We're pleased to announce the publication of the much-praised graphic novel
Frontier: Dealing with Demons, an all-ages 'Weird Western' by
Jason Cobley and
Andrew Wildman.
The Wild West... and Daisy Adams is suddenly all alone, living on the plains, left with her father's old coat and a catapult. Then Mitch Seeker, the son of a sheriff, runs into her life. And they've been running ever since, chasing werewolves, ghosts and demons, on a quest to track down the man who turned them both into orphans and unleashed weirdness into the Wild West.
In 1866, out on the Frontier, things got Weird. History failed to record everything that happened, but Daisy wrote it all down in her diaries.
In
Frontier, we follow Mitch and Daisy as they seek justice but end up finding more adventure and danger than they counted on. It's weird. It's wild. It happened out west!
First published in the acclaimed Random House weekly comic
The DFC, Print Media Productions is delighted to bring you this collection of Britain's weirdest western comic – Frontier. Weaving an engaging, adventure-filled tale of derring-do in the American West, this collected edition of
Frontier: Dealing with Demons from Jason Cobley and Andrew Wildman includes additional feature material, including pages from Daisy's secret diary and reveals just how the story was created.
"Cobley and Wildman put the 'Wild' into the Wild West with
Frontier," says the BBC's David Gilyeat of this story. "Imagine
True Grit spun out into an ongoing action adventure serial, with
a weird and wonderful script and sprightly, dynamic artwork. Oh, and
with really cool monsters."
"A great comic needs three things: dynamic art, original and
thrillingly-paced storylines, and characters we can root for," enthuses Dave Morris, creator of
Mirabilis, also published by Print Media. "The team
of Jason Cobley and Andrew Wildman are unsurpassed on all counts, and
Frontier shows them at the top of their game. Put it on your Wanted
poster right now."
Frontier – now being considered as a possible TV series with a trailer shot earlier this year -- will appeal to anyone who's ever enjoyed a cowboy film or comic, but has an added fantasy element that will draw in plenty more readers. With great characters, werewolves, ancient gods and demons and a bad guy that bullets can't kill, there's plenty to enjoy!
Writer
Jason Cobley (Interviewed in
STRIP Magazine Issue 3, on sale now in all good UK comic shops
and for iPad) has adapted
Dracula,
Frankenstein and
An Inspector Calls as graphic novels, working with artists Staz Johnson, Declan Shalvey and Will Volley to bring the classics to new life.
As well as working as a teacher for almost two decades, he has written the adventures of Captain Winston Bulldog for almost as long, with a variety of UK comic artists including Neill Cameron, most notably in the epic
Bulldog: Empire. Based in East Anglia, holding back the sea with just a dustbin lid and some twine, Jason is currently working on a children's fantasy adventure novel
The Legend of Tom Hickathrift, due out from Mogzilla later in 2012.
Frontier artist
Andrew Wildman is an illustrator of some 25 years industry experience. His work has been used in advertising and publishing but it is for his work in the field of comics that he is best known, illustrating for books such as
Transformers,
The X-Men,
Spider-Man and
Venom.
Further work includes character and environment design as well as storyboarding and animated movie production for the Video Games industries on projects such as
Wing Commander,
The Mummy,
Gunlok,
Jesse James: Gunfighter,
Delta Force and
Dredd versus Death.
Andrew was also Head Character Designer for the animated TV shows
Legend of The Dragon and
Zorro: Generation Z, Production Designer on the children’s animated TV show
The Matt Hatter Chronicles and storyboard artist for the BBC on
The Fades and
Doctor Who.
He's currently collaborating again with Simon Furman on the eagerly anticipated Transformers comic book series,
Transformers: ReGeneration One and is also creating a Children’s TV series with
Bob the Builder scriptwriter Simon Jowett and developing his own Graphic Novel,
HORIZON.
SALES DATA
Title: Frontier
Creators: Jason Cobley (writer) Andrew Wildman (artist and cover)
Release Date: 28th January 2012
Format: Hardcover Graphic Album
Page Count: 68
Publisher: Print Media Productions Ltd.
Web:
www.printmediaproductions.com
ISBN-10: 0956712134
ISBN-13: 9780956712134
Product Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm
List Price: £14.99
HOW BOOK SHOPS CAN ORDER COPIES
Print Media Productions books are available to order by bookshops through Gazelle Books:
www.gazellebookservices.co.uk. Tel: +44 (0) 1524 68765 or Fax: +44 (0) 1524 63232.
Email Customer Services: sales@gazellebooks.co.uk
ORDERING THROUGH YOUR LOCAL COMIC SHOP
Print Media Production titles are available to order by UK comic shops through Diamond Comic Distributors, Canalside, Warrington Road, Manor Park Industrial Estate, Runcorn, Cheshire WA7 1SN. Web:
www.diamondcomics.com
