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Arcana’s 13 Days of Terror with ComiXology

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To celebrate Halloween, Arcana Comics and ComiXology have teamed up to bring 13 Days of TERROR, a celebration of some of the best indie horror around! A number of existing Arcana titles are part of the promotion with special lower prices (and in some cases, FREE), PLUS new titles will be added daily between the 19th and 31st!

The promotion is featured on the main page of ComiXology.com, but you can access it directly by CLICKING HERE.

To kick off the promotion, the below titles have been marked down, so get them while you can!

Becoming Issue 1 – PRICE REDUCED! Brooke Burgess, the creator of Broken Saints brings you an all new horror/thriller in Becoming! At a remote university, an angry young student faces the harsh realization that he has nothing to show for years of study. When he threatens his professor to teach him something real, he is drawn into a horrifying game of life and death. Soon, he will learn that the only rule is pain, and that true knowledge only comes when everything you believe has burned away.

The Book Issue 1 – FREE DOWNLOAD! It’s Hellraiser meets Flatliners Meets the DaVinci Code when, En route to Italy, a group of American tourists learn of a series of DIY travel guides, nicknamed “The Book”. These unofficial guides are collected and updated with first-hand experiences by the travelers themselves. Different “Books” scatter the continent, telling of the best lodging, deals, and “off the grid” adventures from sight seeing to local folklore for anyone clever enough to find them. A local cult, practitioners of Sanctus Letum, the Holy Death, disrupts the American’s plans for adventure when they hide pages from the Dark Book, Shaitan, in one of the travel guides. The friends are lead down a path of secret religion, death, resurrection, and demonology.

The Evil Tree Issue 1 – FREE DOWNLOAD! In a rustic village outside of Manhattan, 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 As they settle in, Misha becomes withdrawn, suffering from bad dreams and depression.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, 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.

Philosopher Rex Issue 1 – FREE DOWNLOAD! Meet Dr. Ishmael Stone, Philosopher, detective, monster-hunter, primes inter pares of a shadowy network of supernatural guardians sworn to shelter the world from the Infernal Orders. Philosopher Rex opens at a moment of crisis as the old orders are fragmenting and the Philosophers dividing into rival camps. Stone and his comrades on one side of the battle, the craven Philip Delacroix on the other. Complicating matters: just when Stone and his associates need them most, their various abilities are inexplicably on the wane.

Harbor Moon Graphic Novel – PRICE REDUCED! When Timothy Vance receives a call from a man claiming to be his long-lost father, he takes a trip to out-of-the-way Harbor Moon, Maine. But the man is nowhere to be found and, unfortunately for Tim, the town doesn’t take very kindly to strangers. As he struggles to stay alive and learn the truth about his father, Tim discovers that Harbor Moon is protecting an incredible secret… and it turns out that Tim may have more in common with its residents than he could ever imagine!

Lethal Instinct Graphic Novel – PRICE REDUCED! Frank Aaron is a police officer who struggles with the curse of being a werewolf. As he investigates the brutal murder of the Mayor’s family, he notices claw marks, saliva, and animal hair at the crime scene, leading him to wonder if he might be responsible. But in the course of his investigation, he discovers that there is another werewolf in town, and he’s forced to use the abilities of his feral side to track down his counterpart and solve the mystery of the murder.

Lucas Graphic Novel – PRICE REDUCED! In the backwoods farmland of Rural-Nowhere USA there is screaming, sobbing, then silence. A breeze washes over a sea of grass. One group of nameless, college-aged fodder becomes the plaything of The Family. Cannibalistic sadists. Evil and cliche all at once. The day retreats. Night falls. Amid the torture and terror a killer arrives. Lucas. Massive, resolved, the nightmare of nightmares. Over the remaining hours of the night Lucas usurps The Family’s reign. He overtakes their home, their routine, their confidence. He sends their twisted world in to chaos. One by one, the family bows to the finality of the judgment come against them.

Marlow Graphic Novel – PRICE REDUCED! Marlow is an ex-Marine caught in a dilemma impossible to solve: commit atrocious acts for a global corporation in order to receive medicine that keeps him from reverting to a zombie state, or walk away and suffer the fate of becoming some terrible creature. Struggling with his fears of his affliction and the monster he might become, Marlow abandoned his wife and young daughter, losing his dignity and freedom as he chose a nihilistic life. It is only during this journey that Marlow realizes that perhaps by avoiding suffering he has become like the zombies he so fears to become!

Poe & Phillips Graphic Novel – PRICE REDUCED! At the end of the 19th Century two men, Edgar Poe and Howard Phillips, will find themselves in the middle of mysterious adventures as Investigators of Paranormal Affairs. The two will discover mysterious coins that have the power to revive an emperor and his demonic army. It is up to Poe and Phillips to secure these coins lest they fall into the wrong hands and usher in the end of the world!

Velvet Rope Graphic Novel – PRICE REDUCED! Admit one to a new collection of horrifying tales! Grab your popcorn and candy, as Velvet, the beautiful usher from beyond the grave, introduces Arcana’s brand of spine-tingling horror in this anthology. Featuring stories from Mark Poulton, Stephen Sistilli, Dexter Weeks, and many more. Velvet Rope is sure to make a killing at the box office!

In the coming days, Arcana will be releasing the below titles and more, all at amazing prices!

  • Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom
  • Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom
  • American Wasteland
  • 47 Decembers
  • Midnight
  • Daylight
  • Leprechaun

ARCANA FCBD, Pre-Orders, and Winter Sale

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ARCANA COMICS’ FCBD, Pre-Orders, and Winter Sale – January 2012

VANCOUVER (JAN 18, 2012) – Arcana Comics is excited to ring in the new year with a bunch of new books, sales, and an amazing FCBD event! If you haven’t heard, this year, we’re starting a company-wide crossover, kicking off on Free Comic Book Day with INTRINSIC! Read more about that below. Also, our winter sale is still going on, so don’t miss out on that. You can receive 25% off all purchases from our store by entering the code “ARCANAWINTER” at checkout. We’re adding new books all the time, so it’s worth a glance over at our store. Keep reading…

Please remember that all Pre-Orders are Diamond and we’re in the final weeks of ordering from the January 2012 Previews, so if there are any books that pique your interest, be sure to ask you local comic shop to order them. If you’re a store, give Arcana Comics a try!
We’re 175 Graphic Novels and 227 Characters strong and growing every month!

Don’t forget to check out our iPad/iPhone App. It’s a free download in the iStore and gives you access to the Arcana catalog and exclusive downloads! For those Android users out there, there are also Arcana books available through the ComiXology app. DOWNLOAD FROM THE ISTORE.

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

Arcana is proud to be participating in another Free Comic Book Day this year, but this time we’re doing things quite different. We’re kicking off an AMAZING company-wide crossover called INTRINSIC, which will blow you away. We can’t give a lot away now, but we can provide a sneak peak of the cover to INTRINSIC above, plus a description below. Be sure to ask your local comic book shop to get you a copy of INTRINSIC! You won’t want to miss it… trust us! For the price of free, you can’t go wrong.

DIAMOND CODE: JAN120014
FCBD LINK: CLICK HERE

DESCRIPTION: Horrors from different worlds have assembled to bring about a global threat known only as The End. A Philosopher has recognized the signs in time to gather his own forces for Good – including an ordinary, powerless young woman. Only together can they avert disaster on a biblical scale. Every last one of them… is Intrinsic. ‘Intrinsic’ is a company crossover event bringing together characters from hundres of titles beneath Arcana’s library. It is an event of unprecedented ambition, unlike anything that has been before.

PRE- ORDERS

Below are books being solicited for pre-order in the latest Diamond Previews Magazine. Take the information below to your stores and ask them to carry Arcana!

HOWARD LOVECRAFT & UNDERSEA KINGDOM GN
JAN120814 / ISBN: 978-1-926914-84-8
(W) Dwight MacPherson, Bruce Brown (A/CA) Thomas Boatwright An all-ages H.P. Lovecraft story! Howard Lovecraft’s family has been imprisoned on a far-flung alien planet, Spot hopelessly captured, and he is slowly becoming a mindless Fishman. Accompanied by his insane father, a pistol-packing constable, and his hungry cat, they must face the all-powerful ruler of the Outer Gods, a revengeful old enemy, an army of deadly monsters, and a lethal world called Yuggoth, to save the day. All Howard has to do is surrender his father’s Book. But that would mean certain doom for all of mankind! SC, 66pgs, FC $12.95 Project Link

MARLOW GN

(W) Aaron Thomas Nelson (A/CA) Mathew Reynolds Marlow is an ex-Marine caught in a dilemma impossible to solve: commit atrocious acts for a global corporation in order to receive medicine that keeps him from reverting to a zombie state, or walk away and suffer the fate of becoming some terrible creature. Struggling with his fears of his affliction and the monster he might become, Marlow abandoned his wife and young daughter, losing his dignity and freedom as he chose a nihilistic life. It is only during this journey that Marlow realizes that perhaps by avoiding suffering he has become like the zombies he so fears to become! MATURE THEMES SC, 119pgs, B&W $14.95


NETWORK GN
JAN120817 / ISBN: 978-1-897548-04-2
(W) Jay Busbee (A/CA) Martin Morazzo Ethan McKinnon thinks he’s lucked into the greatest job ever-as a cameraman at The Network, the world-famous superhero-only tv channel. But when Ethan films one of the country’s greatest heroes in a horrific act of violence, his dream job turns nightmare. The fate of The Network itself — and, perhaps, his very life — lies in his decision. SC, 74pgs, FC $14.95 Project Link

EL ARSENAL TP VOL 01 UNKNOWN ENEMY
JAN120818 / ISBN:
(W) Salvador Vasquez (A/CA) Daniel Perez Simon Masiosare is the best mercenary in the business and he has recently accepted a mission to steal cockroaches, for inside these simple bugs a powerful biological weapon is kept. However, Simon quickly realizes that his timing couldn’t be worse. When he arrives at “Las Tristezas de Tutankhamen” he realizes that a bounty has just been put on his head and every top mercenary is looking for him! SC, 104pgs, FC $14.95 Project Link

EZRA EVOKED EMOTIONS TP
JAN120819 / ISBN: 978-1-897548-13-4
(W) Sean O’Reilly (A) Eve, Master Rove (CA) Greg Horn Born under the Black Sun, Ezra had a unique upbringing in life. Her parents were murdered when she was young and she was badly scarred on her body. Scars which she still conceals to this day. It was not until her brother Erik died that she began to heal and now she questions her role as a Child of the Black Sun. (STK416189) SC, 104pgs, FC $14.95 Project Link

FCBD 2012 ARCANA PRESENTS INTRINSIC
JAN120014
(W) Sean O’Reilly, Casey Jones (A/CA) Various Horrors from different worlds have assembled to bring about a global threat known only as “The End”. A Philosopher has recognized the signs in time to gather his own forces for Good — including an ordinary, powerless young woman. Only together can they avert disaster on a biblical scale. Every last one of them… is Intrinsic. The Intrinsic is a company crossover event bringing together characters from hundreds of titles beneath Arcana’s library, an event of unprecedented ambition, unlike anything that has been attempted before! 32pgs, FC FREE

WINTER SALE

Our winter sale is still going on over at our Arcana Store, which you can reach by CLICKING HERE. The fill link is listed below. We are offering 25% off of all purchases through the store fore a limited time with no exclusions. If it’s in the store, it’s on sale! All you have to do is enter the code “ARCANAWINTER” when you check-out to get the discount. It’s that simple.

We have been adding titles to the store daily, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to own the latest Arcana graphic novels or fill in your collection! From 100 Girls to Zombie Warriors and everything in between, we have it all.

ARCANA STORE: http://www.arcana.com/store.php

         

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HOWARD LOVECRAFT AND THE UNDERSEA KINGDOM

MARLOW

NETHER WORLD

THE NETWORK

EL ARSENAL

EZRA EVOKED EMOTIONS

ABOUT ARCANA STUDIOS

Arcana Studios, Inc. is a transmedia company that has aggressively pursued establishing brands through engaging storytelling and compelling art. With a strong foothold in the print publishing world, Arcana continues to be a premier content provider. Arcana owns one of the world’s largest libraries of graphic novels and comics, and has adapted this library into live action feature films, stereoscopic 3D animated features, episodic television series and toys.

Arcana Studios, Inc . remains independent of major entertainment studio affiliation. Arcana Studios is currently in production of the stereoscopic 3D animated feature, The Clockwork Girl. Arcana is also partnered with Gale Ann Hurd (“Terminator”, “Aliens”) on Gearhead, Alexandra Milchan (Sylvestor Stallone’s “Head Shot”) on Blade of Kumori, Hans Rodinoff and Hollywood Media Bridge (“Lost Boys: The Tribe”) on Raise Kane, Scott Milam (“Mother’s Day”) on Gauze, Ben Magid (“Hack/Slash”) on Trout, Jar Productions (“Hidden Howie”) on Philosopher Rex, Terry Dougas (“The Invention of Lying”) on The Tower, Doc Wyatt (“Napoleon Dynamite”) on 100 Girls, JC Spink (“The Hangover”) on Continuum, Adrian Askarieh (“The Hitman”) on Amnesia and also is producing a three slate at Codeblack/Universal for Light’s Out, Ant and Blam!