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Studio 407 has picked up the Smuggling Spirits series from the defunct Ambrosia publishing and is releasing the Ben Fisher and Michael Henderson as a trade this April.
Studio 407’s managing director Alex Leung says “We picked up Smuggling Spirits from Ambrosia, and we thought it was an incredible book that went under the radar, and did not get the exposure it deserved when it was first released in single volumes. I think both Ben and Michael are incredible talents to watch for and their skills have meshed perfectly to produce an incredibly unique storytelling experience. We feel extremely fortunate to be involved with this book.”
Studio 407 has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek, that you can read after the jump.
Press Release
January 19, 2008 – Studio 407 proudly announces a comic book deal with THIRTEEN GHOSTS writer Neal Marshall Stevens. Studio 407 teams up with Stevens on two series, the futuristic action thriller “Havoc Brigade”, which will be in stores on March 25, 2009 and the horror adventure “Demon Squad” which will be out later this year.
We’ve said goodbye to 2008,and we’re ready to kick off 2009,with good news for Mark Millar fans,bad news for Wizard,the hunt gets wild,a trinity gets broken,and worlds collide,the dead walk,vampires among us, dogs and cats, living together… TOTAL CHAOS! Plus: Who will voice Hal Jordan? Which metallic naked guy is better? What evil lurks on the high seas?
Show Notes after the Jump!
While the human undead genre may be tapped out, Studio 407 plans on taking the zombie genre to a new level with alien zombies in its new series Netherworld.
“I’ve been writing genre for as long as I can remember. So, I was kicking around a novel idea and was trying to describe the creature concept in the story to a friend and made the off-hand comment, “well it’s not like they’re alien zombies or anything…” Jones continues “And I stopped. And I thought, hmm…. that would be kind of awesome. Alien zombies. Hell, I gotta write that! And suddenly, Netherworld became my obsession. Everything else that I had been writing, planning to write or thinking about writing, got put to the side and I started hammering the keyboard like a mad person. And Netherworld came out in a flourish of alien body parts, political intrigue, humans running for their lives and lots and lots of blood,” said series writer Chad Jones in a prepared statement.
Check out a sneak peek of the first issue, after the jump.
Studio 407 has announced a distribution deal with Argentina’s Altercomics to release four of Altercomics titles in North America. The four titles picked up by Studio 407 are The Spark, Jailed, Primordial Man and Fictionauts. The first book released will be The Spark graphic novel by Martin Renard and Nahuel Sagarnaga Cozman.
“We are very pleased that Studio-407 has chosen our stories and demonstrated so much interest in publishing them.” Explains Matias, publisher at Altercomics. “We feel more like a part of their family now and we hope that all the US readers can enjoy these books as much as the readers in Latin America have.”
Studio 407 has provided an 11-page sneak peek of the issue that arrives in March 2009.
Studio 407 and Myriad Pictures have announced plans to bring the upcoming Night Projectionist series to the big screen. In the last couple of weeks Studio 407 and Myriad have announced first look deals that will also bring Hybrid to theaters.
Story takes place on Halloween Eve in a small-town movie theater, where an all-night Draculathon draws throngs of moviegoers who suddenly find themselves locked inside the theater, which is slowly filling with vampires.
The first issue of Night Projectionist arrives in February.
Studio 407 has a brand new one-shot arriving in stores this February that has a team of explorerers jumping through various fictional worlds to correct anomalies in pop culture. The premise is pretty trippy, so Studio 407 sent along a sneak peek of the one-shot.
Studio 407 will release its Hybrid series in trade paperback form on February 25, 2009. If you didn’t get a chance to read the individual issues, now might be a good time to read the collection before the movie adaptation hits theaters.
“This was a real opportunity to take an old fashioned genre, the classic monster story, and bring it into the 21st century. says Hybrid writer Peter Kwong. “The ‘hybrid” is unlike any creature that you’ve ever seen; yet, like all classical monsters, it’s very much rooted in contemporary fears and anxieties. That always makes it more interesting as a writer, and, I hope, the audience will agree.”
Studio 407 has provided a sneak peek at the first issue, that you can read after the jump.
Studio 407 has sent Major Spoilers its rundown of tiles and cover images for items arriving in stores in April 2009. It’s a short list, but one that might be of interest to some. Most interesting to me is the Smuggling Spirits trade featuring monsters during the 1920s.
Studio 407 has announced a brand new horror anthology that features vampires, a planet of terror, and a town beset by demons. Shadow Chronicles arrives in January 2009, and is the company’s first anthology book. Studio 407 sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek, that you can see after the jump.
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