Limited Edition First Issue Only Available at WonderCon in San Francisco
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2008--Electronic
Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Image Comics today announced a new comic
book series based upon the upcoming original survival horror video
game; Dead Space™. This new six book series set in the Dead Space
universe will be written and illustrated by Ben Templesmith and
written by Antony Johnston.
The Dead Space comic is the prequel story for the game. This
series tells the gut-wrenching tale of a deep space mining colony that
unexpectedly pulls an ancient and vicious alien life force from the
dark rock.
The first issue will be on comic store shelves starting March 3rd
for the regular price of $2.99 each. However, a limited edition
version of issue #1 with exclusive cover art will be available at
WonderCon. In addition, Ben Templesmith and Antony Johnston will be
signing the first issue of the Dead Space comic at WonderCon on
February 22nd & 23rd at the Electronic Arts/Image Comics booth where
the first 25 people each day will receive a free copy.
"The world of Dead Space has such a deep storyline that it's
easily adaptable to other mediums," said Executive Producer of Dead
Space, Glen Schofield. "We love the fact our story is being told
across multiple forms of media, providing different experiences to
different audiences, which all lead to the same dark place."
Ben Templesmith is an Australian commercial artist best known for
his work in the American comic book industry -- most notably Fell with
writer Warren Ellis, published by Image Comics, and 30 Days of Night
with writer Steve Niles published by IDW Publishing. The 30 Days of
Night novel provoked a bidding war between film studios for the movie
rights when the story was pitched a second time with Templesmith's
artwork. Ben has been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards three years
in a row for his comic work. He has also created book covers, movie
posters, trading cards, and concept work for film.
Antony Johnston was born and raised in the Birmingham, England
area and is the author of thirteen graphic novels, including
Stormbreaker and Point Blanc (adapted from Anthony Horowitz'
best-selling Alex Rider novels), The Long Haul, Julius and Three Days
in Europe. He writes two ongoing serials, the sci-fi epic Wasteland
and the children's fantasy Texas Strangers. He has adapted many of
Alan Moore's prose stories to comics, written for the Texas Chainsaw
Massacre comics license, and is the only other writer to have penned a
story for Greg Rucka's award-winning Queen & Country series. He also
writes novels; his debut Frightening Curves won the 2002 American
Independent Publishing Award for Best Horror. His second novel,
Stealing Life, was published in 2007.
Under development at EA Redwood Shores, Dead Space ships Fall 2008
for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox
360™ videogame and entertainment system and the PC. This product is
not yet rated by PEGI or ESRB. More information about Dead Space is
available at www.deadspacegame.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City,
California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software
company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and
distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems,
personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic
Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™,
EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted
revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one
million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More
information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
About Image Comics
Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed
in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that
time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers
in the United States. There are currently four partners in
Image Comics (Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and
Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major
houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline
and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly
every genre, sub-genre and style imaginable, offering science
fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and
more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium
today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.
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other countries. "PlayStation" and "PLAYSTATION" are registered
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SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.