With those words, LNL Partners and Panelfly have aligned forces to submit William Shatner’s Man O’ War because studio’s first licensed property to be released under their proprietary LNL-Cinematic Graphic Novel™ format. Jointly manufactured by LNL and Panelfly under their junior partnership, the Cinematic Graphic Novel format gives a groundbreaking type of digital dc comics that combines moving panels, a fresh stylistic dimension in animation, in-story sound clips plus a music soundtrack to usher in an improved reading experience.
William Shatner’s Man O’ War: Cinematic Graphic Novel launches to the comic world first just as one potential for fans to receive directly involved by using an Indiegogo campaign. (http://igg.me/at/ShatnersManOWar.com). The series are going to be unveiled in the public september.
The state adaptation of William Shatner’s Man O’ War: Cinematic Graphic Novel is usually a 16-chapter taut, action-filled drama on the controversial ambassador shipped to negotiate peace between workers for a Martian mining colony as well as the corporation that owns their lives. Its flawed but charismatic hero, Benton Hawkes, confronts corrupt powerbrokers, political assassination, clandestine relationships and dangerous exploration and investigation on a depleted Earth in addition to a powder-keg Mars.
“Showcasing Shatner at his best, William Shatner’s Man O’ War: Cinematic Graphic Novel features humanistic storytelling based on his in excess of Fifty years of performance and the length of understanding power and other people. A lifelong fan of comics, Shatner has actively labored on projects of this type and contains had a constant vision to transfer the medium with technological enhancements. With the rush of popularity for cellular phones, along with new devices in the pipeline, he believes any time is ripe to add a new product channel in the market – and we are thrilled to get portion of his vision,” said Mariano Nicieza, LNL Partners Co-Owner.
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Man O’ War is adapted to the Cinematic Graphic Novel format by Nicieza with Frank Lovece and carries a line-up of stellar artists including John Hebert, Sherp, Rick Emond, Philip McNulty, Michael Yakutis, Theresa Steele, Veronica Smith, Eric Vincent, Deena Simmons, Nikolos Sardos, Kelly Zimmerman and Wilson Ramos Jr.
Meet with the Team:
WILLIAM SHATNER is actually a Canadian actor and novelist. He became an entertainment legend as Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk inside of a classic Tv show and 7 blockbuster films. The winner of two Emmy Awards, he’s got starred in series including Boston Legal, Rescue 911 and TJ Hooker. He or she is additionally a prolific writer of science-fiction novels such as Man o’ War, TekWar and Pursuit of Tomorrow series.
LNL Partners:
GARY LAIRD is surely an Emmy Award-winning digital artist who may have were built with a successful 30-year career as being a producer, director and film editor. During the last 12 years they have created and designed a large number of digital animations and DVD promotions on Walt Disney Home theatre.
MARIANO NICIEZA is actually a publisher and producer with credits offering writing, illustration, design and art direction in digital and print books, comic books, magazines, trading cards, posters, brochures and lots of commercial projects for Marvel Entertainment, Disney, Malibu Publishing, Fleer, Paramount and Panasonic.
SCOTT LIGGETT can be an Emmy Award-winning music and audio producer who have has a successful career being a musician, composer, music producer and executive. Being a music producer, he’s got dealt with William Shatner, all major TV networks, the NFL’s Super Bowl, American Greetings and Howard Stern.
FRANK LOVECE (Editor) combines his background as being a comics writer for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics and others along with editorial experience as former web editor with the Syfy channel, Sound & Vision and Popular Photography magazines, and also as a journalist who has contributed to Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Newsday, Film Journal International and plenty of other publications.
WILSON RAMOS JR. (Art Director) is actually a 25-year comic-book industry illustrator and designer for Marvel Comics, DC Comics and the like. He’s done comic books and trading cards for such characters and series as Wolverine, Thor, Deadpool, Gi joe plus the Walking Dead.
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About LNL Partners’ Comics Division:
LNL Partners is actually a partnership of Emmy Award-winning Disney digital artist/editor GARY LAIRD, Emmy Award-winning music and audio producer SCOTT LIGGETT and MARIANO NICIEZA, a publisher and producer with credits for Marvel Entertainment, Disney, Malibu Publishing, Fleer, Paramount and Panasonic. Perfecting its innovative technology throughout the course of 2 yrs, enlisting experienced and proven dc comics artists and writers, LNL Partners has developed the means to sustain a longtime presence with this competitive and exciting marketplace.
About Panelfly:
Panelfly, Inc., is often a leader in creating the ultimate digital fan experience. Our unique transmedia storytelling approach, along with deep content discovery, social interactivity, and storefronts re-imagined, Panelfly takes traditional on-screen experiences to your whole new level. After Internet, Panelfly is driven to offer the world’s most immersive, interactive digital fanfest, whether at home or on the run. Panelfly – Engage. Explore. Enjoy. For much more information, visit www.panelfly.com
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