 The hardcover edition of "Frequencies" was released in March 2003, and was promoted with a national book tour that took Ortega to over forty cities during the year.The tour itself became news, since a book tour of this magnitude was unheard of for a first-time author, and Ortega made multiple appearances on major media outlets such as NPR, Fox TV, and Coast to Coast AM.In 2004, Ortega began negotiations with numerous comic book and graphic novel publishers, and in March 2005, his first comic book story was released