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There will be a fair number of exclusives and premieres from Oni Press at the San Diego Comic Con, and the company sent Major Spoilers a breakdown of its events. And there’s bound to be some Scott Pilgrim news too!
Oni Press is going to continue its search for new artistic talent at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con Internation July 22nd – 27th. Take the jump for all the details direct from the company.
The official movie trailer for the Kate Beckensale and Gabriel Macht Whiteout movie hit the Intardwebz with a fury today. The film is based on the Greg Rucka/Steve Lieber thriller with the same name from Oni Press.
A U.S. deputy marshal, (Kate Beckinsale), the only one assigned to Antarctica, must investigate a murder on the frozen continent within three days before the arctic winter begins. She crosses paths with a U.N. operative (Gabriel Macht), also investigating the murder.
Oni Press has provided Major Spoilers a 20 page sneak peek of the second volume of the Wonton Soup series. Wonton Soup Vol. 2: Hyper Wonton Soup 2 TwoTon Soup: The Quickening 2…Soup arrives in stores this week!
Press Release
For the month of June, The Art Institute of Portland Gallery is hosting Portland comic book artist Joëlle Jones and writer Jamie S. Rich in a unique first look at their collaborated graphic novel You Have Killed Me, due this July from Oni Press. On view will be excerpts and original pages from the book, as well at the opportunity to speak to the artist and writer about the new book and the creative process behind it.
The Gallery show, titled “Comic Noir: The Art of Joëlle Jones,” will debut on First Thursday (June 4th) with an artist reception from 6-8 p.m where pre-orders will be taken for creator signed copies of the upcoming book, You Have Killed Me.
Jones and Rich first collaborated on the acclaimed comic book 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, and have since shown up as a team in the pages of Popgun, Portland Noir, and Madman Atomic Comics. Jones also did the cover and interior illustrations for Rich’s novel Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?.
Separately, they have multiple creative works between them. Jones has contributed to the long-running comic series Fables at DC/Vertigo, and she drew the Minx young-adult graphic novel Token, written by Alisa Kwitney. Rich has published four prose novels, including Cut My Hair, I Was Someone Dead, and The Everlasting, and wrote the comics series Love the Way You Love, illustrated by Marc Ellerby. He served as the editor-in-chief at Oni Press from 1999 until 2004 and has also worked on the editorial staff at Dark Horse Comics.
The exhibit will run June 4th – 30th. Gallery hours are Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. ; and Saturday 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Edgar Wright offers fans of the Scott Pilgrim series another blog entire to keep everyone posted on the progress of the movie.
Oni Press is a Gold Sponsor of this year’s Free Comic Book Day, which meanss the company has at least one title it is giving away for free.
RESURRECTION #0 – FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2009
By Marc Guggenheim and Justin GreenwoodFrom the writer of Marvel’s AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comes a science fiction epic that explores the aftermath of Earth’s most brutal conflict. For ten years the alien invaders have laid waste to our planet, but now they’ve vanished, leaving the survivors with two questions – “Where did the ‘bugs’ go?” and “Where does humanity go from here?” It’s existential questions, alien-fueled intrigue, and some of the biggest action in comics today! Also includes a preview of STEPHEN COLBERT’S TEK JANSEN!
The FCBD issue is 32-pages in full color! And it’s FREE!
Can’t wait to get your mitts on this issue? Well Dear Reader, we’ve got your back with a sneak peek after the jump!
Press Release
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My good friend Douglas E. Sherwood (Oni Press) proposed a tribute show based around his favorite X-Men character, Kitty Pryde. His own personal experiences with having hemophilia his entire life also inspired him to make the show a fundraiser for the Hemophilia Treatment Center at OHSU. So we’ve asked dozens of comic artists, graphic designers, and illustrators to do their rendition of Kitty Pryde for this May’s First Thursday show. We’ll have original pieces and prints for sale and 100% of the proceeds go the the HTC.
LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Over 70 artists including: Bryan Lee O’Malley, Farel Dalrymple, Nathan Fox, Vasilis Lolos, Jeffrey Brown, Tom Neely, Brandon Graham, Corey Lewis, Zack Soto and more!
WHAT: Kitty Pryde tribute show, fundraiser for HTC
WHEN: Thursday, May 7th, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave #101
Edgar Wright, the director behind the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs. The World movie, posted this introductory video at the official Scott Pilgrim movie website over the weekend, in which he gives fans a hint of things to come.
Coming up this weekend in San Francisco is the 2009 WonderCon (February 27 – March 1). Oni Press will be in booth #519, and will premiere the second volume of North World: The Epic of Conrad by Lars Brown.
Conrad’s given up his life of action and adventure and become an accountant — and in the middle of a quest, no less! But can our intrepid hero truly leave his days of swords and battle behind him or will he finish the job the guild sent him to his hometown to complete? It’s a clash of family loyalty and heroic destiny in the conclusion of the Epic of Conrad!
To go along with the release, Oni has a several other events and specials going on this week:
EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED PREVIEW AT iFANBOY.COM!
Going live Friday the 27th to correspond with the WonderCon premier of the book, check out this gigantic preview of NORTH WORLD VOL. 2 exclusively at ifanboy.com!
More exclusives, signing schedule and panel after the jump.
Oni Press is gearing up to have a good time at the 2009 New York Comic Con with the big release of Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe. Oni has sent Major Spoilers a rundown of its events, panels, and signing for the convention.
From Oni Press:
Oni Press is in New York City for this year’s New York Comic Con! February 6th – 8th we’ll be strutting our stuff at booth #1413. Come by and check out our eclectic library of titles including the premiere of:
SCOTT PILGRIM VOLUME 5: SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE UNIVERSE
by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Scott Pilgrim is at the top of his game: he just turned 24, he moved in with the girl of his dreams, and he defeated at least half of The League of Ramona’s Evil Exes. But life at the top is treacherous and if things can’t possibly get any better for Scott, it means they can only get infinitely worse! Scott’s band is in total turmoil, his own exes have all boarded the train to crazy town, and Ramona’s evil exes have started appearing in pairs! And what’s up with Ramona, anyway? She’s been acting kinda weird ever since she and Scott moved in together. It’s the second-to-last volume of the Scott Pilgrim series and it looks like Scott’s precious little life has come back around to bite him in the butt!
Press Release
From the writer of YOUNG X-MEN, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and the co-creator of television’s ELI STONE comes a science fiction epic that explores the aftermath of Earth’s most brutal conflict. For ten years the alien invaders have laid waste to our planet, but now they’ve vanished, leaving the survivors with two questions – “Where did they go?” and “Where does humanity go from here?” It’s existential questions with alien-fueled intrigue, and there’s no better time to get on board as Oni Press is proud to announce its Gold Sponsorship for this years FREE COMIC BOOK DAY coupled with a $6 RESURRECTION trade paperback!
“We want to give fans who might have missed out on the first arc a quick introduction and an easy way to get caught up,” said managing editor Randal C. Jarrell. “The FCBD issue, RESURRECTION #0, is a stand-alone issue that can be picked up and enjoyed independent of any knowledge of the previous series. If they like it, and we know they will, then they can turn around and on the same day pick up the entire first arc of RESURRECTION for just six bucks!”
Bryan Lee O’Malley has unveiled the cover to Scott Pilgrim #5. Behold!
It’s too bad we still have to wait until February 2009 to read this. Perhaps by then a certain someone will return our copies of the first four volumes so we can talk about the series on the show.
The azure bug is out of a home! And so’s the giant squid! And so’s the Rat-man! For a change of pace, Batman fights the Joker… Kirk gets his ride pimped… Constantine gets his groove back… And Rodrigo ends up sword-fighting his way past the palace guard and riding out of town in style, only to end up huddling in an inn while a reality storm passes overhead.
Show Notes after the Jump!
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