| Moonstone
Books Gets a Night Driver...
Maintaining
my commitment to smaller publishers that are doing good
work, here's a little something from Moonstone, a company
that deserves a lot more attention than it seems to be getting.
As
for this particular book, it's been recommended to me by
a couple of different trusted sources outside Moonstone,
so take that for what it's worth.
I
suspect from the art at right, the Night Driver will not
be for the squeamish.
From
CinemaGraphix and Moonstone:
CinemaGraphix Entertainment is excited to announce the
publication of its inaugural project, the graphic novel
suspense thriller “The Night Driver”, in partnership
with comic book publisher Moonstone Books.
Slated for a July release,
“The Night Driver” is written by John Cork (“The
Long Walk Home,” “Bond Girls Are Forever”),
adapted by Christopher Mills (“Gravedigger: The Scavengers,”
“Femme Noir”), and penciled, inked, colored,
and lettered by explosive new talent Christopher LaGasse.
“The
Night Driver” is the story of what happens when traveling
salesman Hurdis Jones hits a mysterious stranger with his
car, unleashing an escalating firestorm of paranoia, persecution,
mystery, and grisly murder.
CinemaGraphix
Entertainment is the brainchild of award-winning writer-editor-producer
Ed Polgardy (“From The Darkness,” “From
Dusk ‘Til Dawn,” “Dark Dominion”)
and acclaimed writer-producer-director Darin Scott (“Menace
II Society,” “Tales >From The Hood,”
“Caught Up”). The company is dedicated to putting
out incredibly filmic and exciting graphic novels and comics
in a variety of genres, including horror, sci-fi, action,
and fantasy.
“When
you read a CGX book, we want you to feel compelled to grab
a bucket of popcorn, some Red Vines, and a soda to go along
with it,” exclaimed CEO and co-founder Darin Scott,
who combines twenty years experience as a feature filmmaker
with a lifelong passion for the comics medium.
“Darin
and I realized we had a wealth of ideas that would be terrific
in both the film and comics arenas, probably a lot more
of them than we would ever have time to produce as movies.
In most cases, it takes years to get a feature film made,
but far less time to create a graphic novel, so this was
the perfect venue for us to launch our stories,” added
President and co-founder Ed Polgardy, whose varied career
has straddled both the comic book and film & television
industries.
“Teaming
up with Moonstone was icing on the cake.” Scott continued.
“It’s obvious from their output, they’re
committed to excellence in a wide variety of genres, and
we quickly realized it was a perfect fit.”
“Moonstone
was very excited to be introduced to CinemaGraphix,”
said Moonstone President Joe Gentile, whose company has
been one of the top independent comics publishers for over
a decade. “They offer us professional quality books
with stories that are far from ordinary, and that’s
what we’re all about over here. Action, suspense,
heroics, thrills & chills--it’s all good!
“Again,
we are trying to bring another exciting alternative to the
‘long underwear’ crowd, and the CinemaGraphix
books contain just the kind of content this market needs
to be able to reach a little further and bring more readers
into the comic stores.
“CinemaGraphix
and Moonstone have a common goal: to tell great unique tales.
So when CinemaGraphix hands us a one of their projects,
we just say ‘thanks, can we have another?’ Our
collaboration has been a no-brainer from the start: Two
companies passionate about storytelling, teaming up to give
readers a real choice.”
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