Action Lab : Digital First Press Release

Action Lab Entertainment

Canonsburg, PA

http://www.actionlabcomics.com

Action Lab continues expansion with digital debuts in October!

October 21, 2013

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Action Lab Entertainment, which recently added the mature readers line Danger Zone, to its Eisner-nominated and ever-growing catalog, continues to grow its well-received creator-owned offerings with brand new titles debuting digitally and in new formats this fall.

Released in conjunction with ComiXology at NYCC, the publisher debuted two new titles, and new installments, in the digital provider’s revolutionary new guided view technology. Guided view gives readers the ability to experience comic books in a seamless new format on screens and devices in a more immersive cinematic style.  And now, Action Lab follows that up with more new titles debuting exclusively in digital formats, from multiple applications, each week this October!

Here’s the line-up and schedule for our exciting new DIGITAL DEBUTS:

AVAILABLE NOW:

MOLLY DANGER: Comics legend JAMAL IGLE’S MOLLY DANGER is already one of the hottest books to hit stores this year, and now the story continues in the  DIGITALLY-EXCLUSIVE GUIDED VIEW format!  Whether it’s read in the luscious over-sized graphic album format, or the amazing digital reconfiguration, MOLLY DANGER is all-ages high adventure with a story and art that adult fans will enjoy and bring fun and excitement back to the superhero genre with a totally fresh take on the genre!

VAMPLETS: Quite possibly the cutest little undead ever, GAYLE MIDDLETON’S VAMPLETS has been one of the hottest new properties here at ACTION LAB and now this cartoon gothic tale from the designer of My Little Ponies continues in its DIGITALLY EXCLUSIVE GUIDED VIEW format on COMIXOLOGY! See what all the EXCITEMENT is about as a young woman finds out her new babysitting job might be more than she can handle!

BO PLUSHY GANGSTA: What if Teddy Ruxpin listened to NWA!? The outrageous and hysterical BO PLUSHY GANGSTA from ACTION LAB’S Mature Readers line DANGER ZONE and Russian video game artist PAVEL BALABANOV answer that question, and put the baddest man on the streets into the body of a teddy bear! Bo’s outlandish street-level exploits are available EXCLUSIVELY as a DIGITAL DEBUT, in Guided View format, before they hits print this January! 

ITTY BITTY BUNNIES IN RAINBOW PIXIE CANDY LAND: More irreverent humor from ACTION LAB: DANGER ZONE, DEAN RANKINE’S (Bongo Comics, Mad Australia) ITTY BITTY BUNNIES will appeal to fans of HAPPY TREE FRIENDS and REN AND STIMPY, and the crazy antics of these butt-naked drug-tripping cartoon critters will be available EXCLUSIVELY in Guided View digital format before they hit print in 2014!

RELEASING EACH WEEK - STARTING OCTOBER 16TH:

ZOMBIE TRAMP: She’s got the looks, now she wants the BRAAAAAIIINS!, The cult hit cartoon grind-house comic series ZOMBIE TRAMP by DAN MENDOZA, has found a new home at ACTION LAB: DANGER ZONE. Now you can get to know The Street-walking Dead in this new volume via digital outlets before the sequel series hits stores later this month! 

CRIMSON SOCIETY: In a world where the children of the night and mankind live together in a fragile peace, one young werewolf wants nothing more than to be just a man… MIKE HUNAU’S CRIMSON SOCIETY joins the DIGITAL DEBUTS beginning with a new zero issue only available from ACTION LAB: DANGER ZONE in digital first format, just in time for Halloween! 

SCUM OF THE EARTH: Finally, the sci-fi grindhouse extravaganza SCUM OF THE EARTH by MARK BERTOLINI and ROB CROONENBORGHS rears its alien-stompin’, ass-kickin’ head as another amazing DIGITAL DEBUT entry from ACTION LAB: DANGER ZONE before it hits the stands!

“We are proud that Action Lab is on the cutting edge of digital comic book technology,” says Action Lab president Kevin Freeman.  “These titles all lend themselves perfectly to the digital format, and the Guided View books are nothing short of spectacular.  Our readers are going to absolutely love these books.”

Danger Zone Publisher Jason Martin adds, “While Action Lab remains firmly committed to print comics, offering material digitally, and in new formats, gives us the opportunity to push the envelope even more with our content and offer even more exciting titles from rising global talent! I can tell you, as a creator also myself, Guided View is exactly the evolution of comics from printed page to digital screens that completely works and takes the medium to the next level, without being gimmicky or insulting to the language of the art form. We’re absolutely ecstatic to utilize these new digital formats to better showcase some of the eye-popping comics coming your way from our line!”   

All of these amazing new titles will be in addition to our complete library of titles being offered via all major digital providers, including; ComiXology, Comics Plus, Diamond Digital, and ActilonLabComics.com. And of course in addition to print titles in comic book retail outlets and bookstores via Diamond Distribution. 

ACTION LAB’S DIGITAL DEBUTS: EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, EXCITING CREATORS, A WHOLE NEW WAY TO READ COMICS!!

ABOUT ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

Action Lab was founded in 2010, and received two Eisner nominations in 2012 for its critically-acclaimed all-ages comic Princeless. The publisher has been praised for its diverse library of creator-owned and licensed titles including; Skyward, Ehmm Theory, Pirate Eye and works like the brand new Molly Danger and Vamplets. Action Lab: Danger Zone is the mature readers line from Action Lab entertainment, that features a full range of genre defying creator-owned material.

Be sure to visit the Action Lab website http://www.actionlabcomics.com for more information on all of their titles, orhttp://www.actionlabcomics.com/action-lab-digital for information on the new Digital First offerings.

LADY GAGA RETURNS TO SPOTLIGHT IN NEW COMIC BOOK

To celebrate Lady Gaga's comeback forthcoming album, ARTPOP, Bluewater Productions  is offering yet another sequel to the Fame: Lady Gaga the comic book series.

Fame: Lady Gaga #3 is biography comic book based on Lady Gaga's career presented in a pop art style.  Created by Michael Troy who wrote the Adele, Demi Lovato and Honey Boo Boo comic books. A must have for any “Little Monster”.

“With the impending release of her pop art centric ARTPOP album- it seemed like the perfect opportunity to celebrate Lady Gaga's career with a career spanning biography comic in a decidedly pop art style”, said creator Michael Troy. 

“This is the 3^rd book in the installment of the Fame: Lady Gaga trilogy” said publisher Darren G. Davis.  “ We wanted to do something a little more fun with this one for the fans.  Being in the Pop Art style, Andy Warhol would be proud”. 

Fame: Lady Gaga graphic novel edition is in print on Amazon and can be ordered in bookstores.  Also sold-out issues 1 and 2 of the series can be gotten wherever digital books are sold such as ITunes, Nook & Kindle. 

Bluewater Comics biography comic book series has been featured on CNN, The Today Show and in Billboard, Rolling Stone, People Magazine as well as many other publication.

To find the book on iTunes please click here:

http://bit.ly/1cWRXfG

You can get the print copies at Comic Flea Market by clicking here: http://bit.ly/16oDmYp

You can download these titles on Wowio, ComiXology, DriveThru Comics, Google Play, My Digital Comics, Overdrive, Iverse, PanelFly, iTunes, Kindle, Wowio, Nook, Kobo and wherever eBooks are sold.

To download a five-page preview plus covers please click here:

http://WWW.BLUEWATERPROD.COM/comics/LadyGaga3files.zip

Interviews and PDF Review copies are available upon request. Please feel free to use the cover image & pages for your publication.

About Bluewater Productions:

Bluewater Productions Inc. is one of the top independent production studios of comic books, young adult books and graphic novels. Its extensive catalog of titles includes the bestsellers “10^th Muse” and “The Legend of Isis” ”Bluewater publishes comic books in partnership with entertainment icon William Shatner (“TekWar Chronicles”), legendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen (“Wrath of the Titans,” “Sinbad: Rogue of Mars,” “Jason and the Argonauts,” et al) and celebrated actor Vincent Price (“Vincent Price Presents”), Additionally, Bluewater publishes a highly successful line of biographical comics under the titles “Female Force” and “Political Power.” Bluewater aims to unite cutting-edge art and engaging stories produced by its stable of the publishing industry’s top artists and writers. For more information, visit www.bluewaterprod.com

Darren G. Davis

Bluewater Productions INC

11500 NE 76th Street Suite A3

Vancouver, WA 98662

Direct Line: 360-828-5404

ddavis@Bluewaterprod.com

www.Bluewaterprod.com

Asylum Press and Pretend For Real Studios Team Up To Develop Gritty Horror Franchise Rough House

Trailer for upcoming film and comic book series Rough House now on YouTube

September 26, 2013 (Los Angeles) Asylum Press and Pretend For Real Studios have released a trailer for their upcoming film and several comic book preview pages for their latest horror franchise entitled Rough House.

Rough House is a gritty, action-packed horror movie and comic book series that examines innocent victims thrown into a caged fighting match with deranged serial killers where they fight to the death.  

Rough House combines the brutal ruckus of Fight Club, the twisted horror of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and drapes it under a cloak of a government black ops conspiracy.

The story begins with an athletic young woman known only as “The Girl” who is kidnapped and thrown into a bizarre world of masked serial killers who torment their victims in brutal underground fights, backyard wrestling matches and deadly mixed martial arts bouts.  She soon proves herself able to hold her own in death matches against colorful masked killers with names like “Bone Job”, “Baby Fat, and “Skeeter the Devil Boy”. Once inside the Rough House ,“The Girl” uncovers dark secrets that possibly link her to a secret government program and to the fighters themselves. As “The Girl’s” psyche is worn down by brainwashing and psychotropic drugs, she becomes more and more of a stone cold killer herself. She must decide whether she will escape the Rough House or stay focused on her true target, the ringleader called “Big Daddy.”

Rough House is based on a story idea and trailer created by Mike L. Taylor of Pretend For Real Studios and a feature length screenplay written by Elizabeth J. Musgrave (Farmhouse,Darwin’s Pâté).

The project will be released as a digital first 4-issue comic book mini-series through Asylum Press and later in print as a graphic novel.

“I have a long history as a comic book artist and I am thrilled to see my movie concept brought to life on the comic book page,” says creator Mike L. Taylor. “We put together a great teaser trailer, we have a killer script and we’re in the process of doing storyboards and concept art for the film.”

“Mike gave me an outline and together we were able to create an interestingly warped world,” reveals writer Elizabeth J. Musgrave. “Each member of “Big Daddy’s” crew is a trained killer, but I tried to inject a tormented soul to each one.”

“We are excited to release this first glimpse into Rough House,” explains publisher Frank Forte. “It’s a dark, twisted tale that delves into what would happen if the victims in a slasher film were bad ass fighters themselves that could give the killers a run for their money…and show the viewer some brutal fight scenes in the process.  We also delve into MK-Ultra, The CIA, Black Ops and government conspiracies, it's very twisted.” ”

The Rough House trailer was directed by Mike L. Taylor based on a script by Elizabeth Fine and a story by Mike L. Taylor.  It features Ramona Cast (Rad Girls) as “The Girl”, David Yow (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard) as “Big Daddy”, Devyn Ashley as “Baby Fat”, Noshir Dalal as “Bone Job”, Maria Kanellis (WWE DIVA, Playboy) as “Trixxi”, Mike Bray as “Skeeter” and Carlos Cespedes as “Trixxi’s victim”, Rob Czar and Ganesh Hennings as “Dead Heads”,  Nick Seone  as “ear donor” and Brandon Riley, Matt Fry, Joel Peterson, Brian Testa, Mike L. Taylor, Ganesh Hennings  as “Baby Fat’s fans”, Brandon Riley was co-producer, Mike Spatola was make-up FX Supervisor, Anton David was stylist, music by Fantasizer, sound design by Micah Johnson, Matte Paintings by Brandon Riley.

Rough House the comic book will be available digitally on iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Mac and PC via the following apps: Comixology, ComicsPlus, Graphicly, My Digital Comics, iBooks, DriveThruComics, and AVE Comics.

Sample pages:
 

Rough House Trailer Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZjxBOngSEs&feature=youtu.be

Rough House Comic Preview Link

http://www.asylumpress.com/titles/rough-house/

ABOUT ASYLUM PRESS

Asylum Press is a publishing company that produces premium comic books and graphic novels within the horror, science fiction, and action genres. Some of Asylum Press’ titles include Fearless Dawn, Warlash, Zombie Terrors, Undead Evil, EEEK!, Chopper and Asylum of Horrors. The books feature original, character-driven stories and cinematic artwork by top creators and newly discovered talent that will appeal to not only comic book fans, but also mainstream fiction readers who don't normally buy comics. Asylum Press delivers its books via a bold new business model that focuses on digital publishing and new distribution outlets in both the American and international markets. Asylum Press is distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors, SCB Distributors, Ingram, and Baker & Taylor.  Distribution in the United Kingdom is handled by Turnaround Distribution.

ABOUT PRETEND FOR REAL STUDIOS:

Pretend For Real Studios is a digital effects and animation studio located in Burbank, CA. The studio is owned by Mike L. Taylor, a television director and DP whose credits include The Bachelor and Rock Of Love. Pretend For Real Studios have created music videos for Twiztid, Girls And Corpses magazine, and the Moonshine Bandits with over a million views combined.

Frank Forte

Publisher

Asylum Press

PO Box 2875

Hollywood CA 90078

www.asylumpress.com

www.twitter.com/asylumpress

Frank Forte

Publisher

Asylum Press

PO Box 2875

Hollywood CA 90078

www.asylumpress.com

www.twitter.com/asylumpress

Comic News: Skyward #1 Goes to Second Print

Press Release

Sold-Out Skyward #1 Goes to Second Printing

The first issue of Skyward, the breakaway sold-out hit from Action Lab Entertainment, will return to stores with a second printing at the end of September.  .

“All of us were blown away with the immediate success of Skyward,” says Action Lab President Kevin Freeman.  “The book got some fantastic early press and flew off the shelves as a result.  We know there are a number of readers who are anxious to get their hands on this book, and our re-release of the title gives them that chance.”

Skyward was recently announced as the first ongoing series for Action Lab, which has published limited series, one-shots, and original graphic novels to date. 

The book retails for $2.99