Action Lab Entertainment is excited to announce that
Super Real Graphics publisher Jason Martin has accepted a position to spearhead
its new mature readers line, Action Lab: Danger Zone, and merge his SR Graphics
with the new brand.
While Action Lab is known more for its high-profile
all-ages friendly properties, including the Eisner-nominated Princeless, the
upcoming Molly Danger from Jamal Igle, and various licensed properties from
toys and animation, it reinforces its dedication to publishing a full spectrum
of comic book content. The creation of the Danger Zone imprint allows it to
continue to seek out the best projects for any audience, and as the
newly-appointed publisher for the brand, Martin can use his experience running
a mature readers line of books to help ALE achieve bigger and better things.
In merging the two creator-owned publishing companies,
Action Lab now also brings the existing Super Real Graphics properties to their
new Danger Zone catalog, including the cult indie hit Zombie Tramp from Dan
Mendoza. A fan favorite since its release in late 2010, Zombie Tramp’s sold-out
graphic novel will be getting both a new printing, as well as a sequel series
in 2013. Additionally, all of Action Lab’s current projects that qualify as
'mature' will move over to the new line, including the trade paperback
collection of Dave Dwonch’s just-concluding critically acclaimed video game
raunch-fest, Double Jumpers.
"Bringing Jason Martin, and Super Real Graphics,
into the Action Lab family is quite the coup," says Action Lab President
Kevin Freeman. "Not only do we get a proven talent in Martin to ply his
trade with us, but this move also allows us to look for and publish quality
work of all kinds--not just kid-friendly fare. This lets us expand our
horizons, and Action Lab undoubtedly will be better for it."
“I have been a fan of Jason’s SRG brand for many years,
and I’m thrilled that he will be extending his talent, positive energy, and
dedication to the craft to the Action Lab stable of books,” says ALE Creative
Director Dave Dwonch.
“I’m incredibly excited to take my efforts at showcasing
boundary pushing, genre redefining material to an even larger audience with the
backing of the talented folks at ALE,” exclaims Martin. “I’m as passionate for
comics as a person can be, especially the creative and quirky ideas born from
creators with a story to tell in this graphic medium, and truly love working
with them to share their visions.”
In 2013 the line will launch with several new books--both
from new talent (with titles like the horror-tinged desert-baked graphic novel
The Trip, the viral-outbreak survival saga The Rabid, and the mind-bending
genre-blending exploits of a boy and his talking kitten in Ehmm Theory), and
from previously- published creators (including Tony Fleecs and Tone Rodriguez’s
poetry-powered American Goth Chick, Dave Dwonch and Rob Ruddell’s time-hopping
rogue nuke mythology Ghost Town, and Martin’s own Regan-era zombie lovefest
Night of the 80’s Undead). There are more titles in store as well, including
the aforementioned SR Graphics title Zombie Tramp, and Grant Gould’s Norse
mythology by-way-of Tolkien The Wolves of Odin saga. Overall, this is a truly
inspired line-up for fans of graphic fiction that will see release in print via
comic book shops, as well as online via ComiXology and all major digital
providers.
Action Lab received two Eisner nominations in 2012 for
its critically-acclaimed all-ages comic Princeless, and has been praised for
its diverse library of titles, including Pirate Eye, Fracture, and works like
the upcoming Skyward and Odin Jones. Be sure to visit the Action Lab website
http://www.actionlabcomics.com for more information, including links to social
media outlets and submission information.
