Wednesday, August 22, 2007

New Comics Day – The Nightmare Factory Edition

Hello boys & girls – I have to make today’s entry a quick one since I’m shooting a horror short film tonight… but more on that later. We’re currently counting down the days until the release of The Nightmare Factory, our third graphic novel! We’ll be debuting a nice bit of the (incredible) art shortly, but to help familiarize you with the book here’s a bit of press release-goodness for you to chew on:

“In July 2006, Fox Atomic created a partnership with their sister company HarperCollins to publish and distribute branded graphic novels from Fox Atomic Comics. THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY (Harper Paperbacks/Fox Atomic Comics; $17.99; TP; ISBN 13: 9780061243530; on-sale: September 4, 2007), the third book to be released as part of this joint venture, is based on the work of Thomas Ligotti, a horror master for whom the New York Times coined the phrase “philosophical horror” to describe his groundbreaking work. With THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY, four of Ligotti’s most terrifying stories are adapted by four distinct writer/artist teams.

“In “The Last Feast of Harlequin,” writer Stuart Moore and artist Colleen Doran tell of an anthropologist’s journey into a surreal winter carnival, where he witnesses an ancient rite of human sacrifice to grotesque worm-like creatures. Ben Templesmith’s art accompanies Stuart Moore’s adaptation of “Dream of a Mannikin,” the story of a patient and psychiatrist bound together in a horrific dream. In “Doctor Locrian’s Asylum,” writer Joe Harris teams with artist Ted McKeever to bring to life a small town living in the shadow of a looming asylum with a monstrous past. And in the final story, Joe Harris and artist Michael Gaydos team up to adapt a strange urban legend that robs artists of their desire to create art when they’re confronted with horrible revelations. Each story is more terrifying than the next, and the talent assembled brings a new dimension to a legendary horror writer’s most chilling work.”

Man, I want to BUY that book! Oh wait… yea, I still wanna buy it.

Also, as you know Wednesday = New Comics Day, and my picks for this week are below. Of my pics from last week, I particularly enjoyed Booster Gold #1 (BUY IT NOW!), Hellblazer #235, Highwaymen #3, and the aforementioned Doktor Sleepless. So, without further ado, here’re this weeks pics:

BATMAN #668
BATMAN LOBO DEADLY SERIOUS #1
COUNTDOWN 36
GREEN ARROW YEAR ONE #4
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #15 (LOVE THE SINESTRO CORPS ARC)
JSA CLASSIFIED #29
OUTSIDERS FIVE OF A KIND WEEK 4
SUPERMAN #666 (NICE)
INVINCIBLE #45
REPO #3 (OF 5)
WALKING DEAD #40 (MUST ADMIT… THE SERIES IS STARTING TO BORE ME ZZZZZ)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #543
ASTONISHING X-MEN #22
CABLE DEADPOOL #44
HALO UPRISING #1
IMMORTAL IRON FIST #8
IRON MAN #21
THE ORDER #2
THUNDERBOLTS #116
WOLVERINE #56
X-MEN #202
GAMEKEEPER #4
NEXUS #99 SPACE OPERA
TANK GIRL THE GIFTING #3

Later

1 comment:

marc bernardin said...

hey, man...thanks for the shout-out!