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White Cat Entertainment Brings On Shoshin Creative Lab’s Rylend Grant as Head of IP Development

White Cat Entertainment

Since 2020, White Cat Entertainment has built an amazing slate of original, high-concept stories across graphic novels, podcasts, books, and film-ready concepts, each developed with expansion across multiple platforms in mind.

Now, the creator-led studio founded by Chris Mancini is expanding its business model with the launch of a creative solutions division with Rylend Grant, Managing Partner at Shoshin Creative Lab, as Head of IP Development.

Through this collaboration, White Cat Entertainment expands its development capabilities with Grant’s creative solutions arm, overseeing projects and positioning them for adaptation across its slate.

Key properties include Long Ago and Far Away, a fantasy-comedy with franchise and animation potential; Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master, a high-concept action-comedy suited for film and series adaptation; Alpha Cat, an all-ages sci-fi adventure positioned for publishing, animation, and licensing expansion; Pacify Me: A Handbook for the Freaked Out New Dad, a comedy memoir with television potential; and audio-driven properties including Conversations From the Abyss, an episodic horror anthology ideal for streaming adaptation, and The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood, a hybrid narrative series with opportunities across audio, publishing, and animated formats.

White Cat Entertainment is a content and publishing company founded in 2020 by writer, director, and producer Chris Mancini, which recently expanded its comics and graphic novel publishing footprint through a deal with Massive Publishing, which includes Long Ago & Far Away, Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master, and Alpha Cat

White Cat Entertainment is actively engaging partners across publishing, film, television, and digital media.

Chris Mancini’s White Cat Entertainment Joins Massive Indies

Massive Publishing

Chris Mancini’s White Cat Entertainment and Massive Publishing have officially announced a publishing deal for distribution in comic book shops as part of Massive Indies. Mancini let the cat out the bag when announcing White Cat’s San Diego Comic-Con plans. The agreement includes Mancini’s current and future graphic novels. Product is now available for retailers!

The timing also coincides with the leadup Comic-Con event in San Diego, where not only will Mancini and artist Fernando Pinto be signing copies of his books (Small Press Booth O-10) but Massive will be on-site as well, doing a “Massive Indies” activation.

Mancini’s current graphic novels are Long Ago & Far Away, Long Ago and Far Away 2, and Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master. At San Diego Comic-Con next month he will be debuting his new book, Alpha Cat, with artist Fernando Pinto.

SDCC 2025: Chris Mancini returns with White Cat Entertainment which joins Massive Indies

Long Ago and Far Away

Chris Mancini, the longtime SDCC panelist, filmmaker, and founder of White Cat Entertainment, has recently signed a new publishing/distribution deal with Massive Etnertainment under their new Massive Indies banner. The deal marks a big step for the publisher, and fans can celebrate the launch in person at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, where Mancini—also a podcaster and comedian—will host a booth in Small Press O-10.

Mancini will be joined by Fernando Pinto, his artist and collaborator who’s flying in all the way from Chile. Not only will they both be signing books, but anyone who cosplays as a character from their books will receive a FREE art commission from Fernando!

The San Diego event is the culmination of a mini “tour” Mancini has been on which included, Comic Con Revolution – May 17–18 and Pasadena Comic Con – May 24.

Those who head to the booth can also get a FREE Alpha Cat “ashcan” preview edition. or get Long Ago and Far Away Vol. 1 and 2 and Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master autographed. You can also find Mancini’s comics at Massive Indies’ booth.

Crowdfunding Corner: White Cat Entertainment returns to Elvenwood with Long Ago and Far Away 2: Son of Elvenwood

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White Cat Entertainment returns to Elvenwood with an all-new adventure, Long Ago and Far Away 2: Son of Elvenwood, now live on Kickstarter! 

Written by Chris Mancini and art and colors by Fernando Pinto with letters by Troy Peteri, this 90-page full-color OGN is the direct sequel to Long Ago and Far Away, which is sure to make you laugh, then cry… then laugh a little bit more.

As a result of Jason’s… adventure… with the Witch Queen, he now has a son, and since time passes differently in Elvenwood, the son, Lord Stone, is about 20 years older than Jason. Lord Stone also seems to have the entire sect of Northern Necromancers after him due to him stealing their sacred Blood Dagger for… mead money. They are powerful, quite angry, and are laying waste to Elvenwood to get to him, raising the dead as they go. Nexis could not protect him, so she sent him to Jason in his world to save his life. Now Jason has to return once again to Elvenwood to deal with the deadly Northern Necromancers, a horde of undead, coveted artifacts, and keeping an alliance between the Elves and the Witch Queen intact. He has to do this while dealing with the most difficult adventure of all: Fatherhood.

The campaign for Long Ago and Far Away 2: Son of Elvenwood ends Oct. 6th. Rewards include digital and physical books, in addition to signed editions plus VIP and royalty!

Long Ago and Far Away 2: Son of Elvenwood

Preview: Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master

Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master

(W) Chris Mancini (A) Fernando Pinto
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188 Page Deluxe Digital Graphic Novel.

From the same team that brought you Long Ago and Far Away, Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master is a love letter to the action, comedy, and buddy movies of the 80s. Rick, a small time crook in Los Angeles, accidentally acquires the power of the dragon and gets mixed up in an ancient mystical battle between good and evil that’s been fought since the days of ancient China. An epic martial arts saga filled with action, magic, poor decisions, dragons, and surly baristas.

Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master

Preview: Long Ago and Far Away

Long Ago and Far Away

Story: Chris Mancini
Art: Fernando Pinto
Letterer: A Larger World

Long ago, Jason was the “Child Knight” from our world who saved the Legendary Kingdom of Elvenwood from the evil Witch-Queen, Nexis. Now, Jason is a depressed 30-year-old, lives with his mother, and runs a comic book store. Poorly. But Elvenwood needs his help once again. Will he be the hero he once was? Or will he just make things worse because he grew up to be a complete jerk?

Long Ago and Far Away