Escape From Hat
ZOVA Books is pleased to announce the release of “Escape from Hat,” a children’s novel from author Adam Kline and Scottish artist Brian Taylor. cvrCrafted for young readers, yet endowed with a distinctive humor adults are sure to enjoy, “Escape from Hat” tells the story of one lucky rabbit, one sinister black cat, and the unwitting boy to whom they both lay claim. The book reimagines the classic hero’s journey, combining a traditional epic narrative with a contemporary aesthetic. The result has garnered considerable praise.
Chris Wedge, Oscar-winning director of “Ice Age,” cites the book’s notable peers. “‘Escape from Hat’ is effortless fantasy,” he writes, “a modern cousin to the works of Lewis Carroll, A. A. Milne, and L. Frank Baum, that comes alive in your hands. It is an exquisite pastiche of story, prose, and illustration – which is a five-dollar way of saying it is a very good book.”
“Escape from Hat” is the story of Leek, an especially talented lucky rabbit thrust into the shadowy realm of “Hat” when a seemingly benign magic trick turns foul. Leek seeks only return to his ward, a young boy now rendered helpless against the whims of Millikin, a particularly devious black cat. But Millikin’s powers know no bounds, and the villain vows to end Leek’s quest before it can even begin – condemning the boy to a life of unending ill luck. So begin the parallel journeys of a rabbit and his boy, who together remind us that loyalty, love, and friendship are the greatest magics of all.
The hardcover and digital versions of “Escape from Hat” launch exclusively through Amazon on September 4, 2012.
Kline has written for Universal Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Sony Pictures Animation, and the Weinstein Company. Taylor was cited by “Entertainment Weekly” as one of the top 100 creatives working in entertainment today. “Escape from Hat” is the first of several joint ventures into children’s literary fiction.
Adam Kline and ZOVA Books are managed by Circle of Confusion. Kline is also represented by the United Talent Agency, while Taylor is represented by Jules Beazley in London.
For more information visit www.zovabooks.com
Ghost The Series
Ghost debuted in 1993 as part of Dark Horse’s Comics’ Greatest World series. The fan-favorite title ran for ten years and featured crossovers with Hellboy, X, The Mask, and Barb Wire.
Comic Book Resources recently broke the exclusive that Ghost would be returning this summer in Dark Horse Presents #13. This new incarnation of Ghost is written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and illustrated by Phil Noto. Fans can pick up the critically acclaimed series in September, beginning with a zero issue that collects the Ghost stories from Dark Horse Presents.
Ghost #0 is on sale September 19, 2012
Adventure Time: Marceline & The Scream Queens #1 Variant
BOOM! Studios is proud to announce the ADVENTURE TIME: MARCELINE AND THE SCREAM QUEENS #1 Baltimore Comic-Con exclusive cover will debut at the show September 8th and 9th, 2012 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
With cover art by regular ADVENTURE TIME creative team and guests of the show Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb this variant cover will be sold at the official Baltimore Comic Con Show Exclusive booth #2507 only and available in extremely limited quantities. Be sure to snatch yours up as quick as you can and get it signed by the cover artists at the BOOM! Studios booth!
Thanks to a newfound interest in music, Princess Bubblegum joins Marceline’s paranormal rock band for a tour across the land of Ooo! But when they’re threatened by everything from scenesters to beasts born of self-doubt, can they make it to the RADDEST GIG EVER in time?! Written and drawn by acclaimed cartoonist Meredith Gran and featuring a back-up story from Jen Wang.
Bucko
Written by twisted masterminds Jeff Parker (Thunderbolts, Mysterius the Unfathomable) and Erika Moen (DAR), this collection includes tons of extras, including brand-new strips, commentary, and info on the real-life inspirations for Bucko. After discovering a dead body in an office bathroom, hung-over job interviewee Rich “Bucko” Richardson becomes suspected of the murder. What he thinks is a quest to find the real killer turns into a weeklong romp through the wilds of Portland, Oregon, complete with bike-mounted cover bands, steampunk Makers, Juggalos, SuicideGirls, meth heads, so much absinthe, and an entire city made of books. After taking the Internet by storm, Parker and Moen’s dirty, funny murder mystery is now the most hilarious book in comic shops!
Bucko is on sale September 19, 2012! For additional information, check out Comics Alliance
NBM publishing For September 2012
Treasury of XXth Century Murder: Lovers’ Lane
The Hall-Mills Mystery
Rick Geary
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Thursday, September 14, 1922. Reverend Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills take a stroll in the town’s park in the evening. Shots are heard. 2 days later, their bodies are found laying on the ground very neatly next to each other with her hand on his thigh, love letters strewn around them, the scarf on her neck covering up the deep bloody slit in it. Reverend Hall, himself married, was in an open secret of an affair with Mrs. Mills, a married woman of his choir. The perfect ingredients for a juicy scandal and fascinating investigation which the nation’s press hungrily devours. Alas, no clues or evidence are sufficient to make an indictment stick. Was it suicide? A jealous rival? The case reopens again 4 years later as new information is brought to light, indicting the reverend’s wife but she is an upstanding member of her community, denying to the last that her husband had any affair…
6×9, 80pp., B&W jacketed hardcover, $15.99
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
Vol.5: The Happy Prince The Signed Limited Edition
P. Craig Russell
Here is the signed and numbered edition strictly limited to 200 copies. Quarterbound in real cloth and fine paper with a tip-in sheet signed by P. Craig Russell.
The Happy Prince is arguably the most famous and well loved of Oscar Wilde’s nine fairy tales, rivaled only by The Selfish Giant. It is also a very timely tale at a time of controversy over the increasing chasm between rich and poor…
The Happy Prince has lived a life of opulence but has died young and his soul inhabits a beautiful ruby encrusted statue covered all over in gold leaf. From his perch high above the city he is witness to all the poverty, misery, and hopelessness in which his people have been living. When a small barn swallow in flight to the warm south ahead of the approaching winter stops to rest upon the statue the Happy Prince prevails upon him to delay his travels in order to remove his gold leaf a piece at a time and shower it upon the poor citizens.
Out of love for the Happy Prince the swallow does his bidding.
As the days pass the Prince’s beauty is stripped away and as winter sets in the bird’s fate is sealed. In the spring the townspeople finding only a dull statue with a broken lead heart and a dead bird consign the worthless objects to the ash heap. Only an emissary of God recognizes them as the most valuable treasures of the city and brings them to the gardens of heaven.
8 ½ x 11, 32pp., full color jacket hc: $50
SIZZLE #54
Omaha the Cat Dancer is on the home stretch!
Also in this issue: more of Mona Agent X, Barbarian Chicks, the end of Peanut Butter vol.6, the return of Gambedotti.
Quarterly magazine, 48pp. full color, 8 ½ x11, $5.95
ABELARD
Art by Renaud Dillies, Story by Régis Hautière
The charm of Renaud Dillies strikes again: after the mouse of Bubbles and Gondola, here is another dreamer, little chick Abelard.
To lure pretty Epily, Abelard sees only one solution: to catch the moon for her! So off he goes to America, the country which invented flying machines. Armed with his banjo and his proverb-sharing hat, he launches out on the country roads, meets Gypsies, then Gaston, a grumpy bear with whom he will share a good bit of his way…
As opposed to dreamer Abelard, Gaston has his feet firmly planted on the ground.
With this funny animal road-movie where the absurd becomes poetry, Régis Hautière and Renaud Dillies offer us another small jewel.
A BEA 2012 HOT GRAPHIC NOVEL
8 ½ x 11, 128pp., full color hardcover, $19.99
Barbarian Chicks & Demons, Vol.5
By Hartmann
The exploits of Barbarian warrior women in an Heroic Fantasy world continue.
Cunning and lasciviousness galore with often a tongue firmly in cheek on these beautifully painted stories set to amuse and arouse! 8 ½ x 11, 48pp., full color trade pb., $11.99
Joe Golem Released in Delux Hardcover Edition
In conjunction with the release of Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s latest collaboration earlier this week, and Mignola’s appearance at this weekend’s World Horror Convention, Dark Horse is pleased to announce a limited-edition hardcover release of Joe Golem and the Drowning City.
After a séance gone horribly wrong, strange men wearing gas masks and rubber suits abduct the aging psychic Orlov the Conjuror, sending his young assistant Molly McHugh racing through the canals of a submerged Manhattan. As Molly flees her captors through a sunken city full of scavengers, her one hope comes in the form of two strange men: Simon Church, a Victorian-era detective kept alive by clockwork gears and magic, and his assistant, Joe, whose mysterious past is hinted at in dreams of stone and witches.
The deluxe limited-edition collection features multiple illustrations by Hellboy artist Mike Mignola, as well as a signature plate signed by both Mignola and Golden, and is presented in a handsome slipcase. Additionally, only the Dark Horse edition will feature the previously unpublished story “Joe Golem and the Copper Girl.”
The deluxe hardcover edition of Joe Golem and the Drowning City will be released in an extremely limited edition of only 1,000 copies on September 26, and will retail for $99.99
Bravest Warrrior #1 Debuts
BOOM! Studios is proud to announce that BRAVEST WARRIORS #1 will debut with a New York Comic Con exclusive cover at the BRAVEST WARRIORS Launch Party on Friday October 12th, at Jim Hanley’s Universe.
Created by ADVENTURE TIME creator, Pendleton Ward, BRAVEST WARRIORS is the first animated series debuting on Cartoon Hangover on YouTube in October and follows the adventures of four 16-year-old heroes-for-hire in space! Featuring exclusive cover art by animator Bob Flynn, this limited edition issue #1 will be available two weeks prior to BRAVEST WARRIORS #1 arriving in stores on October 24, 2012.
The Definitive Guide To The Old Republic
October 15th marks the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia, an in-depth companion to the epic role-playing game featuring essential information about the characters, weapons, vehicles, events, and planets of the expansive world.
Visit us.dk.com/SWTOREncyclopedia to watch the book trailer and to enter our sweepstakes
David Chicken Goes To The Dentist
Viper Comics and Emmy-Winning Family Entertainer David Chicken have teamed up to help educate kids on the importance of brushing their teeth. An ebook and musical app have been produced to help educate while entertaining kids about good dental hygiene.
The full ebook David Chicken Goes To The Dentist will be available as a FREE Download on Apple iBooks and the Brusha Yo Teeth With David Chicken App will be available for .99 cents. The musical app features an ebook that children can elect to read the story themselves or have David Chicken read to them. The app will also showcase a special feature where kids can brush their teeth along with David Chicken’s “Brusha Yo Teeth” song!
The Unsexpected Story
Recognized as one of the most accomplished executives in adult entertainment, Darren Roberts announced today the first in a series of books on the adult entertainment industry.
In The Unsexpected Story, Roberts speaks candidly with the key professionals behind one of the world’s largest and most profitable trades. The Unsexpected Story delivers unique insight into the minds of the industry executives, stars, marketers, and technology mavens who are responsible for the creation and management of the most successful and enduring brands in adult entertainment.
As unique as the products they make, their influence remains instrumental to the growth, profitability, and sustainability of one of the most provoking and controversial businesses in the modern world.
Engaging, conversational, and smart, The Unsexpected Story goes where other industry tell-alls don’t, tracing the economic and technological lifespan of the vast adult entertainment industry through the personal experiences of the individuals who have made a lasting impression on this forever green, multi-billion dollar empire. For more information, go to www.theunsexpectedstory.com
Ice Age: Past, Presents and Future
KaBOOM! is proud to announce the release of ICE AGE: PAST, PRESENTS AND FUTURE, the latest in a series standalone specials consisting of all new stories inspired by the hit movies.
ICE AGE: PAST, PRESENTS AND FUTURE, is an ICE AGE holiday tale! Recollecting what a huge “help” he was last year, Sid decides to pay Santa and the North Pole a visit and once again offer his assistance for Christmas preparations! Before anyone can stop him, he’s opened a box filled with Santa’s magic…and he finds himself visiting Sids in the past, present and future!
ICE AGE: PAST, PRESENTS AND FUTURE will be available in finer comic stores on October 17th, 2012. This 8” x 8” title, which is accessible to all ages, will run 24 pages in full color and will carry a $3.99 price point.
Written by Caleb Monroe (STEED AND MRS. PEEL) and with art by Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb (ADVENTURE TIME), this new issue is sure to bring laughter and joy to all ages just in time for the holidays.
Farmhouse
Frank Forte announces that Asylum Press will release the original graphic novel Farmhouse as an ongoing web comic series and digital app.
Farmhouse is the story of a drifter named Sam Corneile who returns home to take a job at a local mental institution where he discovers a group of patients being exploited under an art therapy regimen. While there, he falls for Helen, a feisty but troubled woman who dares him to confront his past. This psychological thriller examines what lurks deep within the human mind, both sane and insane.
Farmhouse #1 is 100% FREE and available on Comixology, ComicsPlus (Iverse), Graphicly, Diamond Digital, MyDigitalComics, DrivethruComics, Amusedom as well as stand alone apps and epubs on KindleFire, Nook, Kobo, ibookstore, and Googlebooks. Forthcoming issues will all be .99.
The Farmhouse web comic is updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday and can be seen at: www.farmhousecomic.com.
City Of Bones
New York Times bestselling author Cassandra Clare and publisher Th3rd World Studios have teamed up to release Clare’s acclaimed urban fantasy trilogy The Mortal Instruments as a series of graphic novels with today’s exclusive digital release of issue 1 of The City of Bones, on comiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.
Todays’ release of City of Bones issue #1, marks the first graphic novel adaptation of The Mortal Instruments series. All nine issues will be released digitally by Th3rd World Studios and will initially only be available through comiXology.
The series will be adapted into graphic novels by veteran comics writer Mike Raicht (Dark Shadows, GI Joe, and the acclaimed The Stuff of Legend series.) Art on the series will be handled by talented newcomer, Nicole Virella with colors by Jeremy Mohler, and lettering by Steve Wands.
In City of Bones, the handsome Jace introduces fifteen-year-old Clary Fray to the world of the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world. She is sure that Valentine, the evil and powerful Shadowhunter, is responsible for her mother’s disappearance, but she’s about to discover much more.
Readers will be able to instantly download the digital version of City of Bones on September 26th through comiXology, making it available across comiXology’s entire platform, which includes iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web. The series will then continue its digital release on a monthly basis.
The Mortal Instruments, a contemporary fantasy story revolving around characters Clary Fray, Jace Wayland, and Simon Lewis became a New York Times bestseller upon its release, winning numerous awards. It has gone on to sell millions of copies worldwide in multiple languages, and spawned successful sequel and prequel trilogies. Screen Gems is currently in production on the film adaptation of City of Bones, with a script written by Jessica Postigo and scheduled for release on August 23rd, 2013
A Wave Blue World
A Wave Blue World is proud to announce that we will now be publishing Epics, a new anthology comic. Each issue of Epics will contain four unique but equally pulse-pounding adventures brought to you by the creative minds of Anthony Marques, Fernando Ruiz, Bob Hardin, and Fabio Redivo, allCVR four of whom are graduates and current staff instructors of the Kubert School.
Epics #1 was first released during a special signing at Dewy’s Comic City in Madison, NJ on September 15, but will be making it’s convention debut at NYCC on October 11-14. Print copies are also available for order from AWaveBlueWorld.com and Amazon.com, as well as digital copies from comiXology.
In addition to publishing EPICS on a quarterly schedule, A Wave Blue World will also publish a pair of spin-off series for 2 of the stories in Epics #1. Katyusha written by Tyler Chin-Tanner and illustrated by Anthony Marques as well as The Iron Ghost by Fernando Ruiz which will launch their own titles in 2013
Valve’s Portal 2
Dark Horse announced the brand-new art book for Valve’s Portal 2!
Now, Valve and Dark Horse pull back the curtain to give you a backstage tour of one of the most innovative video games of the decade! The Art of Portal 2 walks you through the visual evolution of the award-winning game, from concept to completion, with never-before-seen concept art and insights from the writers and artists behind the Portal series.
The sequel to 2007’s Game of the Year, Portal 2 is a hilariously mind-bending adventure that challenges you to use wits over weaponry in a fun house of diabolical science. More than four million copies of the Portal 2 game have sold worldwide.
The Art of Portal 2 offers incredible visuals of the Aperture Science facility and the creation of Chell and the rest of the cast, and features 184 pages of mostly never-before-seen art and a look into the design process of the legendary game studio.
The Art of Portal 2 is on sale October 31, 2012!
For additional information, check out www.Kotaku.com.