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Drunk on Comics has a Strange Attractors review!
“I met Charles Soule at C2E2 when he was featured at the Archaia Entertainment booth. We chatted a bit as I flipped through his OGN Strange Attractors, and I liked the concept enough to buy it on the spot. Now I’ve read it, and I can assure you it’s worth the investment.
First of all, it’s an embossed hardcover. It just feels good in the hand. (Try that with digital.) The art by Greg Scott is perfect. It feels like a movie unspooling with clever camera angles and expressive faces – important, because this is a thinking story not an action story. New York City is featured as both a setting and a character and Greg captures both her grime and opulence perfectly. The colors by Art Lyon & Matthew Petz do an amazing job of making the important moments stand out by using limited palettes on them, while making the rest of the scenes feel vivid and real. The colors are muted, not gaudy, until the effects kick in and then they pop with power.”
You can read the rest of the article on the Drunk on Comics website!
ARCHAIA PANEL OF THE DAY - STORYTELLER
More of the beloved Henson classic, telling stories by the fireplace about all kinds of people and their exciting adventures.
Full cover wrap to the upcoming MOUSE GUARD: LEGENDS OF THE GUARD VOL. 2 #1 by David Petersen, on sale soon!
Comics and gaming collide in our graphic novel, HAWKEN: GENESIS, based on the HAWKEN game! Here’s a cool review on @comicsbeat:
Archaia, who makes a strengths out of the crossroads between comics and other visual media, has taken on another estuary zone in HAWKEN: GENESIS, bringing a comic based on a free internet gaming hub, HAWKEN to readers. Flood zones between visual media can be tricky, especially in gauging the right audience for a comic, since there’s not a one to one correspondence between gamers and comics readers in this case. But there is overlap, and Archaia are setting out to find out just how wide that swath is, and how much interest gamers might take in comics and comics readers might take in gaming. What they’ve produced, however, is a graphic novel true to the traditions of comics, featuring the aspects of the comics medium that can even more fully explore the world of HAWKEN in a sci-fi tradition. Add to that a commitment to bringing in comics artists who are well-versed in the medium to interpret the world of gaming into sequential narrative.
Read the rest of the review on ComicsBeat!
“All will be revealed.” Don’t miss our new graphic novel, STRANGE ATTRACTORS, out now in print and digital! Here’s an excerpt from a review by @pipedreamcomics!
It may seem like lazy reviewing to compare Strange Attractors to movies rather than other comics, but its difficult not to as this feels much more cinematic than comic-like. As well as looking like a smart art house movie, it reads like a Woody Allen-esque love letter to New York, but with a mathematical undertone instead of jazz and angst, and really could only work in a city as steeped in modern mythology as the Big Apple.
You can read the rest of the review on Pipedream Comics’s website!
Our marketing manager, @melcaylo, was interviewed by @GENOthaDRAGON at @c2e2. Here’s an excerpt:
So here we are, it’s day 3 of C2E2 2013, how’s the show been for you guys?
Oh man, at Archaia, we’re doing really, really well here. Chicago’s always been a great town for us. We maintain an office here, so this is like a homecoming for us. Our editorial office is based in Los Angeles, but our executive office is based in Chicago. So when C2E2 comes around, it’s always like a nice little homecoming for some of our staff because some of them are native to Chicago. But the show has always been really great. The Midwest has always shown really great enthusiasm for our stuff and for all of our new books. So we’ve been having a great show thus far.
Personally, what are some aspects of the show you look forward to and that get you excited when it’s time for a con and specifically C2E2 2013?
Well C2E2 is run by an organization called ReedPoP. And I always look forward to working with those guys. They really know how to put on a show. They’re the same organization that puts on New York Comic Con. So we work them at least twice a year and they know what they’re doing. They really take care of us as exhibitors. So I love working with those guys. Whenever there’s C2E2 or New York Comic Con, I always look forward to working with those guys.
And personally, I love coming to Chicago. I’m from New York, I live in L.A, but Chicago is such a great town. The architecture here is so beautiful. It’s such a clean town. Not to say that the other cities are dirty, but I always feel refreshed when I come to Chicago. You know, with the Chicago River and Lake Michigan over there. It’s a really, really fun town. And then, you know, just meeting up with all of my friends in the industry. Comic book conventions like this size are usually like reunions as well. You get to see all of your friends that you’ve known through the years. You can all be in the same place at the same time. And for many people, the convention doesn’t stop when the convention floor closes. Oh no. There are dinners, there are drinks and there are get-togethers after hours. And that’s when you get to reacquaint with your old friends and catch up and see what’s going on.
Read the rest of the interview here!
What is Archaia’s connection to STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS?
Zachary Quinto! Quinto, who plays Spock in the film, is one of the founders of Before the Door Productions, a production company we worked with to produce two awesome graphic novels: Lucid and Mr. Murder Is Dead!
MR. MURDER IS DEAD
Written by Victor Quinaz
Illustrated by Brent Schoonover
Murder… Intrigue… Old men doing bad things… Gould Kane is long into his retirement as a top cop. He was once the basis for the world-famous comic strip detective The Spook. But when a not-so-nice man, once nicknamed Mr. Murder, is found dead, the events that unfold could lead Gould to a new and perhaps even greater profession in his twilight…as a very bad man. Mr. Murder Is Dead lives in several worlds. It’s all at once a throwback to the great staples of noir and pulp, while at the same time examining the real-life ramifications of our characters’ choices.
Mr. Murder is Dead is a “who didn’t do it” set in the fading world of Golden Age comic strips. A criminal’s lament to all things past, present and meaningless.
LUCID
Written by Michael McMillian
Illustrated by Anna Wieszczyk
Welcome to the world of Lucid, the action-packed pop-fantasy that draws inspiration from the spy genre, Arthurian legend and 21st-century folklore! Dark forces are conspiring to prevent humankind from reaching its true potential. Thankfully, as newly appointed “Protector of the Realm,” Agent Matthew Dee uses his skills as a covert spy and Combat Mage to ensure America’s freedom from the grip of evil.
You can pick up Mr. Murder Is Deador Lucid at your local comic book shop, wherever books are sold, or at the Archaia webstore. Both titles are also available in digital format on comiXology.
THIRD EYE PICKS OF THE WEEK: STRANGE ATTRACTORS HC — Here’s one that we sneak-peek debuted at our Free Comic Book Day signing last week, and that I’m really excited to see on the shelves this week!
This is going to be one of those killer graphic novels that you’re going to see all over the Top 10 lists at the end of 2013, and we’re telling you now, Third Eye Faithful: make sure you snag yourself a copy of this gorgeous book as soon as ya can; cause it’s a must-have.
In order to set himself up with a cushy job post-graduation, Heller Wilson takes on a subject for his PhD thesis at the behest of his advisor.
This leads him to meet with Dr. Spencer Brownfield, a disgraced Columbia professor who spent his career researching Complex Theory, the idea that one can use mathematics to predict the large-scale outcomes caused by minute changes in environment.
At first, Dr. Brownfield seems crazy, but Heller soon discovers that the doctor’s research might be the only thing keeping New York City from destroying itself from the inside out.
Both in terms of storytelling and artwork, this book is pure quality comics all over the place. A great, compelling plot with gorgeous art that compliments the storytelling perfectly; combined with the incredible design and layout of the book by Archaia, who’ve wowed us with their MOUSE GUARD series, among others.
We highly recommend snagging Strange Attractors this Wednesday, and giving it a shot. It’s a big, pretty hardcover with a powerful story inside.. and it’s only $19.99.
Trust us: you can’t go wrong with this one.
EXCLUSIVE TRAILER: Ryan & Marquez’s The Joyners in 3D - As the Syndrome team of R.J. Ryan and David Marquez prepare for the debut of The Joyners in 3D, CBR presents the exclusive premiere of the Archaia Entertainment comic’s trailer.
New Previews Party article! I interviewed Saurav Mohapatra about his new graphic novel, Mumbai Confidential, from Archaia.
The Previews Party: For those who may not have heard about it, what is Mumbai Confidential all about?
Saurav Mohapatra: Simply put, imagine MC as a Mickey Spillane or a James Elroy story set in Mumbai. We pitched it as Sin City meets Slumdog Millionaire.
MC is a hardboiled crime-noir OGN set in the Indian city of Mumbai. The first book, “Good Cop, Bad Cop,” tells the story of a washed-out drug addict ex-cop, who used to be a part of an elite squad of Mumbai Police known as the “Encounter Squad” - a group of cops tasked secretly by the government to carry out extra-judicial executions of wanted criminals circumventing the due process. It follows Arjun Kadam, the protagonist, as he pursues the investigation into a hit and run that killed a ten-year-old street urchin and put him in a coma. His investigation leads him back to his corrupt ex-colleagues.
Read the full interview here.
My copy of Cursed Pirate Girl Vol. 1 signed by Jeremy Bastian with a small skull sketch and the crest he drew for me at C2E2 this year. Not only is he an unbelievably talented artist and storyteller, but also a helluva nice guy.
FINALLY. The Killer Vol. 4 gets a real release date. Your favorite assassin is back. June 26 in comic shops.
Ozalids (full-color proofs sent by the printer before going to press) of several upcoming Archaia books!
The Ishinomori Manga Museum in Japan is displaying classic #Cyborg009 pages with art from our upcoming HC!
Today’s Panel of the Day comes from Days Missing, a series we published in association with @Roddenberry Entertainment!
Since the dawn of time, a being has existed whose interaction and interference with mankind has shaped human development. His powers of time and intellect have allowed him to secretly remove certain critical days from the historical record. Their stories have never been told. Their details have never been documented. Their existence is not remembered. But the occurrences of these days have forever changed the course of humanity’s evolution. These are the Days Missing from our existence, and they are about to be revealed…
Archaia published two collected volumes of Days Missing, which you can find wherever comics and books are sold. In July, our fellow publisher Arcana will put out Days Missing Vol. 3: Enox, due to premiere this July at San Diego Comic-Con.
