Arcana Newsletter for February 2010, Newsletter Volume 7, Issue 2 February
20, 2010
This Month in February
- Arcana Charity Campaign
- GearHead TPB
- This Month in Previews
- This Month on Shelves
- Interview with Steven Prouse
Arcana Charity Campaign
The new year has already provided many joys, many difficulties and many
opportunities for all of us. Arcana is proud to announce it has recently
donated hundreds of all age books to Camp Can-Do
([http://www.cancer.
ACS) including The Gwaii, Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom and the
Art of ReBoot. Kelli Rivera, the assistant director for sibling week, has
been with the organization for 10 years said "I used to watch ReBoot all
the time and we love the books you sent. Thank you so much for your
donation and please spread the word about the camp".
Camp Can-Do is an excellent organization that really makes a difference
and allows a kid to be a kid. Provided free of charge by the American
Cancer Society, Camp Can-Do is a week-long camp for children with cancer,
and Camp Can-Do II is a week-long camp for siblings of children with
cancer.
Haitian artist Rene Dittmer and Arcana raised almost $1000 selling sketch
various covers with all proceeds going to directly to Haitian relief. Rene
and his family were lucky to be alive after the devastating 7.0 earthquake
struck on January 12th, but his hometown of Port-au-Prince was left in
ruins. He is sending updates when he can and we are all hoping for the
best for him and his family. Rene has worked on storyboards and concept
designs for Arcana's upcoming project, Kleo.
Arcana has also recently participated in Maple Creek Middle's Literacy
Conference giving away numerous comics, including The Clockwork Girl and A
Cat Named Haiku, and also presented work shops for middle school students
on developing comics and graphic novels. As well, Arcana has donated books
for the Comic Slop at the Hayward Leadership Public School in California to
support their comic book club.
Arcana has many more plans for charity events in 2010, and if you have a
charity or event, please do not hesitate to contact us to see if we can
help.
GearHead TPB
On a mission to find her brother and in search of the destiny she never
knew she had, Shelby's life is about to get interesting. Join her on a road
trip that leads from the drag strip all the way to the White House. Like
her father before her, she is GearHead.
Created by Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon, the comic in currently
optioned by Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures. Collecting the first
four issues, along with never before seen pinups and commentary, GearHead
is here to stay.
Buy the book now: [http://www.arcana.
http://www.arcana.
In Previews
[http://www.koniwave
April, Arcana will be publishing Arcana Presents 2010 (JAN10 0717),
Anywhere #5 (JAN10 0718), Don Bluth's Space Ace TPB (JAN10 0719), Grunts
War Stories TPB (JAN10 0720), Paradox GN (JAN10 0721), Anywhere #6 (FEB10
0660), Fafnir The Dragon GN (FEB10 0661), and Gauze TPB (FEB10 0662).
Shipping This Month
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New Year this January and February with the release of Arcana Magazine #1
(NOV09 0599), Anywhere #3 (NOV09 0600), Avengelyne vs Koni Waves Oneshot
(NOV09 0601), Cat Named Haiku (NOV09 0602), Miracle GN (NOV09 0603), and
Anywhere #4 (DEC09 0661) .
Interview with Steven Prouse
[http://www.arcanaco
This month, Arcana's Vice President of Marketing, Jimmy DaSilva interviews
Steven Prouse, writer of the original graphic novel, Coin Operated Boy.
JD: Steven, can you give a synopsis of what Coin Operated Boy is about for
those not familiar with it?
SP: Coin Operated Boy is the story of a girl named Genesis and her
bedroom, in general, with men. She blows through them pretty steadily, but
is increasingly tired of the emotional baggage they seem to bring to the
table. Her solution: create a robot boy to fulfill her fun times while
dumping nothing heavy on her. Things go wrong when the boy becomes self
aware and tries to protect his creator from everything, including her
friends.
JD: How did you come up with the idea for the story?
SP: I had this close friend in college who was really the big bang for
Genesis. Our conversations revolved around how complicated relationships
are and how we just wished we could get a little action without all that
baggage. She seemed to be every man's (and a few women's) wet dream. She
was absolutely brilliant, but her down time was beyond exciting.
I wanted to tell a story about our friendship, but in a way that showed
the pure comfort we had with each other and didn't want to do just another
sappy, slice-of-life sort of story. I had this story in skeletal form when
I heard the Dresden Dolls' "Coin Operated Boy." I absolutely loved it, but
the general empty love message I saw in the song made me want to tell a
story where that sort of connection is only fleeting (as is, in my opinion,
the general concept of love). What Genie finds in her friend at the end is
far more secure and important than a romance.
JD: What inspires you as a writer?
SP: The human condition; people, relationships, philosphy, theology,
politics... how people interact and define their world. Random
conversations, smells, other things I read... all of these can ignite a
spark in the back of my head.
JD: How did you decide on bringing Coin Operated Boy to Arcana?
SP: I've been familiar with Arcana since the early Kade days and wanted
to work with a comic publisher with a proven track record for producing
high quality books, but small enough that Coin Operated wouldn't get lost
in the monthly melee.
JD: Are there any other projects you are working on?
SP: Always... I am currently working on a mini-series titled "Stink Fist"
about a futuristic world where the corporate reanimation of corpses as
slave labor won out over robotics. I have a few other things in the works
on various other comics, film, and television projects - nothing developed
enough to talk about now - and am currently writing an erotica novel (the
first chapter is in my notes on my facebook page).
JD: Before we go, is there anything else you would like to say to fans?
SP: Don't buy the hype... take candy from as many strangers as would
offer.
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