arcanacomics.com

Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures has gotten into gear for “Gearhead,” buying the film rights to the graphic novel.

Hurd will produce “Gearhead,” which was created by Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon and published as a four-issue series by Arcana Comics.

Story revolves around a young woman who leaves the drag strip to team up with a group of rebels to fight the corrupt superheroes who govern the U.S.

Continued here:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996118.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zESyOVtmwG4

Gale Anne Hurd has produced and written some of the most successful action/science-fiction films ever made. Terminator, Armageddon, and not one, but two versions of the Incredible Hulk! Plus, she’s a comic book fan. How could she be any cooler?

Continued here:

http://movieblog.ugo.com/index.php/movieblog/more/gale_ann_hurd_on_the_hulk_magdalena_and_the_boston_stranglers/

Local artist Jeff Balke sends an invite to all Geek To Me readers to his upcoming comic book signing to promote his latest work ‘Velvet Rope’ from Arcana Comics. The following message reached me via geek-mail:

“Admit one to a new collection of horrifying tales! Grab your popcorn and candy, as Velvet, the beautiful usher from beyond the grave introduces Arcana’s brand of spine tingling horror in this annual anthology which includes deadly glimpses of upcoming Arcana titles Baker’s Dozen, Club Vampire, and Daddy’s Little Girl as well as an all-new Eve: Vampire Diva short.”

Stop by Graham Cracker Comics on Wednesday October 29th in Lincoln Park (Chicago) between 5-8pm and meet colorist Jeff Balke who has also worked on books such as Koni Waves: War of the Independents, Talon, Arena, the Sire and many more. Along with signing his new book “VELVET ROPE” there will also be…

FREE limited edition prints for the first 20 people (not artwork shown)

FREE Sketch Colorings
Limited edition prints of a NEW character and creative team
Be sure to visit Jeff, check out his new book, and tell him that you read about it on Geek To Me!

Continued here:

http://weblogs.redeyechicago.com/geektome/2008/10/geekin-out-comi.html

Admit one to a new collection of horrifying tales!

Grab your popcorn and candy, as Velvet, the beautiful usher from beyond the grave introduces Arcana’s brand of spine tingling horror in this annual anthology which includes deadly glimpses of upcoming Arcana titles Baker’s Dozen, Club Vampire, and Daddy’s Little Girl as well as an all-new Eve: Vampire Diva short.

Featuring stories from some of the top up and coming creators around like Mark Poulton, Bruce A Brown, and Frank LaPerch, Velvet Rope is sure to make a killing at the box office!

Continued here:

http://www.newmooncomics.com/

The making of Gauze
by: Dave Hamann and Gerrin Tramis
Dave Hamann

Good evening Boils and Ghouls, my name is Dave Hamann, penciler for Gauze issue 1 and the covers for the series.

Today I will be giving you a step-by-step sneak peak behind the curtain at my humble little penciling process for Gauze.

I’ll be showing you from concept to layouts, and all the way to finishes on a few pages and covers for this series.

First we’ll start with the cover for issue 2 of Gauze.

It all begins with an email from writer/creator Gerrin Tramis to myself. In it, containing a brief description of the events taking place, the character(s) to be depicted and a small set up of the scene with a thumbnail of what he has in his head. (this same process was used for all the covers.)
It’s not that common for me to get a thumbnail from a writer, but hey, it removes a lot of the guesswork on my part and Gerrin gets what he wants so it’s a win-win for everyone!

Here we have Shauna Mitchell, mother and drug addict depicted alone in her apartment bedroom prior to shoot up. (For the kids!) So the mood is obviously somber and I choose some lighting to reflect that.

First we have the image Gerrin sent me, and then the layout I sent back to him.

Continued here:

http://www.comicmonsters.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=207

2008 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards!

The judging of the 2008 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards is now complete,
and the final results are listed below, and also viewable online at

http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1250

Updates about awards packets, publicity, etc. will be sent to medalists next
week.

Here are the 2008 Moonbeam Children¹s Book Awards results, arranged by
category. Congratulations to our gold, silver and bronze medalists in all 31
Moonbeam Awards categories, plus the Moonbeam Spirit and Peacemaker of the
Year gold medal winners.

The 138 medalists listed below were chosen from a total of 1,085 entries (an
average of 36 per category). Many of these books are by little-known
authors, illustrators and publishers from around the world, and we’re proud
to bring them to the attention of the children’s book audience. Creating
books that inspire our children to read, to learn, and to dream is an
extremely important task, and these awards were conceived to reward those
efforts. Thanks to everyone involved for sharing their wonderful works of
art. Congratulations to all!

21. Comic/Graphic Novel

Gold: Ropes of Revolution, by J. Gunderson; illustrated by Brent Schoonover
(Stone Arch Books)
Silver: The Clockwork Girl, by Sean O¹Reilly and Kevin Hanna; Todd Demong,
Art Director (Arcana Comics)
Bronze: The Secret Adventures of Hamster Sam: Attack of the Evil Boll
Weevils! written and illustrated by Dave McDonald (DM Creative Publishing)

Gerrin Tramis and Sean OReilly talk about the upcoming slasher comic

Warning: There is a new slasher on the loose.

Coming later this year from Arcana Comics is GAUZE. We spoke with writer, Gerrin Tramis, and Arcana Studios’ publisher, Sean O’Reilly, about the project.

The Big Bad Wolf: Tell us about the comic, GAUZE.

Sean O’Reilly: I met Gerrin at Emerald City Comic Con and we started talking about The Cube and it’s director. Gerrin was a film student at the time and we talked about filming a short that would look cool and smart.

Continued here:

http://www.comicmonsters.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=873

My pick for Book of the Week (and what probably would have been Evie’s pick too, had she not known it was going to be mine) Tales of Penance: Trial of the Century Issue #2, from Arcana Comics.

This book features story and plot by Sean Wise and Paul Gilligan, brilliantly paced Scripting by Ryan Foley, art by Gian Fernando (credited as GOOF) and pitch-perfect colors by something called “EvE” - about which no further information can be easily googled.

So here’s your back o’ the trade blurb for this one.

ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE TAKES ON SUPERHERO STORYTELLING IN YEARS.

Here’s another one.

RIVALS THE BEST OF POWERS, ALIAS, OR GOTHAM CENTRAL.

And I mean both of them.

Continued here:

http://awesomedbycomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Penance

Announcing the 2009 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Semifinalist Results Semifinalists chosen from 1,085 entries:

21. Comic/Graphic Novel

The Clockwork Girl, by Sean O’Reilly and Kevin Hanna; Todd Demong, Art Director (Arcana Comics); Ropes of Revolution, by J. Gunderson; illustrated by Brent Schoonover (Stone Arch Books); The Secret Adventures of Hamster Sam: Attack of the Evil Boll Weevils! written and illustrated by Dave McDonald (DM Creative Publishing)

For the full article, please go here:

http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1250