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A Distant Soil VOLUME IV Softcover SOLD OUT

by Colleen Doran on May 11th, 2011
Posted In: Blog, A Distant Soil Blog Posts, Blog, Colleen's Work, Culture, Comics, Image Comics

I’m completely sold out of the A Distant Soil Volume IV softcover, and so is Image Comics. Please check with your local comic shop to see if they have any copies available.

I contacted Image last night, and they inform me that Amazon.com has a handful of copies. When I announced we were about to run out here, there was a run on the Amazon shop, sending our ranking into the top 50 graphic novel sales for the day. Which was rather nice.

There don’t appear to be many left, and there isn’t much of a discount, but if you want to grab the last, here’s the order info.

They also have a small quantity of the hardcovers available. They list both the signed/numbered and library editions. However, every single reader who has ordered a hardcover from Amazon has contacted me to complain they did not get the limited, they got the library binding edition instead. So, caveat emptor.

Still, the library edition is a good deal if you want to get a hardcover first print. And here’s the order button.

I have a very small number of signed/numbered limited editions available of all four books. All prices include shipping. Please use the drop down menu for your order options. I can personalize your order. Each book comes with a certificate of authenticity.

ADS SIGNED LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER

And we still have a very limited number of the remarqued editions available. Each comes with a highly detailed commissioned character portrait.

ADS hardcover with sketch

Since each one of these is a special, personalized commission, please be aware that delivery can take 90 days.

We will go back to press with the softcover, but it’s going to take awhile. I will let you know when it is available again.

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DC McQueen designs Image Comics/Shadowline’s new website

by Colleen Doran on May 10th, 2011
Posted In: Blog, Culture, Comics, Image Comics

SHADOWLINE LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
ShadowlineOnline and Tales of Mr. Rhee Debut Today

BERKELEY, CA – 10 May 2011 – Shadowline, LLC, Jim Valentino’s partner studio at Image Comics, home of such hits as MORNING GLORIES, GREEN WAKE, THE INFINITE VACATION, BOMB QUEEN and many more, has announced their new website at www.ShadowlineOnline.com will go live today.

“We felt the website needed a complete overhaul,” said Shadowline President/Publisher, Jim Valentino. “We wanted a site that was easy to navigate, one where it would be easy to purchase our books, with all the latest news and other fun stuff. Our new site, designed by D.C. McQueen, has given us all that and more! We’re very excited to show it to the world!”

The launch will also debut Dirk Manning’s latest web-comic, TALES OF MR. RHEE, which will upload a new page every Tuesday and Thursday.

Valentino continued, “Dirk gave us NIGHTMARE WORLD (now collected in two print volumes with a third set for an October release) and this is his latest venture. This brand new horror series is an excellent addition to our web-comics feature on the site.”

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Savage Dragon has a secret!

by Colleen Doran on November 22nd, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Culture, Comics, Culture, Comics, Image Comics

I haven’t run a nice press release for Erik Larsen in awhile. Awhile brought me into Image. Isn’t he a nice guy? You should buy his comics.

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
Image Comics has a secret… and that secret is the cover and contents of SAVAGE DRAGON #166

It’s an event so unexpected — so shocking — that nothing will ever be the same. And we can’t tell you a thing about it!

Prepare to have your senses shattered this Wednesday with the release of SAVAGE DRAGON #166 from Image Comics — it’s unlike anything you have ever read or imagined! Savage Dragon has reverted to his original identity, the evil Emperor Kurr, and…

…and…

…but that would be telling.

“There was a time when readers didn’t know what to expect from the next issue of their favorite comic book,” says Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen, “There were no sneak peeks, no previews or online news sources spelling out, in excruciating detail, what was going to happen in the comic books that were going to be released — and I think that’s taken away a lot of the excitement of going to the comic book store. I want to bring that excitement back!”

Make no mistake: SAVAGE DRAGON #166 and #167 contain huge, cataclysmic Earth-altering events. Your mind will be blown! Your senses will be shattered! But just this once, we’d prefer not to spell out the how, when and why — we’d prefer you find out about it in the pages of the comics themselves.

“Since stepping down from his roll as Publisher a couple years back, Erik has quietly been producing one of the most uncompromising comics on the market,” adds Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson. “Where a lot of comics offer the illusion of change, SAVAGE DRAGON has continued to push boundaries and the events of these two issues take Erik’s forward-looking approach to its ultimate conclusion. If you’ve ever been interested in this title, you definitely do not want to miss these two issues.”

SAVAGE DRAGON #166 (SEPT100496), a 32-page full-color comic book for $3.50, will be in stores November 24, 2010. SAVAGE DRAGON #167 (OCT100515) continues the shattering finale on December 22, 2010.

© ® Erik Larsen

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A Distant Soil FAQ’s: How about those graphic novels? Future issues of the comic?

by Colleen Doran on August 28th, 2010
Posted In: Blog, A Distant Soil Blog Posts, Blog, A Distant Soil FAQ, Blog, Colleen's Work, Culture, Comics, Culture, Comics, Image Comics

For the many people who have inquired about the graphic novel collections.

The Image Comics collections are:

Volume 1: The Gathering (collects A Distant Soil #1-13, 240 pages, Image Comics, June 1999, ISBN 1887279512)

Volume 2: The Ascendant (collects A Distant Soil #13-25, 240 pages, Image Comics, November 1998, ISBN 1582400180)

Volume 3: The Aria (collects A Distant Soil #26-31, 164 pages, Image Comics, July 2001, ISBN 1582402019)

Volume 4: The Coda (collects A Distant Soil #32-38, 184 pages, Image Comics, softcover, March 2006, ISBN 158240478X, hardcover, November 2005, ISBN 1582405255)

The online comic is currently in the middle of issue 25, which ends at Volume II.

I am working on the final volume of A Distant Soil called Requiem. It’s going to take awhile to complete. YES, I will finish the series in print, in comics form, and it will be collected in a graphic novel edition from Image Comics. YES, I will serialize it online as well. I hope those of you who enjoy the book online will support it by also picking up a GN collection. If not, you have my sincere thanks for coming to my official website, and supporting me via my advertisers.

Issue #39 of A Distant Soil will be out from Image Comics early next year. No, really.

I have several major projects for other publishers on my plate right now, including multiple graphic novels for Vertigo, one with Warren Ellis, Gone to Amerikay with Derek McCulloch, and a graphic novel with Barry Lyga for Houghton Mifflin. The Barry Lyga book is due in a little over a month, so I am on lockdown.

Gone to Amerikay is due in March of next year, and then I should be finished with the Warren Ellis GN in June of 2011. I also have some random smaller works in play as well.

This may sound like a lot – and it is – but it is not impossible to fit in time for A Distant Soil in there, particularly after early October.

I announced that I would be going to live and work in Washington DC for several months this fall to pursue some of my creator rights advocate duties, but I’ve bowed out. I’ve sunk so much time and effort into activism, I need to do my own work for awhile. Congress can pass bad laws without me. I’ve probably devoted more than 6 months of full time effort to activism over the last few years, and that is an expensive investment, in more ways than one.

My work output lately has been excellent. I have not been this productive in years. I went through a terrific slump for awhile, which I guess had to do with the excess of advocacy, health issues and stress. But whatever the bad mojo is, it is gone. If I always worked this way, I’d be finished with everything on my plate right now.

I had a discussion with my beloveds about my farming duties, and all agree I need to cut back. WAY back, so my time is not eaten up by digging up grubs when I need to draw. So, next year there will be a lot less farm labor for me. Can’t say as I’m going to weep about that or anything.

My kitchen duties are rescinded: everyone loves my cooking. No one likes the mess I make.

Lots more time for me to draw. Which is fine by everybody.

I am going to step away from the computer and grab more of the Great Drawing Goodness while it is here. And hope it lasts and lasts and lasts.

The Facebook fan page is here.

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IMAGE COMICS AND COMIXOLOGY LAUNCH APP FOR iOS

by Colleen Doran on August 26th, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Culture, Comics, Culture, Comics, Image Comics

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IMAGE COMICS AND COMIXOLOGY LAUNCH APP FOR iOS
Independent Creators Gain Unparalleled Access to Digital Distribution Through Leading Comic Platform

Berkeley, CA – 26 August 2010 – Image Comics enters the digital market today with the launch of the Image Comics app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The app, developed on the leading digital comic book platform by comiXology, allows fans unprecedented digital access to the creator-owned comics that Image proudly publishes.

The partnership between Image and comiXology offers Image creators a direct line to digital distribution. Among the independent content now available digitally are Image’s most popular titles, including SAVAGE DRAGON, CHEW, BATTLE POPE and Rob Liefeld’s YOUNGBLOOD. The Image Comics app will also be the first to feature work from Todd McFarlane with the inclusion of HAUNT, created in collaboration with Robert Kirkman (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE).

“With the launch of the Image Comics app, we have an opportunity to provide our creators with the digital support that, for many of them, was unattainable before,” says Image Publisher Eric Stephenson. “comiXology has established a very impressive track record of bringing independent content into the digital world. Today represents a milestone in our growth as a company and enables us to increase the availability of the fantastic titles we publish.”

“Our partnership with Image is indicative of our shared vision to help independent creators thrive in the traditional print community as well as the explosive digital marketplace,” adds David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. “The demand for creator-owned content is at an all time high, and we are thrilled to be able to provide fans with what they want. We’re lucky now to work directly with Image and to offer the creators a clear path to the digital market.”

The Image Comics app is now available for free download from the iTunes App Store. In addition to individual issues for ongoing series, which are priced for $1.99, Image will also offer fans issues of several popular Image titles, sneak peeks of upcoming titles, and other exclusive content for free.

About Image Comics
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

About comiXology
Since 2007 comiXology has been developing the technological infrastructure to bring comics into the digital mainstream and expose new audiences to the rich history and culture of the industry. Through partnerships with top comic book publishers including Marvel, DC and BOOM! Studios as well as their own mobile and web apps, hosting over 2300 digital titles, comiXology has become a leader in comic book proliferation. Also focused on creating strong ties with retail stores through its technology solutions, comiXology continues to transform the previously fragmented comic ecosystem into a vibrant and cohesive marketplace.

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