At Broken Frontier here, you can read my interview with writer Nate Bowden and artist Doug Dabbs. They are the creators of Holliday, an OGN that is released later this month, and is an entertaining crime tale that re-imagines Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp and other Wild West gunslingers in the 21st century.
Archaia are known for producing great looking OGNs, and Siegfried from creator Alex Alice, certainly fits that bill. Below is the new trailer for the first book, which has had success in France and has now been translated for us English speakers. In fact we devoted an entire episode of the Extra Sequential podcast to the great Jim Henson books that Archaia have created recently, and so far, Siegfried (which will be released in June) seems to be getting the same kind of deserved buzz.
ARCHAIA ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF ANIMATED ‘SIEGFRIED’ TRAILER
Feature-Quality Animation Heralds Release of Alex Alice’s Epic Graphic Novel ‘Siegfried’
Eisner Award-winning publisher Archaia Entertainment is proud to announce the online premiere of the English-language trailer for their upcoming release of Alex Alice’sSIEGFRIED, the first volume in an epic trilogy of graphic novels inspired by the Richard Wagner operatic cycle, “The Ring of the Nibelung.”
Based on the medieval Germanic mythology of the Nibelungenlied, SIEGFRIED tells the story of a child discovered in the woods by a dwarf-goblin who raises the boy in protective secrecy. As he grows older, however, the boy discovers that he is more than just a lost orphan—he has a destiny planned by Odin, the father of the Norse gods, to fight the dragon Fafnir, guardian of the forbidden Rheingold. This beloved tale of high fantasy and epic heroic discovery is known to have inspired countless well-known classics, including J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
To introduce the series to a North American audience, Archaia has released a feature-quality animated trailer created by Pendragon Imageforge and directed by series author and artist Alex Alice. Originally created as a stylistic proof-of-concept for an animated feature film, plans for the full production are set to resume now that Alice has completed the trilogy of graphic novels.
Volume 1 of the SIEGFRIED graphic novel will release in June, with the second and third volumes to follow in 2013.
For more information, visit http://www.archaia.com/archaia-titles/siegfried/.
If you missed Free Comic Book Day on May 5, you may be able to get some leftovers form your kind comics retailer. Otherwise, you can at least grab Dark Horse’s offerings this year as their two flipbooks are now available for download.
DARK HORSE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY COMICS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FOR LIMITED TIME!
If you missed out on picking up your Free Comic Book Day comics at your local comic-book store, you can get them from Dark Horse Digital for a limited time!
Both Star Wars/Serenity and Buffy/The Guild will be available for free download on Dark Horse Digital starting today and running through the end of May.
Dark Horse Digital is available through all modern web browsers and features cloud storage in both the Android (beta) and iOS apps.
Make sure to check out these awesome titles from Dark Horse and support Free Comic Book Day! Free Comic Book Day has happened the first Saturday in May every year since 2002—ten years in the running!
For more information on Free Comic Book Day, visit FreeComicBookDay.com.
To find and support your local comic shop, visit ComicShopLocator.com.
57 mins. Yes, it’s the big finish, our fond farewell, our last hurrah. In our most rambling episode yet, we talk about a bunch of comics, Turok, the master of sit-com theme songs, an awkward Italian song contest, David Bowie’s wife, Michael Jackson as Spider-Man, alternate cinematic realities, and much more! Fare thee well and thanks so much for listening!
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2:10 NEWS
Joss Whedon’s film Cabin in the Woods will actually get a limited theatrical run in Sydney and Melbourne
The Dark Knight Rises, and The Amazing Spider-Man trailers
Mark Waid’s comics website, Thrillbent launches
Charles Burns’ upcoming The Hive
Free Comic Book Day thoughts
14:33 WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING
Buffy Season 8 motion comic. A must for fans of the TV series.
Perfect Strangers: The Video Game. “Nothing’s gonna stop me now!”
Road to Perdition. Featuring a baddie Daniel Craig.
Archaia’s great Hard Cover freebie.
The Strange Talent of Luther Strode. Blood, and stuff.
Daredevil Volume 1. Mark Waid, Marcos Martin and Paolo Rivera bring the fun back to superhero stories.
The Cartoon Crier. Depressing, but free!
Showcase Presents The Spectre. 620 pages of righteous vengeance and criminals getting their gruesome comeuppance!
There’s a good look at baddie The Lizard in this latest Spidey reboot trailer, which opens July. It appears to be more bright and fun than The Dark Knight Rises, which opens the same month.
It’s that time again! The annual, worldwide event that is Free Comic Book Day. Most comic shops take part, so why not see The Avengers and head on down, and bring a friend, or your kids, to discover the wonder of sequential art. Here’s a look at me with a few of this year’s goodies, and here’s a look at the dozens of comics available.
Opening on July 20, and set 8 years after TDK is the final instalment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. Exploding bridges, Bane, Catwoman, and a flying car – it’s all here.
You can catch the 2:19 long trailer right here or below. At The Avengers premiere I saw a trailer that looked different than this, so I guess that was just a teaser.
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