29th September 2009 / Dead Space / On Sale
DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION is released today in America (Friday in Europe).
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, EXTRACTION is a prequel to last year’s DEAD SPACE game, made exclusively for the Wii. And it’s getting rather good reviews, pretty much ticking all the boxes that I predicted.
Everyone involved with EXTRACTION, from the producers to the coders to the artists to the voice actors (and, of course, me!) put a hell of a lot of work into making it a worthy successor to DEAD SPACE. I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say I hope you enjoy it.
24th September 2009 / Appearances
I’m appearing at the Manchester leg of Travelling Man’s We Love Comics Con this Saturday, 26th September, in the store.
Also present will be Ian Edginton, Steve Yeowell, Al Ewing, Dave Taylor and Leigh Gallagher (spot the odd one out… I’m the only one who’s never worked for 2000AD).
We’ll be signing, of course, I imagine the arty types will be sketching, and I’ll have copies of COLLECTED SCRIPTS to sell, too.
The event starts at 12 noon and runs through till 3pm, at Travelling Man Manchester. That said, I don’t know about any of the others, but I’ll probably stick around for a bit longer anyway, just to catch up with the Manchester crowd.
Hope to see you there!
21st September 2009 / Wasteland / On Sale
If we’d tried to plan it this way, it would never have happened, but happening it is; both issue #26 and the first Apocalyptic Edition hardback of WASTELAND hit stores this week.
Issue #26 kicks off a brand new story arc, “The Enemy Within”, which takes us through the six months in Newbegin following the Sand-Eater attack, and Golden Voice’s call for Sunner freedom. Each issue will focus on a different character, and we start with Yan, son of the late ex-Primate Heddor.
The order code is JUN091043, and here’s the solicit:
BRAND NEW STORY ARC! Six months of chaos and turmoil following the Sand-Eater battle, as the city struggles to cope with upheaval. Each issue follows a different character. This month features Marcus’ precocious young charge Yan, as he is sent to work for Artisian Neelan — but discovers a side to life, and perhaps himself, that he never dreamed existed.
As for the Apocalyptic Edition, well, I’ve talked about this several times already. It collects the first thirteen issues in their entirety, including the Walking the Dust text pieces and Ben Templesmith’s original covers.
Suffice to say that the production values are gorgeous, the new art for Walking The Dust is amazing, the colour cover gallery is awesome, and we all couldn’t be happier with how it’s turned out. We knew going in that only the serious fans are going to pick up a hardback, so we worked around the clock to make sure it’s worth every penny.
The Diamond code for the Apocalyptic Edition, Vol. 1 is MAY090998, and the ISBN is 978-1934964194.
8th September 2009 / Dead Space / Alex Rider / On Sale
SKELETON KEY is now on sale in the UK and Europe (an American edition, published by Philomel, will follow soon). I received my advance copy this weekend, and it looks fantastic.
As with POINT BLANC, this graphic novel is based on the original book, and as always, it’s drawn by the dynamic sisters Kanako and Yuzuru. Here’s the blurb:
Reluctant teenage superspy Alex Rider is useful to MI6 in ways an adult could never be. Now they need his help once again. But a routine reconaissance mission at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships sets off a terrifying chain of events for Alex that sees him on the run from a murderous Chinese triad gang. Forced to hide out, Alex is sent to Cayo Esqueleto — Skeleton Key — an island near Cuba. Waiting for him there is General Alexei Sarov — a coldly insane Russian with explosive plans to rewrite history. Alex faces his most dangerous challenge yet. Alone, and equipped only with a handful of gadgets, Alex must outwit Sarov as the seconds tick away towards the end of the world…
The UK ISBN is 9781406313482. As soon as I have details for the Philomel edition, I’ll post them here.
I’ve mentioned before that this book required a bit of jiggery-pokery with Sabina’s character, seeing as in the novels Alex doesn’t even meet her until this book! But I think it worked out pretty well, and it sets us up nicely for EAGLE STRIKE, which will hopefully hit shelves in 2010…
Also this week, according to Diamond’s shipping list, the DEAD SPACE: EXTRACTION one-shot comic goes on sale. That’s a little earlier than most of us expected, but now you get even more time to pore over Ben’s lovely art before the game hits later this month. Here’s the solicitation:
Take a step further into the horrifying world of DEAD SPACE with EXTRACTION, the special edition comic of the forthcoming Wii title, from the same creative team behind the original DEAD SPACE comic! Senior Medical Officer Nicole Brennan gets the chance of a lifetime when she’s assigned to the USG Ishimura… but before long, the necromorph infection breaks out and Nicole must race to unravel the horrifying clues she finds in a very special young girl!
You can read a huge 9-page preview at Newsarama, and order it with the code JUL090350.
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