Press Release: MOENCH & GULACY LIBRARY HITS THE WEB
Posted by Chris Mosby on April 22nd, 2008
April 23, 2008
For Immediate Release
Smashout Comics, an online comics publisher specializing in quality reprints and original
projects, announces the publication of the complete creator-owned works of the long-running team,
Doug Moench & Paul Gulacy.
Best known for their work on Marvel’s Shang-Chi, Master of Kung-Fu, Moench & Gulacy have a large
body of creator-owned projects throughout their professional relationship, and Smashout Comics is
offering all of them for free download on Wowio.com.
First up is Six from Sirius and Six from Sirius II, a tale of futuristic bounty hunters originally
published by Epic Comics.
“Within my body of work, Six from Sirius will always stand as a special project for many reasons,”
says Moench. Creative freedom and control were key, copyright ownership a blessing, and working
with editor Archie Goodwin a relief and a joy. But I always come back to the art, the extra time
and care lavished by Paul Gulacy. After seeing far too many exquisitely penciled Gulacy pages
diminish under inadequate or inappropriate inks, it was a genuine thrill to receive pages inked by
Paul himself, the true Gulacy shining through from start to finish. And then he topped it off by
coloring the pages as well. Hand-colored, with special markers. No matter how many times I look at
this work, it remains gorgeous.”
“One thing that draws me to sci-fi is the immense playground you have to work with,” says Gulacy.
“This story was a labor of love, and Doug was the perfect partner to do the scripting chores
considering his thorough knowledge of the genre. My choice of mediums included marker pens,
acrylics and colored pencils. Six from sirius was one of the most powerful, compelling, thought
provoking stories i’ve ever worked on that still holds up over 25 years later. A real must-see for
sci-fi fans and followers of our work.”
Smashout Comics will soon publish SCI Spy, a James Bond meets outer space tale originally
published by DC/Vertigo. Look for this project on the site in May.
Also in May, Moench & Gulacy will headline a new line of digital anthologies. The first issue of
Smashout 100 will lead off with Blood on Black Satin, a little-seen Moench & Gulacy horror short
story originally published by Eerie in the 1970s.
Finally, Smashout Comics is offering the first issue of the time-hopping Moench series Aztec Ace,
originally published by Eclipse. Moench is joined on Aztec Ace by a variety of artists, including
Michael Hernandez and Dan Day. The remaining issues of the series will follow throughout 2008.
Download Moench & Gulacy’s projects free here:
http://www.wowio.
ABOUT SMASHOUT COMICS
Smashout Comics (www.smashout.net) is an independent comics studio that focuses on online reprints
and original series on Wowio.com, and is responsible for webcomics GAMBLING SOULS, GROUNDED ANGEL,
and THE DRIFTER, the Image print comic STRONGARM, and the how-to books WEBCOMICS 2.0 from Course
PTR and PROFESSIONAL MANGA from Focal Press.
About WOWIO LLC
WOWIO LLC, a privately owned company based in York, PA, opened on the World Wide Web in August
2006 and endeavors to dramatically expand access to important written works by eliminating the
economic, geographic, and logistical barriers of readers. WOWIO is today the only source where
readers can legally download high-quality copyrighted e-books from leading publishers for free.
Readers have access to a wide range of offerings, including works of classic literature, college
textbooks, comic books, and popular fiction and non-fiction titles.
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