Dave Dorman Explores the Wasted Lands
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Dave Dorman’s partner Steve
Smith gave Scoop a sneak peak of Dorman’s new preview book, The Wasted
Lands #0, which the noted Star Wars painter will be offering at the upcoming
Comic-Con International: San Diego, August 1-4.
Continuing the story of
the characters introduced in the Image Comics graphic novel, Rail, the
new incarnation of The Wasted Lands series will debut in 2003 from
Dorman’s own Rolling Thunder Press in early 2003.
This 24-page preview
book will offer the opportunity to explore the world of The Wasted Lands through
model sheets, full color paintings, and commentary by the artist. It also
features many never-before-published illustrations as well as examples from the
earliest development of the series in 1994 and through the Heavy Metal
story published in 1997 as part of the magazine’s 20th
anniversary.
ugust comes news of still more international
growth. CrossGen recently signed a publishing deal with mg/publishing to publish
their comics for the newsstand, comic shop, and bookstore markets in Germany,
Austria, and parts of Switzerland. mg/publishing will publish the entire line of
CrossGen’s monthly comics as well as trade paperbacks and compendia
editions.<br><br>mg/publishing launched their first CrossGen comics on May 29,
2002 at the International Comic-Salon in Erlangen, Germany - one of Germany’s
largest comics events of the year. They began with an event-exclusive release of
<i>Chronicles #1</i> and a give-away of the preview book CrossGenesis.
<br><br>In June, mg/publishing began its newsstand, comic shop, and bookstore
distribution by releasing <i>Mystic #1, Sigil #1, Scion #1</i>, and <i>Meridian
#1</i>. A short time later, they introduced the compendia