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PRESS RELEASES
25/Feb/08
ORANG UTAN COMICS ON THE MARCH IN MARCH.
UK independent studio/publisher hits the convention circuit next month.
This March you’ve got two chances to catch up with the crew behind Orang Utan Comics. The UK indie favourites are taking to the road to promote two new titles, and also to give some of their hard working creators a much needed break. “We’ve been extremely busy since the start of the year” said Managing Editor and Co-Founder Ian Sharman”. “And it will be good to drag myself away from my PC long enough to meet some readers and catch up with other creators”.
On March 8th-9th OUC will be attending Collectormania at the GMex in Manchester. “We were big convention goers as fans and we love convention season even more now” OUC’s Cherie Donovan said. And later in the month on the 22nd Orang Utan Comics will be appearing at The Web & Mini Comix Thing in London (http://ukwebcomixthing.co.uk/) alongside a host of highly rated independent and online publishers and creators.
The two titles that Orang Utan Comics are unleashing in March are Baby Boomers and Eleventh Hour (Collector’s Edition). Baby Boomers, from the twisted minds of new creators Richard McAuliffe and Chad Cicconi, has been described as “Calvin and Hobbes meets Spy vs Spy”. This first issue seems sure to take sibling rivalry to a whole new level.
The Collector’s Edition of Eleventh Hour combines both existing issues of the critically acclaimed anthology title in a 64 page softcover trade. “If you haven’t had the chance to pick up the first two issues this is a great way to catch up with Eleventh Hour.” said Co-Founder Peter Rogers, “And with some new art, and introduction by Paul Cornell and another amazing cover from our resident painter Azim Akberali it’s well worth getting even if you already have the single issues”.
March is just the beginning and Orang Utan Comics have many more convention appearances planned this year, and some more exciting books set to launch too.
For more information on Orang Utan Comics and what else they have planned for 2008, visit them online at www.orangutancomics.co.uk
04/Feb/08
ORANG UTAN MAKES BABIES GO BOOM!
Baby Boomers is twisted fun in two tiny packages.
UK
independent publisher Orang Utan Comics announced a new title today which they are describing as “Calvin and Hobbes meets Spy vs Spy”. Baby Boomers is a heartwarming tale of two adorable infants and their ongoing desire to cause each other as much physical pain as possible.
Join writer Richard McAuliffe and artist Chad Cicconi as they do their part to convince the next generation of comic readers that perhaps having children might not be the best option to take. While at the same time reassuring those who have already spawned that things really could be much worse.
“As soon as I saw the sample pages I new this was a title that we had to get out there” said Orang Utan Comics founder Peter Rogers. “No Universe, no continuity, no convoluted backstory. Just two babies fighting with Jerry Bruckheimer producing and John Woo in the director’s chair. Baby Boomers is as high concept as it gets and that’s why it works. Simple but never stupid, Baby Boomers is like a classic newspaper humour strip on steroids.”
McAuliffe and Cicconi are both relative newcomers and Baby Boomers is their first published work. McAuliffe had this to say about the title “I just hope people like it and find it funny (if they do its all in the writing, if not... blame the artist, he won't mind). I'd like to thank all the people who saw snippets of this online and gave us so much encouragement to make the move into print.”
“I had a great time working on this book, and I'm excited to see it in print” added artist Chad Cicconi. “Thanks to Orang Utan Comics for agreeing to publish this crazy thing, and to our friends on the Comic Geek Speak and Geek Syndicate forums for their input and comments, and for giving us their enthusiasm to push forward with this project.”
Baby Boomers is scheduled to launch at this year’s Web and Mini Comix Thing in
London
http://ukwebcomixthing.co.uk/ . And it will also be available to buy online at the Orang Utan Comics site from March.
For more information on Orang Utan Comics and what else they have planned for 2008, visit them online at www.orangutancomics.co.uk
23/Jan/08
ORANG UTAN COMICS TAKE IT TO THE WICKWIRE.
UK
independent studio/publisher heads Stateside for 2008.
After a very successful 2007 Orang Utan Comics announced today that they are branching out into the
US
with the appointment of Trey Wickwire as their “North American Representative”.
Wickwire joined Orang Utan Comics in September 2007 bringing with him his military sci fi series “Mamluk” and a number of other projects in the development stages. He will be combining writing and editing with a PR and talent scout role essentially making him OUC’s man on the ground in
America
.
Founder Peter Rogers said “We made a splash in the
UK
last year, launching two issues of our anthology title Eleventh Hour. We were also very active on the convention circuit over here too. With Trey onboard hopefully we can make the same kind of impact on the other side of the pond”
Wickwire has already assembled an impressive team for his own Mamluk title. Pencils are by rising star Steven Yarborough (Matriarch), inks by Chad Blakley (Koni Waves/10th Muse), colours by Melissa Kaercher (Loaded Bible) and letters by Richard Nelson (After the Fall, Lethal Instinct). Mamluk is an Orang Utan Comics Studio project and they will be looking for a publisher for the book in 2008. You can see the Mamluk Rescue 6 page preview (with inks by Dylan Johnson) here.
Wickwire had this to say about joining Orang Utan Comics and taking on this new expanded role “I was very excited to be accepted into the Orang Utan Comics studio and when they asked me to be the North American Rep I jumped at the chance. Representing a group of professionals like this is more of a privilege than a job. I'm looking forward to getting out there and meeting more people on the convention circuit so keep an eye out for the Orang Utan and watch those shelves for Mamluk!"
For more information on Orang Utan Comics and what else they have planned for 2008, visit them online at www.orangutancomics.co.uk
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