MTV and ACT-I-VATE are proud to announce the launch of the first title from their partnership announced at New York Comic Con, Michel Fiffe's ZEGAS.
ZEGAS details the surreal urban adventures of the Zegas siblings. The
ambitious Emily and their nihilistic brother, Boston, are forced to
confront their tumultuous relationship in the face of a natural
disaster. ZEGAS embodies the original spirit of the auteur comic book
while staking uncharted formalist terrain and having fun along the way.
ZEGAS is the first of 3 announced titles to be released from ACT-I-VATE exclusively on MTV Geek.
"When ACT-I-VATE launched in 2006 on the
Livejournal blogging platform, part of the idea was that by plugging
into a preexisting community, we'd put our comics in front of people
from all walks of life, not just traditional comics readers. After all,
if we wanted to be able to tell all sorts of different stories, we'd
have to find all sorts of people to read them. Our partnership with MTV
makes good on these efforts by introducing ACT-I-VATE to a wider and
more diverse audience than we could have ever imagined. We've put our
best foot forward by launching with Michel Fiffe's ZEGAS. If one comic
exemplifies the ACT-I-VATE spirit of barrier-busting experimentation
founded in solid storytelling, the story of the ZEGAS siblings is it.
Maurice Fontenot's GHOST PIMP is a brash and hilarious urban
tour-de-force, and John Kerschbaum brings his off-kilter comedic genius
to bear in THE ALL-NEW CARTOON BOY ADVENTURE HOUR. We're all thrilled to
be here on the ground level of what promises to be a melting pot of pop
culture cool." - Mike Cavallaro, ACT-I-VATE
"We are honored and humbled to work with
Mike, Dean Haspiel, and the ACT-I-VATE collective. When we started MTV
Geek we wanted to help provide new audiences for indie comics while
exposing our audience to content they may not be aware of but we feel
would strongly respond to. We are proud to present some of the best
creators in comics (who happen to be some of our personal favorites) and
have that honor amplified by featuring founding member Michel Fiffe's
ZEGAS as our first title." - Tom Akel, MTV Geek
ZEGAS is available to read in its entirety alongside an interview with creator Michel Fiffe at http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/
01/06/michel-fiffes-drunken-
dreamlike-zegas/
The next titles to release from Act-i-vate on MTV Geek are Maurice Fontenot's GHOST PIMP and John Kerschbaum's THE ALL-NEW CARTOON BOY ADVENTURE HOUR. New chapters are released on Thursdays at http://geek.mtv.com and more from these and all ACT-I-VATE creators is available at http://act-i-vate.com