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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.

Arie, a comic book fan in Israel, recently purchased copies of ELEMENTAL FOURCES #1-6. He had the following feedback:

It was pretty good. Loved the interaction of the team, that they’re not perfect, and that the characters in the book have different and distinguishable personalities. I’m looking forward to more – because it’s good, and because the ending didn’t seem like a real ending – the current arc seems unfinished.

Plus the occasional comedy is nice.

The separation of the two plots was weird at first but is nice – the team’s plot and the detective’s plot, since people can read one without spoiling the other, or read one without reading the other.

Even though the art is a bit rough, and even though there were several panels that were a bit confusing – just a bit, the art is pretty good – the layouts are nice, emotions on people’s faces, how even in a crowd of people everyone is distinguishable and easy to spot, so it doesn’t turn into a mess, the dynamic and fitting lettering, the double cover (back and front) is a very nice idea.

It seems like in every issue there’s something that keeps you interested – some twist or surprise, which is very nice, the shading using lines seems very fitting to the book and adds something to the art, and I love that there seems to always be something in the background – which adds realism to it (even though I didn’t like the use of photos as a background in a part of the first issue – I think).

Loved the dialog – you have a great product. Please keep it up. Looking forward to it.

After a lack of anything happening with the IndieGoGo project, I quickly shifted my focus to getting an invite to use Kickstarter, which has a much larger reach than IndieGoGo could have given us. After weeks of begging, searching, and pleading, I finally came across the great Rick Marson who supplied an invite. I will post a link to his project once he gets it started.

Now I would like to invite you, my friends, your friends, my family, and your family to support VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE on Kickstarter as we gather funds to help make this book better than I ever could have done on my own:

There is a great list of rewards available to those that support us:

Pledge $5 or more
(A) Behind the scenes updates, including pages as they are finished.
(B) PDF version of VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE upon completion

Pledge $25 or more
(A) Copy of the preview mini-comic upon completion (target April 2010)
(B) Hard copy of the graphic novel at project completion (target late-2010/early 2011)
(C) Kickstarter Backer-exclusive print

Pledge $100 or more
(A) 3 copies each of the preview mini-comic, graphic novel, and exclusive print
(B) Name in special “Thank You” section of credits
(C) Invitation to book release party

Pledge $500 or more
(A) 5 copies each of the preview mini-comic, graphic novel, and exclusive print
(B) Name in special “Thank You” section of credits
(C) Invitation to book release party
(D) Half-page of space in the graphic novel for an advertisement of your business, service, whatever!

Pledge $750 or more
(A) 10 copies each of the preview mini-comic, graphic novel, and exclusive print
(B) Name in special “Thank You” section of credits
(C) Invitation to book release party
(D) Have your name and likeness incorporated into the graphic novel as an original character!

And while you are at it, look through the other projects listed at the Kickstarter site. There is a lot of cool opportunities for supporting independent projects and getting some interesting rewards in the process.

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