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2011-05-31T18:54:00.001-07:00

Deadlands Buzz Builds!

2011-05-24T15:32:00.000-07:00

As we gear up for Deadlands hitting the stands this June the Deadlands fever is spreading fast! We just announced an exclusive New England tour sponsored by the New England Comic Retailer Association, and a Visionary tour in Maryland. Other events are being planned in Georgia and a presence at GenCon and Baltimore! Check out this sampling of reviews, interviews and press Deadlands is picking up.

Deadlands Interviews:

Newsarama: Devil's Six Gun
MTV Geek: Gallaher & Ellis
Steampunk Chronicle: Gallaher

Deadlands Reviews:
Newsarama: Deadlands will "Knock you for a Loop"

The Most Unread Blog Ever: "My Jaw Dropped!"

IGN: "Most Engaging..." &One of Top Ten Comics for 6/15

Player Affinity: "Westerns Are Cool - Nuff Said"

Horror Haven: "No Dice Needed"

Hypergeek: "Amazing Job"

Bloody Disgusting: "Easily the Most Anticipated New Upstart"

Weekly Comic Review:"Delivers on That Promise"

Kleefeld on Comics

Deadlands Top News:

CBR Announces Deadlands

CBR EXCLUSIVE BOOK 1PREVIEW

BLAM: Summer's First Hit?

IGN: All-Star Westerns!

Love From Troll in the Corner

DEVIL'S SIX GUN TOURS ANNOUNCED

2011-05-18T19:27:00.000-07:00

Visionary Maryland Tour
C. Edward Sellner

Sellner, creator, writer and colorist for the super-secret backup feature running in all four one-shots will be doing a Maryland tour for the release of Devil's Six Gun. He will be signing books and have copies of the Deadlands Cover prints, spotlighting the art of Steve Ellis, Lee Moder and Bart Sears from the comics, and his own art from Deadlands prose story covers.

June 15th 11AM - 2PM : Collector's Corner
7911 Harford Rd., Baltimore, MD, 21234

June 18th 11AM-2PM : Third Eye Comics
45 Old Solomons Island Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401

June 19th 11AM-2PM : Third Eye Comics
78 Solomon's Island Road, Prince Frederick

NECRA New England Tour
David Gallaher & Steve Ellis
The creators behind The Devil's Six Gun itself will be doing a New England tour sponsored by NECRA (The New England Comic Retailer Association). Both creators will be present, signing copies of the book and doing sketches. The tour will feature a limited edition, exclusive variant (cover featured) limited to 1,000 copies.

Saturday the 25th:
12PM-2PML: Friendly Neighborhood Comics
191 Mechanic Street, Route 140, Bellingham, MA 02019

3PM-4PM: Larry's Comics
66 Lakeview Ave., Lowell, MA 01850

5PM-6PM: Chris's Comics

Sunday the 26th:
10AM-12PM: Jetpack Comics
37 North Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867

1PM-3PM: Double Midnight Comics

More details coming as we get them!

TOUR PRESS RELEASE:

NEW ENGLAND BECOMES THE DEADLANDS

NECRA Presents David Gallaher and Steve Ellis on The Devil's Six Gun Tour

Berkeley, CA – 17 June 2011 – This June New England will become the DEADLANDS, and it’s all the fault of the New England Comic Retailer Association (NECRA)!

To celebrate the release of the first in a star-studded series of Weird Western one shots from Image Comics, Visionary Comics, Strider-Nolan Media and Pinnacle Entertainment, NECRA is bringing the creators of DEADLANDS: THE DEVIL'S SIX GUN, writer David Gallaher and artist Steve Ellis, to a limited exclusive tour on June 25th and 26th!

The tour will encompass three of the top comic shops in the New England area. The team will appear at Friendly Neighborhood Comics and Larry’s Comics on the 25th and wrap up at Jetpack Comics on the 26th. Both Weird Western maestros extraordinaire, Gallaher and Ellis, will be on hand for autographs and sketches, and each store will be stocked with the absolutely haunting exclusive NECRA tour cover by Ellis, which was printed just for the tour with a limited print run of 1,000 copies.

Gallaher was excited to do the NECRA tour: "The comic shop experience is really rather unique. I see this tour as an opportunity to really build a stronger relationship with retail stores and the customers they serve. It's a good step towards building a stronger comics community as a whole."

With media sites such as IGN hailing this as an "All-Star Western" and Newsarama promising Devil's Six Gun "will knock you for a loop," it seems the entire country is getting on board.

“We’re very excited about the NECRA tour,” chimed in C. Edward Sellner, Creative Director for Visionary and the writer and colorist for the super secret backup feature drawn by Oscar Capristo. “Visionary staff will also be doing a tour and release party for each of the four one-shots along the east coast. Stores are lining up to participate and support the books.”

Other events around the country are being planned for the summer, and the DEADLANDS crew will be invading GenCon and Baltimore Comic-Con. Each stop will feature various creators involved as well as Visionary staff. More details on all these events will be coming soon. Please check the sites of the main partners to get the latest!

Image Comics: www.imagecomics.com

Visionary Comics: www.visionarycomics.com

Strider-Nolan: www.stridernolanmedia.com

Pinnacle Entertainment: www.peginc.com

ABOUT VISIONARY COMICS STUDIO

After debuting in 2006, Visionary Comics Studio is now one of the most popular, up and coming creative production studios and digital publishers. By providing freelance talent representation, setting up projects for print publication, and through VCS’ own digital publishing line, VCS works with and provides services for just about every major comic publisher. For more information, visitwww.visionarycomics.com.

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of four major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphicnovels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more bythe finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

DEADLANDS: Pre-Order Books 2 & 3 NOW!

2011-05-01T13:36:00.001-07:00

Image Comics is proud to announce a partnership with Visionary Comics and Pinnacle Entertainment to bring the award-winning RPG Deadlands to comics...with a vengeance! Deadlands will debut with four one-shots, running June-September, with stand alone front feature stories by the best in the business in the genre of western-horror. A four part backup series will run through all issues.

THE DEVIL'S SIX GUN
By David Gallaher & Steve Ellis
IN STORES NOW!!!
Copernicus Blackburne is about to sell his soul to make the perfect weapon. A Faustian tale of the Deadlands by the Harvey Award winning team of High Moon.

MASSACRE AT REDWING
By Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray & Lee Moder
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MAY110505 PRE-ORDER NOW!!!
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Clementime is a young woman, a shaman, with a tragic past and a mysterious destiny. She's on a quest to learn the truth of her family and to seek vengeance against the man who ruined her life...her father. A tale of mysticism and mayhem by the writing team of Jonah Hex.

DEATH WAS SILENT
By Ron Marz & Bart Sears
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A mute bounty-hunter rides into town with his prize slung over his horse, but things aren't what they seem and the Bounty Hunter may just find more than he bargained for and more than he can handle! It's a lone gunslinger tale with lots of gore and glory by the team of Marz and Sears!

HOPELESS ROADS
By Steve Niles & Francesco Francavilla
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SHIPS SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Masters of the macabre and noire, Steve Niles and Francesco Francavilla tell a frightening tale of a family who must struggle against overwhelming odds in the barren Deadlands of the Old West!

Our Partners:
Pinnacle Entertainment

Image Comics

Strider Nolan Media

Drums Coming from Image May-August 2011

2011-05-01T13:33:00.000-07:00

DRUMS
4-ISSUE SERIES
IMAGE COMICS / $2.99
DIAMOND ORDER CODES
#1: MAR110519 / #2: APR110501 / #3: MAY110506 / #4: JUN110538

Writer: El Torres
Art: Abe Hernando & Kwaichang Kraneo
Covers: Raul Allen
32 Pages / FC

In our world there exists an ancient religion with many names and many disguises: Candomble, Palo Mayombe, Santeria... Voodoo. FBI agent Martin Irons is sent to investigate the sudden deaths of an entire gathering of followers at a ceremony, an assignment horrible enough before one of the mangled corpses rises and leads him on a sinister path. A new horror story with possesions, santeros, zombies... all set to the thunderous boom of drums!
Newsarama Beats the Drums of Horror with Writer El Torres!

Underside

2010-12-09T11:00:00.000-08:00

Dark Horror from the Streets!
Writer: Matthew McLean
Art: Phillip Neudorf

When a chance encounter with an 'infected' woman opens a whole new world for a reporter, he's determined to tell the story of a lifetime. Even though it's a story no one wants to hear. Welcome to the Underside!

This debut special introduces the seamy underworld of nightmare that exists on the streets, this is the story no one wants to hear, but the one that changes the game.

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Suicide Forest #1-4

2010-11-12T22:22:00.000-08:00

IDW / $3.99 / All Issues Now Available!

Writer: El Torres / Art: Gaby Hernández
Edits: C. Edward Sellner

Just outside of Tokyo lies Aokigahara, a vast forest and one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in Japan… which is also the most famous suicide spot in the entire world. Legend has it that the spirits of those many suicides are still roaming—haunting deep in those ancient woods.

This series from the creators of the acclaimed The Veil examines the lives of Alan, an average worker from Tokyo and his rather unhealthy relationship with Masami, and Ryoko, a forest ranger who recovers the suicide victim’s bodies from the woods. We discover that behind Ryoko’s unconcerned surface lies a secret, and these three lives will be forever changed by the darkness waiting for them in the Suicide Forest.

Interviews:
Torres Searches the Suicide Forest on Comic Book Resources!

Nancy in Hell

2010-10-05T23:10:00.001-07:00

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IMAGE COMICS / $12.99

Writer: El Torres / Artist: Juan Jose Ryp & Malaka Studios

The hit, mature-readers, gore-fest that's the story of a girl gone to Hell is now collected together in one volume, with a gorgeous new Ryp cover and a never before seen short story!

Nancy was a cheerleader with a great life: captain of the football team for a boyfriend, good friends, and some occasional habits that didn't really hurt anyone, even if they weren't strictly legal. But that all ended after an ill-fated camping trip that started as the best weekend of her life, and turned out to be the last weekend of her life. Now she's in Hell, and whether deserved or not...she's getting out!

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Deity

2010-09-01T17:57:00.000-07:00

Now Available in Print & Digital
Visionary is proud to announce we will be bringing the entire Hyperwerks line of comics to digital, starting with the epic first volume of Deity! This series, originally published through Image is an all time fan favorite and now, you can read it through your favorite Digital Publisher!

VOLUME I :: 6 Issue Series

Writers: Karl Altstaetter, Rob Napton
Artists: Karl Altstaetter, Victor Olazaba, Brian Buccellato, Derek Bellman

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The Digital Series from Visionary

ISSUE 1
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An interdimensional war wages for the very fate of reality. Our only hope? A sixteen-year-old earth girl. Can she survive the dangers of 2027 Los Angeles and avoid vicious aliens long enough to fulfill her destiny?

ISSUE 2
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The story continues as the Ma'Shiva and the Red Flag Troopers battle over who will claim Jamie. Meanwhile, Jamie must deal with a more personal struggle.

ISSUE 3
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The Ma’Shiva strike back at Diamond and Lucius while Jamie deals with the consequences of Angel’s poor decisions.

ISSUE 4
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Jamie's hidden protector steps out of the shadow and into the fight against the Ma'Shiva while Queen Xandra is faced with a dire choice back at The Junction.

ISSUE 5
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The Soul Crusher is now defeated, but the Ma'Shiva threat is just beginning. With Jamie now unprotected, she now faces her greatest peril yet.

ISSUE 6
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With enemies and protectors alike closing in from all sides, Jamie is finally brought into the battle.

VOLUME II: The Darkness and the Light :: 5-Issue Series
The battle and the adventure heats up in this second volume of the hit series Deity from Hyperwerks Entertainment and now digitally published from Visionary Comics!

Writers: Karl Altstaetter, Rob Napton
Artists: Karl Altstaetter, Victor Olazaba, Brian Buccellato, Derek Bellman

The Digital Series from Visionary

DIGITAL VISIONS #4 - FREE
Check out the rare Deity Volume II #0 short story that sets up the events of The Darkness and the Light. Jamie is about to greet her destiny, but how does that affect those around her? This 10-page feature by the regular team leads off this free promotional issue of Digital Visions. The issue also includes two other features!
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ISSUE 1
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Jamie now knows the truth about her heritage and her destiny, but will that be enough to help her survive the dangers to come? And what about her friends and the life she had? Can you really date a girl with alien superpowers?

ISSUE 2
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Ziggy makes a major decision, though it's not the one Jamie hoped for. Someone else gets a major revelation concerning Jamie that starts fitting the pieces together. Meanwhile, the battle between The Darkness and the Light and those loyal to Jamie is about to begin, even as Jamie herself learns the history of the struggle that led her on this path to destiny.

ISSUE 3
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Jamie learns the truth of her past, and just what her future might hold. She also learns the fate of the universe rests on decisions she makes...no pressure. Elsewhere, the battle between Jamie's guardians and the unleashed Darkness and Light turns into an explosive confrontation that ain't looking good for the good guys!

ISSUE 4
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This issue the spotlight is on Lucius as we learn his past and the tragedy that made him an exile from his world! Plus, Tommy Lone meets his final fate and Jamie decides it's time to take the fight to the bad guys!

ISSUE 5
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It's the final battle with the Darkness and the Light! Tommy Lone has gone to the dark side, Diamond's a prisoner, and Lucius was left for dead by the Darkness, so what can Jamie do? Enlist Angel, Purple and Ziggy to help fight alien warriors? Yep! Meanwhile a revolution is brewing! Deity Volume 2 comes to an explosive end this issue!

Collected Shorts Special Edition
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After the epic events of The Darkness and the Light saga, Jamie desperately needs a night out on the town. Let's hope the town survives! Visionary collects the rare short stories from Deity into one volume!

VOLUME III: Revelations :: 4-Issue Series
Secrets will be revealed and the stakes were never higher than in the third volume of the hit series Deity from Hyperwerks Entertainment and now digitally published from Visionary Comics!

Writers: Karl Altstaetter, Rob Napton
Artists: Karl Altstaetter, Victor Olazaba, Brian Buccellato, Derek Bellman

ISSUE 1
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As the next volume of Deity opens, we find the relationship between Jamie and Ziggie on the rocks, the Ma'Shiva Civil War getting decidedly uncivil as new lines are drawn in the battle, and Jamie's testing as the new cosmic goddess continues. But, as major as the revelation of Jamie's powers were, there is a deeper, darker secret still hidden from her, one that could turn even her allies against her!

ISSUE 2
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The Ma'Shiva Civil war reaches a breaking point as Emperor Ogden is forced to seek an alliance with his sworn enemies against Lord Pyre, the usurper. His bargaining chip is Jamie's safety against the ruthless vengeance of Pyre. But another prize is hinted at, one of great power that may mean more than the star-goddess herself. Does Jamie possess the legendary Catseye and if so, what does that mean for the universe? All that plus Jamie's first date with Leo!

Livelihood: Billy Jump Special

2010-08-23T17:54:00.000-07:00

Prequel to the Hit Indy Film!
Writers:
Ryan Graham & Curtis Crispin
Artist: Kristopher Lohman

What if zombies didn't want to eat your brains, but instead just wanted to get back to their...lives? In the hit indy comedy film, Livelihood, Ryan Graham tackled the question of just what do you do when your dead loved ones suddenly show back up on your doorstep and want to hang out. Check out the film Livelihood.

In this special comic prequel to the film, we follow the post-death adventures of metal rock god Billy Jump, who's back from the dead and ready to ROCK 'N ROLL!

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Out of Order

2010-05-20T22:21:00.001-07:00

An Office Comedy-Horror!
Story and Art by D-Art!

Dirk is stuck working late at the office. On the bright side, he's stuck there with Jessica, the new (and extremely hot) I.T. Tech. Unfortunately for the both of them, an extremely unfriendly monster from another dimension is about to enter the picture. Check out this sci-fi, office-comedy manga from newcomer D-Art!

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Digital Visions - ALL ISSUES NOW FREE!

2010-01-15T21:30:00.000-08:00

NOW ALL ISSUES FREE!
Visionary proudly presents its premiere comics anthology, Digital Visions. The absolutely hottest up and coming talent in comics, alongside established pros, tell the stories they were born to tell! All in glorious full-color! Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Super-Heroes, Horror and Mystery, recurring characters and stand alone short stories! Digital Visions has it all! Find issues on multiple digital venues. Below find a complete listing of issues along with the features included in each!

Issue 1
My E Book - Read it Free Online
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Mobile: Panelfly

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Issue 2
My E Book - Read it Free Online
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Issue 3
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Issue 4
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Visions

2010-01-15T19:33:00.000-08:00

Order it here: Volume 1 / Volume 2

San Diego, CA - Visionary Comics Studio and Strider Nolan Publishing are pleased to announce the formal release of Visions. A periodic prose anthology topping out at over 250 pages per issue, Visions is a hybrid child of comics and the classic pulp tales that inspired the very origins of the medium.

Each issue will feature stand alone short stories, novellas and serialized novels of fantasy, horror, adventure, westerns, science fiction and super-heroes. Each issue will also include covers and spot illustrations for each tale done by up and coming as well as top pro artists.

Visions borrows the format and high paced energy of the classic pulp magazines, with a modern sophistication to the writing and art. But what makes this project different from other anthologies is that all the tales of Visions are set in the Visionary Universe, a fictional world developed by Visionary Comics.

Visions has tales from the distant past, far future and everything in between. Each story is written to stand on its own with beginning, middle and end. Yet for the less casual reader they will quickly find threads, some subtle, some not, that will begin to weave together the various tales into a rich tapestry that is the Visionary Universe.

Stories include works from award winning writers like Dianne K. Salerni, and Wizards of the Coast scribe Nathan Meyer, comic professionals like Bryan Baugh and A. David Lewis, as well as art from Eagle nominated artists like Azim Akberali, and critically acclaimed Daniel Crozier.

Pulp expert and writer Ron Fortier calls it a "diverse collection of fantastic tales...in a truly gorgeous package. Pulp fans rejoice. This is the mag we've all been waiting for!" Mark Chitty, blogger says "Visions 2 is a joy to read. Not only does it contain some excellent stories, but it shows just how accomplished a mixed genre anthology can be. I was left very impressed and wanting more."

Visions Volume I and II are now available world wide through Amazon and other fine book distributors online.

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Volume I
Volume II

Legend of Fire-Mane

2010-01-15T18:09:00.000-08:00

Prose Novella in Visions
Story & Color: C. Edward Sellner
Pencils: Revin Denisya A Putra

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Learn More About Visions

During the first great age of man, also known as the Age of Magic, many races and creatures now believed to be legend and myth were very real indeed. Among them, the ancient and honored Dwarvenkin, the Children of the Stone. Warriors, fierce in fury but unswayable in their honor and loyalty. They built great clans deep in the mountains of the Known Lands. Greatest among these clans was the Draconeye, heirs to the fabled One Clan. Within this clan, greatest among her warriors was the dwarf known as Fire-Mane!

Legend of Fire-Mane is a fantasy story that explores the concept of war and asks the question of how far will we go to defend ourselves? What compromises will we make? A gripping war tale, bloody and gory as they come, yet exploring the deeper issues of loyalty, friendship, and honor. All the while tackling the issue of when do we sacrifice too much of our ideals and principles in order to provide for our security?

The prose novella of the story appears in Visions Volume 1. The comic adaptation is being worked on now. Legend will eventually cover three interrelated stand alone novellas and comic specials. The comics will be 48 pages per issue, full digital painted color.

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Genesis: Books of Creation

2010-01-14T23:52:00.000-08:00

Now Appearing in Visions
Storyteller: C. Edward Sellner

Every story has a beginning, and this story is the beginning of the Visionary Universe, an epic scale modern re-imagining of Paradise Lost by John Milton! Return to the Most Ancient of Days, the time when God fashioned the realms of Heaven and the Angelic Host. Witness the darkening of the first Angel Lucifer and the horror of the Fall War that ensued! Books of Creation is currently running as a serialized novel in the pages of Visions, the prose anthology from Visionary and Strider Nolan Publishing. It will then be adapted into a series of mini-series.

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Phantom Jack

2010-01-14T22:41:00.000-08:00

Now Available in Print & Digital
Writer: Michael San Giacomo
Artist: Brett Barkley

Jack Baxter is a reporter with a secret power - the power to turn invisible. It's a power he used to get to the top of his field at a New York newspaper. Sometimes, he even plays the hero. When Jack's brother is captured in Iraq just before the start of the ground war, Jack musters the courage to launch a rescue deep inside the most dangerous place on Earth.
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Interviews with Mike San Giacomo: Near Mint / Loud Idiots

The Digital Series from Visionary
Issue 0
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Jack Baxter is a reporter with a certain edge over all the others: he can turn invisible. In this origin issue, see how Jack accquires his powers, and begins to discover the dangers that lie therein.

Issue 1
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Jack Baxter is a reporter with an edge over the rest: he can turn invisible. In the kickoff to the "Back to Baghdad" storyline, we learn that things didn't go too well for Jack last time he was there. His powers were unable to save his friend, but he may get a chance at redemption.

Issue 2
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When Jack learns that his brother Cass has gone missing from his military base in Baghdad, he does what any older brother who can turn invisible would do; go incognito and jump on the next plane to Iraq. The last time Jack was there, he lost a good friend. Will Cass be the next person close to Jack to be lost in the harsh desert?

Issue 3
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While searching for clues about his missing brother Cass in Baghdad, Jack Baxter runs into Madison Blue, a secret agent who knows more about Jack's powers than even he does. The closer he gets to the truth about his brother, the greater the danger becomes.

Issue 4
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Jack and Madison have pinpointed Cass's location. Unfortunately It's Saddam's palace, with a reputation for being the place many took their last breaths, including Jack's buddy Aziz. Will the rescue effort succeed; or will Jack and Madison find themselves in the same position as Cass?

Issue 5
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Don't miss the thrilling conclusion to Phantom Jack's "Back to Baghdad" story arc! Jack and Madison managed to locate Cass inside Saddam's palace and free him, but they're not out of danger yet. While making their exit, they come face to face with none other than Saddam himself. They managed to get the slip on his guards, can they do the same to him?

Special
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The final installment to the web edition series of Phantom Jack lets readers into the life of invisible reporter Jack Baxter and his cohorts at newspaper The Clarion. Together they go up against an egomaniacal hacker, ghosts, and cheerleaders. No, not evil cheerleaders, just cheerleaders. Hey if you could be invisible, wouldn't you be tempted?

PHANTOM JACK Volume II:
THE NOWHERE MAN AGENDA
AUGUST 18TH IN COMIC STORES FROM IDW
From Mike San Giacomo, this sequel brings ace reporter Jack up against his arch nemesis, a man with invisibility powers greater than his own, and one who knows Jack all too well. Jack must risk it all to save the woman he loves in his final adventure!
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Tales of the Starlight Drive-In

2010-01-14T19:13:00.000-08:00

Winner of the 2009 CBG Best Original Graphic Novel
Now Available in Print & Digital
Writer: Michael San Giacomo
Artists: Various

Print published by Image Comics. Winner of the 2009 Comics Buyers Guide Original Graphic Novel of the Year Award. 31 Tales of Lovers, Losers, Liars, Whiners and Winners!

Mike San Giacomo takes a tour through the years as he follows the unique story of those whose lives are part of the Starlight. Visionary has released the series as a 9-issue digital mini-series.

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News and Reviews:
Winner 2009 Comic Buyer Guide Best OGN Award (Comic Book Resources)
Project Fanboy loves Starlight! Read the Review
Tales from the Parents Basement thumbs up to Starlight! Read the Review
The Comic Book Bin Visits the Starlight and Reviews #8

The Digital Series from Visionary
Issue 1
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32 stories taking place over 50 years at a Drive-In Theater, featuring 21 artists from around the world. Mirroring life and the cinema with tales of crime, romance, science fiction, musicals, even a western!

Issue 2
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San Giacomo's collection of tales revolving around the titular Drive-In movie theater continue. Issue 2 comes to us from the 60's. Marilyn Monroe and The Beatles are lighting up the silver screen at the Starlight, and two young kids learn lessons about two very different sides of love.

Issue 3
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The 60's live on in the third installment of Tales of the Starlight Drive-In. We see a few new faces while catching up with some of our old friends. In addition to two stories in comic form, San Giacomo treats us to two prose short stories, one featuring the Starlight's resident muscle, Bruno, and the other giving us an update on "Everybody's Girl" Peggy.

Issue 4
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Zombies, gangsters, and a love story thrown in for good measure, this issue of Tales of the Starlight Drive-In has it all! We close out the 60's with some teens doing a little "experimenting" while watching Return of the Living Dead. Then it's on to the 70's, featuring stories with "The Godfather" and "Love Story" as backdrops.

Issue 5
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Issue 5 of Tales of the Starlight Drive-In rounds out the stories from the 70's, giving us some behind-the-scenes looks at the staff and the inner workings of the Starlight. Our first glimpse into the 80's sees the Drive-In dipping its toe into more "risque" cinematic works, but how will the townspeople react to the change?

Issue 6
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Issue 6 brings gives us an in-depth look at two more of the Starlights denizens: June Jones, the no-nonsense manager, and Niel, the man behind the projector for decades. Find out where they came from, and get a glimpse of where they're headed.

Issue 7
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One night, four people who haven't seen each other since high school 10 years prior all end up at the Starlight. Old friends reunite, old flames are just a spark away, and old enemies pick up where they left off.

Issue 8
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The 90's are blowing by at the Starlight, and they're not going quietly! Choosing to screen the movie Twister turns out to be quite prophetic, a very special guest comes to the Starlight, and there's even a tale following some familiar faces for fans of Phantom Jack. All of the tales come to an end next issue, so you don't wanna miss this one!

Issue 9
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By the time the 21st century rolls around, drive-in theaters are quickly becoming ancient relics of a forgotten past. Things are looking bleak for the beloved Starlight, when an old friend returns offering a second chance. Can the Starlight be saved?

Headlocked

2010-01-13T16:54:00.000-08:00

Now Available in Print & Digital
Writer: Mike Kingston

Penciler/Inker: Randy Valiente
Colorist: Jessika Gravel

The World's First REAL Wrestling Comic continues as Mike Hartmann begins his journey into professional wrestling. Headlocked took the world by storm in October of 2007 with the debut of its Convention Preview Special and its critically acclaimed and popular selling Work of Art Launch Special. Headlocked then followed up in 2008 with a new 3-Issue Series entitled The Tryout which hit finer comic book stores from October-December of that year. All issues are from AAM / Markosia!

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This is the book that started it all, the world's first, REAL wrestling comic! Mike Hartman, a college drop-out wants to be a pro-wrestler. This is his journey down a path filled with sex, drugs and violence, both scripted and unscripted!

Work of Art Debut Special
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48 pages of story and art. Second highest seller from Markosia the month it shipped and hailed as the best indy comic of the year. Find out how Mike Hartman started his journey into pro-wrestling and some of the back-alleys he had to face to get there.

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The Tryout - Issue 1
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Features a painted cover by WWE Hall of Famer, Jerry "The King" Lawler. This issue shipped from Diamond in October 2008. Hartman believes he's found his way into the life of his dreams. All he has to do is make it through The Tryout!

The Tryout - Issue 2
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Features a cover by Marvel Art Legend Ron "The Thing" Wilson! The story also features guest star TNA Wrestling Superstar Shawn Daivari! Things are heating up with the Tryout when Hartman discovers that not everything is as it seems.

The Tryout - Issue 3
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Features a cover by Comic Artist John Hebert and Shawn Daivari continues as a guest-star! Hartman's Tryout has turned into a betrayal of his dream. Will he be able to find it once again?

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The Headlocked Convention Exclusive Trade debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con and will be available at an extremely limited number of shows during the Summer and Fall Convention Season, directly from creator Mike Kingston, featuring an extremely rare cover, fully painted by Jerry “The King” Lawler, and an introduction by ROH star “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels. This exclusive book contains the debut special and first mini-series, collecting to date the entire run of the series, except for the original Convention Special. The first REAL Wrestling comic is now the best reviewed wrestling comic of ALL TIME! Included in its legions of fans are legendary writer Joe Lansdale, and Eisner award winning Jill Thompson, not to mention half the professional wrestlers in the country! Get it before it’s gone!

Frog Princess

2010-01-13T14:59:00.001-08:00

Now Available in Print & Digital
Story: Jeff Loew
Art: Rie Ikaza
With Original Short Stories
by Loew, and art from
Oscar Capristo & Esdras

Visionary is proud to present its first foray into the manga world with Be A Visionary Finalist Jeff Loew's Shojo Manga outing, Frog Princess, published by eigoManga.
A romantic comedy about falling in love, overcoming challenges and saving the environment.

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Amphibian biologist Larissa Talcott fights to save the world’s amphibians from a very real drastic decline. But first she must save her research pond from real estate developers...while her new lawyer boyfriend Liam secretly helps the developers turn the pond into a golf course. Can their romance survive? Can Larissa hold on to her ideals while Liam tries to keep his word and find his own true voice?

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Larissa's still on Cloud Nine after reuniting with Liam, but can that last when she discovers that he's working for the very people trying to steal her pond away?

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Larissa has one final chance to save her pond from the developers at a city council meeting. Can she do it? Where will Liam's loyalty fall when he takes the stand? Find out all this and more in Issue 3!

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Liam's courtroom antics were a fail on two fronts. Not only did he get fired, the developers still won control of the pond. While trying to redeem himself with Larissa, two nosy reporters attempt to foil her last-ditch effort to save the frogs. Will Liam be able to get back in Larissa's good graces? Will her years of research be a wasted effort?

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In the final chapter of the Frog Princess, all will be decided. Can Larissa's team of students and Liam's backup save the frogs before the developers get their hands on the pond? What will become of Liam after making headlines for attacking a reporter? Find out all this and more in the conclusion of The Frog Princess

Offspring

2010-01-13T13:59:00.001-08:00

Now Available in Digital
Writer: Chris McCay
Pencils: Kirk Kugel

Inks / Gray Tones: Mike Munshaw

A young woman discovers her past and the nightmares from it that are all too real just as they return to destroy her and her family.

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Mean Street

2010-01-13T13:29:00.000-08:00

Now Available in Digital
Storyteller: Chuck Bordell

The year is 1891, and in this small, turn of the century community a killer strikes, suddenly, viciously and no one knows where or when the next victim will be found.

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Aposperos: Merchant of Souls

2010-01-13T10:11:00.000-08:00

Now Available in Digital
Writer: Nektarios Chrissos

Art: George Martzoukos

Aposperos is a Soul-Merchant, when someone sells their soul to the Devil, Aposperos collects the debt. But when he is confronted by a selfless sacrifice, his conscience awakens and sets him on a journey that will turn him against his old masters and reveal the horrible truth behind the soul-trade. A sophisticated thriller with secret societies, mysteries and intrique.

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Digital Visions #1

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The Regulators

2010-01-13T00:29:00.000-08:00

Now Available in Digital
Story: Jeff Loew
Art: George Todorovoski

A science fiction thriller that will keep you guessing right to the end. In a future filled with interplanetary politics and terrorism one group is assigned the messy jobs. Known as the Regulators, when there is no where else to turn, they are the ones called in. This story is brought to you by Jeff Loew, creator of The Frog Princess who shows his incredible range in this new one-shot special.

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Tales From the Parents Basement Interviews Jeff Loew on Regulators
Ain't It Cool News' Matt Adler Interviews Jeff Loew on Regulators

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Vincent Price Presents #24: Pawns in Stores December 1

2010-01-13T00:18:00.000-08:00

BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS &

VISIONARY COMICS
Story: C. Edward Sellner / Art: Manoel Magalhães

C. Edward Sellner takes up pen to tell a macabre story of monsters, damsels in distress and young heroics, but in this tale, nothing is quite what it seems! Ready for a great chase through the woods? Featuring the dynamic art of Manoel Magalhães. This issue will be the first 'unofficial' Visionary Universe comic. The story will be unique to Vincent Price Presents, but it's legacy will spill into the Visionary Universe!

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Heroes Fallen : Untold Stories From Iraq and Afghanistan

2010-01-12T23:29:00.000-08:00

Coming in 2010!

An original graphic novel collection of true stories of fallen heroes and heroines from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Stories shared by surviving friends and fellow soldiers. Stories then adapted by top talent in the mainstream and indy comics industry. This title will include a dream team of A-list talent and some of comics brightest rising stars, paying tribute to the true heroes of our generation.

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