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ASYLUM PRESS RELEASES RETRO-HORROR ANTHOLOGY EEEK! JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN
 
Asylum Press release  the first preview to a new horror anthology entitled EEEK! From Australian creator Jason Paulos.

(Los Angeles) Asylum Press announces the release of an all-new horror anthology entitled EEEK! by creator Jason Paulos.  Shipping in Sept. 2010 it’s just in time to shake your bones for the Halloween season.

EEEK! is a homage from artist/writer Jason Paulos to the classic horror comics of his youth. Taking a pinch of black humour from EC comics and mixing it with the art stylings of House of Mystery and Warren comics, Paulos blends a heady broth that hits you like a burning incense stick to the retina.

 

''EEEK!' is my love letter to cheesy 'retro' horror comics” say creator Jason Paulos,”... in particular Charlton, House of Mystery, Warren, and to a lesser extent 80's stuff like Death Rattle and Twisted Tales. If you made a movie of 'EEEK!' it would be described as the bastard child of Evil Dead and Austin Powers. One of the story titles is 'Death Wears Hotpants', so you can draw your own conclusions from that.”

“We’re very excited to have EEEK! Join the ranks of the horror titles we have brewing at Asylum Press,” explains publisher Frank Forte, “ Jason Paulos has a knack for bringing bringing back those morbid feelings I got when I read the old Eerie and Creepys, but he does it with a new twist.”

EEEK! VOL. 1  will be a soft cover TPB annual anthology.  Standard comic book dimensions. 152 pgs, B&W with COLOR section , perfect bound. Retail Price: $14.95. Ship Date: Sept 2010. Intended Audience: General Readers. ISBN13: 978-1-61724-010-2

Writers:Jason Paulos, Bodine Amerikah, Daren White
Artist: Jason Paulos

Cover Artist: Aly Fell
Back Cover Artists: Jason Paulos and Daniel Cox

This retro-style comic book anthology of all-new horror tales is guaranteed to give you the eeries and the creepies!  Taking a pinch of black humour from EC comics and mixing it with the art stylings of House of Mystery and Warren comics, EEEK! blends a heady broth that hits you like a burning incense stick to the retina. Jason Paulos delivers the goods with over 15 tales of revenge, zombies, vampires, ghouls and monsters. Each tale drawn in a different style reminiscent of the B&W horror mags of the 70's and 80's. In 'Deadline of Death' we witness rival comic artists dabbling with malevolent forces that arrive in the form of a chain smoking goatee wearing Satan. In Lights! Camera! Murder!, A lovesick starlet and a ruthless film director embark on a doomed love affair that ends in pieces!  In "Easy Prey" A helpless girl, lost in the wilderness ... but is she all that she seems? In "Head Trip" a hippie's love for music goes horribly wrong.  Other titles include "Confessions of a Thrill Killer", "Like Son, Like Father" , "In Too Deep" and many more.  Includes full color section, cover gallery and sketchbook section.

EEEK! Preview can be seen on the web here:
http://www.asylumpress.com/eeek_preview.html

Official website
http://www.eeekcomic.com/

Asylum Press can be found on the web at: http://www.asylumpress.com/

QUOTES
'I loved this comic and immediately had to have the rest, sort of like a horror geek Pokémon "got to collect them all" thing. There's just something about this style of horror comic book that really works for me, guess it's the innate feeling that characters will reap what they sow. Jason Paulos really has captured an era of comic book releases and Eeek! deserves to find a much larger market.'
---Jeff Ritchie
Scaryminds.com

'The stories in this collection draw their inspiration from the 'so bad it's good' school of horror. The opening story, "Deadline of Death", features two young comic artists – one of whom makes a pact with the Devil while the other gets ironic revenge. The story comes fully equipped with 70's hair-dos and knowing winks to comic book history. There's even a witty narrator who finishes off the piece with a misquoted cliché: "Looks like a case of 'art imitates death,' huh, readers?"'
---Matthew Clark
www.Brokenfrontier.com

“A fun collection of illustrated terror tales featuring great art and a wicked sense of humor, pulling it's inspiration from all over the Silver Age horror comic history map, occasionally even drawing from 50's pre-code terror and the late 60's and early 70's Eerie Publication black and white gore mags... but probably most reminiscent of 80's indie comic titles like Gore Shriek and Twisted Tales. Recommended!"
---Karswell, The Horrors of it All

ABOUT ASYLUM PRESS:
Founded in 1999 by Frank Forte, Asylum Press is a unique publishing house specializing in high profile projects from some of the industry's biggest names. Publishing superhero comics with Warlash: Zombie Mutant Genesis, continuing their tradition of horror with Undead Evil, Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of Hell, the upcoming Asylum of Horrors and Beyond Lovecraft, venturing into dark humor with Billy Boy The Sick Little Fat Kid and The Cletus and Floyd Show, Asylum Press continues to be on the cutting edge of comic and graphic novel publishing. Asylum Press is distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors, Haven Distributors and Tony Shenton and to the Booktrade by Partners Book Distributing, Paterners/West, Ingram and Baker and Taylor.

ABOUT JASON PAULOS

Jason Paulos exploded onto the Australian comics scene in 1989 with the first self published issue of 'Hairbutt The Hippo', the story of a hard boiled anthropomorphic private eye roaming the seedy underbelly of a future city. Over the years Jason has regularly contributed to Australian MAD magazine (over 100 pages of Hairbutt strips), DC comics (5 page Green Lantern story for Bizarro Comics book 2), Judge Dredd Megazine (wrote and drew 16 page horror story called 'Easy Prey') and published a dozen Hairbutt comics.
He's now busy writing, drawing and publishing the second series of 'EEEK!' books.
http://www.hairbuttthehippo.com/
http://www.eeekcomic.com/

 

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Issue Number: 1 OF 4

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Intended Audience: general readers

Genre: Action / Adventure/Comedy
Format: SC, 32 pgs, COLOR , saddle stitched

Retail Price: $2.95

ISBN13:978-0-9818230-3-4

Synopsis:
Jet riding good girl FEARLESS DAWN battles her arch nemesis Helga Von
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WARLASH: DARK NOIR No. 3 (OF 3)

ALL-NEW MINI- SERIES

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED by

FRANK FORTE

ROYAL McGRAW

J.C. WONG

Cover painted by

ALY FELL

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48 PAGES FULL COLOR $2.95

Action Packed third issue! Warlash, armored warrior of the apocalyptic future, returns. This issue concludes the “Phlegm Fatale” storyline wherein Warlash battles a biogenetically spawned beast in the sewers below Pittsburgh. By Frank Forte. In "Rocket's Red Glare" written by Royal McGraw and illustrated by Frank Forte, Warlash must find out why stock market traders are committing suicide by jumping out of skyscaaper windows. What he discovers is a Neo-Cold War villain with plans to destroy Pittsburgh. In "Deadly is the Android", Warlash investigates the murder of an old CIA friend. What he discovers is a web of evil and androids. Pinups by JC Wong.

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SHIPPING SEPT. 2009

ASYLUM OF HORRORS #2-- 20 PAGE PREVIEW RELEASED

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Diamond Code: JUL090699

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Asylum Of Horrors

COVER BY ALY FELL

ASYLUM OF HORRORS #2


Writers and Artists: Tim Vigil, Frank Forte, Symon Billy George, Riste Sekuloski, Nenad Gucunja, Marcin Ponomarew


Intended Audience: mature readers
Retail Price: $4.95
Pages: SC, 64 pgs, FC with B&W. Perfect bound
Ship Date: SEPT 2009
Genre: Horror
Frequency of Publication: Quarterly
ISBN: 978-0-9818230-4-1

Synopsis:
  The inmates at the ASYLUM continue with a new breed of horror.  This anthology features “Jacked In” by Frank Forte where a programmer gets double crossed by a greedy girlfriend and he gets his sweet revenge.  Part 1 of Tim Vigil’s new “Survival Extinction Z” a post apocalyptic horror tale.  Part 2 of “Ruined Earth”, Billy George’s tale of giant worms and armageddon. In “Ecce Homo” by Darren Sellars and Patrick Shanahan, a race of creatures, almost machine-like in their brutal efficiency break free from the confines of a two-dimensional world and begin a relentless assault, wiping any and all resistance from its path. In “ Transformation” by Marcin Ponomarew,  a desperate man takes an injection. In ”The Connection” a mad doctor tries to find the source of another voice inside his head, by Forte. Another tale of The Doctor and Boris and the horrid inmates.  A great collection of disturbing tales for the discerning horror fan. Cover by Aly fell.

FEATURES PART 1 OF AN ALL NEW TIM VIGIL TALE

SURVIVAL EXTINCTION "Z"

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Diamond Code: JUL083696

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Writers’ and Artists: Frank Forte, Symon Kudranski, Kevin Colden, Billy George, Riste Sekuloski, Nenad Gucunja, Aaron Rintoul, Marcin Ponomarew, J.C. Wong, Robert S. Rhine.
Intended Audience: mature readers
Retail Price: $4.95
Pages: SC, 96 pgs, FC with B&W. Perfect bound
Ship Date: SEPT 2008
Genre: Horror
Frequency of Publication: Quarterly
ISBN: 978-0-9818230-0-3

Synopsis:
Giant sized first issue! The inmates at the ASYLUM bring you a new breed of horror. This anthology features 13 stories from the best writer’s and artists in the industry. In “Human Growth Hormone” by Frank Forte, a geeks love for a girl drives him to desperate measures. “The Last Line” explores a man’s bizarre train ride. Kevin Colden conjures up a Satanic yarn of death. Other tales include; “Love or Obsession” by Kudranski, “Madness” a Lovecraftian horror tale, “The Parts” by Sekuloski and “Ruined Earth-CARNIGOR” an apocalyptic zombie tale by Billy George. Two one page shockers by fan-fave Nenad Gucunja. Marcin Ponomarew brings a tale of Lovecraftian horrors. Plenty of creep, gore and twists for fans of horror comics old and new.

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Title: FEARLESS DAWN

Issue Number: 1 OF 4

Frequency of Publication: QUARTERLY

Written and Illustrated by: Steve Mannion

Cover by: Steve Mannion

Intended Audience: general readers

Genre: Action / Adventure/Comedy
Format: SC, 32 pgs, COLOR , saddle stitched

Retail Price: $2.95

ISBN13:978-0-9818230-2-7

Synopsis:
Jet riding good girl FEARLESS DAWN battles her arch nemesis Helga Von
Krause in this mini-series from Steve Mannion. Fearless Dawn infiltrates the vaunted "Manitoba Sector" to discover the secret behind Helga's chemically-induced NAZI MONSTERS. Meanwhile, all is not
well back at home base when Fearless Dawn's boss discovers our hero has broken probation and flown the coop! Join us now as Steve Mannion's beautifully rendered comic book tale unfolds in full-color glory!

Fan's of Steve Mannion's The Bomb will love this new action-packed series.

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SHIPPING SEPTEMBER 2008

ASYLUM OF HORRORS #1
Writers’ and Artists: Frank Forte, Symon Kudranski, Kevin Colden, Billy George, Riste Sekuloski, Nenad Gucunja, Aaron Rintoul, Marcin Ponomarew, J.C. Wong, Robert S. Rhine.
Intended Audience: mature readers
Retail Price: $4.95
Pages: SC, 96 pgs, FC with B&W. Perfect bound
Ship Date: SEPT 2008
Genre: Horror
Frequency of Publication: Quarterly
ISBN: 978-0-9818230-0-3

Synopsis:
Giant sized first issue! The inmates at the ASYLUM bring you a new breed of horror. This anthology features 13 stories from the best writer’s and artists in the industry. In “Human Growth Hormone” by Frank Forte, a geeks love for a girl drives him to desperate measures. “The Last Line” explores a man’s bizarre train ride. Kevin Colden conjures up a Satanic yarn of death. Other tales include; “Love or Obsession” by Kudranski, “Madness” a Lovecraftian horror tale, “The Parts” by Sekuloski and “Ruined Earth-CARNIGOR” an apocalyptic zombie tale by Billy George. Two one page shockers by fan-fave Nenad Gucunja. Marcin Ponomarew brings a tale of Lovecraftian horrors. Plenty of creep, gore and twists for fans of horror comics old and new.

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SHIPPING AUGUST 2008

ASYLUM RELEASES WARLASH:DARK NOIR TRAILER AND PREVIEW

WARLASH: DARK NOIR No. 1

ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED by

FRANK FORTE

SZYMON KUDRANSKI

STEVE MANNION

MARCIN PONOMAREW

Cover painted by

BRUNO WERNECK

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56 PAGES FULL COLOR $3.95

Giant sized first issue! Warlash, armored warrior of an apocalyptic future. This issue reintroduces Warlash with four tales of hard boiled crime noir terror. In “Phlegm Fatale” Warlash battles a biogenic beast in the sewers below Pittsburgh. By Frank Forte “Grubbs” introduces Warlash to the seedy underside of the city he is sworn to protect. Art by Steve Mannion. In "WormWar" part 1, a secret formula is stolen from an underground lab and Warlash must find out who by Szymon Kudranski. In “The Demon” , Warlash is confronted with a satanic rite and hellspawned beast they have released. .Cover by Bruno Werneck.

ISBN: 0-9768509-8-2

 

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May, 27, 2008

STEVE MANNION COMMITS TO THE ASYLUM

STEVE MANNION’S THE BOMB TRADE PAPERBACK SHIPS AUGUST 2008 FROM ASYLUM PRESS.


(Los Angeles) Steve Mannion, creator of Fearless Dawn, Brownhole Jones and many other characters has inked a deal with Asylum Press to publish the collected edition of THE BOMB, a four issue mini-series that was originally publish through Atom Bomb Comics.
This trade paperback collects issues 1-4 of Steve Mannion's The Bomb mini-series as well as the special beach bound pin-up issue. The book is 176 total pages; 160 black and white pages with a 16-page color section. 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. This huge compilation features Steve Mannion at his unfiltered best spinning yarns of his favorite creations: Fearless Dawn, Sea Goin' Lil, Brownhole Jones, Helga Von Krause and Jungle Chick and the Dinosaur.

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