NEWS FROM THE APOCALYPSE: All three VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE books now available as ebooks (multiple formats) at Smashwords

During the last couple of years that I have been working as a comic book publisher, I have surprisingly found that there is an abundance of talent in the industry right here in my resident state of Michigan. For fear of leaving someone important off of the list, I will not be naming these talented individuals. But they comprise a practical Who’s Who of artists, writers, and dedicated small pressers.

I wonder… has anyone every attempted to rally these forces together for an independent comics crossover? An interesting topic for discussion…

Eric Mullarky
New Baby Productions
www.NewBabyProductions.com

I would like you to review our VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE Prologue preview comic and be rewarded in the process. The first 25 who review the comic will receive all six issues of our ELEMENTAL FOURCES comic mini-series for free at DriveThruComics.com!  Here’s the process:

1. Head to this LINK.  Download and read the comic.  It is free!
2. Post a review on the DriveThruComics site about the comic, good or bad.  All feedback and criticism is important.  What did you think of the story and/or the art?  Would you buy the graphic novel when it is completed?  We really want to know!
3. Email me at eric@elementalfources.com to let me know that you put up a review.
4. You will receive an email with a coupon code to use at DriveThruComics to download the ELEMENTAL FOURCES books.  Reviews are appreciated on those as well.

Thank you,
Eric Mullarky, Publisher
New Baby Productions
www.NewBabyProductions.com

VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE writer Derek Gunn was signing copies of the graphic novel preview mini-comic this past weekend at the Phoenix Convention 7 in Dublin Ireland.

Derek had this to say:

The preview mini comic went down very well and I got terrific feedback especially about the quality of the artwork.

That’s right… FREE!!!  Click the image above.

Are you a reviewer of comics and graphic novels who posts to multiple review web sites or magazines? If so, we here at New Baby Productions could really use your help in our push to increase awareness of our VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE graphic novel project scheduled to be released next year. I would like to send you a copy of our preview mini-comic, which hopefully you could then review. Head to http://bit.ly/cajkUj to sign up for your free copy.

Find out how to get your copy: LINK

Our mini-comic was just sent to the printers and should be arriving sometime within the next week. We are producing this as a preview to our VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE graphic novel that will be available next year. I was thinking that I would like to get it to comic shops, at least locally, to give away as part of Free Comic Book Day or any other comics or horror-related events this year. Due to timing, I will not be working through Diamond and will be working with the stores on my own.

If any retailers would like a copy of the mini-comic to look at, or would like copies for their store, please vist http://bit.ly/cajkUj.  If you are an individual who is interested in a copy, make sure to ask your retailer to sign up.

Thanks!
Eric Mullarky
New Baby Productions
http://www.newbabyproductions.com/

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About Vampire Apocalypse
     VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE will be a 140-page full-color graphic novel based on the critically acclaimed Vampire Apocalypse book series written by Derek Gunn. New Baby Productions licensed the graphic novel rights to the novels. The graphic novel is scheduled for an early 2011 release.
     VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE is a profound re-imagining of the vampire genre that adds a touch of science fiction to the formula. In a dystopian near-future world, war has left the earth depleted of resources. Fuel is rationed, states close their borders, towns die, and technology stagnates. As Americans struggle to cope with these problems, a sinister clan of vampires emerges from the shadows and begins to take over community-after-community. They offer power to those who will join them, and death to those who don’t. The vampires use a serum and subservient Thralls to control the population, wall the cities off, and breed humans as stock. Thralls are humans who have been bitten but have not fully become vampires. They have enhanced speed and strength and are used to guard the vampires during the day when they could be vulnerable to attack.
     VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE combines familiar themes and elements from such past vampiric successes as Underworld, 30 Days of Night, and Blade. The novels have been optioned for a film.

About Free Comic Book Day
     As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops. Free Comic Book Day is held the first Saturday in May each year and is administered by a panel representing all parts of the comic book industry: retailers, publishers, suppliers, and Diamond Comic Distributors. Each year, publishers apply to provide comic books at cost to retailers, who in turn give them away for free. Diamond handles marketing and logistics for the event, shipping comics to shops and handling marketing and PR for the event.
     The VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE mini-comic will not be made available to retailers through Diamond, but will be made available at New Baby Productions’ expense for the Free Comic Book Day event or other comics or horror-related events.

About New Baby Productions
     New Baby Productions is an independent comic book publisher formed in 2008 by Eric Mullarky with the intent to self-publish his Elemental Fources series. The follow-up series, Elemental Fources: Brothers in Arms, will be released in 2010. Please visit our web site, http://www.newbabyproductions.com/, for more information.

Our prequel to ELEMENTAL FOURCES is just about done!  Art has been completed by Johan Manandin and lettering is just about finished by Jaymes Reed.  Find cover artwork below by Toni Justamante.

   We are seeking potential advertisers for a preview mini-comic for our upcoming horror-genre graphic novel, VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE. This preview mini-comic will be be distributed to Detroit-area comic book shops (and select other shops throughout the world) free-of-charge to be given away to adult comic book and graphic novel readers as part of the national Free Comic Book Day celebration on Saturday, May 1, 2010.
   The entire back cover of the mini-comic is available to place an advertisement. So, if you are a company or service in Michigan that wishes to reach out to fans of horror, books, comics, vampires, etc., please contact me about advertising so that we may negotiate a mutually beneficial plan.

About Vampire Apocalypse
   VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE will be a 140-page full-color graphic novel based on the critically acclaimed Vampire Apocalypse book series written by Derek Gunn. New Baby Productions licensed the graphic novel rights to the novels. The graphic novel is scheduled for an early 2011 release.
   VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE is a profound re-imagining of the vampire genre that adds a touch of science fiction to the formula. In a dystopian near-future world, war has left the earth depleted of resources. Fuel is rationed, states close their borders, towns die, and technology stagnates. As Americans struggle to cope with these problems, a sinister clan of vampires emerges from the shadows and begins to take over community-after-community. They offer power to those who will join them, and death to those who don’t. The vampires use a serum and subservient Thralls to control the population, wall the cities off, and breed humans as stock. Thralls are humans who have been bitten but have not fully become vampires. They have enhanced speed and strength and are used to guard the vampires during the day when they could be vulnerable to attack.
   VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE combines familiar themes and elements from such past vampiric successes as Underworld, 30 Days of Night, and Blade.

About Free Comic Book Day
   As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their shops. Free Comic Book Day is held the first Saturday in May each year and is administered by a panel representing all parts of the comic book industry: retailers, publishers, suppliers, and Diamond Comic Distributors. Each year, publishers apply to provide comic books at cost to retailers, who in turn give them away for free. Diamond handles marketing and logistics for the event, shipping comics to shops and handling marketing and PR for the event.
   The VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE mini-comic will not be made available to retailers through Diamond, but will be made available at New Baby Productions’ expense for the Free Comic Book Day event.

About New Baby Productions
   New Baby Productions is an independent comic book publisher formed in 2008 by Eric Mullarky with the intent to self-publish his Elemental Fources series. The follow-up series, Elemental Fources: Brothers in Arms, will be released in 2010. Please visit our web site, http://www.newbabyproductions.com/, for more information.