With those words, LNL Partners and Panelfly have emerged forces to produce William Shatner’s Man O’ War because the studio’s first licensed property to be sold under their proprietary LNL-Cinematic Graphic Novel™ format. Jointly created by LNL and Panelfly under their newly formed partnership, the Cinematic Graphic Novel format gives a groundbreaking type of digital marvel comics that combines moving panels, a new stylistic dimension in animation, in-story sounds and a music soundtrack to usher in an improved reading experience.
William Shatner’s Man O’ War: Cinematic Graphic Novel launches for the comic world first as a possible possibility of fans for getting directly involved through an Indiegogo campaign. (http://igg.me/at/ShatnersManOWar.com). The series will likely be travelling to the population come july 1st.
A certified adaptation of William Shatner’s Man O’ War: Cinematic Graphic Novel is usually a 16-chapter taut, action-filled drama of the controversial ambassador brought to negotiate peace between workers in a Martian mining colony plus the corporation that owns their lives. Its flawed but charismatic hero, Benton Hawkes, confronts corrupt powerbrokers, political assassination, clandestine relationships and dangerous exploration and investigation on a depleted Earth plus a powder-keg Mars.
“Showcasing Shatner at his best, William Shatner’s Man O’ War: Cinematic Graphic Novel features humanistic storytelling based on his a lot more than Half a century of performance and his length of understanding power and the ones. A lifelong fan of comics, Shatner has actively done anything about projects in this field and it has had an ongoing vision to advance the medium with technological enhancements. With the surge of popularity for cellular devices, along with new devices in the pipeline, he believes the amount of time is ripe to introduce a new product channel in to the market – and we’re thrilled for being element of his vision,” said Mariano Nicieza, LNL Partners Co-Owner.
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Man O’ War is customized into your Cinematic Graphic Novel format by Nicieza with Frank Lovece and carries a line-up of stellar artists including John Hebert, Sherp, Rick Emond, Philip McNulty, Michael Yakutis, Theresa Steele, Veronica Smith, Eric Vincent, Deena Simmons, Nikolos Sardos, Kelly Zimmerman and Wilson Ramos Jr.
Meet the Team:
WILLIAM SHATNER is usually a Canadian actor and novelist. He became an entertainment legend as Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk inside of a classic Tv show and seven blockbuster films. The winner of two Emmy Awards, he has starred in series including Boston Legal, Rescue 911 and TJ Hooker. They are plus a stylish prolific writer of science-fiction novels for example the Man o’ War, TekWar and Search for Tomorrow series.
LNL Partners:
GARY LAIRD is really an Emmy Award-winning digital artist who’s a successful 30-year career as being a producer, director and movie editor. For the past 12 years he’s got created and designed 1000s of digital animations and DVD promotions on Disney world Home Entertainment.
MARIANO NICIEZA can be a publisher and producer with credits that come with writing, illustration, design and art direction in digital and print books, comic books, magazines, trading cards, posters, brochures and a multitude of commercial projects for Marvel Entertainment, Disney, Malibu Publishing, Fleer, Paramount and Panasonic.
SCOTT LIGGETT is definitely an Emmy Award-winning music and audio producer who’s a successful career as being a musician, composer, music producer and executive. Like a music producer, bigger worked William Shatner, all major TV networks, the NFL’s Super Bowl, American Greetings and Howard Stern.
FRANK LOVECE (Editor) combines his background like a comics writer for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics as well as others with his editorial experience as former web editor of the Syfy channel, Sound & Vision and Popular Photography magazines, so that as a journalist who has contributed to Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Newsday, Film Journal International and several other publications.
WILSON RAMOS JR. (Art Director) is often a 25-year comic-book industry illustrator and designer for Marvel Comics, DC Comics as well as others. He’s handled comic books and trading cards for such characters and series as Wolverine, Thor, Deadpool, Alien as well as the Walking Dead.
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About LNL Partners’ Comics Division:
LNL Partners is often a partnership of Emmy Award-winning Disney digital artist/editor GARY LAIRD, Emmy Award-winning music and audio producer SCOTT LIGGETT and MARIANO NICIEZA, a publisher and producer with credits for Marvel Entertainment, Disney, Malibu Publishing, Fleer, Paramount and Panasonic. Perfecting its innovative technology over two years, enlisting experienced and proven star trek artists and writers, LNL Partners has changed the resources to sustain a longtime presence on this competitive and exciting marketplace.
About Panelfly:
Panelfly, Inc., is actually a leader in creating the ultimate digital fan experience. Our unique transmedia storytelling approach, along with deep content discovery, social interactivity, and storefronts re-imagined, Panelfly takes traditional on-screen experiences with a completely level. In the evening Internet, Panelfly is driven to provide the world’s most immersive, interactive digital fanfest, whether both at home and on the go. Panelfly – Engage. Explore. Enjoy. For more info, visit www.panelfly.com
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