Creepsville
12:45 – 2:15 PM – Bill Rude – Creepsville
2:15 – 3:00 PM – Erik Hendrix – The Book / SideShows / The Evil Tree / Deadly Harvest /
Champions of the Wild Weird West / Intrinsic
2:15 – 3:00 PM – Michael David Nelsen – The Book / SideShows / Champions of the Wild Weird
West / Deadly Harvest
2:15 – 3:00 PM – Nick Dia – The Insomniac: Justice Never Sleeps
3:00 – 3:45 PM – Bobby Nash – Yin Yang
3:00 – 3:45 PM – Jolene Houser – The Surface
3:00 – 3:45 PM – Sean Dulaney – 51 Delta
3:45 – 4:30 PM – M. Zachary Sherman – Harry Walton
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Chris Peterson – Dragons Vs Dinosaurs
3:45 – 4:30 PM – Aaron Nelson – Marlow
4:30 – 5:15 PM – Shawn DePasquale – Space, MN
4:30 – 5:15 PM – Matt Wilson – Scrooge & Santa
4:30 – 5:15 PM – Josh Kenfield – Scrooge & Santa
SUNDAY JULY 15TH
10:30 – 11:15 AM – Monty Borror – Red Light / Spirit Window
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Delia Gable – A Ninja Named Stan
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Mike Whittenberger – A Ninja Named Stan
11:15 – 12:00 PM – Mike Dubisch – A Field Guide to Cryptozoology
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Justin Robinson – Nieves
12:00 – 12:45 PM – Chris Peterson – Dragons Vs Dinosaurs
12:00 – 12:45 PM – M. Zachary Sherman – Harry Walton
12:45 – 1:30 PM – Dwayne Harris – Amnesia / John Henry: The Steam Age
12:45 – 1:30 PM – B. Alex Thompson – Amour / Blood Shells & Roses / Lethal Instinct
12:45 – 1:30 PM – Michael Mongillo – The Lost Girl
1:30 – 3:00 PM – Ravé Mehta – The Inventor
1:30 – 2:15 PM – Arthur Bellfield – War’s Chosen
1:30 – 2:15 PM – Bobby Nash – Yin Yang
Arcana Comics has announced a new line of comics, which will appear as comiXology exclusives and digital firsts. Starting yesterday, Arcana will be releasing books weekly through comiXology featuring new books, full trades and single issues. This week, sees the release of The Evil Tree #1, Pixies #1, The Inventor #1 and #2. All of these are comiXology exclusives and are not released anywhere else until the full graphic novels release months from now.
In a colonial village outside of NYC, Misha and her fiance, Daren, seek an escape from the fast pace of the city. As they settle in, Misha becomes withdrawn, suffering from bad dreams and depression. When Daren brings his friends to the house to “shake out the cobwebs,” little does he know he is setting into motion events started hundreds of years ago with the original occupants of the house, the Willam Family. Not only did the ill-fated Willam family die in the house one cold winter, but the house has developed a history of female occupants committing suicide. The friends must solve the mystery of the house before the Willam Family ghosts pick them off one by one.
Joe Beck is an auto mechanic with the worst luck in the world. Joe’s been a walking disaster plagued with comedic situations where simply nothing goes right. Since the age of sixteen, Joe’s never won a bet, has been stung more times than George W. has with late night comics and his allergies have introduced him to every hospital employee within a sixty-mile radius. In Annie Hall, Woody Allen divides everyone into the Horrible and the Miserable. Joe unfortunately falls into both categories. He must now defeat the Pixies Curse in order to get back the girl of his dreams.
During a time when inventors were known as wizards and corporations considered their kingdoms, emerged an extraordinary league of gentlemen who shaped the modern world with their minds, money, and machines. At the eye of the storm stood Nikola TESLA, a mystic inventor whose genius bordered on insanity as he blurred the lines between magic and science.
VANCOUVER (May 4, 2012) – Just in time for Free Comic Book Day and our crossover event, Intrinsic, Arcana is pleased to announce Arcanaverse.com!
Arcanaverse.com is the home for our ever-growing library of characters. Featuring stunning artwork, both pulled from the pages of books and original artwork from Arcana artists, character biographies, first appearances, and more, Arcanaverse.com brings Arcana’s characters to life in a new and exciting way!
From the main page of Arcanaverse.com, you can see just how many characters are represented on the site… and it’s just the beginning. We are adding new characters, artwork, and biographies, written by Arcana creators and staff, regularly, so keep checking back for new content.
When you’re finished reading Intrinsic on Free Comic Book Day, be sure to head over to Arcanaverse.com to learn about characters from the book!
Speaking of Free Comic Book Day, there are a few other appearances from Arcana creators we wanted to mention.
If you’re in CALIFORNIA, there are Arcana Creators appearing several places!
4 COLOR FANASIES – 7172 Archibald Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701. Meet Bill Rude (Creepsville), Shawn DePasquale (Space, MN), and Erik Hendrix (Intrinsic, SideShows, The Evil Tree, Champions of the Wild Weird, Deadly Harvest, and The Book). Bill Rude will be on hand showing off his upcoming project, Creepsville. Shawn DePasquale will be signing copies of Space, MN, and a load of other projects he has been involved with. Erik Hendrix will be signing copies of SideShows and a SideShows poster from book artist Michael David Nelsen, a special Champions of the Wild Weird West Preview Book, Intrinsic, and will have other goodies on hand he is giving away for FREE!
GOLDEN APPLE COMICS – 7018 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Meet Siike Donnelly (Heaven’s Echo). Siike will be on hand signing copies of Heaven’s Echo.
MELTDOWN COMICS – 7522 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Meet Brandon Easton (Shadowlaw). Brandon will be signing copies of Shadowlaw and also Thundercats materials!
THE COMIC BUG – 1807 Manhattan Beach Boulevard Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. Meet B. Alex Thompson (Lethal Instinct, Blood Shells & Roses, and Amour), Michael Asadpour (The Nether World), and Matthew Adams (Kord & Harley). The creators will be on hand signing copies of their books.
GAMERSCIRCLE COMICS – 608-B E Bidwell St, Folsom, CA 95630. Meet Aaron Nelson (Marlow). Aaron Nelson will be on hand at GamersCircle Comics from 12 pm – 3 pm signing copies of Marlow!
As a special reminder, if you are in NEW JERSEY, Adventureland in Voorhees Town Center, is sponsoring A Cat Named Haiku Reading and Coloring Contest. It is a charity event and all proceeds are going to the CHOP (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) towards their cancer research. Be sure to stop by if you are in the area! Meet A Cat Named Haiku creator Mark Poulton and Artist Dexter Weeks. Mark is also the writer of Arcana books Koni Waves, Image’s Avengelyne, and DC’s Savage Hawkman!
Also, you can meet Arcana Comics founder and CEO, Sean Patrick O’Reilly at Metropolis Comics in Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA. He will be on hand from 12 pm to 4 pm with copies of some of his creations, including Kade, The Clockwork Girl, The Gwaii, and, of course, Arana’s FCBD book, Intrinsic Issue 1! Find out how to get to the shop over at their website, http://www.metropolis-comics.com, and be sure to stop by and say hi!
Since FCBD is tomorrow, we also wanted to remind you that when you pick up your FREE copy of Arcana’s Intrinsic Issue 1 in stores across the country, ask your store to pre-order copies of Intrinsic Issue 2! It’s in Diamond Previews NOW – DIAMOND CODE MAY120836 – and will be on sale for only $1.95! You can’t beat that! To make things easier, download a handout by CLICKING HERE and take it to your local comic book shop. It’s small and in black and white (to save that precious colored ink)…
Below is a full run-down of all of our appearances and events across the United States and Canada. If you’re near one of the stores, every store has special Arcana schwag not available anywhere else. If you’re not near the stores, don’t worry, Intrinsic is available in thousands of stores!!!!
CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Metropolis Comics in Burnaby will be featuring Sean Patrick O’Reilly, founder and CEO of Arcana Comics, from 12pm to 4pm. Sean is a prolific writer and creator, so be there to see some of his creations, Kade, The Clockwork Girl, The Gwaii, and, of course, Intrinsic! Find out how to get to the shop over at their website, http://www.metropolis-comics.com, and be sure to stop by and say hi!
ONTARIO – Big B Comics Hamilton will be featuring Jeff Graham, part of the team behind the upcoming Deadly Harvest, and will be signing a limited number of posters from the book. Find out how to get to their shop at their web site, http://www.bigbcomics.com.
UNITED STATES
ALABAMA – Capital City Comics is featuring Yin Yang’s Jason Shane Powell CALIFORNIA – 4 Color Fantasies is featuring Creepsville’s Doc Wyatt, SideShow’s Erik Hendrix, and Space, MN’s Shawn DePasquale,The Comic Bug is featuring Lethal Instrint’s B. Alex Thompson, The Nether World’s Michael Asadpour, and Kord & Harley’s Matthew Adams, GamersCircle Comics is featuring Marlow’s Aaron Nelson from noon to 3pm, Meltdown Comics is featuring Heaven’s Echo’s Siike Donnelly, AND Golden Apple Comics is featuring Shadowlaw’s Brandon Easton. DELAWARE –Captain Blue Hen Comics and The Comic Book Shop FLORIDA – Collector’s Comics is featuring Harry Walton: Henchman For Hire’s M. Zachary Sherman GEORGIA –Criminal Records is featuring Ripped’s Jason Flowers. ILLINOIS – First Aid Comics and Evil Squirrel Comics INDIANA –Comic Book University is featuring Dead Cell’s John Barker AND Comic Quest is featuring 51 Delta’s Sean Dulaney. IOWA – Comic World is featuring Every Waking Moment’s Jeff Dyer KANSAS –Astrokitty Comics is featuring Spy School and The Killer’s Frank Tra. MASSACHUSETTS –New England Comics in Brockton is featuring 3 and Dead Men Decimation’s Enrique Savory and GRUNTS and Markus Fang’s Shannon Eric Denton. MINNESOTA – The Source Comics and Games is featuring SideShows’ Michael David Nelsen and Last Ninja’s Bobby Smith. MONTANA –Muse Comics is featuring Amnesia’s Dwayne Harris. NEW HAMPSHIRE – Jetpack Comics is featuring Dandelion’s John Schlim Jr. NEW JERSEY – All Things Fun is featuring Becoming’s Dane Cypel, Adventureland is featuring Koni Waves’ and A Cat Named Haiku’s Mark Poulton and Dexter Weeks, AND A&S Comics is featuring Shadowflame and Ripped’s Joe Martino. NORTH CAROLINA – Acme Comics is featuring The Book’s Amanda Rachels. PENNSYLVANIA – Bennie’s Comics. SOUTH CAROLINA – Richard’s Comics and Collectibles is featuring Coin Operated Boy’s Steven Prouse. TENNESSEE – The Great Escape is featuring Philosipher Rex and Redball 6’s Jason Miller. TEXAS – DNA Comics and Comic Book Craze is featuring War’s Chosen’s Arthur Bellfield. UTAH – End Zone Comics is featuring My Best Friend’s a Booger’s Tyler Kirkham.
ABOUT ARCANA STUDIOS
Arcana Studios, Inc. Arcana owns one of the world’s largest libraries of graphic novels and comics, with over 200 original intellectual properties, 300 graphic novels, thousands of comic issues and an ever-growing character list. Arcana has begun to adapt this library into live action feature films, animated features and episodic television series. Taking a transmedia approach to brand building and the development of intellectual properties, Arcana publishes graphic novels for North America in print, and now digitally as well. Arcana has been published and distributed in dozens different countries and translated into just as many languages across the globe.
VANCOUVER (April 20, 2012) – Horror fans, let’s celebrate Edgar Allan Poe together!
As you may know, next week, April 27th, The Raven premiers in theaters around the world. With the film comes a lot of attention to the beloved poet, Edgar Allan Poe, played by John Cusack in the film.
For fans of Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, we bring you Poe & Phillips, a macabre team-up of horrific proportions! Inspired by two of the darkest writers in history, Jaime Roman Collado has written a dark tale of Edgar Poe and Howard Phillips teamed up as investigators, trying to prevent the end of the world!
Below, you will see how you can order a copy of the book and a link, which will send you to the Arcana site and an extended preview from the book!
Comic shops can still order the book, too, so if you want a copy, take the ordering information to your local shop and tell them to order a copy for you!
POE & PHILLIPS GN
DIAMOND CODE: SEP100772 / ISBN: 978-1-897548-39-4
Inspired by the works of the two legendary writers, Edgar (Allan) Poe and Howard Phillips (Lovecraft), Poe & Phillips is a tribute to their gothic horror masterpieces. For the first time ever, the worlds of Edgar Allan Poe and Howard Phillips Lovecraft collide!
Arcana Studios, Inc. Arcana owns one of the world’s largest libraries of graphic novels and comics, with over 200 original intellectual properties, 300 graphic novels, thousands of comic issues and an ever-growing character list. Arcana has begun to adapt this library into live action feature films, animated features and episodic television series. Taking a transmedia approach to brand building and the development of intellectual properties, Arcana publishes graphic novels for North America in print, and now digitally as well. Arcana has been published and distributed in dozens different countries and translated into just as many languages across the globe.
VANCOUVER (April 19, 2012) – Arcana is excited to announce another convention appearance coming up this weekend!
Arcana Comics, the publisher of Kade, The Clockwork Girl, Koni Waves, 100 Girls, and many more, will be appearing at Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend, April 21 and 22 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Stop by the booth, A62, and tell Arcana that you’re “Intrinsic” and get a free giveaway!
Besides that, Sean Patrick O’Reilly, creator of Kade, The Clockwork Girl, The Gwaii, Wingman, and many more will be appearing throughout the weekend and on Saturday, stop by between 12pm and 3pm to meet Todd Demong, the artist of the popular 100 Girls. He will be doing free sketches.
Arcana Studios, Inc. Arcana owns one of the world’s largest libraries of graphic novels and comics, with over 200 original intellectual properties, 300 graphic novels, thousands of comic issues and an ever-growing character list. Arcana has begun to adapt this library into live action feature films, animated features and episodic television series. Taking a transmedia approach to brand building and the development of intellectual properties, Arcana publishes graphic novels for North America in print, and now digitally as well. Arcana has been published and distributed in dozens different countries and translated into just as many languages across the globe.
VANCOUVER (April 10, 2012) – Happy April! We’re in the middle of planning a country full of Free Comic Book Day events and we need your help!
We have events lined up through about one third of the United States and we are looking to have at least one event in every state!
If you frequent an awesome comic book shop that is having a FCBD event, please let us know when and where? We will reach out to the stores and see how we can help! Arcana has creators throughout the United States and would love to get some of our local creators there to meet fans and show off their books!
The incentive? We’re sending stores which sponsor Arcana Creators a goodie box filled with posters, comics, and even full graphic novels. We’re also working with stores to get copies of books from creators attending the events.
Please contact erik@arcana.com if you are interested. If you have already contacted Erik and nothing concrete has been set up, please ping him again to finalize plans, so we have time to get books to your store!
Thank you very much and we look forward to helping make your FCBD event a success!!!
ABOUT ARCANA STUDIOS
Arcana Studios, Inc. Arcana owns one of the world’s largest libraries of graphic novels and comics, with over 200 original intellectual properties, 300 graphic novels, thousands of comic issues and an ever-growing character list. Arcana has begun to adapt this library into live action feature films, animated features and episodic television series. Taking a transmedia approach to brand building and the development of intellectual properties, Arcana publishes graphic novels for North America in print, and now digitally as well. Arcana has been published and distributed in dozens different countries and translated into just as many languages across the globe.
VANCOUVER (March 18, 2012) – SideShows, by Erik Hendrix and Michael David Nelsen, hit store shelves on Wednesday, March 14th. Did you miss it? Check with your local comic book store to pick up a copy. If they don’t have it, they can order using the below information. While you wait, check out an extended preview of the book, courtesy of Arcana Comics!
SIDESHOWS
Written By: Erik Hendrix
Art By: Michael David Nelsen ISBN: 978-1-926914-51-0 DIAMOND CODE: DEC110804 RETAIL PRICE: $9.95 ARCANA Project Site: http://arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=302
In 1950’s Las Vegas, the mob enlisted former circus attractions as their aces in the hole. These SideShows had a little secret… they really did have the abilities they pretended to. The Rat Pack was in their prime, the bartenders knew your name, and the same guy who comped your rooms could put a hit on you for stiffing him a tip. High rollers, lounge singers, cigarettes, alcohol, and superpowers. Welcome to Las Vegas!
Want to know what happens next? Pick up a copy from your local comic book shop, ask them to order, or pick up a copy from the Arcana Store, using the link provided above.
ABOUT ARCANA STUDIOS
Arcana Studios, Inc. Arcana owns one of the world’s largest libraries of graphic novels and comics, with over 200 original intellectual properties, 300 graphic novels, thousands of comic issues and an ever-growing character list. Arcana has begun to adapt this library into live action feature films, animated features and episodic television series. Taking a transmedia approach to brand building and the development of intellectual properties, Arcana publishes graphic novels for North America in print, and now digitally as well. Arcana has been published and distributed in dozens different countries and translated into just as many languages across the globe.
