LSCC next weekend!

For those of you lucky enough to have tickets for the show next week, look for us at Booth B18 where you will see a brand new Markosia display!

Look for the following banners – which are both 12 feet long!

And remember we have SIX brand new books making their debut:

The Chili

Z-Time

Danger Tours

Damaged Goods

Baby Boomers

Turkey Grove Farms

We have also re-printed a number of books which were out of stock, including the likes of Ritual, Freeman of the Armed Services and many more. We went to print with 14 books this month, just so we could ensure that we were superbly prepared for this important show!

All for you!

London Super Comic Convention – Meet the Gang!

The inaugural London Super Comic Convention is just one week away now and the excitement is building!

Markosia has a strong presence at the show – come and find us at Booth B18 where you will find that we have a snazzy new look!

Throughout the weekend we will have at least twelve creators, maybe more, signing at the booth on an hourly basis. Come and see the guys and gals behind the books. They will be waiting to talk, sign and sketch their hearts out for you! Here are some of the gang turning up:

Andy Briggs

Andy started writing on movies such as “JUDGE DREDD” and “FREDDY VS JASON” and “FOREVERMAN” for Spiderman creator Stan Lee and legendary producer Robert Evans.

Andy went on to work with Gregory Novac and Bruce Timm on Warner Bros. “AQUAMAN” – while at the same time landing an eight-book deal with Oxford university Press for “HERO.COM” and “VILLAIN.NET”.

He has recently rebooted the classic character TARZAN, with his new book TARZAN: THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY.

Andy has co-written ‘Ritual’ for Markosia and has also written two issues from ‘Kong: King of Skull Island’.

He has many exciting and secret new titles currently in development at Markosia!

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Giuseppe D’Elia

Born in Salerno, Italy, D’Elia has been a devourer of comics since he was a small child. That’s why even after earning a law degree, he chose to follow that passion and find work as a professional comic artist. While still a student, he found work as a “ghost penciller” which led him to a position at Editoriale Dardo as a penciller on GORDON LINK. Shortly thereafter he made the move to Star Comics where he worked for several years as a penciller and inker on numerous issues of LAZARUS LEDD as well as an issue of HAMMER. In 2004, D’Elia started working at the Rome based, Aurea Editoriale where he worked on such divers projects as the ASSASSINO and CLAY miniseries as well as issues of JOHN DOE GLI ANNI PERDUTI and UNA PIRAMIDE NEL DESERTO. He also expanded his abilities by working for them as a writer. In the last couple of years, he has worked with many independent U.S. publishing companies including Atlantis Studios (THE LIBRARIAN-Return to King Solomon’s Mines), Superhuman Works (THE GHOST FIGHTER) and AfterBurn Comics (UNIT PRIMES #2). D’Elia has worked on two titles for AAM/Markosia: DISCORD, written by PAUL J. SALAMOFF, and DANGER TOURS written by CHRIS DREIER.

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Britt Snyder

Britt Snyder is a veteran of the video game development industry with The Superfun Adventures of Jax being his first graphic novel.

In the video game world, Britt has contributed to such games as Warcraft 3, Diablo 2 expansion set, Downhill Domination, Dragonshard, Empire Earth 2 expansion set, Empire Earth 3, WALL-E, Mass Effect for PC, Deblob, WORD FU for the iphone and Rock Band Greenday.

Britt lives in a quiet suburb of Boston Massachusetts with his wife, daughter and two cats.

In addition to his comic and game development work, teaches art at Worcester Polytechnic University.

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Cy Dethan

Cy Dethan is a British writer who began his comics career in 2006 on the Starship Troopers: Extinction Protocol strip for Mongoose Publishing.

In 2007, Cy was hand-picked to take over the reins of Markosia’s flagship ongoing series, Starship Troopers. He has subsequently written several creator-owned series for Markosia, including Slaughterman’s Creed, The Indifference Engine and White Knuckle.

Cy’s first creator-owned book, Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth, was a major independent hit, and a sequel, Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumours, was announced by Markosia in 2011.

Recently, he has joined the writing team of the Unseen Shadows transmedia project. Before turning to comics, Cy was an award-winning freelance copywriter and editor. Prior to that he was a professional magician and, quite frankly, he’d rather not talk about that…

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JL Straw

JL Straw is a partner in Hayena Studios and an Art Editor at Medikidz.

Having drawn all her life and taken influence from films, game, cartoon and comics in 2007 she turned her talent to being a comic book creator and in 2010 her first graphic novel was published by Markosia, The Young Sherlock Holmes Adventures.

She is currently working on several new projects, including the sequel to the highly acclaimed Dark Mists.

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Nigel Dobbyn

Nigel Dobbyn has worked in the British comics industry since 1988 on a wide variety of titles such as 2000AD, Sonic the Comic, The Beano and Classical Comics.

Nigel worked on the Markosia title The Chili.

He is currently drawing a graphic novel for Walker Books.

website is www.nigeldobbyn.com

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Stephen Downey

Stephen Downey is a Belfast-based comicbook artist and illustrator. He has worked with Titan publishing, AAM/Markosia, Atomic Diner, Heske Horror, Comic a Gael, Insomnia Publications and Beserker to bring his comics and artwork to the masses.

He is the co-creator of Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth  and Slaughterman’s Creed (both with Cy Dethan) and has worked on the Torchwood comic strip for Titan magazines.

He draws all day long and loves every minute.

You can pay him a visit and follow his blog at stephendowneygallery.com

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Magnus Aspli

Magnus Aspli is the writer of The Vessel of Terror and an award-winning screenwriter from Norway.

He is currently working on a Master of Arts in London and several comic projects and screenplays.

When not writing he wines, dines and conjures demons.

He summons you to www.magnus-aspli.com for the latest news.

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Graeme Howard

Graeme is an illustrator and comic artist living in Wadhurst East Sussex with his two dogs and very understanding partner Jasmin. When he’s not drawing he’s sleeping and when he’s not sleeping he’s drawing.

Fortunately for Markosia he is currently busy working on Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumours, which I can assure you will scare the living hell out of you!

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Also attending are Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood.

We have six new books, new merchandise and much to show you so pop by and say hello!

Coming this Summer – something completely different!

From the multi-talented Alexander Serra, we are proud to announce ‘Toybox Turmoil’ – our first landscape-formatted graphic novel!

Super-heroes and barbarians come together in a twisted story about children’s toys and the dangers of having an imagination that may be a bit too creative. A young boy plays with his favourite action-figures, not realizing he may be affecting the lives of actual people. People who intend on fighting back.

Counting Down!

Tales from the Clockwork Empire – promo video!

Get your orders in now for these two very special books!

We have been inundated with requests for information about these two very important books due for release in April, so we are happy to finally announce that the Diamond Previews catalog is finally out and that your local comic store is taking orders!

First up is the amazing ‘The Boy Who Made Silence’ by the award-winning Josh Hagler:

The Boy Who Made Silence 

Josh Hagler (Story and Art)

Full Color     160 Pages  (oversized – 270mm x 205mm)     $22.99 / £17.99

Deaf child Nestor Gudfred inexplicably creates utter silence around him, which compels the people near him into each others pasts and memories.  As his religious rural community looks to him as a prophet, the story follows Nestor and a diverse cast of richly imagined characters as he comes of age, falls in love, and begins a search for his father.  Winner of the coveted Xeric Grant, the debut issue was originally self-published by internationally exhibited painter Joshua Hagler before landing at AAM Markosia.

ISBN:  978-1-905692-69-9

Please contact your local comic store and give them the order code when you place your order, which for this book is FEB12 0700.

Also currently in Diamond Previews is the stunning ‘Tales from the Clockwork Empire’ by the incredible Ian Duerden:

Tales from the Clockwork Empire

Written and Illustrated by Ian Duerden

128 pages   Full Colour   $17.99 / £12.99p

Two mighty Clockwork Empires are fighting for domination of the planet. Beneath the waves of the English Channel armadas of clockwork submersibles are massing for invasion, while above Imperial Russia’s newly invented AirKites fight for supremacy of the skies. But in their search for more ingenious and deadly devices these empires have awoken an ancient Clockwork Civilization… A clock, stilled 3000 years ago, has begun ticking again… This is the Age of the Clockwork Empires and in 1803 this is how it began…

ISBN: 978-1-905692-67-5

Please contact your local comic store and give them the order code when you place your order, which for this book is FEB12 0701.

Tales from The Clockwork Empire – promo image

Coming to you in April!

Pre-order our upcoming books and make great savings!

Okay, due to previous successes we have decided to make a bunch of our new titles available to you on pre-order via our website.

As a result you can now make savings of £2 or £3 dependent on the book, and  can make further savings if you are attending the London Super Comic Convention or the Bristol Expo whereby you can pick up your -pre-purchased copy and save on shipping also. Just remember to bring proof, such as the paypal print-out.

So without further ado these are the books we are offering. Please click on the links for more information:

Available for pick-up from The London Super Comic Convention at the end of February:

Available for pick-up from the Bristol Comic Expo in May:

Give them a go folks, you won’t be disappointed!

Your feedback and input required – and you can win a prize!

Ladies and Gents, as we have announced on many occasions we will be attending the inaugural London Super Comic Convention next month.

We intend it to be the show where we have our strongest ever presence. At this time we have at least ten creators attending to sign at our booth, including Tony Lee, Dan Boultwood, Magnus Aspli, Cy Dethan, Christian Rodriguez, Nigel Dobbyn, Graeme Howard, Britt Snyder, Stephen Downey and Andy Briggs.

In addition to this outstanding turnout you will see our new convention layout and display for the first time ever, including two huge banners, dynamic new display units for our books and the inclusion of merchandising such as T-shirts, posters and prints.

What we need though is for some constructive feedback and suggestions on what would make the show and our presence even better. What do you think we should do to bring more people to our booth and to get them reading our great books?

Please send all your suggestions to Harry at harry@markosia.com – We will have a draw for the best three suggestions, with the three prizes on offer as follows:

- Signed and sketched copy of ‘The Superfun Adventures of Jax’ with a sketch by Britt Snyder who is travelling half way around the world to be with us!

- A copy of ‘Hope Falls: The Ultimate Edition’ signed by both Tony Lee and Dan Boultwood.

- A signed and sketched copy of ‘Slaughterman’s Creed’, signed by writer Cy Dethan with a sketch by artist Stephen Downey.

Each person will also receive a signed ‘Lexian Chronicles’ poster which can be picked up at the show.

So what are you waiting for? Start sending those great ideas in!

Many thanks in advance for your continuing support.

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Stan Lee coming to London next month!

The London Super Comic Convention 2012 will be hitting London’s ExCel Convention Centre on the weekend of February 25th & 26th, 2012…and there’s no better way to launch the UK’s newest and largest American creator driven comic book convention than to have the greatest comic book creator of all time make a special guest appearance.

Attendees of the London Super Comic Convention will have a unique opportunity to interact with Stan, who recently celebrated his 89th birthday and created many of the most enduring comic book characters and pop culture icons of the last 50 years, characters such as Spider-Man, the Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk and many, many more. Fans can look forward to having their comics signed, their photos taken…and watching Stan “The Man” Lee in action on guest panels.

Joining Stan is an impressive line-up of comic book creators from around the world including Brian Bolland, Mike Deodato Jnr., Kevin Maguire, Howard Chaykin, George Perez, Bernie Wrightson and many, many more.

Don’t miss out on this special opportunity to see Stan Lee in 2012. There will be no entry on the door, and ticket numbers are limited, so book your tickets by visiting the The London Super Comic Convention 2012 site now!

To enter the competition, book your tickets and you will automaticaly be entered in the prize draw, taking place in the 7th of February 2012. 1 lucky winner will be chosen and announced on the London Super Comic Convention Website.

Excelsior…

And of course Markosia will be there in force also, with as many as ten signings each day!