Action Lab Creates Waves at C2E2

Over the past two years Action Lab Entertainment has made remarkable strides as a small comic book publisher.  The company has gone from it’s first published work to its first Eisner nomination and on to its first major license (announcing an NFL RushZone comic earlier this year).

However, as they made clear at their first ever appearance at the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 this week, this is only the beginning.  Action Lab announced that it will be making some big moves in working to become one of the premier publishers of both creator-owned and licensed comics.

The first and most striking of Action Lab’s announcements concerns all of its ongoing series.  All of Action Lab’s ongoing books - starting with the books listed in June’s Previews - will be offered at $2.99 instead of their previous standard $3.99.  Not only that, but they will now be a regular standard of 32 pages.  Better yet, their NFL RushZone books will now be available twice monthly and with 20 pages for $1.99.

Additionally, beginning with Jamal Igle’s Molly Danger (in the current previews, available in July), Action Lab will be offering a number of 48 page oversized European style hardcovers at $19.99.  This is coming right on the heels of the release of our first preview of Molly Danger alongside their breakout hit Princeless in their Free Comic Book Day release.

Perhaps even more impressive is that this month marks the launch of Action Lab’s new mature readers line Action Lab: Danger Zone.  This launch will be approximately doubling the size of their monthly catalog and will include a variety of books including:  Ehmm Theory (where a dead man and his talking cat are tasked by St. Peter with a number of insane missions - including fighting zombie circus clowns), The Final Plague (an infestation of undead animals), Ghost Town (a tale of time-travel and terrorism), and Night of the 80’s Undead (a mashup of John Hughes type romance and George Romero type horror).

With all these announcements and this month’s return of Princeless to the stands, this year looks to be the strongest one yet for Action Lab.  And thanks to the launch of their Retailer Network, all retailers can contact them directly to learn about everything they have upcoming by reaching out to coordinator Jeremy Whitley jwhitley@actionlabcomics.com.

Action Lab To Release Two Free Comic Book Day Titles

 Action Lab Entertainment is excited to announce the solicitation of two separate titles for the next Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), scheduled for May 4, 2013.

The first title is Molly Danger/Princeless, which contains two self-contained, all-new stories.  It features Princeless, Action Lab’s Eisner-nominated flagship title, written by series creator Jeremy Whitley, as well as the most anticipated heroine of 2013, Molly Danger, created by fan favorite Jamal Igle.  This is a teaser for the full-color premium hardcover that Igle will publish later in 2013.

Action Lab’s second FCBD offering is NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians, which also contains two stories by the series’ regular creative teams–writers Kevin Freeman and Jeremy Whitley and illustrators M. Goodwin and Jerry Gaylord.

Both books are full-color, 32 pages, will appeal to readers of all ages, and, of course, free.

“We are thrilled to be offering not one, but two separate books for Free Comic Book Day 2013,” said Action Lab president Kevin Freeman.  ”We believe both of these titles are of the highest quality, and showcase the type of material that we are capable of creating.  Fans and retailers are going to be blown away by both of these titles.”

This is Action Lab’s first venture into creating printed material for Free Comic Book Day.  Last year, ALE did Action Lab Confidential, a 200-page digital sampler of all of its existing material at the time.

ABOUT ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT

Action Lab Entertainment was founded in 2010 by a group of independent comic creators with the sole intent to bring the world the most action packed, thought-provoking, entertaining comics available, thereby ushering in a new age of world peace under the dominating, yet benign control of the Action Lab. Action Lab Entertainment is the public front for all the activities of the Action Lab and its members. Although most of the Action Lab’s activities remain classified, Action Lab Entertainment can disclose that two of its many functions are the marketing of comic books through various sales outlets, and the expansion of their domination into other mediums.

Action Lab also received two Eisner nominations in 2012 for its critically-acclaimed comic Princeless, and has been praised for its diverse library of titles, including Double Jumpers, Fracture, and The Order of Dagonet. Their website is http://www.actionlabcomics.com.