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Arcana Newsletter for November 2010, Newsletter Volume 7, Issue 11 November 29,
2010
This Month in November
1. Clockwork Girl Comes to Life
2. League of Super Evil
3. Arcana Donates to Comic Book Connection Initiative
4. Erik Hendrix Named VP of Promotions
5. Wonderdog, Inc. GN
6. This Month in Previews
7. This Month on Shelves
8. Interview with Erik Hendrix
The Clockwork Girl - The Comic Book Comes To Life!
[1]Vancouver, British Columbia - Luximation Films Producers, Deboragh Gabler
and [2]Sean O'Reilly, are excited to announce their animation production of
"The Clockwork Girl" is underway. It is the first of a string of animated films
based on graphic novels published by Arcana Studios in 2007.
"The Clockwork Girl" is a coming of age story of Tesla, a robot girl, Huxley, a
monster boy, who embark on a journey to save their world from destruction.
Under the creative eye of director Kevin Hanna, "The Clockwork Girl" comes
alive with Alexa Vega ("Spy Kids"), as the voice of Tesla, Jesse McCartney
("Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Horton Hears a Who") as Huxley, Carrie-Anne Moss
("Matrix," "Chocolate") as Admiral Wells, Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves
Raymond) as T-Bolt and Jeffrey Tambour (Arrested Development) as Wilhelm. Their
adventure will surely give audiences a trip of a lifetime.
Luximation Films Inc. was created by uniting two different mediums - Sean
O'Reilly's graphic novel and Deboragh Gabler's film production - into one
creative vision. Together they are excited to embark on a unique journey with
"The Clockwork Girl."
[3]Sean O'Reilly found Arcana Studios and has established great relationships
with Diamond Distributors, printers, retailers, readers, creators, William
Morris and many production partners. Arcana Comics has over 100 original
graphic novels in its library that have reached sales of over 1,000,000 units.
Arcana is found in fifteen different countries and translated into seven
languages across the globe. Winning the Shuster Award for Top Publisher, the
Moonbeam Award for Top Children's Graphic Novel and BIV's Top 40 Under 40 Award
are just a few of the accolades that Arcana has achieved.
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Deboragh Gabler founded Legacy Filmworks Ltd. in 1996 to develop quality films
for the international marketplace. Since then, the Vancouver-based production
company has earned several prestigious awards, including four Emmys, a George
F. Peabody award and numerous film festival awards. Other recent releases by
Legacy Filmworks include "A Dangerous Man," starring Steven Segal and "The
Legend of the Dancing Ninja," starring David Hasselhoff and Lucas Grabel.
League of Super Evil Comes To Arcana
The hit animated series, League of Super Evil, comes to Arcana in the League Of
Super Evil Comics Special! Armed with a whole new approach to badness, The
League of Super Evil (L.O.S.E.) follows four super villians who have set their
sights on nothing less than total neighbourhood domination! These four may
think they're bad to the core, but with no budget, no skills, and not a heck of
a lot of brain power, evil is the last thing they really are!
Features two stories: Swimming with Sharks - a battle to keep the neighbourhood
kid away from the inflatable pool, and One Zillion - The Great Voltar's quest
to accumulate the most TV channels EVER!
L.O.S.E. can be seen on Cartoon Network and YTV. This book is appropriate for
kids, but great for adults too!
Diamond Code: NOV10 0714
ISBN: 9781926914121
64 Pages, Full Color
$7.99
Arcana Donates to the Comic Book Connection Initiative
Arcana Studio is proud to participate in the Comic Book Connection Initiative
donating thousands of comics to the program with provides books to children
ages 4 to 14, as well as our troops overseas.
The Comic Book Connection Initiative is an Ohio-based charity that donates
comics to kids at local homeless shelters, food pantries, hospitals, and
after-school programs for economically depressed areas.
Started by Fate Spears, a lifelong fan of the comic book medium, it was clear
to her that so much enjoyment can be had between the covers of almost any comic
book. It is also clear that her hobby can help many children. While it is easy
to point out the benefits of literacy with using the comic book as a template,
they can also provide sources for inspiration from the heroic deeds detailed in
the book.
If you would like to participate in the Comic Book Connection Initiative,
please send your comic book donations to:
Comic Book Connection Initiative
c/o Comic Town
1249 Morse Rd.
Columbus, OH 43229
Erik Hendrix Named Arcana Vice President of Promotions
[4]
Arcana is pleased to announce the hiring of Erik Hendrix as the Vice President
of Promotions. Erik got his start in comics participating int he Small Press
Idol competition in 2009. He ran through the guantlet, picking up some of the
tricks industry pros use to get themselves out there - not just quality books,
but self-promotion, visibility, and tenacity. By the end of the competition,
which he won with his book Faction, Erik had several books running through
submissions circuit and, by the end of the year, had three books slated for
release from Arcan, couple of books read to self publish, and a solid group of
industry friends. In 2010, while working on SP! Nexus Magazine as Editor in
Chief and as a judge in Small Press Idol 2010, he was approached to help out
with and later take on the Editor in Chief role of Zedura Magazine. Several
issues later and heading towards and into 2011, Erik has several trades being
released by Arcana Comics, the reigns of Zedura, and the drive to do more to
help make Arcana a success.
On the position, Erik Hendrix said, "I'm very excited to delve further into the
world of Arcana and help the current and next generation of creators get their
books out there and seen by the masses. After meeting up with Sean and Mark in
person at SDCC this year, I couldn't imagine a better group to associate myself
with. Their drive to succeed, excitement for the industry, and plans for 2011
and beyond tell me I'm hopping in at just the right time!"
Wonderdog, Inc.
[5]Koni Waves Ryan Robertson's summer plans are put on hold when he discovers
he'll be staying at his grandfather's farm while his parents travel to Europe.
Just as he grows accustomed to life without Internet, he and his grandfather
are traveling to Bolivia in search of the Fountain of Youth. On the way he
learns the truth about his family and the secrets of... Wonderdog, Inc.
Buy the book now: [6]http://www.arcanacomics.com/store/
In Previews
[7]This month in Previews, for items shipping January, Arcana will be
publishing 51 Delta GN (NOV10 0709), Shadowflame: Curse of the Cortes Stone
#1 (NOV10 0710), Frozen Wasteland GN (NOV10 0711), Hexen Hammers GN (NOV10
0712), Hyper Actives (NOV10 0713), League of Super Evil GN (NOV10 0714), and
Pixies HC (NOV10 0715).
Shipping This Month
[8]Marlow This November Arcana has the comics you give thanks for wants with
the release of Arcana Team Up TP (SEP10 0770), Olive Peril GN (SEP10 0771), Poe
& Phillips GN (SEP10 0772), Shadowflame GN (SEP10 0773), and Stranger Danger GN
(SEP10 0775).
Interview with Erik Hendrix[9] Corrective Measures
This month, Arcana sits down with the new man behind promotions at Arcana and
Zedura Editor-In-Chief, Erik Hendrix.
A: First off, congratulations on the new position. How did you get your start
with Arcana?
EH: It all started with a little horror book called the Evil Tree... I was
researching publishers to find the right home for some of the projects I was
working on. As I was emailing around, I ended up asking Mark Poulton, the VP of
Operations, various questions about the publisher and really liked what he had
to say, how responsive he was in general, and the direction Arcana was going. I
loved the fact that Arcana was actively looking for ideas that were a little
different and felt that some of my ideas fit perfectly there... As I discussed
things further with Mark and Sean, I came to realize that quite a few of my
ideas really belonged with the publisher.
A: How do you find the time for all of your projects?
EH: Time management and basically squeezing every minute out that I can working
on one project or another. With some things, I've been spending the last two
years writing scripts, so it's just a matter of waiting for artists to catch up
to me. With other things, it's just forcing in the time, sacrificing things in
the name of art... mainly sleep. It all comes down to the passion behind the
ideas, though... If I have something burning a hole in my head, I have to get
it out, or I won't be doing much sleeping anyway. Sometimes, though, sleep is
just what I need to help me come up with new ideas. Bottom line, though, it's
fun, I'm passionate about it, it's work, and I know the end game - getting the
books out there to entertain the masses.
A: What's the key to good promotion?
EH: Good promotion is basically whatever you need to do to make your book
visible to your target audience. There is no one size fits all audience out
there, everyone has different tastes, so it's a matter of finding the people
who like what you're doing and getting your book in front of them so they can
pick it up. Conventions, signings at stores, podcasts, online promoting, and
lots of other little things. A: There's a rumor your starting a "bootcamp"
for Arcana creators. What should they expect? EH: After meeting up with some
other great Arcana creators at both San Diego Comic Con and Long Beach Comic
Con, I realized that there are a lot of things some of us can learn from each
other. The hope with the "bootcamp" idea is to give all of the Arcana creators
tools to help find their target audience and cultivate them. It's not going to
be lessons on how to survive with little or no sleep; that's simple - caffeine
and, if you can handle it in copious amounts, sugar. A: What do you have in
store for Arcana fans this upcoming year?
EH: Well, I'm currently working on four projects under the Arcana banner, but
knowing me, that could double in the next few months. The four are all OGN's...
The Evil Tree, a horror story of love and loss through the generations and the
lengths a group of friends will go to save each other. The Insomniac: Justice
Never Sleeps is the story of a detective who can't sleep. SideShows is a period
piece about former SideShow attractions in the 1950's. Blank Slate is a cat and
mouse thriller... I know, I'm not giving many details, but as the books get
closer to release, I'll share more, of course.
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5. http://www.arcanacomics.com/store/
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