FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ANNOUNCING ABLAZE: A BRAND NEW PUBLISHING COMPANY
ABLAZE’s first title “VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING” coming in September from Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard!
JUNE 20, PORTLAND, OR – The formation of a new publishing company called ABLAZE™ was announced today. ABLAZE will be bringing some of the best content from all corners of the globe to readers worldwide.
ABLAZE will be releasing a variety of titles—in different formats, genres, and age ranges—original material, crowdfunded titles, reprints, art books, including international titles from Europe, Asia (manga, manhwa), and more.
The mantra of ABLAZE is quality first, with the goals of giving creators a platform, bringing new voices into the conversation, serving as diverse an audience as possible, and growing the company’s publishing schedule sustainably over time.
ABLAZE’s first title will be new horror series VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING, drawn by The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, and written by Ange and Patrick Renault.
VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING stars Terry Fisher, a young soldier on the verge of being sent away for active military duty, who is going to meet his friends at the top of the Empire State Building for a farewell party, when suddenly a legion of vampires attacks the skyscraper and massacres its occupants. Hounded in the 102 floors that have become a deadly trap, Terry must take decisive action to save himself and his friends — and the city of New York!
“I’m incredibly excited about the release of VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING. It’s an adrenaline rush thriller - something I’ve not drawn before - with the added horror of vampires,” said Charlie Adlard.
Issue 1 will be solicited in the July 2019 issue of Diamond Previews for Sept 2019 shipping items, with an on-sale date of September 18th (Diamond Code: JUL191360). Retailers can reach out to Diamond or ABLAZE regarding special offers and Halloween promotions for the series (including details on a glow-in-the-dark retailer incentive cover: JUL191364 F).
“Diamond Comic Distributors looks forward to the first release from ABLAZE with VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING #1, the perfect introduction as Previews gears up for its annual Halloween ComicFest promotion and all things spooky and scary to read,” said Steve Leaf Diamond’s Assistant Manager – Print Team.
ABLAZE VP of Creative/Business Development Rich Young said: “I’ve been a fan of The Walking Dead and Charlie’s art for some time, so I’m very excited about VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING…as well as all the other projects at ABLAZE that will be announced soon!”
For updates, previews, and details on upcoming titles from ABLAZE, visit http://ablazepublishing.com/ and look for VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING #1 at your local comics shop September 18th!
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ABOUT CHARLIE ADLARD
Charlie has been a "veteran" of the comic industry for over 20 years. He's spent the majority of his time since 2004 working on The Walking Dead for which he has received many industry awards. In his time as a cartoonist he has worked on many other projects as far reaching as Mars Attacks, the X-Files, Judge Dredd, Savage, Batman, X-Men, Superman, etc. and creator-owned projects closer to his heart like Astronauts In Trouble, Codeflesh, Rock Bottom, and White Death.
He was born in 1966 in the town of Shrewsbury, England and, having moved away to study film and video at art college, eventually moved back and still resides there today. Before moving back to Shrewsbury, he spent a brief stint in London, finding out that the BA he'd earned at art college was pretty useless in getting a job in the film industry, and after failing to set the world alight playing the drums in a rock band, eventually settled on the "third" option, which was comics. An option he finally realized should have been number one right from the beginning. He eventually found his first work at the Judge Dredd Megazine in 1992 and hasn't looked back since.