The tunnel is dug, the ponies laden down with comics, posters, stickers and more. Eagles have been sent on ahead to pick up copies of Alan Grant's 'The Loxleys and the War of 1812' preview comics from Friesens.
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Renegade Comics
Publishing Strategy
We publish comic books. But only a few and we are very discerning on our choices. The mix so far has been from experienced A list writers and artists and newer blood who pitched projects just too good to turn down.
Some of our projects have come from within Renegade itself, like Alan Grant' and Shane Oakley's Channel Evil and Alexander Finbow and William Simpson's Shades Of Gray. Projects that our creators are passionate about and all of us at Renegade believe are of the highest quality.
What's on the radar
Other projects have been pitched to us, via email, at conventions, even at the bar. Almost every single one has been turned down.
However a select few have been just too exciting, too brilliant to turn down.
One of those is from masters of their craft Lovern Kindzierski, John Bolton, and Todd Klein. It is the trilogy Shame.
The second is from newcomers Richmond Clements and Alex Moore. Their tale of robotic mayhem, love, betrayal, and the fight for an endangered loved one was too good to ignore. It is Turning Tiger.
There will be more comic books to follow, in print and in digital. And we will continue to only publish the stories that truly convince us they need to be told.
Comics News
Renegade at New York Comic Con
Alexander Finbow - Monday, October 10, 2011
Toronto Fan Expo Round Up
Alexander Finbow - Thursday, September 15, 2011
There was only one place to be this August 25th-28th, Fan Expo Canada, the 3rd largest convention in North America, located in the heart of downtown Toronto.
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Lair raided! Latest update from the Renegade Tunnels
Alexander Finbow - Thursday, August 04, 2011
As you may have heard last week, River Trolls attacked our secret Mountain Lair, hell bent on taking over Renegade and forcing us to start producing reality TV shows, publishing gossip magazines, and recording romance audio books.
Whilst there is nothing wrong with these creations per sae, we are too loved up with our current titles to consider ditching them at the whim of a menacing herd of violent 8 foot tall mythical creatures.
We had no choice but to grab our pens and brushes and dig deeper into the mountain, creating a new system of tunnels from where we can continue to produce the fine creator owned titles without River Troll interference. This has meant that communication with the outside world has been effected at times, and some messages may have been lost when an angry and inebriated Troll bit clean through our cables. Thankfully, with the aid of the mountain critters, we've been able to keep supplying customer orders at all times.
In that time Ben Clark has been writing and drawing under a large Redwood root system close to the oblivious Trolls. The fruit of his labours are more adventures for our hapless heroes in The Spine Chillers web comic, click the image below to read the latest installment as Hemingway makes it his business to hunt down the terror of the Werebadger.
Work continues on the epic comic book 'The Loxley's and the War of 1812' down a dimly lit corridor, where Claude St Aubin has finished pencil art on the first 50 pages, and Lovern Kindzierski is knee deep in digital paint as he colours Claude's work.
Deeper down in the tunnels, Richmond Clements chisels away at the script for the second Turning Tiger book, back to back with Gordon Rennie who is busy penning Monsterology. May their chisels stay sharp as both series hold great potential.
John Bolton has found some smooth granite to use as a canvas for book 2 of the Shame trilogy, Pursuit. Several River Trolls discovered his hideout but sit now, close to starvation, transfixed by his deft brushstrokes and mastery of image.
As well as every beautifully painted page, the digital version includes a commentary track featuring John and Lovern, that you can listen to whilst reading the book. As well as the theme music composed specifically for the story, and the cinematic trailer. You can also comment within the book and leave messages for the creators. Well worth a look, and at only $3.99 really good value.
August 23rd is the date we will dig ourselves out of the Mountain Lair and make a break for the east as we take part in this years Toronto Fan Expo. Lovern and Alexander with be on hand to sign and talk to fans, and we'll have some exclusives from Shame, VMT, The War of 1812 and more with us. Doug Bradley will also be dug out of his cave of reflection to represent all things Spinechillers, as will his fellow Spinechillers alumni Robert Englund.
October sees us head further east for the New York Comic Convention where we look forward to meeting more of our American fans, and we'll be bringing with us a raft of further exclusives as well as previews for VMT, Monsterology, 1812 and more. We hope to see you at one of the shows.
And now I must go, a Troll is dragging Lindsay Thomas away form her latest blog, whilst threatening to eat William Simpson if he doesn't finish the last pages of 24 Days in Rio sharpish.
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Shame: Conception is here!
Alexander Finbow - Monday, July 11, 2011
Ahead of schedule and perfectly formed, Lovern Kindzierski and John Bolton's epic trilogy is here with the first book Shame: Conception available in comic book stores across North America and the UK.
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Presenting The Loxley's and the War of 1812 comic book
Alexander Finbow - Thursday, June 16, 2011
One of our biggest projects here at Renegade right now is Alan Grant's epic adventure of a family caught up in the conflict that helped to define both Canada and America into the nations they would become. With the Bicentenary fast approaching we'll be publishing several books to commemorate the events.
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Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo is here! We'll have exclusive goodies at Booth 507
Alexander Finbow - Tuesday, June 14, 2011
And we've special guests too!
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Our local comic convention swings into operation this Friday, June 17th, at the BMO Centre and Stampede Grounds in the sunny city of Calgary. Being only a trebuchet stones throw away from our Mountain Lair, we will make the treacherous journey across the foothills to bring our finely crafted wonders to the expected 30,000 attendees.
New! 'The Spine Chillers' web comic, latest episode available on our facebook page.
Alexander Finbow - Sunday, June 12, 2011
As the final wires are soldered into place on our shiny new website (what do you think so far?) we know that The Spine Chillers web comic by Ben Clark is still being pumped full of the required levels of recycled plutonium to be part of web 3.0 and can't be accessed here at this momentBut with the latest episode already written and hewn from granite, we have posted it up on our facebook page so you can enjoy the latest chapter in the exploits of Messers Poe, Bierce and Lovecraft without delay.
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Shame: Conception Goes to Print!
Alexander Finbow - Tuesday, June 07, 2011
June 6th 2011 goes down in history as a momentous day for Renegade Arts Entertainment as Shame: Conception, our most ambitious publication so far, rolled off the Friesen presses.
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Shame: Conception Preview Launch Announced
Alexander Finbow - Monday, May 16, 2011
Lovern Kindzierski and John Bolton's eagerly awaited comic book Shame: Conception will be in comic book stores and book shops on July 13th. If you're interested in getting your hands on a copy before then, there is only one place to be: The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo running June 17th - 19th.
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