Desperado Publishing Solicitations

Posted: Monday, November 1, 2004
Posted By: Shawn Patty

Desperado Publishing, in partnership with Image Comics, is proud to announce their initial offerings for December 2004 and January 2005. The following titles can be found under the Image Comics section in the Diamond Previews catalog.

NOTE: November 2 is the cut off date for increasing orders for the December titles, so please contact your Diamond representative today!

Shipping in December from Desperado Publishing

DESPERADO PRIMER #1
$1.99
32 Pages
One-Shot
Full color
Written by PAUL JENKINS and TONY HARRIS
Art by ADAM HUHGES, BRIAN STELFREEZE, CULLY HAMNER, PHIL HESTER, KELSEY SHANNON, JASON PEARSON and TONY HARRIS
Cover by BRIAN BOLLAND
CONCEPT:
Preview DESPERADO'S amazing new line-up of some of the world's best writers and artists, working together on all new stories, concepts and comic characters! This primer also features two new all original stories, the first being an all-star collaboration written by Paul Jenkins with art by: ADAM HUGHES, BRIAN STELFREEZE, CULLY HAMNER, PHIL HESTER, KELSEY SHANNON and JASON PEARSON. The second story, by Eisner award winning Tony Harris, is a prelude to his upcoming Desperado Project, Roundeye! Previews! Original Stories! Interviews! A great introduction to the Desperado Publishing/Image comics line.

DESPERADO PRIMER is ™ and © Joe Pruett, 2005. All Rights Reserved.


FLAMING CARROT #1
$2.95
Quarterly on-going series
Black and white
32 pages
Written and illustrated by BOB BURDEN
CONCEPT:
The legendary Flaming Carrot returns in an all-new quarterly series! With no super-powers to speak of, this free-wheeling, second-string, milltown hero usually just blasts his way out a bad spot in a hail of gunfire and reckless violence. Then it’s down to the nearest seedy bar or strip join for the blue plate special and a night of brawling, carousing and wanton debauchery! America’s first surrealist superhero! The poor man’s H-Bomb! The pied piper of fun! From the creator of the Mystery Men!

THIS ISSUE:
FLAMING CARROT'S Amazing No. 1 IMAGE/DESPERADO Issue!! (Also FC 33 in Reg. Series) CROUCHING CARROT - HIDDEN HOT WING! Flaming Carrot Comics celebrates its 20th Anniversary with an all new quarterly series! America's first surrealist super hero partners up with the sassy, saucy, former juvenile delinquent, DYNAMITE GIRL, to battle Burden's most asinine villain yet, an 8-foot, anime loving, poker playing, baby eating, HOT-WING! Sponge Boy, The Flying Dead Dog, and Miniature Abe Lincoln return with a guest appearance by Mullet Force 6.

FLAMING CARROT is ™ and © Bob Burden, 2005. All Rights Reserved.


Shipping in January from Desperado Publishing

BEYOND AVALON #1
On sale 01.05
$2.95
Quarterly on-going series
Full color
32 pages
Written by JOE PRUETT
Art by GORAN SUDZUKA
Cover by GORAN SUDZUKA
CONCEPT:
When heroes die they are welcomed into the enchanted island of Avalon, a land of unimaginable beauty, untouched by crime, unsoiled by weather, and even immune to death. Only one hero has ever been born here. Her name is Megan, daughter of Arthur. Consumed by her father’s wanderlust for adventure, Megan travels through the mystical mists surrounding the island in search of her missing father and her own self worth.

THIS ISSUE
“Wanderlust,” Part One
Megan is the first of her kind, born upon the mythical island of Avalon. The daughter of a legendary King, she craves adventure, excitement and an escape from the “perfect” world in which she lives. When her father, also consumed by the quest for adventure, disappears, Megan decides to follow him. Her escape is presented to her in the form of the mists that surround the island, mists that are gateways to other worlds and dimensions. Armed with her father’s recently recovered sword, Megan gathers her courage and enters the mist. For all ages.

BEYOND AVALON is ™ and © Joe Pruett and Goran Sudzuka, 2005. All Rights Reserved.


NEGATIVE BURN, The Very Best from 1993-1998
On sale 01.26
$19.95
Trade paperback
Black & white
200 pages
Written & illustrated by VARIOUS
Cover by KEN MEYER JR.
CONCEPT:
Negative Burn was an anomaly, merging together genres, pushing boundaries and allowing the top comic book talent in the world an opportunity to experiment and tell stories that they wanted to tell. When told that a black & white anthology title without a defined theme would never last beyond five issues, Negative Burn exceeded all expectations by running 50 issues and ending of its own decree, garnering numerous industry award nominations along the way. The biggest stars in the industry (Neil Gaiman, Brian Bolland, Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Moebius, Peter David, P. Craig Russell, etc.) co-existed side-by-side with the next wave of superstars (Brian Bendis, David Mack, Paul Pope, John Cassaday, Frank Quitely, Jeff Smith, Terry Moore, Paul Jenkins, Mike Wieringo, etc.) to produce perhaps the most eccentric anthology title in the history of comics.

This volume takes the very best from the first 50 issues of this prestigious anthology and presents them all together here for the first time. Contributors read like a virtual “who’s who” of comic talent: Brian Bolland, Alan Moore, P. Craig Russell, Dave Johnson, Dave Gibbons, Evan Dorkin, Phil Hester, Arthur Adams, Edvin Biukovic, Bob Burden, Zander Cannon, Mark Chiarello, Guy Davis, Michael Gaydos, Danijel Zezelj, Darko Macan, Mike Wieringo, Terry Moore, Paul Pope, Andrew Robinson, Danijel Zezelj, Jim Mahfood, and numerous others.

Features stories from NEGATIVE BURN #1-50

NEGATIVE BURN is ™ and © Joe Pruett, James Pruett and Charles Moore 2005. All Rights Reserved.

Desperado Publishing, based out of Gaijin Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, was created with the sole idea of gathering the comic industry’s most respected and popular talents under one banner, and allowing them the freedom to craft their own creations while retaining complete control of them.

“Desperado is about offering choices and variety,” says Desperado Publishing publisher, Joe Pruett. “There is no genre that we’re married to, so we believe we have something to offer readers and fans of all tastes and likes. The only common thread that runs through our product is quality—quality in talent and quality in production.”

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