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Iron Sky Graphic Novel to Invade U.S. in 2013!

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IDW Publishing, along with comic production house Hazmat Studios and film production company Blind Spot Pictures, are thrilled to present fans with the official Iron Sky movie tie-in graphic novel in March 2013. Drawn and colored by the amazing artistic team of Gerry Kissell and Amin Amat, the guys behind IDW’s best selling graphic novel Code Word: Geronimo, and Xbox’s comic game tie-in Alan Wake. The book will also be featuring original pin-up art by Miguel Angel Abad and Darren Douglas and chronicles the battle against the return of history’s most notoriously evil villains, the Nazis, who unbeknownst to us, escaped to the moon following their defeat in World War II.

“The graphic novel is a prequel to the hit sci-fi action film Iron Sky produced by Blind Spot Pictures, and focuses on how the Nazis ended up on the moon, and how Udo Kier’s character, Wolfgang Kortzfleisch, became Der Überführer.” Said lead artist Kissell. “Part steampunk and part comedy, the graphic novel was written masterfully by Alan Wake scribe, Mikko Rautalahti. who has a wicked sense of humor.” Kissell continued.

The book will be 104 pages, with 67 pages of comic art with an additional 33 pages of production art, behind the scenes bonus material, and other exclusive material written by the film’s director, Timo Vuorensola.

BOOM! and the Iron Sky Team Goes to Hollywood – and Crowdsources Aliens

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Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola, the Finnish filmmakers behind the cult hit Iron Sky are partnering with Arnold Rifkin’s Cheyenne Enterprises and Ross Richie’s BOOM! Studios to bring the sci-fi action film Jeremiah Harm to the screen.  Kaukomaa, Rifkin and Richie will produce with The Corniche Group, and Vuorensola will direct. Jeremiah Harm is a sci-fi action blast about an intergalactic bounty hunter sent on a mission to Earth to hunt down a band of space-faring criminals and the girl they kidnapped. Set in space and New York City, the film aims to hit the chords of 80’s & 90’s sci-fi action films. BOOM! Studios released the graphic novel written by industry veterans Keith Giffen and Alan Grant. Covers and character designs are by John Mueller featuring interior artwork from Rael Lyra and Rafael Albuquerque.

In an interesting twist, the filmmakers will be using crowdsourcing to create their own aliens for the world of Jeremiah Harm. The filmmakers have previously done this with Iron Sky. Fans were able to play a major role in creating the fictional world of “Iron Sky” by contributing visuals and even joining the production in small roles and as extras.

Fans can go to www.jeremiahharm.com to create their own aliens for the world of “Jeremiah Harm.” By crowdsourcing the filmmakers search up to one million alien designs. The most creative creatures will find their way into the film itself.

Vuorensola, believes crowdsourcing is the way of the future in audience engagement in films – both big and small ones – and it’s here to disrupt the way films are experienced. “Film is no longer just the product that comes out of the pipeline in the end, but the whole process of filmmaking can be part of the fun as well.”