Media Release -- Following a month of nearly back-to-back convention appearances through the month of April, Aspen Comics is pleased to present their Free Comic Book Day flipbook offering this Saturday, May 2nd. Within the issue, readers will find two all-new zero issues for the publisher's pair of upcoming summer series Fathom: Blue and Eternal Soulfire. These new titles will spotlight brand new characters within the already familiar worlds of Aspen's flagship books, Fathom and Soulfire.
Fathom: Blue features a cast of Blue misfits and exiles living in secret on the surface world. Forced into fighting alongside one another against their own kind by the U.S. government, success is betrayal but failure means certain death! Aspen Editor-in-Chief Vince Hernandez writes the series, with newcomer Cluadio Avella penciling and Erick Arciniega providing colors.
Eternal Soulfire stars a powerful but young new magic user named Cassidy, thrust into the world of magic with both wings and a target on her back. The fierce Rahtumi warrior Miya, an established character in the Soulfire series, seeks to protect Cassidy and escape those seeking to kill them and the demons of the past…but that's easier said than done. Aspen's Mindfield team, J.T. Krul and Alex Konat, is reunited for this new title, with colors by Federico Blee.
Aspen creators and artists will be attending Free Comic Book Day signings this Saturday at a variety of comic stores from California to New York to Mexico. Check below for locations and signing times:
The Comic Bug @ Culver City Teen Center
4153 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA 90230
12:00PM to 5:00PM
Attending:
Frank Mastromauro (Shrugged)
Peter Steigerwald (The ZooHunters)
Vince Hernandez (Fathom: Kiani)
Mark Roslan (BubbleGun)
Siya Oum (Lola XOXO: Wasteland Madam)
David Wohl (Fathom)
Agnes Garbowska (Fathom: Kiani)
4 Color Fantasies
508 Archibald Ave #120, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701
11:00AM to 4:00PM
Attending:
Josh Reed (Worlds of Aspen 2015)
Andrea Shea (Assistant Editor)
Megan Madrigal (Office Manager)
Celestial Comics
9440 W Sahara Ave #170, Las Vegas, NV 89177
12:00PM to 5:00PM
Attending:
Scott Lobdell (The Four Points)
Westfield Comics (West) @ High Point Center
7475 Mineral Point Rd #2, Madison, WI 53717
10:00AM to 5:00PM
Attending:
Jordan Gunderson (The Four Points)
Comics & More
28059 John R Rd, Madison Heights, MI 48071
11:00AM to 6:00PM
Attending:
Tom Hutchison (Big Dog Ink)
Big Red's Comics
162 N Glassell St, Orange, CA 92866
11:00AM to 5:00PM
Attending:
Lori "Cross" Hanson (Lola XOXO: Wasteland Madam)
Royal Collectibles
96-01 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375
5:00PM to 7:00PM
Attending:
Khary Randolph (The Four Points)
Decomixado
Plaza Niza 66 Local #2, Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtémoc, Mexico D.F.
Attending:
Nei Ruffino (Shahrazad)
Eric "EBAS" Basaldua (Eternal Soulfire)
Samurai Comics Mesa
1120 S Country Club Drive #107, Mesa, AZ 85210
10:00AM to 5:00PM
Attending:
Tony Parker (Executive Assistant: Iris Annual)
Drawn To Comics
5801 West Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301
9:00AM to 12:00PM
Attending:
Beth Sotelo (Executive Assistant: Iris Annual)
Pop Culture Paradise
715 S Forest Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281
11:00AM to 4:00PM
Attending:
Mike DeBalfo (Shahrazad)
For more information please check www.aspencomics.com and the following official Aspen social media sites:
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Aspen MLT, Inc. is an entertainment publishing company founded in January 2003 by superstar comic artist Michael Turner. Priding itself on producing entertainment properties of the highest quality visual and storytelling elements Along with their own successful properties such as Fathom, Soulfire, Lola XOXO, Executive Assistant: Iris, Charismagic, Jirni and more. Aspen also collaborates with the comic industry's most successful companies and endeavors including Marvel Comics and DC Entertainment. Aspen has collaborated with Marvel for various hit projects, including cover work for the best-selling events Civil War, World War Hulk, and Ultimatum. Aspen collaborated with DC Comics to provide covers for such best-selling titles as Superman/Batman: The Return of Supergirl, The Justice League of America, and Eisner-nominated covers for the critically acclaimed, best-selling Identity Crisis series. In 2006, Aspen joined forces with television giant NBC to create the online comic adaptations for the hit television series Heroes. In 2012, Aspen teamed up with Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment to produce the horror-adventure series Dead Man's Run, as well as collaborating with director McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision to produce the horror comic Haunted City. Aspen also produced the one-of-a-kind Anarchy digital graphic novel for the popular body spray company, Axe. In 2014, Aspen added fellow publisher, Big Dog Ink, as its first collaborative imprint.
