Press Releases
End of Winter Arcana Preorders & Sale
By Dan Horn
March 7, 2012 - 16:14

Arcana Studios
Writer(s): Erik Hendrix
Penciller(s): Various
Inker(s): Various
Colourist(s): Various
Letterer(s): Various
Cover Artist(s): Various



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This morning, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from an old colleague of mine. Erik Hendrix is the Vice President of Marketing and Promotions at small press publisher Arcana Comics, and he's also the very talented writer of several of their graphic novels. Readers may or may not immediately be familiar with the name, but Erik Hendrix is a man who's paid his dues in the independent comic book and pop culture correspondence circles for years. I had the good fortune of collaborating with Erik for a very short time on the phenomenal web magazine Self-Publisher Nexus!, and became enamored with the content produced by his indie label Carpet Bomb Comics. This is a creator who lives for comics, and I'd very much like to see him continue to thrive in this industry.

Below is a press release for Erik and company's upcoming books. SideShows will be released by Diamond just next week, but the other books are available for preorder from Arcana's store. Erik has been kind enough to include a 25% discount codeword, ARCANAWINTER, which can be applied to preorders and purchases but is only good until March 31st. Support small press and give these books a look. An advance review of SideShows will be up at the Bin shortly. Stay tuned.

-Dan Horn


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The Book
- En route to Italy, a group of American tourists learn of a series of DIY travel guides, nicknamed "The Book". These unofficial guides are collected and updated with first-hand experiences by the travelers themselves. Diferent "Books" scatter the continent, telling of the best lodging, deals, and "off the grid" adventures from sight seeing to local folklore for anyone clever enough to find them. A local cult, practitioners of Sanctus Letum, the Holy Death, disrupts the American's plans for adventure when they hide pages from the Dark Book, Shaitan, in one of the travel guides. The friends are lead down a path of secret religion, death, resurrection, and demonology.



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Champions of the Wild Weird West
- The honor of a samurai, the mysticism of the Native American Culture, and a whole heck of a lot of Old West Action. When a fallen samurai is drawn to the United States to save his wife-to-be and her father, he is drawn into a plot much more complex than a simple rescue. Meeting up with an adventurer, his Indian financial advisor, a mercenary, and a former priest, they set off on a quest to save the West from the strange and unimaginable. Zombie Indians, mystical beings, and mad science are just a few of they must face on their quest to save themselves, those they love, and the whole of the Old West.




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Deadly Harvest
- Core mining, the deadliest job in the galaxy, draws only the bravest, or craziest, workers in the galaxy. Bumping up to asteroids, typically propelling at astronomical speeds towards distant stars, the miners harvest minerals essential to interstellar travel and commerce. Close quarters, dangerous conditions, and less than a half inch of polymer sheath stand between them and swift oblivion. When the Harvest Moon stumbles upon a goldmine dangerously close to a star, the last thing they expect to find is an ancient alien race preparing to hatch an infestation throughout the system. Armed with mining tools and sour attitudes, Captain Cyrus Layne and his crew must survive the horrors of space and an unfamiliar enemy to escape with their lives. It's Deadliest Catch meets Armageddon and Aliens in a dystopian future.



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The Evil Tree
- In a colonial village outside of NYC, Misha and her fiance, Daren, seek an escape from the fast pace of the city. As they settle in, Misha becomes withdrawn, suffering from bad dreams and depression. When Daren brings his friends to the house to "shake out the cobwebs," little does he know he is setting into motion events started hundreds of years ago with the original occupants of the house, the Willam Family. Not only did the ill-fated Willam family die in the house one cold winter, but the house has developed a history of female occupants committing suicide. The friends must solve the mystery of the house before the Willam Family ghosts pick them off one by one.



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SideShows
- In 1950's Las Vegas, the mob enlisted former circus attractions as their aces in the hole. These SideShows had a little secret... they really did have the abilities they pretended to. The Rat Pack was in their prime, the bartenders knew your name, and the same guy who comped your rooms could put a hit on you for stiffing him a tip. High rollers, lounge singers, cigarettes, alcohol, and superpowers. Welcome to Las Vegas!





Erik Hendrix
VP of Marketing and Promotions
Arcana Comics



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