Sunday, September 30, 2012

STRANGE BATTLE TALES-DIGITAL

AVAILABLE ON COMIXOLOGY,COMICSPLUS AND MYDIGITAL COMICS--ON IPHONE, IPAD AND ANDROID Title: STRANGE BATTLE TALES #1 (ONE SHOT) Issue Number: 1 Written by Steve Mannion & Andy Marinkovich art by Steve Mannion Cover by Steve Mannion Intended Audience: Mature readers Format: B&W interiors, full color painted covers, 34 pages APP Price: $1.99 US APP RELEASE Date: Sept. 12, 2012 Story Synopsis: LONG OUT OF PRINT, this new digital edition features the VERY FIRST APPEARANCE of FEARLESS DAWN. Under her alter ego VANDA SAVAGE, we go to an alternate future where the she-agent and he band of guerillas duke it out in a war torn story we like to call " GIVE 'EM BULLETS". Alo on hand are the short tales "DEAL WITH THE DEVIL" , "ROMMEL'S DESERT APES" and "RACE OF DOOM!". Steve Mannion (Fearless Dawn, The Bomb) serves up a 32-page giant comic issue containing four stories which offer a humorous and quirky approach to the classic war tale genre. All tales feature a humorous "twist" ending reminiscent of the finest pre-code horror and war comics of the 1950s. B&W 34 Pages meta: humor, action, adventure, fairy tales, horror

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Bomb available on Comixology today

http://www.comixology.com/The-Bomb/digital-comic/JUN083688 Collecting issues 1-4 of Steve Mannion's The Bomb mini-series. Artist and writer Steven Mannion whips up some of the craziest comic book tales this side of The Goon, The Rocketter and Li'l Abner in this brilliantly executed vanity project from his independent imprint, ATOM BOMB COMICS. The Bomb contains: FEARLESS DAWN (Origin Story), BROWNHOLE JONES (Zombie Island Party) and introduces the R. Crumbesque JUNGLE CHICK and the DINOSAUR. The book has been described as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" meets "Mad Magazine" with a dash of Stan Lee thrown in for good measure! Steve Mannion's signature brush style, colorful characters and witty gag-writing have already netted the artist a solid underground following as well as foreign and domestic licensing deals. Beautifully rendered cartoon pen and ink work. For fans of "The Goon", Wally Wood and classic E.C. horror, this book is a must. Features color gallery section.