MattBrady
03-28-2005, 07:58 AM
<i>Press Release</i>
<blockquote>Licensable Bear™ says “I’m Back!”
Humorous one-shot becomes slow-going series
“The Licensable Bear™ comic book is back – because I demanded it!” announced Licensable Bear™ at a press conference today. In this way the cute li’l marketing icon announced that his one-shot comic of 2003 has been extended into a series, albeit an infrequent one. “As of issue two, this one-shot becomes a two-shot. And when issue three comes out, that will be a triple-shot, and so forth.”
Licensable Bear™ is a cuddly little semi-dressed critter who lives to license himself for products, appearing on t-shirts, mugs, license plate frames, and obviously comic books. His first appearance was in Licensable Bear™ #1, which shipped in November, 2003. That was followed by a short story in Wild About Comics, a 2004 Free Comic Book Day issue. Now June brings issue 2 of his own title, with an issue-length story “Licensable Bear™ Goes to a Licensing Convention”.
“I’d been hearing about how comics these days are all filled with six-chapter stories which are eventually collected into a single volume, and I figured ‘why wait?’” explains Licensable Bear™. “So I arranged six different artists to each draw one short chapter, and put all 28 pages into one single issue.” The entire story is written by Eisner Award nominee Nat Gertler, and artists involved include issue 1 veterans Rusty Haller, Filip Sablik, and Bradley Walton, as well as Ryan Estrada, Eric Erbes, and Crossgen survivor Dave Lanphear.
The story deals with Licensable Bear™ facing the sort of convention insanities that should be familiar to any comic con attendee: the badge-police, encounters with rarely-seen friends, folks trying to scam free stuff, and crazed crowds. Of course, he faces it through his own licensing-obsessed perspective. “The issue has everything you look for in a comic,” says Licensable Bear™. “It has action, humor, a guest cameo – the superhero Mister U.S. from Image’s Big Bang comic – ummm, pictures, staples, a cover… oh, and me!” Folks wanting to know more about this smiling spokescritter should head over to www.LicensableBearTM.com and read his first appearance.
Licensable Bear™ issue 2 is a 32 page black-and-white comic with color covers. Priced at $2.95 US, it ships in June. Like all About Comics publications, it is available to the direct market through Diamond Comics Distributors, FM International, and Cold Cut Distribution.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Licensable Bear™ says “I’m Back!”
Humorous one-shot becomes slow-going series
“The Licensable Bear™ comic book is back – because I demanded it!” announced Licensable Bear™ at a press conference today. In this way the cute li’l marketing icon announced that his one-shot comic of 2003 has been extended into a series, albeit an infrequent one. “As of issue two, this one-shot becomes a two-shot. And when issue three comes out, that will be a triple-shot, and so forth.”
Licensable Bear™ is a cuddly little semi-dressed critter who lives to license himself for products, appearing on t-shirts, mugs, license plate frames, and obviously comic books. His first appearance was in Licensable Bear™ #1, which shipped in November, 2003. That was followed by a short story in Wild About Comics, a 2004 Free Comic Book Day issue. Now June brings issue 2 of his own title, with an issue-length story “Licensable Bear™ Goes to a Licensing Convention”.
“I’d been hearing about how comics these days are all filled with six-chapter stories which are eventually collected into a single volume, and I figured ‘why wait?’” explains Licensable Bear™. “So I arranged six different artists to each draw one short chapter, and put all 28 pages into one single issue.” The entire story is written by Eisner Award nominee Nat Gertler, and artists involved include issue 1 veterans Rusty Haller, Filip Sablik, and Bradley Walton, as well as Ryan Estrada, Eric Erbes, and Crossgen survivor Dave Lanphear.
The story deals with Licensable Bear™ facing the sort of convention insanities that should be familiar to any comic con attendee: the badge-police, encounters with rarely-seen friends, folks trying to scam free stuff, and crazed crowds. Of course, he faces it through his own licensing-obsessed perspective. “The issue has everything you look for in a comic,” says Licensable Bear™. “It has action, humor, a guest cameo – the superhero Mister U.S. from Image’s Big Bang comic – ummm, pictures, staples, a cover… oh, and me!” Folks wanting to know more about this smiling spokescritter should head over to www.LicensableBearTM.com and read his first appearance.
Licensable Bear™ issue 2 is a 32 page black-and-white comic with color covers. Priced at $2.95 US, it ships in June. Like all About Comics publications, it is available to the direct market through Diamond Comics Distributors, FM International, and Cold Cut Distribution.</blockquote>