Today I am pleased to share a very cool press release with you all! We have already been known to have a great relationship with Zuda comics as well as Red 5, and now we get to combine the two! That’s right: Red 5 will be publishing a Box 13 graphic novel in May!
You might remember a certain title called High Noon, which you can currently grab in most comic book stores. Well, the boys are back with Box 13, which was the first comic designed specifically for the Comic app for the iPhone as one of the first 100% official digital comics of this new medium. It’s great to have a distinct shift between digital to paperback because, as much as the world is shifting to a digital dynamic, I love a good nod to us paperback lovers. Plus, some of us don’t have iPhones. And a combination between Red 5 and Zuda? Yes please!
Check behind the jump for more details, and be sure to look for this come May. And if you haven’t yet, be sure to check out their previous work, High Noon.
FROM ZUDA AND HARVEY-WINNING TEAM OF GALLAHER AND ELLIS
FEATURED IN RED 5 COMICS FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2010 ISSUE
March 1, 2010 — CALGARY, AB —
The Harvey Award-winning creative team behind the smash hit “High Moon” are set to once again leap story-telling magic from pixels to print in their latest adventure, “Box 13”. The graphic novel trade paperback will be available this May from Red 5 Comics and ComiXology, the creators of Comics — the #1 iPhone application for downloading comics.
Created by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis, the first Zuda.com contest winners, Box 13 is a re-imagining of the popular radio serial of the same name. It follows investigative author Dan Holiday who has spent the last several years of his life researching the secrets behind the MKULTRA project. His latest book has brought him a degree of notoriety, but a mysterious numbered box left on his book signing table is too much to resist. Once opened, the box sends him spinning on a harrowing journey of self-discovery and driving mystery… what is in Box 13?
While inspired by the noir-serial of the 1940s, the reimagining blends in the disorienting action-mysteries of the 1960s like “The Manchurian Candidate”, “The Prisoner” and “Modesty Blaise” wrapped in a modern tale in a digital medium. “There is gunplay, conspiracy, romance, psychological drama, train chases, motorcycle chases, and danger!” author David Gallaher told CBR. “But, at its heart it’s a story about rediscovering your place in the world after everything in your life changes forever.”
Originally commissioned by ComiXology and released exclusively on the iPhone, the series was created from start-to-finish with print-ready layouts. “Who better than this beloved award-winning team to help demonstrate to the world the potential synergies of comics content in digital and print?”, posed ComiXology president David Steinberger. “Over a hundred thousand people have discovered the series on their screens, and are now clamoring for the printed graphic novel to complete the experience. At the end of the day, it’s all about telling a great story that people want to read.”
Not only will the generation of digital comic readers come looking for Box 13, but the title will be exposed to comic shop masses on May 1’s Free Comic Book Day. The entire 8-page first chapter of Box 13 is included in Red 5 Comics third-annual Atomic Robo FCBD issue — one of the most anticipated regular releases of the event.
The release of the Box 13 graphic novel on May 19 will complete the page-turning appetite for just $13. Pre-order your copy in March 2010 using Diamond Comics code MAR101130.
(And ensure your copy of Red 5 Comics Free Comic Book Day 2010 edition featuring Atomic Robo, Box 13 and Neozoic using code JAN100030)
About Red 5 Comics
Red 5 Comics creates and produces cinematic-style comic book entertainment, debuting its first titles in October 2007. It was founded by Paul Ens, former Director of Lucasfilm’s Lucas Online, and Scott Chitwood, co-founder of TheForce.net. For updated information on Red 5 Comics and their titles, visit www.red5comics.com
About ComiXology
Since 2007, comiXology has been exposing more people to the world of comics through comiXology.com and related applications. comiXology.com, comic book retailer tools, iPhone and Blackberry apps and digital comics are all connected through the comiXology platform. For more information, visit www.comixology.com
