Comic Related gets new look and invites writers
Have you visited Comic Related (www.comicrelated.com) lately? We’re writing to invite you to take a moment and check out the strikingly new look of our site! Come in, feel free to take a look around and make yourself at home. You’re among friends.
— Our new look:
In addition to our visual face lift, we’ve completely reorganized the way we share content making it easier for you to find the comic coverage you want. We’ve ramped up the amount of information we’re pushing out allowing news, commentary and related info to flow 365 days a year, multiple times a day. Try us for a few days. You’ll want to come back.
— Do you like to write?
We invite bloggers, reviewers and writers to consider joining the Comic Related family. We’re a start-up (three years on the web), but we’re growing fast and we think this might appeal to someone who wants to see their work read by a larger audience. If you are willing to contribute commentary, convention coverage or reviews (you choose the topic, you choose the title, you choose the show), we’ll build a feature commentary around your work. We don’t mind highlighting your personal web site or blog with each feature and we will work to build an image for you and your work through our site. If you provide content, we’ll work hard to get you the exposure you deserve!
— Are you in need of a forum?
We’re looking for a few talented individuals currently creating comics (amateur or pro) who’ve always wanted a forum dedicated to their work but didn’t want the hassle of setting it up or paying for it. We’re launching a new section of our forums (along with a visual overhaul for that area) next week and we’ll be featuring these individuals.
So far, Ron Fortier, a professional writer and comic creator for over twenty-five years, and Jonnie Allen, creator of The Miscellaneous Adventures of Stykman, are on board. Would you like to be next?
We would love to feature your creation and your talent on our site. When someone joins the Comic Related family, you get more than just a simple forum. You get our full support for your title. We’ll cover your title extensively through the site, feature your artwork in a number of ways and cover updates as new issues or news is released. You’re helping Comic Related by honoring us with your presence and we’ll honor your work five fold in return.
— What we have to offer:
As one of the fastest growing comic sites on the web, we offer…
* industry news
* comic reviews
* a growing set regular of commentaries and features
* podcast tracking
* convention coverage
* comic film, television and animation coverage hubs
* cover galleries
* Creator’s Corner updates (for those building an indy title or two)
* one of the best comic links pages on the web
* much, much more
Cheers,
Chuck
Arcana Comics: Frozen Wasteland has Arrived
PRESS RELEASE
FROZEN WASTELAND HAS ARRIVED
Frozen Wasteland
Writer Kieran Murphy
Artist Jose Augusto Cano
Cover Artist Carlos Valenzuela
Publisher: Arcana Comics
Format: Trade Paperback Graphic Novel (full color interiors)
Length: 100 pages
Diamond Order Code: SEP073353
Publication date: November 28, 2007
The Frozen Wasteland graphic novel consists of four separate stories
in one book, each centred on four main characters trapped in this
Frozen Wasteland.
Major Jonathon Carson seeks out his lost son in the icy tundra of Las
Vegas, Ricky Di Santos finds himself bumping into an old flame in the
battlefield of a snow covered Los Angeles, Jed Giffin catches up with
his self-centred sister in a freezing Dallas, and Sinead O’Brien
takes to the frozen seas off Miami with a friend from her former life.
Each story examines the suffering caused in these very different
settings as ordinary people try to cope in an environment where each
day is a struggle for survival. Criminals, gangsters and hucksters
duke it out for supremacy in this fractured, frightening and frozen
future America!
Frozen Wasteland is written by Kieran Murphy with artwork by Jose
Augusto (The Pact) Cano and a gorgeous full color cover from Carlos
(Kade, Wolfskin) Valenzuela with a cover price of $9.95 available in
this month’s Previews (Diamond Code: SEP073353).
For more information, please visit Arcana Comics at:
BOOM! Studios: An Open Letter to Concerned Pagans
(The following is from our latest blog posting
here: http://www.boom-
Since announcing SALEM, a five-issue series
written by Chris Morgan and Kevin Walsh shipping
this November, we here at BOOM! Studios have been
inundated with a tremendous positive responseÅ for
the most part. Unfortunately, we have also
received a number of alarmed reactions from the
Pagan community. To address their concerns, Chris
and Kevin have written the following letter:
To All Concerned Parties,
We agree that a comic book that asserts Pagans
are evil and destructive might well be considered
insensitive, offensive and even slanderous.
However, SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS is not that book.
We appreciate your criticisms, but feel they are
based on a mistaken understanding of the true
content of our story.
In SALEM, the religious authorities are an evil
force that persecutes innocents in the witch
trials. They aren’t celebrated in any way and
are, in fact, major villains.
Our protagonist, Elias Hooke, is a reformed
member of the Church who carries a heavy burden
of guilt for the evil he performed for them in
ignorance. And his quest to redeem himself is
one of his main motivations.
More importantly, one of our chief characters,
Hannah Foster, is a healer accused of witchcraft.
She is in no way the “demonized” villain of the
piece. Rather, she is one of the key heroes on a
noble journey to combat evil and save the world.
We welcome your opinions and realize that when
all is said and done, you may still disagree with
what we feel to be a positive depiction of Pagans
and a strong pro-tolerance theme in SALEM. But
we respectfully request that you base such
judgment on the content of the work itself,
rather than incorrect assumptions and incomplete
information.
Because you are correct about one thing –
prejudice in all forms is an ugly thing.
Sincerely,
Kevin Walsh and Chris Morgan
Creators, SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS
Ambrosia, a concerned Pagan, was kind enough to
let us reprint her letter to us. Here it is in
full:
Date: Sep 3, 2007 9:40 PM
Subject: Religious intolerance
Body:
I am an avid comic reader and I am also a pagan.
I have been on this path for many years and my
family and I have fought off hate, bigotry and
verbal abuse due to the large quantity of
misinformation about the craft. To think I would
be safe from this sort of thing in my own genre
of pop culture. I guess I was wrong because
apparently you are publishing a comic named Salem
Queens of Thorns which demonizes witchs and adds
further justification for their torturing and
death. Did you know that in the dark ages 9
million people (mostly women and some children)
were accused, tortured and killed because of lies
and misinformation spread by the church? These
women were midwives, healers and herbalogists.
All of these people were tortured into saying
things that were not true. They were told what to
say by witch hunters. Ever heard of the witch’s
hammer? It was a book comprised of methods to
identify, interigate, torture, prosecute and
finally kill a witch for in the bible it says
“Though not suffer a witch to live” I mean you
all have a least a little sensitivity right?
Would you write a comic putting the jews of the
holocaust in a negative light? What about the
slaves of the south? They practiced voudoun
rituals to scare away slave traders from
abducting them. But no of course everyone has
enough compassion to not cause further distress
to those who have suffered. I and other Pagans
alike are trying to dispell ignorance and create
a more tolerant world to accept our beliefs and
right now you are creating an obstacle to that. I
would look out for more pagan activists and
lobbyists to get involved and speak out against
this assault to our faith. This project was
written in poor taste and is offensive to my
brothers and sisters of the craft. Please take
this into consideration when making such a
decision…
Regretfully yours,
Ambrosia
Hopefully, in printing this, we have put a
preemptive end to this controversy. Thank you for
reading.
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