Now that AC Comics has released the solicit info, I can share the news here. In March, my Rowena comic book stories from the back pages of
Femforce are being collected into a full-length graphic novel! This will collect Rowena Vol. I and II, as well as an all-new story. As you can imagine, I am extremely excited about this! If you are interested in buying the book, I urge you to please visit a local comic book shop and ask them to order it from the Diamond Previews catalog. Diamond, the comics distributor company, has set a new sales quota for comics they carry, so independent publishers like AC face an uphill battle. The more orders Diamond receives for AC products, the better chance AC has to continue working with them.
Here is the solicit info (this is a corrected version of an earlier one with a few errors so don't be confused if you see other info elsewhere on the net):
AC COMICS PRODUCT FOR MARCH, 2010
Rowena - It Takes A Giantess To Raze A Village graphic novel
Writer: Eric Lindberg. Artists: Rock Baker, Jeff Austin, Luis Alonzo, Mark and Stephanie Heike
Format: Standard comic book size, perfect-bound trade paperback, 92 pages; black & white with color covers.
Intended Audience: All-ages fans of light-hearted fantasy with a glamorous, "good girl art" pin-up style focus.
Retail Price: $29.95
Ship Date: March 25, 2010
UPC Code: 64924188547
Synopsis: Something different- part comedy, part romance, part fantasy adventure, ALL "good girl art" extravaganza!! The saga of ROWENA, a beautiful, misunderstood giantess in a Medieval neverworld! She battles the pompous knight Sir Hubert, and loses her heart to the normal-sized Cedric. Compiles the entire FEMFORCE #144-150 serial PLUS one new chapter!!
Author-creator Eric Lindberg initially produced a series of ROWENA text stories online that created a substantial following. Brought to life visually through the efforts of the whimsically expressive, yet glamorous artwork of Rock Baker, the comic book version of ROWENA became an increasingly popular serial running within the pages of FEMFORCE over the past two years, despite the fact that its tone and approach is VERY different from the rest of the book. More a lighthearted story of character interplay in a vintage folk-tale type of setting. Despite her towering size, the beautiful ROWENA is a gentle, peace-loving creature, unlike the rest of her human-stomping "Earthborn" brethren. Simply trying to go her own way at peace with her world, she must defend herself from the dragon-slaying knight Sir Hubert (whose respect she begrudgingly earns) and eventually falls in love with Hubert's normal-sized kitchen assistant, Cedric. Through the course of the story, she becomes the oversized defender of the tiny village of Appleton, convinces MOST of her economy-sized family to leave the "tiny humans" alone for awhile, and marries Cedric!! This graphic novel compiles the first 9 episodes of the serial that appeared in the Gargantarama - The Comic Book portion of FEMFORCE over the last two years, PLUS one all-new, never-before-seen story/episode in the saga created especially for this book, plus pin-ups and unused covers, also never previously seen.