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Uniques: Uniques Tales #6 "At the Scene of Freedom" Available Now!

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:01:06 GMT

Yes, the time has come; another story in the Uniques Tales Anthology is available starting today - all awesome, all FREE! Go read 'At the Scene of Freedom' at the official Uniques website, and tell us what you think.

Taking place in the 1970's, 'Around the World' spotlights the struggle for civil rights undertaken by the uniques of that era. After decades of increasing tension between typics and uniques, decades of declining civil liberties, all culminating in the horrors of the Vietnam War, the powderkeg is about to explode after the trial of a man the world knows is guilty of a grisly multiple-murder-- but who gets a wrist-slap sentence because his victims were uniques.

As with all the Uniques Tales stories, this one comes from a fantastically talented group of creators. The writing by Mr. M. Nicholas Almond is among our favorites of the series so far, and the art team really brings a feel to the story that fits the decade it represents while never feeling dated in any way. The tight linework of Daniel Campos, the moody midnight colors of Marc Lewis, and the soft, textured cover of Mihailo Vukelic; each enhances the feel of the other, and the total package is exactly what we were hoping to see. We're incredibly proud and honored to have these people all working together to enrich the Uniques universe, and we sincerely hope you check out their other works after reading what they've created here.

And of course, there are the great Mentor and Kinetic pinups by Nick and Jake McVey; two guys who attended our own alma mater and who shared their gifts with us so graciously. Comfort provided the final pinup of Current, rounding out the trio of central characters in this story - the three people who were the unofficial but undeniable leaders of the uniques rights movement.

So we're done talking now - we have to get back to work on Rainbow in the Dark #2, and you've got a comic to read. Go! See! Love! Discuss!

-Adam & Comfort

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Uniques: Limeted Time Offer - Get the Series FREE!

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:12:15 GMT

Yes, you read that title right - for a limited time, Wowio is making the entire first season of The Uniques (issues 1-9) available for free through their web service! If you've never read the book, if you've heard of it but haven't been able to find it, if you've read some but were waiting on the rest-- now is the time to catch up!

What's more, we're still getting paid for this! So it's win-win; you get comics for free, and we get compensation for our hard work. Everybody gets a comic! Look under your chairs! YOU get a comic-- YOU get a comic-- EVERYBODY GETS A COMIC!!!

Sorry... had an Oprah moment, there.

Anyway, head over to Wowio's site to grab your free Uniques comics, scope the generous positive reviews (and maybe leave some of your own - wink) and have a nice day. We'll be back tomorrow with our Otakon Convention Report, and you'll have tons of sketches to look at. It'll be great!

See you then-
Adam & Comfort
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Uniques: Uniques Tales #5 "Around the World" Available Now!

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:52:44 GMT

The next installment of Uniques Tales releases today. 'Around The World' is up on the Uniques website, and is fantastic and 100% FREE! Head over to the site and give it a read.

This one was a delight to watch unfold. We’re just editors/producers on these Uniques Tales stories; while the basic plots come from us, the creative team on each issue are the ones who do all the heavy lifting and turn a seed of an idea into a mighty redwood of a piece of work. And this particular story is an important one, moving us solidly into the Vietnam era of Uniques history, where people with powers are considered weapons to be used and disposed of by both sides of the conflict. In this story, you’ll read about one young boy discovering his powers for the first time, and see what happens to him as a result. It’s a tale well told, and we owe it all to our creative team.

And this is a team we were especially excited to work with. We've known Jason Richards since our days as freelancers with Palladium Books, and met while illustrating one of his Rifts supplements, 'Rifts: Arzno.' He's one of the nicest guys, and a great writer, and we were glad to get him on-board for this. And Jeremy Dale... fuggedabowdit. That guy is absolute tops. As is, of course, his lovely wife and inker, Kelly. This is to say nothing of the amazing colors brought to the table by Steve Downer.

The cover and pin-up were provided by a couple people we know and love from deviantART – Sarah Jaffe and Rudy Vasquez (respectively). Their work brought a look and feel to the art of Uniques Tales that hadn’t been seen yet, and we’re immensely thankful that they and everybody else involved leant us their time and talent.

So stop hanging around here gawking and head to www.UniquesComic.com to see the latest free story from The Uniques Tales. You’ll be glad you did.

-Adam & Comfort
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Uniques: Preview of Uniques Tales #5

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:04:53 GMT

It's getting to be that time again, another glorious story from The Uniques Tales will release July 7th!

Page 1 of The Uniques Tales #5

The team is yet again pronominal. Jason Richards penned the story titled Around The World. Our amazing friends Jeremy and Kelly Dale penciled and inked it. The color will be done by Steve Downer with cover by the incredible young talent of Sarah Jaffe!

The story is almost finished now and we could not be more proud! More updates on this little masterpiece to come.

All for today - gotta get back to Rainbow In The Dark!

-Adam and Comfort

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Uniques: Congratulations Bryan J.L. Glass!!!

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:04:46 GMT

Today is a huge and super special day for us because our very dear friend and mentor, Mr. Bryan J.L. Glass, writer of the magnificent Mice Templar, Quixote, and other fine, fine works of comic fiction, has officially been announced as the writer for Marvel Comics' Thor: First Thunder!

Bad ass huh' Like similar projects running around right now, First Thunder is a retelling - perhaps a re-imagining, in some ways - of Thor's origins. It maintains the classic story, but will be told with modern sensibilities. These characters are more than forty years old, in some cases, and if they're going to keep their resonance and meaning for new audiences they could use a little love here and there.

Did you know the first handful of Thor issues had him working for the US Government tracking down Russian spies' No lie. It was all red scare all the time. But what resonance does a clandestine war with the USSR have today'

With the new Thor movie coming up and all the attention the Thor comic will begin to receive from the Marvel movie going crowd, we can't think of a better writer to herald the God of Thunder's travails from Asgard to Midgard during this upcoming era of Thor excitement. Read thee more about the announcement here!

And of course we'd be a little remiss if we didn't once again mention that how excited we were by Bryan's Uniques Tales #3 story he so graciously contributed to our series last month. Given the importance of the Golden Age to Comic's mythos, Bryan was the obvious choice to have penned The first look at The Uniques World War II heroes in action!

Well, that's all for today you wacky kids. Congratulations once again to Bryan Glass, we wish you all the best of luck and fortune moving forward from here. We're just so happy to see such a good guy, and such a good friend of ours getting to go on and do such exciting things.

-Adam and Comfort
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Uniques: Uniques Tales #4 "The Weight of Perfection" Available Now!

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:21:31 GMT

The latest story of The Uniques Tales is out! 'The Weight of Perfection' is now up on ye olde internets and available (as always) 100% free! FREE! Can't beat that bargain. Read it here, right now!

As with the previous stories, this one relied on a very talented and dedicated crew of creators. We knew this was going to be one of the "quiet" stories in the opening run of Uniques Tales, and believe it or not, "quiet" stories are often much harder to do well than the big, splashy action ones. We needed good people, and we got good people.

We got the excellent writer, Tanya Eby – who was actually a professor at our college back in the day. (What, five years ago' Yeesh.) We’d always been a fan of her style, and knew she was down for comics because, you know, she taught a whole ‘writing for comics’ class and all. She turned out to be the perfect fit for this story.

On the art side, we got a mighty triple-threat. On the cover, the inimitable, the colorful, the deliciously, richly saturated work of the mighty Joe Pekar. We even gave him a red-head to draw (you’re welcome, Joe!). Inside, we got the help of another old college friend, Mallete Pagano. Her style was perfect for the story, and another wide departure from what’s come before in Uniques Tales. We always said that there were a lot of amazing artists out there just waiting to be seen, and we’re trying to use Uniques Tales as a way of sharing the people we love with all of you out there. Color work was done by our friend (and soon to be a daddy – congrats!) Jon Alderink. This guy is a serious work-horse, people. Check him out!

But that’s not all! We’ve also got a pin-up-palooza, with some fantastical pieces representing the silver-age of the Uniques universe.

We’ve got the 50’s era League of Seven by Paul Sizer!

We’ve got Kid Quick’s whole family taking a beach vacation, by Lora Innes (go read the Dreamer NOW! We mean it!)

And we’ve got the modern Ambassador by Jane Irwin, with colors by our own Fighting Flatsman, Frank Rapoza! The Ambassador is a major character in Uniques lore, and will definitely be having some stories of her own in time. You can see her silver age incarnation in Paul’s Lo7 piece above.

And that’s all. We’ve talked enough. Go over to www.UniquesComic.com and grab yourself some free Uniques Tales digi-comics. You’ll be glad you did, we promise!

-Adam & Comfort