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 VANCOUVER (October 18, 2012) - In celebration of Halloween, Arcana Comics is presenting a special advanced chapter release from The Book, their horror-filled graphic novel, comi ng out this December, and available now for Pre-Order in Diamond Previews Code OCT120751 / STK475517 (ISBN 978-1-926914-68-8).
Below, you can read a little about the project, including some of the influences from its creators, Erik Hendrix (SideShows, The Evil Tree, Deadly Harvest, Simmons Comics Anthology) & Michael David Nelsen (SideShows, Deadly Harvest, Champions of the Wild Weird West), and how artist Amanda Rachels (Clown Town) became involved with the project.
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"With some of biggest names in mainstream comics currently having made their names writing horror and the recent addition of a number of excellent books to the genre, The Book is amongst fierce competition. But all told it is a worthy addition to the field, and features great art, an interesting premise and enough exciting moments to deserve attention of comic fans." -GEEKCHOCOLATE.CO.UK
The Book is available for Pre-Order now in the Diamond Previews October Catalog - OCT120751.
Secret Religions, Resurrection, & Demonology. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to travel.
 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 / STK475517
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.
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 theInversePress 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!”
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