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Industry veterans Mike Kennedy (former publisher of Archaia Entertainement) and Wes Harris (former VP of Publishig for Boom! Studios) have announced the forming of a new company: Magnetic Press. The new publisher will focus on graphic novels from creators around the world Already among their upcoming catalogue of books will be: Dave Dorman's WASTED LANDS, JD Morvan and[...]

Planned to debut digitally from Archaia, with a graphic novel to follow next summer, the plans for actress/producer Alyssa Milano's comic Hacktivist appear to have changed, after a preview was given away at San Diego Comic Con. Instead, it is coming out as a monthly series from Archaia Black Label/Boom! Studios Written by Milano, Collin Kelly[...]

It's nearly go time for the floor opening of New York Comic Con 2013, with a little over two hours remaining until the throngs arrive, with panels already

Archaia Entertainment (which merged with Boom! in June of 2013) is known for producing books that have that extra aesthetic appeal, and also for ushering a fairly diverse range of licensed properties into comics form This autumn, it seems that they have recognized and accentuated those traits as something that sets their books apart and[...]

Thrilling Adventure Hour, the new original graphic novel from Archaia is in stores tomorrow, but it actually sold out at the distributor level almost 3 weeks ago After the book debuted at San Diego Comic Con, orders rose rapidly and wiped out the company's backstock. With a 5000 print run, Archaia are going back to press,[...]

To start with here is the third prologue for Head Smash: http://youtu.be/YHi-mpzPn-E This week we’ve been showing you a series of prologue’s for a new

Between the purchase of Archaia and the upcoming release of 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, Boom Studios, where the story comes from, is getting a lot of looks from Hollywood And the rumor swirling the most is that Day Men is the next to get optioned.  The book, Brian Stelfreeze's return to monthly[...]

Ron Richards was there for Image, Filip Sablik and Stephen Christy were there for Boom/Archaia, and Dirk Wood was there for IDW. The first question asked was whether superheroes made sense for the indy comic book companies Ron gave his personal opinion, not that of Image Comics, and said he thinks Marvel and DC have cornered[...]

Allegedly. Boom! Studios has just bought Archaia Studios, Deadline reports: IP is a precious commodity in Hollywood, and now comic book company BOOM! Studios is adding more original properties to its catalog The award-winning comics and graphic novel publisher behind Universal's 2 Guns has acquired Eisner and Harvey Award-winning indie label Archaia Entertainment, which will live on as a BOOM! imprint. Archaia, established in 2002,[...]

The story is amazing, the art is fantastic, and the Archaia stamp on the spine is the indicator that it's going to be a good read I have a good feeling we'll be seeing both Yann and Hugault's names on the Eisner Nominees list this year when it comes to this must-read graphic novel. The Grand[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Brendon Connelly For Jim Henson fans, 2013 will be their Rainbow Connection, as all three of Henson’s most treasured

In August, Bleeding Cool reported on what seemed to be a spate of non-payment or late payment for a number of creators from a number of publishers. They included boutique publisher and repeat Eisner Award winner, Archaia, who seemed to lay the blame on issues with bookstore  distributor Publishers Group West, or PGW I ascertained this[...]

Canada prefers Deadpool to Uncanny X-Force, the UK goes nuts deep for the Star Trek Doctor Who crossover, Japan loves Transformers and Archer & Armstrong, France has a taste for American Vampire, Italy and falls for Archaia's The Grand Duke, Australia really loves Deadpool, Mexico loves Morning Glories, Brazil gets turned on by The Walking[...]

At San Diego Comic Con, a number of Archaia creators gathered to exchange problems and found a number of them were unpaid, with distribution issues being blamed It seems that the company were caught within a perfect storm of bookstore sales vanishing and returns increasing, leaving them with issues with their current bookstore distributor PGW[...]

Case in point: Archaia has just announced Space: 1999. Based on the tv series which ran from 1975-77, Long-lived comic publisher Charlton published a b&w magazine and a comic based on the series at the time, which is remembered for including early work by John Byrne It also featured Gray Morrow art, and I note the[...]

The Mouse Guard hardcover was a hit, with six short original stories promoting Archaia's books Every other publisher should have been so jealous looking at it. And it seems to have worked Archaia's orders for their big expensive fat harcover books are up across the board So the company has made a committment. That every year, material[...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfsrGSj9XdQ It is an impressive volume for no money...

It's expected that most publishers will put out a digital comic alongside its print equivalent. Well, time for a new fuss to begin. Archaia, who have developed a reputation for publishing high end graophic novels with a pop culture appeal, are  to release new material weekly through ComiXology ahead of its print publication Such as  Yehudi Mercado's[...]

Rachel Hope Allison's I'm Not A Plastic Bag, is a graphic novel by Rachel Hope-Allison from Archaia and JeffCorwinConnect Inc Worldless, it's the story of a number of pieces of rubbish, like a supermarket plastic bag and an old umbrella, and their journey to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as a very real island[...]

Debuting at San Diego Comic Con… Title: Conspiracy Of The Planet Of The Apes Creators: Drew Gaska, Christian Berntsen, Rich Handley and Erik Matthews , Matt Busch, Patricio Carbajal, Colo, Dave Dorman, Dan Dussault, Chandra Free, Erik Gist, Lucas Graciano, Scott Hampton, David Hueso, Joe Jusko, Ken Kelly, Timothy Lantz, Leo [...]

Debuting at San Diego Comic Con… strong>Title: Rust: Visitor In The Field Creators: Royden Lepp Publisher: Archaia Available: Booth #2635 High concept: a high-octane adventure set in the prairie lands of an unknown time Life on the Taylor family farm was difficult enough before Jet Jones crashes into the barn, chased by a giant decommissioned [...]

Do let us know if you have anything showing its face there for the first time… Title: The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury: Time Runs Out Creators: Brandon Thomas and Lee Ferguson Publisher: Archaia Entertainment. Available: Booth #2635 High concept: She's the greatest adventurer in this, or any other galaxy, the kind of old-fashioned, classic science-fiction heroine that can[...]

Murder Is Dead Creators: Victor Quinaz and Brent Schooonover with Stacie Ponder and Zachary Quinto. Publisher: Archaia Entertainment. Available: Booth #2635 High concept: Mr Murder tells the story of retired detective Gould Kane, long into his retirement as a top cop, who is now the #1 suspect in the death of his greatest foe,[...]

Also, it never hurts to remind my publisher, Archaia that fans REALLY want their Titanium Rain Vol 2…please, for the love of dog, BE POLITE Insulting my editors doesn't NOT help anyone You can guess why I have to say this. At which point Archaia CEO PJ Bickett popped by "Josh, all you have to do[...]

Seriously, who do Archaia think they are? IDW? At C2E2 they announced the graphic novel adaptation of Jim Henson's A Tale Of Sand. Yesterday they announced a graphic anthologybased on The Immortals movie, by Ben Templesmith, David Mack, Ron Marz and Dennis Calero, all edited by ex-Marvel editor Nate Cosby. Today they have announced another graphic anthology based[...]

And here are the tweets that did it. And here's the book in question... And the comics people and the movie people all chummy together...