Congratulations are in order for the Bolton brothers and their web comic Smash. They just signed a fantastic deal with Candlewick Press, and we soon will have the opportunity to read Smash in print! Hurray! I’m a huge fan. Here is the press release.
In her enthusiastic review for the School Library Journal blog, Elizabeth Bird wrote, “If [Smash] follows the lead of such other successful webcomics as Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Jellaby in print form, I will be well pleased.” And now, they’re doing just that!
Chris and Kyle Bolton, the creators of Smash (www.SmashComic.com), are thrilled to announce that they’ve signed a deal to have Season One of their webcomic published by Candlewick Press, the home of such acclaimed children’s books as the Judy Moody, Girl Detective series and the novels of Kate DiCamillo (The Tale of Despereaux).
Smash is an all-ages webcomic about a ten-year-old boy who absorbs the powers of his superhero idol — along with his greatest villain! The entire first season is still available for free online, and the Bolton brothers are hard at work on Season Two, which they expect to debut in September. No publication date has been set for the book.
Their editor at Candlewick is Mary Lee Donovan, who loved and believed in this project at first glance. The Bolton brothers are represented by Bernadette Baker-Baughman of the Baker’s Mark Literary Agency.
Venger Prime #1
Art/Story by Aaron A Baniewicz
44 Pages
Full Color
(Synopsis)
On a quiet Sunday afternoon, Aaron Cash was driving on his way home from a visit to his mother. Along the way through a wooded area, he witnesses the crashing of an alien craft. Aaron approaches the fallen alien craft and is teleported into the ship where he is met by an alien named Zardius Prime, who warns him of an impending doom that shall soon fall upon his world.
Trusting Aaron, He gives Aaron a special item and tells him to activate it when the time is right. Meanwhile, in deep space, The Ky’lar (the threat in which Zardius warned Aaron about) makes their way close to earth and dispatch a spy droid to spy upon Zardius and kill him. The droid informs the Ky’Lar that Zardius has made contact with a human (Aaron) and then send the droid to capture Aaron. The droid hunts down Aaron after a long chase through downtown Edge City and then Zardius appears to rescue Aaron. While Zardius and the droid do battle, Aaron activates the item and is transformed into a powerful being. Thus Venger Prime is born.
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BariTales is a web comic that’s beginning to find its feet on the net. The comic stars two cute unknown-kinda-species characters, Blubari and DumDum as they TRY their best to make their audience (You) find the comic funny, and more importantly, get the joke.
The creator of BariTales had this to say.
It’s been 3 long and hard years trying to get the Baritales of Blubari off the ground, and while the comics have not been an overnight hit, I have thoroughly enjoyed doing it.
Business is finally picking up, as they say, and after furnishing the site with a brand new hit-counter just a month or so ago, it’s been heartening to see those numbers rise, albeit a little slowly.
Still, with hardwork, dedication, and lots of love, Baritales will continue to grow and hopefully achieve the greatness it was made for.
The Boy with Nails for Eyes is a part-animated fantasy web-comic. The story is set in a gray town, grimy and grim, trapped by a half-ring of factories hard by the sea. It follows a boy named Bobby as he sets out to save the girl he loves, who is threatened by a monstrous hunger lurking at the town’s heart. As his quest progresses he is drawn into a wider conflict, a battle not just for his love, but for the fate of the town itself.
Unlike a great deal of online animated comics, The Boy with Nails for Eyes retains reader control of pacing that is a central feature of printed comics; in effect, the viewer is in control of the story, rather than the other way round. It also makes use of minimal navigation, allowing full immersion in the narrative.
“The Boy with Nails for Eyes … may well be one of the best web-comics (or web-comic experiences) to hit the Internet in a long time.”
Mike Podgorski, Examiner.com
“The Boy with Nails for Eyes is a highly accomplished and visually evocative piece of work…”
Craig Smith, Motion Comics (review page)
Chapter 1 of Orion the Hunter will be complete on Tuesday of next week with Episode 11. Soon after we’ll be releasing Chapter 1 as a high resolution digital download featuring a cover by Joe Querio and a pin up by one of our upcoming guest artists — Guy Davis (the 2009 Eisner Winner), Larry Stroman (of Alien Legion fame), or Jim Califiore ( of Aquaman and Exiles).
The digital editions will be $1 and will be available directly on our website in PDF, PSP compatible, and CBZ formats.
The Orion the Hunter digital editions will be the first, but Belter will also be collected into high resolution digital editions as each chapter is completed. There are also currently plans to release a flip book print edition with chapters of Orion the Hunter on one side and Belter on the other plus additional material such as the aforementioned pinups.
We will also soon be announcing our new partnership to produce $1 chapters for distribution to iPhones and the entire iPhamily (iPod and iPad).
Thanks for all the help you guys have given us in making Orion the Hunter such a success.
