Unless something incredible happens (glances at Cy Dethan out the corner of my eye) Improper Books' Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale by Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose is on track to be my favourite graphic novel of the year (though having said they we've still got Butterfly Gate and Night Post yet to come from the Improper folk soooo...) so its without hesitation that we recommend you read the press release below and and haul your peachy buttocks towards your local comic shop to order yourself a copy.
Or you could get yourself one right now from one of these fine establishments who may still have copies left from the advance indie release. Even if you don't live near any of those shops most of them will have a mail order service and you can have it delivered to your door! Man, are we living in the future or what?
Now, true SPBMers will have done this already on the strength of Stace's recent review, haven't you? But I digress. Do your duty, read the press release, buy the book, tell your friends. Peace, out.
*****
PORCELAIN: A GOTHIC
FAIRY TALE, NOW AVAILABLE VIA DIAMOND
“Porcelain is a gorgeous and
haunting steampunkesque fairy tale.
Creepy, compelling and
beautifully realised.”
Kurt Busiek
(Astro City,
Avengers, Conan, Marvels)
“A haunting, umbral, and
surprisingly charming story, told with confidence and great skill. I
can't wait to see what they come up with next.”
Antony Johnston
(Wasteland,
The Coldest City, Alex Rider graphic novels)
PORCELAIN:
A GOTHIC FAIRY TALE is set for a July 2013 release courtesy of
DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS, and is now available to pre-order
(Diamond Code: MAY131178).
Porcelain:
A Gothic Fairy Tale is the first graphic novel from the new creative
team of Benjamin Read (writer) and Chris Wildgoose (illustrator), and
the first title from publisher Improper Books. It has received
exceptional and overwhelmingly positive reviews, and a limited indie
release of Porcelain in the United Kingdom has sold out to fantastic
public response.
“Absolutely remarkable. Never
in over two decades have I witnessed such a zealous reaction to a new
creative team and a publisher’s first-ever graphic novel in advance
of publication.”
Stephen L. Holland (Page 45)
“Porcelain is a bona fide hit
at Travelling Man, appealing to lovers of exquisite storytelling, and
only held off the top spot in sales by the latest League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen!”
Simon Campey (Travelling Man)
Thanks
to the support of independent retailers and fellow comic creators
spreading the word, our stock of the limited UK indie release sold
out in a little over a month, with some retailers taking over 150
copies based on customer interest and pre-orders.
Written
by Benjamin Read, illustrated by Chris Wildgoose, coloured by André
May, and lettered by Jim Campbell, Porcelain is set within a world
that’s a darkly magical echo of our own. It follows the story of a
street urchin, known as Child, who leaves the cold streets of a snowy
city behind when she climbs the high wall into the Porcelain Maker’s
secret garden in a bid to steal whatever she can.
The
Porcelain Maker discovers Child trespassing but, amused by her
audacity, he offers her the chance to stay. He’s a lonely man, kept
company only by his alchemically-powered automata, and he and Child
form an unlikely friendship.
Shut
off from the world beyond the wall, Child wants or needs for nothing
as the Porcelain Maker heaps affection and luxury upon her, indulging
her like a daughter. In return, she can do as she pleases, except for
one command, one rule that must never be broken, she must not look
behind the workshop door.
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Product
Title: PORCELAIN: A Gothic Fairy Tale
Creators’
Names: Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose
Format: full
colour; 96 pages; soft cover, perfect bound 178mm width x 245mm height (7”
x 10”)
Retail
Price: USD $19.99 / CAD $21.99 / GBP £12.99
On
Sale Month/Date: July 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4474-6131-9
Diamond
Code: MAY131178
Improper
Books is a comic and graphic novel imprint focusing on creator
owned stories that have a touch of the fairy tale, the Gothic or the
macabre.
Benjamin
Read writes
comics and makes films. He wrote the TRUE GRIT and SUPER 8 comic
adaptations, and also wrote and produced the films WARHOUSE and
500 MILES NORTH.
http://www.benjaminread.co.uk/
http://www.benjaminread.co.uk/
Chris
Wildgoose
is an illustrator, and conceptual and storyboard artist. Northern
born, but London based, Chris made his comic debut with the official
TRUE GRIT and SUPER 8 comics.
http://christianwildgoose.blogspot.co.uk/
http://christianwildgoose.blogspot.co.uk/
