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 VANCOUVER (September 26, 2012) - Arcana Comics is excited to announce The Book is available for pre-order through comic book shops and retailers. It is currently featured in Diamond Previews' October Issue under Arcana Comics Code OCT 120751. Below, you can read some information on The Book, including some of the influences from its creators, Erik Hendrix & Michael David Nelsen, and how artist Amanda Rachels became involved with the project.
The Book is available for Pre-Order now in the Diamond Previews October Catalog - OCT120751.
Secret Religions, Resurrection, & Demonology. Someti mes it just doesn't pay to travel.
The Book's Co-creator and writer, Erik Hendrix, recently explained on theInversePress site that the project "was actually a combination of two ideas, one that Michael David Nelsen had and one that I had. Michael’s featured a series of DIY travel guides and I had a story about people killing themselves and using a ritual to bring themselves back from the dead in an attempt to learn religious secrets from the other side. By combining the two ideas, we found the right mixture of characters and back story, which developed into a secret religion with ties to both the bible and religious 'mythology'."
Of the villains, "Krieger was the first to come of our brainstorming, even before the main characters. Our favorite villains are ones who think they’re doing the right thing, even when they’re driven tokill. Krieger, as a former priest, has taken the ultimate fall from grace – once revered and now cast out of God’s graces (at least that’s what the Church would tell him)." Krieger may be one of the main villains in the book, but he's far from the only, if the cover is any indication.
The artist of the book, Amanda Rachels, became involved in the project after Erik Hendrix and she met following her participation in Small Press Idol 2010 with her book, Clown Town. In regards to The Book, Amanda explains on the InversePress site, "Anyone who knows me and how I feel about comics (and movies, books ect.) knows I tend to side with the villain over the hero. No, I’m not wicked or mean-spirited in any way, it’s just that villains are always more interesting! I was hooked on The Book when I saw Krieger’s description…I wanted to be involved with the project even more when I got a load of that lovely skinless fellow gracing the cover. What can I say? How often does a Hellraiser super fan get to put their own spin on a skinless villain? It’s a dream come true, I say!”
 TITLE: The Book
CREATED BY: Erik Hendrix & Michael David Nelsen
WRITER: Erik Hendrix
ARTIST: Amanda Rachels
COLORIST: Gavin Michelli
FLATTER: Amy Rachels
RELEASE DATE: December 2012
ISBN: 978-1-926914-68-8
DIAMOND CODE: OCT12 0751
PRICE: $14.95
ARCANA TITLE PAGE: CLICK HERE
DESCRIPTION: En route to Italy, a group of American tourists learn of a series of DIY travel guides, nicknamed "The Book". These unofficial guides are collected and updated with first-hand experiences by the travelers themselves. Different "Books" scatter the continent, telling of the best lodging, deals, and "off the grid" adventures from sight seeing to local folklore for anyone clever enough to find them. A local cult, practitioners of Sanctus Letum, the Holy Death, disrupts the American's plans for adventure when they hide pages from the Dark Book, Shaitan, in one of the travel guides. The friends are lead down a path of secret religion, death, resurrection, and demonology.
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