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Categories: AdHouse, Awards, Conventions, Baltimore Comic-Con, Harvey Awards, media release
Media Release -- AdHouse Books is proud to announce the Baltimore Comic-Con Exclusive Debut of THB: Comics from Mars #2 by Paul Pope.
Media Release -- AdHouse Books is pleased to announce the addition of AdDistro to their business model. (heh. Like we HAVE a business model!)
So, I bet you're wondering what is AdDistro?
It's the befriending of "like" publishers and creators whose work we appreciate. And by befriending, it means that we've purchased copies of their work so that you, the reader, can now obtain even MORE quality publications in one easy to use location. (ie: AdHouse Books.) Our initial offering of work focuses on some of the harder to obtain material, from people like:
01:13:25 pm, by ComicList
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Categories: AdHouse, Drawn and Quarterly, Conventions, Small Press Expo, media release
Media Release -- The Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comics, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is pleased to announce Jerry Moriarity, R. Sikoryak and Joshua Cotter as guests for SPX 2009.
Media Release -- For the first time, a comic book publisher will be offering a free digital preview of its soon-to-be-released graphic novel through the Comics by comiXology app for iPhone and iPod touch devices. AdHouse Books will be pre-releasing the first "issue" of FCHS, a comic book series described as "Archie meets 90210," through the Comics by comiXology app during the Diamond pre-ordering period, and the Diamond pre-order number will be prominent in the app. Comics by comiXology's retailer locator will enable customers to contact local retailers from within the app itself to order the comic.
01:09:05 pm, by ComicList
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Categories: AdHouse, AAM Markosia, Haven Distributors
Haven Distributors, "purveryor of fine independent sequential art and comics related merchandise," now has a wide variety of back issues from AdHouse, AAM/Markosia and Broadsword Comics, including The Aviary, Kong: King of Skull Island, and Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose.
Also, Kleefeld On Comics has written a story worth reading on Haven:
If they can win the trust of enough retailers, they might do quite well for themselves. Of course, they do have external factors -- namely, the overall economy -- working against them, but from what I've seen so far, it looks like they're working with retailers one-on-one to help them improve their own businesses. It's generally not the type of business model that will make them rich overnight, but if they can continue to do well in these first few years, I wouldn't be surprised if Haven became a name you might recognize more readily in the not-too-distant future.
The first casualty that I claim is SUPERIOR SHOWCASE #4. I was working on bringing a new issue out this summer that would have been filled with new talents that I’ve met over the last year. People whose voice may or may not have been heard before. But, I’m going to kill that issue now. Why? Well, at $2.95 there’s no way I’d get orders to put it anywhere near the new threshold. Numbers for #3 were not that great, and I can’t imagine #4 would improve.
Anyway, just wanted to let people know that I have talked with Diamond. I think that 99% of what we have planned for the future is still good. And now, more than ever, is time for small pressers like us to think outside the box and figure out how we can get even more orders for our product. My Diamond rep actually came back with a fair number of great suggestions that we are presently reviewing.
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12:21:13 pm, by ComicList
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Categories: DC Comics, AdHouse, Oni Press, Drawn and Quarterly, First Second Books
NPR.org, December 4, 2008 · No longer only for kids, nerds and baby boomers longing for a second childhood, graphic novels are showing themselves to be a medium of startling breadth and grace. Don't call them a genre anymore; cutting-edge graphic novels exist for everyone. With last year's widely praised film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, there was a sense these books had come into their own.
Now that the first blush of wonder has faded, new fans are beginning to realize what comics buffs have known for decades: Comics and graphic novels have their own traditions and idiosyncrasies, and learning to understand them can be a rewarding lifetime journey.
Suspended Animation Review
It can't get much less than this and still be called a comic book.
"Why not?" you might question in your ignorance.
Certainly, a price can't be less than free and that's what The Preposterous Voyages of IronHide Tom cost during the recent, annual "Free Comic Book Day" honored by thousands of comic books shops across America.
In addition, anything less than stick-figure doodles would be prose, not art. And IronHide is stick figures from a tiny IronHide Tom atop a submerged monster on the front cover to the final panel of a despondent Tom stranded on some alien planet.
Therefore, knowing the preferences of your beloved (or not) reviewer, you are now prepared for nothing less than a rip-roaring criticism of this comic book from AdHouse Books. IronHide Tom is nothing less than fun, fun, fun. Why?
Who wouldn't love the wild adventures of this crusty old sailor who rubs shoulders with mermaids, marries a tornado, is tossed about by two Cyclops, and discovers the great beasts that actually hold up our flat earth.
Tom's tales are told is the grand old tradition of lies SO big (wink, wink) that no one believes them but everyone enjoys them anyway.
But what about ye old reviewer's axiom that great comics are a perfect wedding of art and word with neither element overshadowing the other? Huh! What about that old axiom thing?
Er. Uh. Charles Schultz couldn't really draw well either.
Recommended. Really. MV
The Preposterous Voyages of Iron-Hide Tom/30 pages/words & art by Joel Priddy/available at www.adhouse.com.
MINIVIEW: Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3 [AdHouse]. From the 'life is worthless' philosophy and drawn in a scratchy, impressionistic style, teen-aged, nasty, anthropomorphic cats (I think; it's hard to tell) treat each other like crap in what may be Middle School. A giant, unexplained robot stumbles around.
Ho-hum. MV
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