PITTSBURGH, PA- Globetrotting aviatrix Athena Voltaire takes on Nazis, occult science, and mythical creatures against the backdrop of the 1930s. Now she’s bringing her knuckle-dusting style of pulp adventure to Action Lab Entertainment. “I’m proud to add Athena Voltaire to such a diverse line of quality books,” said writer/artist Steve Bryant, whose all-ages series Ghoul Scouts debuts […]
The GDC team has been involved with the Brian Wood DC Comics/Vertigo series Northlanders. It’s rare that an international version surpasses the original. But apparently, the creator and the publisher of the comic book series were so impressed by the French edition of Northlanders (from Urban Comics) that they decided to reissue theirs, including some […]
This week marks the 73rd anniversary of the defeat of German forces at the Battle of Stalingrad, often called the turning point of the Second World War. Wayne Vansant’s online webcomic graphic novel Katusha Book Two: The Shaking of the Earth covers the battle in it’s opening chapter. Book Two has just started daily serialization […]
Fabrice Sapolsky is Chief Creative Officer at Grand Design Communications, heading up our magazine packaging services for great clients like Panini and 2B2M. But Sapolsky also wears another hat in the comics game – that of a powerhouse freelance writer! Sapolsky is the co-creator (with David Hine) of Marvel’s Spider-Man Noir character and wrote last […]
The webcomic site katushagirlsoldier.com began running a page-per-day serialization of historical graphic novelist Wayne Vansant’s Katusha Book Two: The Shaking of the Earth on January 25. The site, which began a year ago with a serialization of Katusha Book One: Edge of Darkness, has had more than 100,000 page views and more than 10,000 unique […]
Katusha Book Two: The Shaking of the Earth has topped PanelsOnPages’ “Independent Feature Best of 2015” list. The comics and pop culture website raved: Wayne Vansant’s Katusha trilogy is such an excellent look at World War II and those it affected, both on the front lines and well behind them. The first volume is also well […]
Wayne Vansant’s KATUSHA GIRL SOLDIER OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR has been added to the popular fan-edited wiki tvtropes.com. A massive resource on all kinds of fiction, tvtropes.com describes itself as: …a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being […]
Action Lab’s comic book series HERALD: LOVECRAFT AND TESLA has been one of the breakout hits of 2015 and now it could be heading to television. The clever teaming up of two of the most interesting men of the early 20th century is an ongoing series from Action Lab. Grand Design Communications represents foreign rights for […]
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, featuring two characters created by GDC client Roy Thomas, has grossed more than $600 million around the world in its first ten days. The long-awaited Avengers: Age of Ultron opened to movie theaters around the world and with it the spotlight is on the legendary comics creator Roy Thomas, the co-creator of the titular villain Ultron […]
Katusha Book One: Edge of Darkness is now available on the #1 digital comics platform, comiXology. Issued through Grand Design Digital and comiXology’s Submit program, Katusha Book One has been named the “Featured Submit Comic” and is currently being featured at the very top of comixology.com in a feature ad along with Saga, Daredevil, and DC’s new crossover, […]