Comic News: Action Lab 3 Day Sale on Comixology

Action Lab 3-Day Sale on Comixology

This Mother's Day weekend, celebrate with Action Lab and Comixology during our first ever 3 Day Comixology Blowout!  All single issues (from Princeless to Double Jumpers to Jetta) are 99 cents.  All OGN's are $2.99!  You can even pick up both of Action Lab's Free Comic Book Day books FREE-ER THAN EVER!

It's the Mother of All Sales, but it's only available for three days!  So pick up that tablet and raid the Action Lab Library!

Go to: http://www.comixology.com/Action-Lab-Sale/comics-collection/1152 and start reading right now

Comic News: Action Labs Announcements Hit Hard in C2 E2

Action Lab’s Big Announcements at C2E2

Saturday, April 27^th, Chicago  -  Over the past two years Action Lab Entertainment has made remarkable strides as a small comic book publisher.  The company has gone from it’s first published work to its first Eisner nomination and on to its first major license (announcing an NFL RushZone comic earlier this year).

However, as they made clear at their first ever appearance at the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 this week, this is only the beginning.  Action Lab announced that it will be making some big moves in working to become one of the premier publishers of both creator-owned and licensed comics.

The first and most striking of Action Lab’s announcements concerns all of its ongoing series.  All of Action Lab’s ongoing books - starting with the books listed in June’s Previews - will be offered at $2.99 instead of their previous standard $3.99.  Not only that, but they will now be a regular standard of 32 pages.  Better yet, their NFL RushZone books will now be available twice monthly and with 20 pages for $1.99.

Additionally, beginning with Jamal Igle’s Molly Danger (in the current previews, available in July), Action Lab will be offering a number of 48 page oversized European style hardcovers at $19.99.  This is coming right on the heels of the release of our first preview of Molly Danger alongside their breakout hit Princeless in their Free Comic Book Day release.

Perhaps even more impressive is that this month marks the launch of Action Lab’s new mature readers line Action Lab: Danger Zone.  This launch will be approximately doubling the size of their monthly catalog and will include a variety of books including:  Ehmm Theory (where a dead man and his talking cat are tasked by St. Peter with a number of insane missions - including fighting zombie circus clowns), The Final Plague (an infestation of undead animals), Ghost Town (a tale of time-travel and terrorism), and Night of the 80’s Undead (a mashup of John Hughes type romance and George Romero type horror).

With all these announcements and this month’s return of Princeless to the stands, this year looks to be the strongest one yet for Action Lab.  And thanks to the launch of their Retailer Network, all retailers can contact them directly to learn about everything they have upcoming by reaching out to coordinator Jeremy Whitley jwhitley@actionlabcomics.com.

Special Report: Action Labs Danger Zone Needs YOU to Kickstart It!!

  As we celebrate Action Labs month here on The Broken Infinite (& on The Ikaricast), we here like to take a moment and tell you that Action Labs needs your help. The new Danger Zone imprint is about to launch with various, mature reader titles. These titles are varied and full of complex, adult situations and themes. Yet, Action Labs needs you help to really make sure that Danger Zone can shoot off to immaculate success.

The Action Labs: Danger Zone Kickstarter is up and running with 11 days left. And there is something for everyone if you donate just $5 all the way to $1000. And the further up you go, the more you get back from this rising company. Action Labs has already been nominated for 2 Eisner Awards, which makes the company a force to be reckoned with. The Kickstarter promises everything from PDFs of comics from the Action Labs: Danger Zone line like The Trip, Double Jumpers, Night of the 80s Undead, Ehmm Theory & more to actually meeting with the Action Labs crew, spending time with them and getting publishing credit in one of their comics.

  Now, we in Broken Infinite believe in their books because we have reviewed them, such as:

Double Jumpers Review  by Jeremias de Leon (Xaos)

The Trip Review by Frankie Rodriguez (yes, me)

Ehmm Theory # 1 by Frankie Rodriguez  (yep, me again)

Ghost Town # 1 by (you guessed it) Frankie Rodriguez


Please check out our reviews of the titles we already looked at to get our impressions of them. And visit the Action Labs: Danger Zone Kickstarter for full details on all the awards you can get for donate.

  So check it out and donate today. Thank you.


 Broken Infinite EIC & Founder

   Frankie Rodriguez (Seraph)

Comic News: Action Labs Gets Dangerous With DANGER ZONE LINE!

ACTION LAB has now entered the DANGER ZONE!

Action Lab Entertainment formerly announced the formation of their new mature readers imprint entitled, Action Lab: Danger Zone, and now the first books from the new line are making their way to release.

Starting this May, fans can pick up a full line of new creator-owned titles via comic book shops, as well as all major digital providers, bookstores, and anywhere comic books are sold. Each month will see new mature-themed titles debut, showcasing boundary pushing, genre-redefining material suited to today’s contemporary comic book readers. Comic shops can already -order titles such as new ongoing series Ehmm Theory, and Ghost Town, as well as the original graphic novel, The Trip , and four more titles-- the ongoing The Final Plague, Night of the 80’s Undead, the trade paperback collection of Double Jumpers, and the SubCulture Omnibus following for pre-order in June. There will be even more new titles, like the cult hit, Zombie Tramp, to release in the months to come!

With the emphasis on fun no-limits content, titles offered range from comedy, to horror, to science fiction, to whatever creators can dream up!  Danger Zone is the place where anything goes, both for readers and creators. As with any independent publisher, Action Lab is tirelessly working to get this exciting material in front of as many eyes as possible, so be sure to check Danger Zone and these new titles out on the web and in the Diamond Previews catalog when you see them. Fans of genre fiction done right have a new home in…the Danger Zone!

You can see a free PDF sampler for the line now here:

Action Labs Danger Zone Sampler

Be sure to find us on the web:

actionlabcomics.com/danger-zone

facebook.com/ActionLabDangerZone

twitter.com/ActionLabDanger

And ask your retailers to support our line!

Action Lab received two Eisner nominations in 2012 for its critically-acclaimed all-ages comic Princeless, and has been praised for its diverse library of titles, including Pirate Eye, Fracture, and works like the upcoming Skyward and Odin Jones.  Be sure to visit the Action Lab website http://www.actionlabcomics.com for more information, including links to social media outlets and submission information.

DANGER ZONE TITLES:

EHMM THEORY 1 - ongoing bi-monthly (series of mini-series)

Writer - Brockton McKinney, Artist - Larkin Ford, Colorist - Jason Strutz

28 pages, full color, $3.99, mature readers

Synopsis - Gabriel Ehmm has awoken to a world where zombie 'little people' rise from graves, someone calling himself Saint Peter offers bargains, and his pet kitten can now talk. Connected by blood and straddling the afterlife, Gabe and Mr. Whispers (the aforementioned talking cat) begin a universe-spanning adventure in the first issue of this mind-bending and genre-blending new series.

Publication: May 2013

Diamond Order Code: MAR130763

GHOST TOWN 1 - ongoing bi-monthly (series of mini-series)

Writer - Dave Dwonch (Double Jumpers), Artist - Justin Greenwood (Resurection, Wasteland), Colorist - Brian Dyck

32 pages, full color, $3.99, mature readers

Synopsis - Moments after scientists create a time machine, terrorists steal and weaponize the device, sending bombs into the future. Las Vegas evaporates in flame as the terrorists reveal their future target: Washington DC. Now, the FBI must find the terrorists before the capital becomes a Ghost Town. The clock is ticking.

Publication: May 2013

Diamond Order Code: MAR130765

THE TRIP - original graphic novel

Writer - Jesse Grillo, Artist - David Brame, Colorist - Heather Breckel

96 pages, full color, $14.95, mature readers

Synopsis - A group of college kids on a desert-baked road trip take a Native American drug that unlocks their deepest fears. Now, if a teenager and his grandfather from the local reservation can’t find them in time, they’re going to have to face their own personal terrors, or be consumed by them! The Trip is an Indian drug fueled ride into horror!!

Publication: May 2013

Diamond Order Code: MAR130764

THE FINAL PLAGUE 1 - ongoing bi-monthly (series of mini-series)

Writer – JD Arnold, Artist – Tony Guaraldi-Brown

28 pages, full color, $3.99, mature readers

Synopsis - The Final Plague has begun, and with it mankind's final hours. Can a rural Iowan family survive the initial onslaught of crazed, rabid animals, presumably the product of a mutated super-virus? Or will they succumb to the plague that threatens to end all life as we know it?

Publication: JUNE 2013

Diamond Order Code: APR130759

NIGHT OF THE 80’S UNDEAD 1 - bi-monthly 3 issue mini-series

Writer – Jason Martin, Artist – Bill McKay

28 pages, full color, $3.99, mature readers

Synopsis - It's 1986, and Russia's last ditch cold war effort is to strike at our American excess lifestyle with bio-engineered Colombian cocaine. What happens when two girls out for a good time cross paths with a huge celebrity party hyped up on commie zombie blow?!?! Radical undead action man! Totally!!

Publication: JUNE 2013

Diamond Order Code: APR130760

DOUBLE JUMPERS – trade paperback

Writer – Dave Dwonch, Artist – Bill Blankenship

104 pages, full color, $14.95, mature readers

Synopsis - The cult hit of 2012 is finally collected! After Jason and his team of programmers get stuck in their virtual reality game, Dungeon Lords, they must find a way back to the real world. Unbeknownst to them, the fantasy characters they inhabit have taken control of their bodies… and now wizards and warriors run free in Las Vegas!

Publication: JUNE 2013

Diamond Order Code: APR130763

SUBCULTURE OMBIMUS

Writer – Kevin Freeman, Artist – Stan Yan

344 pages, b&w (sc), spot color (hc), $24.99 (sc), $39.99 (hc), mature readers

Synopsis - Everything SubCulture in one book!  Join Jason, Arthur, Noel and the entire Kingdom Comix crew as they live--and enjoy--the geek life in this funny and poignant look at fanboy (and fangirl) culture.  This 344-page tome collects the critically-acclaimed four-issue mini-series plus all 501 webcomics published between 2008 and 2012.  Also includes dozens of strips from guest artists, pinups, and behind-the-scenes features.  Also comes in a limited edition hardcover!

Publication: JUNE 2013

Diamond Order Code: APR130761 (sc); APR 130762 (hc)

ABOUT ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

Action Lab Entertainment was founded in 2010 by a group of independent comic creators with the sole intent to bring the world the most action packed, thought-provoking, entertaining comics available, thereby ushering in a new age of world peace under the dominating, yet benign control of the Action Lab. Action Lab Entertainment is the public front for all the activities of the Action Lab and its members. Although most of the Action Lab’s activities remain classified, Action Lab Entertainment can disclose that two of its many functions are the marketing of comic books through various sales outlets, and the expansion of their domination into other mediums.