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ARCANA: April Newsletter ~ New PreOrders, Releases, & Events!Monday, April 22nd, 2013
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ARCANA: April Newsletter ~ New PreOrders, Releases, & Events!Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Exclusive Simmons Comics Anthology Preview at LSCC 2013!Friday, January 11th, 2013
VANCOUVER (Jan 11, 2013) – Arcana Comics and Simmons Comics Group are proud to announce that Simmons Comics Anthology is crossing the pond!
In celebration of the launch of Simmons Comics Anthology Volume 1 (DIAMOND DEC12 0812 / ISBN 978-1-77135-066-2), Arcana Comics and Simmons Comics Group have created an extremely limited edition Preview Book ONLY available to attendants of London Super Comic Con Feb 23rd and 24th.
This limited edition preview will feature the first chapter of Gene Simmons' Zipper Vs Dominatrix: The Slave Trade, written by Erik Hendrix (The Evil Tree, Deadly Harvest, The Book), with art from Yannis Roumboulias (Deadly Harvest)
This preview will be strictly limited to 100 copies and available for £5. Be sure to find the Arcana Comics table at London Super Comic Con to get a copy of this book!
If you can't make it to the convention, don't worry, you can still read the amazing first chapter of Gene Simmons' Zipper Vs Dominatrix: The Slave Trade by picking up a copy of Simmons Comics Anthology Volume 1 when it is released in February! Pre-Order a copy now!
TITLE: Simmons Comics Anthology Vol. 1
|VANCOUVER (October 30, 2012) - Happy Halloween everyone! Welcome to another month of the Arcana newsletter! This month, we're going to delve into the dark realm of horror, talk about some new books, and also talk about an exciting contest going on right now! Also, if you're curious what the image is to the left here… keep on reading!Be sure to look down in our new and upcoming releases section for special links to download the first chapter of some books FREE!
Arcana's 13 Days of TERROR on ComiXology
First off, from October 19th through October 31st, we're celebrating Halloween with ComiXology by bringing you Arcana's 13 Days of TERROR! It's a celebration of some of the best indie horror around, introducing you to some of our best horror, some previously published, but at a lower price, and others you haven't seen before! You can head to the link on the main page of ComiXology.com, but you can access it directly by CLICKING HERE.
Below are a few of the FREE books available in the promotion:
1. The Book Issue 1 – CLICK HERE
2. The Evil Tree Issue 1 – CLICK HERE
3. Philosopher Rex Issue 1 – CLICK HERE
Next, let's talk about the RCB Sketch Challenge!
Arcana Comics is sponsoring the RCB Sketch Challenge, which fans can participate in right now by voting for their favorite interpretation of Kade! The winner will receive free books, a limited edition poster of their artwork, and a $250 prize! Head over to the event by CLICKING HERE and vote for your favorite!
There are some truly talented artists participating, so please show your support!
Arcana's new releases and upcoming books!
Next, let's take a look at what's going on in print… Arcana has a lot of great books hitting the shelves now and coming soon! Below are some of those titles, which can be ordered through your favorite comic book shops, online bookstores, Amazon.com, and through the Arcana Store Online. Read about the books and see what you might like!
TITLE: The Evil Tree
TITLE: Pixies
COMMENTS: Mix the humor of Futurama with a high school full of creatures, pull out the outcasts from that group, and you have Creepsville. Co-Created by Doc Wyatt, the producer from Napoleon Dynamite (Film and Animated).
ARCANA PAGE: http://arcana.com/view_issue.
COMMENTS: A great introduction to Arcana Comics! Marvel's Dark Avengers through an indie filter.
DESCRIPTION: At a remote university, an angry young student faces the harsh realization that he has nothing to show for years of study. When he threatens his professor to teach him something real, he is drawn into a horrifying game of life and death. Soon, he will learn that the only rule is pain, and that true knowledge only comes when everything you believe…has burned away. Written by Brooke Burgess — the award-winning creator of Broken Saints — with art by Dane Cypel.
COMMENTS: A psychological thriller from the creator of Broken Saints with dark themes, gorgeous art, and amazing colors.
COMMENTS: Take the folklore of John Henry and throw him into a SteamPunk Apocalyps, and just imagine the possibilities. This is the first in our line of SteamPunk Originals books, and we're looking forward to sharing more in the coming months!!!
DESCRIPTION: During a time when inventors were known as wizards and corporations considered their kingdoms, emerged an extraordinary league of gentlemen who shaped the modern world with their minds, money, and machines. At the eye of the storm stood Nikola TESLA, a mystic inventor whose genius bordered on insanity as he blurred the lines between magic and science.
COMMENTS: Nikola Tesla is a hero to the SteamPunk community and revered as an inventor. This is his story from his humble beginnings to his amazing inventions, which changed the world.
TITLE: The Book
TITLE: Simmons Comics Anthology Vol. 1
VANCOUVER (June 15, 2012) – It's June everyone, which means it's time for another stroll down the comic book trail courtesy of Arcana Comics.
We are just a few weeks away from our BIGGEST San Diego Comic Con ever, including loads of announcements. We'll give you a tease of some of those things in just a couple of weeks, but for right now, we'll just warn you, they're AWESOME! Arcana Comics is delving into new imprints, a load of new titles, and some partnerships with some pretty spectacular people. You'll see… just keep on reading these newsletters.
So, let's take a look at what's hitting stores this month, what's available for pre-order now through your local comic book shops, a little more about SDCC, and some other things, shall we?
By the way, did you happen to read Intrinsic issue 1 on Free Comic Book Day? No? Well, in the mix below is a FREE DOWNLOAD for a PDF of Intrinsic Issue 1. If you read it and love it, please ask your store to order copies of issues 2, 3, and 4!
Hitting the shelves this month, if you haven't seen them, are some great titles! Cindy the Demonhunter pits a tv celebrity against the forces of evil. Curse of the Cortes Stone brings together characters in the War of the Independents in a one-shot adventure, featuring Arcana's Shadowflame. We also have The Fix, War's Chosen, and another chance to get your hands on Paradox. If you missed any of them in stores, click on the links to get a preview of them on the Arcana Web site!
CINDY THE DEMON HUNTER – http://arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=287
CURSE OF THE CORTES STONE – http://arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=429
THE ELIXIR – http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=441
THE FIX – http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=192
WAR'S CHOSEN – http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=446
PARADOX – http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=212
Books to be released in August 2012.
ARCANA TITLE LINK: http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=487
A princess struggles to save her Kingdom from an ever-lasting winter. Will a stranger save the Kingdom or destroy it? The Ancient Oak is an all ages fable that teaches the importance of doing the right thing.
ARCANA TITLE LINK: http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=493
Gordon lives with his mother in the hidden kingdom of Ugladunga. Every day, the adult giraffes gather on the other side of the waterfall, but the kids meet to play the game Mulunga Doo in pairs: one boy and one girl. When Gordon is asked to play the game by Gary, the other young giraffes laugh at them and ask Gordon if he is a girl. Hurt, Gordon flees to his mother who tells him that he must follow his heart. The next day, the boy giraffes plan to teach Gordon a lesson, but their plan backfires, and Gordon must save them from plummeting down the waterfall. In the end, Gordon teaches the other boy giraffes that they should love everyone–even those who are different from themselves.
ARCANA TITLE LINK: http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=329
A new virus has been introduced and it is now up to Captain Pixel, a polar bear and the mysterious wizard, Adobus, to stop this rapidly growing plague..
While the Intrinsic train for the fight to come, the hordes of Apollyon navigate the underworld with their guide, Xur Xet Tsej– a man with his own reasons to want Ishmael Stone dead. A showdown approaches… and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
(W) Sean Patrick O'Reilly, Erik Hendrix, & Casey Jones (A/CA) Allan Otero The Intrinsic face an army of demons to protect their newest charges — Tori and Alex — who have no idea what they've fallen into. In order to survive what's to come, they must learn (and quickly) what the forces of darkness have in mind — and the mysterious man in hell who's just sworn to serve them. (STK467850) 22pgs, FC $1.95
This month, we take a look at some other books from the Arcana library you may have missed! All of these books are still available for your local comic book store to order.
ARCANA TITLE LINK: http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=314
13 year old Sophie Mitchell just accidentally stole every superpower known to man. She can't turn them off or give them back. As she becomes Siphon, the world's last superhero, the people she stole her powers from learn to live without them– or die trying.
ARCANA TITLE LINK: http://www.arcana.com/view_issue.php?id=303
What would you do if you never had to sleep again? That's the question mankind must answer when visionary billionaire Grant Auden develops an eye-opening new medical procedure, The Wake-Up Call, which forever eliminates the need for sleep. Reporter Emma Troy discovers an unexpected and alarming side effect. If you don't sleep, you don't dream. And those lost dreams will literally come true as they erupt into the waking world, causing chaos beyond belief. In a fast paced world that is racing into the future, how long before sleep is considered unnecessary?.
As promised… At SDCC this year, we're going to have some great exclusives in limited quantities, so be sure to head to our booth, 2415, to find out what we have! In the next week or so, all of the Exclusives should be listed on the SDCC web site as well, so you can check there. It's going to be a good year!
Around 50 creators from Arcana are making the trip to San Diego this year and will be appearing from Wednesday night through Sunday afternoon to meet fans, sign autographs, and show off their books. Be sure to show them some love by showing up! The official signing schedule will be sent out soon, too!
Arcana Comics will also be debuting dozens of titles still months away from official release. Come to our booth and you'll get to read full graphic novels before anyone else!
Are you a fan of Arcana Comics on FaceBook? We're announcing all sorts of cool things there, showing off preview pages from upcoming books well ahead of their official releases, news from creators, and other unique things you won't find anywhere else. Head to https://www.facebook.com/ArcanaStudios and give us a "Like", will ya?
Long out of print, the wildly popular Clockwork Girl series was originally released in five illustrated stories and sold more than 340,000 copies around the world. The full story of THE CLOCKWORK GIRL (Harper Design//On Sale: July 12, 2011//ISBN:9780062080394) comes to life again in this beautifully illustrated graphic novel with a new foreword from The Clockwork Girl's original authors, Sean O'Reilly and Kevin Hanna, along with playful, full-page pin-ups of the characters.
The story takes place in a whimsical land far, far away where inventors compete to show off their latest trinkets and inventions at the local fair. A mad scientist, determined to win the top prize at the fair, creates a robot Clockwork Girl. Against all odds, she finds love and companionship in Huxley, the amazing mutant circus boy. Despite the threats of their warring families, they begin to explore the world together and discover what it means to be human—to move, to think, and ultimately, to love.
This fall, a paperback version of THE CLOCKWORK GIRL will correspond with the release of the 3-D luximation animation film version of THE CLOCKWORK GIRL. The film is voiced by a "dream team" of actors as the characters, such as Carrie Ann Moss (Matrix), Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), Jesse McCartney (Horton Hears a Who) and Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond). An exciting sneak peek teaser is available online at http://www.theclockworkgirl.com.
THE CLOCKWORK GIRL has won the Moonbeam Award, as well as the Graphic Novel of the Year Award at Book Expo America by ForeWord magazine.
About the Authors:
SEAN O'REILLY is the founder and C.E.O. of Arcana Studio, Canada's largest comic book company. He is the creator of a number of comics, including the highly successful comics Kade and Ezra, whose characters have been used in more than 250,000 comics and books, and published in eleven countries and seven different languages. Through his talent as a concept artist, writer, and all around comic book mastermind, Sean lead Arcana, in its very first year, to win the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher, as voted by an international spectrum of comic book retailers and readers, and to be nominated for a Harvey Award in its first year, a feat unheard of in the quarter century tenure of the award. Among his other credits: he is a consultant for Telefilm, in 2008 and 2011 won Top 40 Under 40 Awards from The Globe and Mail, and has worked on a number of TV concept art projects (for shows including Entourage) and videogame designs.
KEVIN HANNA is an American film director, writer, and artist noted for his work in feature film animation, comic books, videogames, and television. He is the owner of Frogchildren Studios, a multimedia entertainment company dedicated to producing high-quality work for children, spent five years at Microsoft where he was a founding member of the Xbox team, and has worked on games for companies such as Electronic Arts and Mattel.
By Sean O'Reilly & Kevin Hanna
Harper Design
128 pages // $19.99 Hardcover // ISBN: 9780062080394
July 12, 2011
Arcana Teams With Impulse Creations!
Arcana Comics is proud to announce that they are a premiere publisher with Impulse Creations.
Impulse Creations, one of the best online comic book stores, offer guaranteed low prices on back issue comics from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and all other publishers along with low shipping costs.
Arcana will work closely with Impulse Creations to ensure that they have the latest news and product availablity so that they can provide fans of their publications with exactly what they're looking for. Whatever you're looking for, if its available at all, Impulse Creations will either have it or can it get it for you quickly. In addition, Arcana will provide the store with exclusive interviews and previews of their products.
Up first is an interview with Arcana owner and EIC, Sean O'Reilly, and Vice President of Operations, Mark Poulton. They discuss their popular Kade series, their success in the indie market, and the projects (comic and film) currently under wraps.
To read the interview and check out great deals on Arcana titles, please visit:
Book of the Month: Harry Walton: Henchman For Hire GN
Harry Walton, a disenfranchised ex-super-hero sidekick, finds himself having to work with every B-List schmuck in town to work up the ranks of the "Henchman's Union" towards his ultimate goal: Super-Villain status. Smarter than most of the bosses he works for, Harry is stuck as a second banana once again. But when an opportunity to take revenge against his old Super-Hero partner arises, "Henchman for Hire" Harry Walton takes an initiative and launches a plan that catches the eyes of Super-Villains everywhere!
Buy the book now: http://www.arcanacomics.com/store/
In Previews
This month in Previews, for items shipping in May, Arcana will be publishing Blam GN (MAY11 0814), Killing Machine GN (MAY11 0815), Kord & Harley GN (MAY11 0816), and Mwumba GN (MAY11 0817).
Shipping This Month
This May Arcana is offering Breakdown TP (MAR11 0850), Defex TP (MAR11 0851), Dead Cell GN (MAR11 0852), Frozen Wasteland GN (MAR11 0853), Last Ninja GN (MAR11 0854), and League of Super Evil GN (MAR11 0855).
Interview with John Barker
This month, Arcana's Vice President of Operations, Mark Poulton interviews writer John Barker about his upcoming Arcana graphic novel, Dead Cell, as well as his past career as a professional wrestler.
MP: John, what can you tell readers about Dead Cell?
JB: On the outside The Dead Cell is a story about a mental hospital where they do experiments on homeless patients with mental disease. Basically they introduce variables that allow them to explore the various diseases they encounter. The book also tells of Dr. Monica McCoy and her journey through these experiments and how they effect her mentally, then of course we throw a little of the supernatural, some twists and turns and we end up with and exploration into shadow self psychology and the philosophy of Merkabah. Depending on your understanding of people and psychology you could be reading several different stories with several completely different meanings. The book is also filled with some crazy twists and I think the ending will really drive the book home for fans.
MP: How did you come up with the idea for the story?
JB: Originally I was going to set it up as an anthology exploring aspects of my own battle with depression, and as the concept evolved and grew it became more centered and I was really able to delve into deeper the human psyche and what really makes people with various forms of mental disease tick.
MP: Were you a big comic book fan growing up? If so, what were some of your favorite comics?
JB: I actually have been collecting comics since I was given my first two comics at age 5. Growing up of course my favorite books were the normal favorites of kids like Batman and Superman. I had kind of given up on comic books around 14 ish when I stumbled upon The Sandman, which led me into other mature reader titles like Swamp Thing and Preacher. As far as superhero comics go I'm still a huge fan of Batman, Green Lantern and Punisher, and am really into The Unwritten and Sweet Tooth.
MP: Now Arcana fans might not know this, but I know prior to getting into the comic industry you were a professional wrestler wrestling the indie circuit. First, what was your wrestling name and second, what were some of your favorite memories of wrestling?
JB: Over the course of my career I had several names before getting out. I have a lot of crazy memories and was fortunate enough to meet a lot of people I used to idolize. I had a lot of great memories from wresting in the ECW arena and other countries to the countless hours I spent jammed into cars with my friends traveling all over the country.
MP: Do you see any parallels between the comic industry and wrestling industry?
JB: Not so far. The comic industry is much less dirty. So far everyone I've dealt with has been straight forward, as we are all trying to be as good as we possibly can be. Wrestling is much much shiftier.
MP: Before we go, would you like to tell the fans anything else?
JB: I'd like to ask you all to check out Scott DM Simmons. He's done a lot of really cool stuff from drawing things for Lucas to inking the Hack/Slash – Halloween Man crossover in the vol 8 TBP, and he was an immeasurable help in teaching me some of the basic aspects on script writing and structuring sequential stories. He has a self published project called Knight of POWER and a lot of other things coming out. Also definitely stay tuned for my future projects. I have several scripts already complete that I'm really happy with. Keep up to date at www.halo-seven.com.
Arcana Offers Over 80 Graphic Novels Through WOWIO!
Arcana Comics is proud to announce that they are currently offering over 80 different graphic novels through WOWIO.
WOWIO, an Alliance Acquisitions, Inc. company, is a unique eBook marketplace that stands apart from the crowd by offering significant advantages to readers, authors, publishers and advertisers.
With WOWIO, once you purchase an eBook, it's yours. They will never reach into your device and delete it or stop allowing you to use it. No device limits. Also, if you lose your downloaded eBooks to a crash, you can re-download any purchased eBook from your library.
Arcana is currently offering 86 different graphic novels and books including Zedura Magazine and a Special Edition offering of the Clockwork Girl that comes with the animated motion picture trailer! Each month WOWIO will offer even more Arcana projects as they are released.
Preview the first 5 to 10 pages of any Arcana book for free or buy it for as low as 99 cents with graphic novels costing on average $4.95!
Snow Angel Arrives This Month!
Kurtis J. Wiebe, writer of Image Comics' instant sell out hits Green Wake and Intrepids, brings you Snow Angel, a crime noir graphic novel from Arcana Comics.
(W) Kurtis Wiebe, (A/C) Tyler Jenkins From Arcana Studio. On a rain-soaked night in the heart of Bogota, a young girl witnesses a brutal murder by the hand of her father. This was no accident as her father wanted her to see. Snow Angel tells the story of Angela, a little girl growing up in the long shadow of her criminal father, Cesar. What would a child do to win the respect of the most brutal enforcer in the Cali cartel?
InStockTrades Book of the Month: Penance
When a news crew videotapes a battle, a masked superhero is arrested for the murder of a costumed super-villain. When police officer LJ McCloud is assigned to the open-and-shut case, she quickly finds her life spiraling out of control as she tries to weather the media hurricane that is surrounding the situation. And the deeper that the officer digs into the case, the more she realizes that they may be condemning an innocent man?
When ordered from InStockTrades, you will receive a signed bookplate from creator Sean Wise!
Buy the book now: http://www.instocktrades.com/TP/Arcana-Studio/PENANCE-TP/JUL100758
In Previews
This month in Previews, for items shipping June, Arcana will be publishing Kagagi The Rave GN (APR11 0773), Pistolfist GN (APR11 0774), Ralph Filmore GN (APR11 0775), Spy School GN (APR11 0776), and Woody & The Noble GN (APR11 0777).
Shipping This Month
This April Arcana is filling your Easter basket with Canadian Legion GN (FEB11 0725), Demonslayer TP (FEB11 0726), Jack and the Zombie Box GN (FEB11 0727), Mercy Sparx TP (FEB11 0728), Misplaced TP (FEB11 0729), and Snow Angel GN (SEP10 8039).
Interview with Ben Magid
This month, Arcana's Vice President of Operations, Mark Poulton interviews Hollywood screenwriter, Ben Magid, on his upcoming Arcana GN, Trout.
MP: Ben, you are making your comics' debut with the original graphic novel, Trout. What can you tell us about the project?
BM: Trout actually started out as a screenplay I was working on, but never quite finished. I wanted to tell a new type of monster movie about this great big world beneath the world we know that is inhabited by monsters, while at the center of it all, have a small, personal story that is really of coming of age tale. The story focuses on a scientist for the government who created a virus with the power to turn man into monster, and monster into man. Attacked, he hides the serum by injecting it into his son, Trout. Now everybody is after this 9 year old boy, and the story focuses around him, and the disgraced monster sent to protect him. There are some big action scenes and world creation, but at its heart, it is a personal story about these two characters as they form a bond as they try to stay alive, learning about who they are during the process. While the story would make a great movie, it just screamed to be a comic book, because it is so visual.
MP: Even though this is your first comic, you are no stranger to the world of comics. You wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Hack/Slash feature film from Rogue Pictures. How familiar were you with the comic before getting the job?
BM: I had heard of Hack/Slash but had never actually read any of the issues before being approached with adapting it. But after reading it, I was hooked. More than anything, I was jealous. It was such a great, simple concept that creator Tim Seeley came up with and I wished I had thought of it. I get sent a lot of adaptations from books to comics to video games, and the vast majority are fairly unoriginal. But Seeley's Hack/Slash had a great concept, great characters and such a distinct voice that I had to be part of it. The comic fit with exactly what I try to do when I write, which is to play of familiar conventions and story lines in a totally unique and arresting way.
MP: What are the differences for writing comics compared to screenplays?
BM: The difference between writing screenplays and comics aren't all that different. Outside of the different formatting, each are a visual way of storytelling, and each come down to creating a compelling story and characters. The way I work is I write a treatment, or a short story, and then after that is fine tuned, I begin writing the screenplay. The same principal applies to comics, so it is a great way to begin and really focus on characters and plot. One big difference I've noticed is that most comics, especially graphic novels, have a first act and a third act, with little to no second act. Scripts are the opposite. Half of the entire movie is second act, which makes it difficult in adapting comics to film. One definite advantage to writing comics is creating the panels and what is going to be seen on each page. While screenplays are written visually to a degree, the shots and framing are all done by the director. With comics, the opposite is true, which is often times creatively liberating, but daunting as well.
With film today, it is incredibly hard to get an original story told that isn't based on some underlying property. Many people think the new great writing is happening in TV, but I think it's really with comic books. Because superheroes are mostly encapsulated by DC and Marvel, it has opened up the world to new original stories. Comics like DMZ, Y: The Last Man and Chew are so original and so not comic books, that a whole new audience has been exposed up to the possibilities that can be achieved in the format. That is pretty exciting.
MP: What advice do you have for aspiring writers looking to break into either industry?
BM: Write. A lot. Learn your craft and come up with great ideas. Film is incredibly hard to break into nowadays, but it is possible with a great script. On the comics side, there are so many new avenues, from indecent publishes, to software, to apps like Comixology, that it just takes a great story, some luck and ingenuity to get your work out there. If the story is good, whether film or comic, people will find it.
MP: Before we go, are there any other projects of yours you would like to tell us about?
BM: I am currently developing a new comic book that I'm incredibly excited about. It takes the tried and true revenge story model, but turns it on its head in a way in which you've never seen before, in a world you have never seen before. It definitely pushes the boundaries on what the genre can be, which in the end, is what comic books, movies and all stories should be. Or it will suck. We will just have to wait and see.
MyDigitalComics Now Carries Arcana Titles!
Arcana Studio, Inc., a transmedia entertainment company that has over 100 graphic novels it publishes, produces, and licenses for all forms of media, is proud to announce their titles will now be available on MyDigitalComics, a member of the Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS) family. The list of titles includes:
American Wasteland – Truck Driver Cletus McCoy only wants one thing: to get back home and save his Mama from a fate worse than death. But, in a world crumbling into a vampire apocalypse, which is easier said than done. Cletus will have to truck his way through an emerging nation of bloodthirsty monsters hell-bent on making him supper.
Koni Waves: The Perfect Wave – KONI WAVES introduces private detective Koni Kanawai, an ex-cop in Honolulu, Hawaii who worked her way through college as a dancer at the Apanapana Ballroom. When a drinking problem gets her booted from the force, Koni starts her own detective agency. With the aid of Pete – her surf buddy, Krystal – a colleague from her dancing days, and Huko – the owner of her favorite watering hole, Koni encounters a series of supernatural events that leads her to discover a dark side of her island not seen in the usual tourist spots.
Olive Peril – When the CEO of the largest soap manufacturer in the United States dies, her only daughter, Olive, is left with quite the dilemma: she can marry her mother's Evil Corporate Lawyer, or she can put her fate in the hands of a ghostly child who claims to know a way out of Earth.
The Hope Virus – Herbert is a social outcast at school and deals with his gloomy boredom through his website www.thehopevirus.com. After struggling with fitting in at school and his unusual case of insomnia, Herbert falls into a deep coma. He awakens to realize that his blogs have become some of the most quoted and influential scriptures of history.
Velvet Rope – Admit one to a new collection of horrifying tales! Grab your popcorn and candy, as Velvet, the beautiful usher from beyond the grave threads the projector for Arcana's brand of spine tingling horror in this anthology which includes deadly glimpses of upcoming Arcana titles.
These titles are just the first in a series of titles being released digitally from MyDigitalComics for Arcana, who are on pace to publish 80 original graphic novels from January 2010 through June 2011. Although still a young company, some of these projects have been developed for numerous mediums including movies and animation.
Arcana's Vice President of Operations and creator of 2 of the first Arcana offerings from MyDigitalComics, Mark Poulton, (Koni Waves and Velvet Rope) said, "It's exciting working with MyDigitalComics, who have been a major player in the online market of comic book retailers through their other companies DCBS and InStockTrades."
"MyDigitalComics is excited to work with Arcana Studio and its broad range of original graphic novels which offer exceptional writing and beautiful art styles," said Cameron Merkler, co-founder of DCBS, InStockTrades, and MyDigitalComics.
About MyDigitalComics
MyDigitalComics was founded in 2009, and is a member of the Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS) family of comics retail stores which also includes InStockTrades. DCBS has been a long-time supporter of not just comics, but the comics community. They have been the sponsor of several major comics podcasts and are chief sponsor of the Summit City Comic Con, a creator-centered convention held annually in Fort Wayne, Indiana. DCBS was founded in 1999 and has been a major player in the online comics market place since that time. DCBS has a brick and mortar comic shop located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
MyDigitalComics offers digital comic books in PDF, CBZ and page-flip formats from 44 publishers including Arcana Studio, BOOM! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, and Top Cow.
Discount Comic Book Service—www.dcbservice.com
About Arcana Studio
Arcana Studio Inc. remains an independent of major entertainment studio affiliation. Arcana Studio is developing Gearhead with producer Gale Anne Hurd ("The Terminator", "The Walking Dead") and producing The Clockwork Girl with Deboragh Gabler ("A Dangerous Man"). Also in development is Raise Kane with Hans Rodionoff ("Lost Boys: The Tribe"), Gauze with Scott Milam ("Mother's Day"), and Trout with Ben Magid ("Hack/Slash").
InStockTrades Book of the Month: Velvet Rope TPB
This book will include a free book plate signed by the creators! The book plate may ship separately from the book. Admit one to a new collection of horrifying tales! Grab your popcorn and candy, as Velvet, the beautiful usher from beyond the grave, introduces Arcana's brand of spine-tingling horror in this anthology. Featuring stories from Mark Poulton, Stephen Sistilli, Dexter Weeks, and many more. Velvet Rope is sure to make a killing at the box office. 40% off cover price!
Buy the book now: http://www.instocktrades.com/TP/Arcana-Studio/VELVET-ROPE-TP/AUG100758
In Previews
This month in Previews, for items shipping in May, Arcana will be publishing Breakdown TP (MAR11 0850), Defex TP (MAR11 0851), Dead Cell GN (MAR11 0852), Frozen Wasteland GN (MAR11 0853), Last Ninja GN (MAR11 0854), League of Super Evil GN (MAR11 0855).
Shipping This Month
This March Arcana roars in like a lion with the release of All Fall Down GN (JAN11 0932), Every Waking Moment GN (JAN11 0933), and Kade Prodigal Sun GN (JAN11 0934).
Interview with Kevin Sorbo
This month, Arcana's Vice President of Operations, Mark Poulton interviews television and motion picture star, Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Andromeda), who plays Detective Sean Nault in the live action adaptation of Arcana's Paradox!
MP: Kevin, you play Detective Sean Nault in the motion picture adaptation of the Arcana graphic novel Paradox. What drew you to the role?
KS: It was just a fun role to play. The mixture of action/comedy/sy fy and drama made it an easy role to want to dive into. Mix in the fact the script was well written and Brenton Spencer was directing, there was no need to say no.
MP: What can you tell fans about the movie and do you think it measures up to its comic book counterpart?
KS: The comic book world will be pleased. There is always going to be critics of no matter what you do when you take a book or comic book and make a movie. Depending on the cost of the movie, there is so much you can do to make it bigger and better. I just feel we did it justice and fans hopefully will be pleased.
MP: Your two most notable roles have come from television as Hercules and Captain Dylan Hunt on Andromeda. Do you prefer television over film?
KS: Right now I am ready to dive back into a series mainly because I want to stay in one place. I have 3 small children and it gets tough to take off all the time and not be there for them. Movies tend to take you on the road. The hours can be tough on hour TV shows, but I like to stay busy!
MP: Besides Hercules and Andromeda, you've also played other notable characters in the sci-fi/comic community such as Kull the Conqueror and even voiced Ka-Zar on the Super Hero Squad Show! Is this a genre you are a fan of? And did you grow up reading comics?
KS: I read everything as a kid. Studied Greek Mythology heavily in junior high. So to get Hercules many years later was a blast for me. I love the fantasy world and sy fy world. Much better to escape reality than to suffer through the crap of reality TV!! Trust me, us actors hate reality TV. It is a joke.
MP: An interesting piece of trivia about your career is you were the runner up to Dean Cain for the part of Superman in Lois & Clark. What type of Superman do you think you would have made?
KS: I would have been a great Clark Kent. Dean made a much better Superman!!
MP: Finally, what other projects can fans look forward to seeing you in later this year?
KS: I have a number of movies coming out this year. Hopefully Paradox will be out soon. I have another sci fi film called Flesh Wounds. A big Sony Studios movie called Soul Surfer out April 8th. Then What If comes out on DVD March 1st. That movie is up for Movie of the Year and I got a Best Actor nod from the upcoming Movie Guide Awards show where I am also the host! Give Me One Reason, The Coffin, and Poolboy: Drowning Out The Fury will be theatrical releases as well. Oh yeah, one more. Julia X in 3D where I play a serial killer.
Graphicly To Carry Arcana Studio Titles!
Arcana Studio, Inc., a transmedia entertainment company that has over 100 graphic novels it publishes, produces, and licenses for all forms of media, is proud to announce their titles will now be available on Graphicly. The list of titles includes:
A Cat Named Haiku – Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. Haiku is also a little cat who can't seem to stay out of trouble. "A Cat Named Haiku" tells the story of the day in the life of a mischievous little cat. Was selected by Teachersandparents.com for their "TogetheRead Program," which helps build better readers by encouraging fun!
American Wasteland – Truck Driver Cletus McCoy only wants one thing: to get back home and save his Mama from a fate worse than death. But, in a world crumbling into a vampire apocalypse, which is easier said than done. Cletus will have to truck his way through an emerging nation of bloodthirsty monsters hell-bent on making him supper.
Olive Peril – When the CEO of the largest soap manufacturer in the United States dies, her only daughter, Olive, is left with quite the dilemma: she can marry her mother's Evil Corporate Lawyer, or she can put her fate in the hands of a ghostly child who claims to know a way out of Earth.
The Hope Virus – Herbert is a social outcast at school and deals with his gloomy boredom through his website www.thehopevirus.com. After struggling with fitting in at school and his unusual case of insomnia, Herbert falls into a deep coma. He awakens to realize that his blogs have become some of the most quoted and influential scriptures of history.
Velvet Rope – Admit one to a new collection of horrifying tales! Grab your popcorn and candy, as Velvet, the beautiful usher from beyond the grave threads the projector for Arcana's brand of spine tingling horror in this anthology which includes deadly glimpses of upcoming Arcana titles.
These titles are just the first in a series of titles being released digitally from Graphicly for Arcana, who are on pace to publish 80 original graphic novels from January 2010 through June 2011. Although still a young company, some of these projects have been developed for numerous mediums including movies and animation.
Arcana's Vice President of Operations and creator of 2 of the first Arcana offerings from Graphicly, Mark Poulton, (A Cat Named Haiku and Velvet Rope) said, "It's exciting going into this venture with Graphicly, who not only provide great content, but offer an enthusiastic community to share our love of comics with. I look forward to interacting with our fanbase via Graphicly."
"We're extremely excited to be working with Arcana Studio and providing their graphic novels on Graphicly," said Micah Baldwin, CEO of Graphicly, "Their library is filled with great graphic novels that I know the Graphicly community will enjoy." These titles from Arcana can be read on Grpahicly by going to http://www.graphicly.com and downloading one of the many apps available for the desktop, the iPhone and iPad. Or all of Arcana's available titles can be viewed on the web at http://chrome.graphicly.com/arcana
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About Arcana Studio:
Arcana Studio Inc. remains an independent of major entertainment studio affiliation. Arcana Studio is developing Gearhead with producer Gale Anne Hurd ("The Terminator", "The Walking Dead") and producing The Clockwork Girl with Deboragh Gabler ("A Dangerous Man"). Also in development is Raise Kane with Hans Rodionoff ("Lost Boys: The Tribe"), Gauze with Scott Milam ("Mother's Day"), and Trout with Ben Magid ("Hack/Slash").
Mom's Choice Awards Honors Arcana!
Arcana is pleased to announce the Mom's Choice Awards have honored The Clockwork Girl and The Gwaii in this year's awards!
The Mom's Choice Awards is known for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. This annual competition recognizes authors, inventors, companies, parents, and others for their efforts in creating quality family-friendly media products and services.
This year The Clockwork Girl was awarded the Gold in Juvenile Level 2 Books, while the Gwaii was awarded the Gold in Juvenile Level 1 Books.
For more information on the Mom's Choice Awards, please visit their website at: www.momschoiceawards.com
InStockTrades Book of the Month: Shadowflame
When Officer Tom Wyatt's wife, Janice, was murdered he tried to find solace in his own grief and despair. He attempted to end his own life. Instead he found himself transported to a ship orbiting the Earth. The aliens aboard explained that he could not kill himself for he was the last of a chosen line. A family line which possessed the perfect genetic Imprint to receive the 'gift of power' and become a third holy man of lsht. So after hearing the story of Isht and his family, Tom agreed to take the power. In a painful ceremony he was endowed with powers that set him apart from other men. He was now a superman, capable of vast feats of strength, flight, telekinetic force bolts and all the rewards of being a holy man. This gave him not only great powers, but a reason to live.
If you buy the book now at InStockTrades you will receive a bookplate signed by Shadowflame creator, Joe Martino!
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In Previews
This month in Previews, for items shipping April, Arcana will be publishing Canadian Legion GN (FEB11 0725), Demonslayer TP (FEB11 0726), Jack and the Zombie Box GN (FEB11 0727), Mercy Sparx TP (FEB11 0728), and Misplaced TP (FEB11 0729).
Shipping This Month
This February Arcana has the Valentine's gifts every comic lover wants with the release of Continuum GN (DEC10 0729), Harry Walton Henchman for Hire GN (DEC10 0730), Harbor Moon GN (DEC10 0731), Kore TP (DEC10 0732), and Warstone GN (DEC10 0733).
Interview with Alexa Vega
This month, Arcana's Vice President of Operations, Mark Poulton interviews actress, Alexa Vega, voice of Tesla in the upcoming The Clockwork Girl animated movie.
MP: For those that don't know you are voicing Tesla in the upcoming The Clockwork Girl animated film. What drew you to the character?
AV: While I was at Comic Con a few years ago I remember passing the graphic novel and doing a double take. I went back…. Picked it up and read the whole thing right there. I walked over to Sean O'reilly and said " I am going to play this girl." He thought I was CRAZY. I looked like some psycho fan who wanted to become Tesla. But who wouldn't. Tesla is so unique and …..well, new. She is seeing the world with fresh eyes. Everyday for Tesla is a discovery to something new.
MP: Do you approach voice acting in an animated film any differently than acting in a live action film?
AV: I had never done an animated film before. I had no idea what to expect. But with Tesla, I wanted to make sure that we didn't get to animated with her voice. She is still discovering so I wanted her voice to have a sense of wonder to it. But I also wanted her to sound like a real girl. None of that cheesy movie mumbo jumbo. That works for other characters… but not Tesla. I think with the help of the director Kevin Hanna we were able to together find the right tone and excitement for Tesla's voice.
MP: Can you tell us how the film will differ if any from the graphic novel?
AV: The graphic novel can only go so far as to telling you the whole story. I feel like we are introduced to the children but aren't truly able to see their capabilities until the film. Both Huxley and Tesla are amazing creations. Each built for a unique purpose. They have skills beyond belief. It's fun to see that come to life in the film.
MP: One of your most popular roles is as Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids films. The fourth installment of the franchise is currently in the works. Can you tell fans what they can expect from it and when they can hope to find it in theaters?
AV: There are a lot more gadgets… New Kids… and some wonderful new additions like Joel Mccale, Jessica Alba and the amazing Jeremy Piven. It is nice to come back and be a part of something that was such huge part of my life growing up. I think in my heart I will always have a spy kid in there.
MP: Before we go, what other upcoming projects are you excited about?
AV: I have a movie that I did a cameo in for Darren Bousman called Mother's Day. I get to play a character that I have never played before and lets just say… I am not that nice (laughs). I also have a film called "from Prada to Nada" which releases in theaters on Jan 28th. So be sure to check that out.
Pixies and Clockwork Girl Sign With HarperCollins!
Arcana Comics is proud to announce Pixies and Clockwork Girl have signed with HarperCollins Publishers.
Pixies tells the tale of Joe Beck, who since a young age has been plagued by bad luck. After losing the love of his life, he realizes that karma, and a tribe of Pixies, have been responsible for all of his unfortunate accidents. He now needs to figure out how to get his girl back, cooperate with the ever mischevious Pixies and undue a bad deed he did long ago.
Clockwork Girl tells the tale of a nameless robot girl who has recently been given the gift of life from her creator. While she explores the wonders of an ordinary world she meets an amazing mutant boy and they share a friendship that must overcome their warring families. An animated film based on the graphic novel is currently in post production.
Arcana is an innovative leader in developing content in various mediums. Working in websites, comics and graphic novels, video games, short-form animation and live action shorts, toys and merchandise, as well as feature length films, Arcana focusses on a transmedia approach to the scaffolding process of developing brands and intellectual properties.
HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers. Headquartered in New York, the company is a subsidiary of News Corporation. They are a broad-based publisher with strengths in literary and commercial fiction, business books, children's books, cookbooks, and mystery, romance, reference, religious, and spiritual books. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, HarperCollins is the first publisher to digitize its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand, and generate additional business opportunities.
Captain Action Teams With Kade and Koni Waves in Devil's Sun!
Captain Action, the original super hero action figure from the 60s, is teaming up with Arcana's flagship characters Kade and Koni Waves for the 4 issue limited series, Devil's Sun, later this year.
Devil's Sun, written by Mark Poulton (Koni Waves, Image's Brigade) and illustrated by Mike McMahon, finds Kade and Koni teaming with Captain Action to stop the ascension of Satan's son. Along the way, they will encounter some of the top indie characters around including Hack/Slash, Jack Staff, The Living Corpse, Pinocchio Vampire Slayer, and many more.
What makes this team-up even more monumental is the series will introduce the new Lady Action… Koni Waves?! That's right, Honolulu's own supernatural private detective will don the costume of sexy superspy, Lady Action! To promote the event Koni will be appearing in person at the Summer conventions dressed as Lady Action. In addition, a special preview edition will be available at San Diego Comic Con and other Summer conventions.
Look for Devil's Sun later this year, featuring variant retro covers by Stephen Sistilli (Koni Waves).
Captain Action is part of Captain Action Enterprises, an LLC retropreneurial company, dedicated to bringing nostalgic brands back for both dedicated fans and new audiences.
InStockTrades Book of the Month
Koni Waves: The Perfect Wave (40% Off Cover Price!)
Koni Waves introduces private detective Koni Kanawai, an ex-cop in Honolulu, Hawaii who worked her way through college as a dancer at the Apanapana Ballroom. When a drinking problem gets her booted from the force, Koni starts up her own detective agency. With the aid of Pete, her surf buddy, Krystal, a colleague from her dancing days, and Huko, the owner of her favorite water hole, Koni encounters a series of supernatural events that leads her to discover a dark side of her island not seen in the usual tourist spots.
This massive 240 page omnibus collects the first two volumes of Koni Waves as well as the Koni Waves/Demonslayer oneshot and the rare Headress of the Undead con exclusive. In addition, this director's cut includes 28 new pages of story and an all-new ending. Read the first chapter for free at InStockTrades.
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In Previews
This month in Previews, for items shipping in March, Arcana will be publishing All Fall Down GN (JAN11 0932), Every Waking Moment GN (JAN11 0933), and Kade: Prodigal Sun GN (JAN11 0934).
Shipping This Month
This January Arcana brings in the New Year with 51 Delta GN (NOV10 0709), Curse of the Cortes Stone #1 (NOV10 0710), Frozen Wasteland GN (NOV10 0711), Hexen Hammers GN (NOV10 0712), Hyper Actives GN (NOV10 0713), League of Super Evil GN (NOV10 0714), and the Pixies HC (NOV10 0715).
Interview with Jeff Dyers
This month, Arcana's Vice President of Operations, Mark Poulton interviews Jeff Dyer, writer of the hot new graphic novel, Every Waking Moment.
MP: Jeff, Every Waking Moment is solicited in this month's Previews. What is the graphic novel about?
JD: Everyone wants more time. It seems to be, other than death, the great equalizer. People want more time with their families, more time to work, more time to play. So in Every Waking Moment, billionaire visionary Grant Auden has developed a medical procedure, The Wake-Up Call, which eliminates the need for sleep. He thinks people will use their "extra time" to make themselves better people and, thus, make the world a better place. The world's greatest protectors, The Idealists, volunteer to undergo The Wake-Up Call so they can protect humanity 24/7. Meanwhile, a young reporter named Emma Troy begins to investigate the story and uncovers some startling consequences: without sleep, there are no dreams… and what happens if people don't dream? As the story reaches its dramatic conclusion, these lost dreams erupt into the waking world, causing chaos and destruction beyond imagining.
MP: Did you ever wish you didn't need to sleep?
JD: No! I love sleep, but the notion of having more time fascinates me. If you estimate that we sleep 8 hours per night, that's roughly a third of your entire life. I know sleep is a necessity, but if I had those extra hours (years), think what could be accomplished!
MP: When did you first come up with the idea and how has the process been getting it to print?
JD: Well, I came up with the core idea way back in 1992. So almost 20 years ago! I spent years trying to write Every Waking Moment as a prose novel. I finally finished the novel in 2002, but it wasn't very good. I'm not a novelist, and I knew the story wasn't as good as it could have been. But I've always loved comics, so the novel became a graphic novel. In 2005, I ran into my high school buddy Steve Ott, an aspiring comic book artitst. We were at our local library for an event. Comic writer/artist Phil Hester was there doing a presentation about comics. Phil, incidentally, would later agree to draw the cover for Every Waking Moment! So anyway, I asked Steve if he wanted to illustrate Every Waking Moment as a graphic novel and thankfully he agreed. So we spent about two years creating the graphic novel. I give huge props to Steve for drawing a 200 page book in its entirety before we ever submitted to a single publisher. We went with Arcana in January 2010, and it's been an exciting year seeing the pages get colored by Todd Rayner and Lionel Dusklight. I'm very excited to finally hold the finished book in my hands!
MP: Were you a comic book fan growing up? If so, what were some of your favorite comics?
JD: I've loved comics my whole life. My favorites are probably not very surprising: Watchmen, Dark Knight Returns, Kingdom Come. I adore Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Will Eisner's Spirit, Milton Caniff, Hal Foster. Lee and Kirby's FF is amazing. My favorite character is Superman. On my 40th birthday this past summer, I got my first tattoo: a Superman shield!
MP: Before we go, is there anything else you would like to say to readers?
JD: I just hope people will give Every Waking Moment a shot. It's a story I've wanted to tell for 20 years. Over the past two decades, I've struggled to get the story out there, I've never lost sight of the fact that the story is strong. I think it deals with huge concepts and ideas that are at the core of what makes us all human. It's also a big, fun story with super heroes and great action. If you're looking for a unique graphic novel, unlike anything else you've read, then try Every Waking Moment!


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We've gotten a great set of previews on each position by the guys here at AOG, and they've all been spot on. But more than whether or not Ezeli can provide enough points in the paint, or whether our swing forwards can cover three positions effectively, or even if today's newest post hoping Taylor : Byars as Jenkins : Foster is prescient; I have a larger concern. I want to know how efficient our defense will be. I'm assuming most people are familiar with efficiency stats (made famous cheah!); if not, it essentially quantifies how many points per hundred possessions a team allows (or points per possession, as well). You calculate possessions, according to Ken Pomeroy's method, with FGA+TO-OR+.475(FTA). Divide your opponent's total points by that number, and you've got your defensive efficiency.
Why does this metric concern me? Luke Winn has pegged Defensive Efficiency outside of the top 60 or so teams, I believe, as the cutoff line for where teams can legitimately expect to get to the Sweet 16; we haven't gotten out of the first round in our last two tournaments. I think our defensive efficiency is the reason why.
Since our 2003, here are our Defensive Efficiencies, and End of year results (again, courtesy of Ken Pomeroy).
Year Def Eff (Rank) Result
2003 95.3 (70) Worst Season Since WWII
2004 91.3 (30) Sweet 16
2005 91.8 (32) 3rd Round NIT
2006 98.7 (122) 1st Round NIT
2007 94.0 (56) Sweet 16
2008 96.4 (81) Nut Punched
2010 93.8 (60) Nut Punch: The Milder (?) Sequel
We haven't had a truly good defense since 2005. We got by in 2007, as the post from Train Island noted, by having two SEC POYs on the same roster. That team wasn't particularly adept at defense, but the combo of DB and Foster was difficult to stop; DB in particular was a caliber of playmaker we really haven't had very often (made his own shot, made shots for others, stepped up in crunch time... I can't think of a player that was as complete as DB).
But look at our recent DEs. We shouldn't have been surprised, in hindsight, by the first Nut Punching; that team was content to try and outscore any and all. Last year's team played better defense, but wasn't even as good the 2006-2007 squad. We have been defensively inefficient, at least relative to our expectations of tournament performance.
If you're curious, here are our defensive performances from SEC time last year:
Bama 96.9
SCar 106.2
Auburn 109.4
Miss St 106.1
Ole Miss 107.4
UGa 123.8
Arky 94.2
SCa 106.8
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Gavin Newsom, author
Oh My Freakin God, the Gavster has a book and it's called "Citizenville." And it's all about how government isn't a vending machine and we should look to the private sector to do everything much better with a lot of technology. I suspect there's not a lot in the book about homelss policy or poverty or income inequality, since those can't be solved with an app. Check out the trailer. Gack.
points out the limtiations of what government can and should do, and place appropriate emphasis on the private sector which, after all, has to pay for all the services you deem valuable.
The Gelman has political ambitions!
He doesn't understand yet the the lieutenant gov. job is a dead end street.
I hope you're right. But tell that to one Lt. Governor named Gray Davis!
Gavin Newsom, author, is like George Bush, philosopher.
Gack indeed.
Government is an ATM not a vending machine. In a vending machine, we'd pay taxes and get back services.
In an ATM, we deposit tax money and politicians like Newsom dispense it back to their supporters with the provision of public services something to be privatized.
If we did slim government down to the size where it could be drowned in a bath tub, then what would politicians use for mother's milk?
Yep, couldn't agree more. If Politicians would take just a little bit of the tax money they funnel back to the corporations and gave it to under-funded service programs instead, maybe we could really achieve our societal goals.
Where do you think the money comes from in the first place? And, like the rest of us, if they pay for something, then they want to get something back for it.
You aren't supposed to argue that only *corporations* pay tax!
It's #11!
ultimately people pay that too, through prices increases that are passed along to the consumer.
The *fact* is that prices are *not* set by cost of sales, but rather by what the market will bear. (Most of the time, anyway, with exceptions such as predatory pricing schemes as the SFWeekly was found guilty of.)
On some particular items, taxing corporations is particularly neutral or beneficial to the populace. Natural resource extraction, for instance.
Natural gas and oil are sold on the world market so tax-free status has done little benefit to the local economy.
is not the desired ROI, the business invests elsewhere, reducing supply and therefore increasing cost anyway.
The seller eats expected profit if the market will not bear the intended markup. This entitlement to and engineering public policy towards some theoretical ideal market position is dependency at its worst.
flows upwards in the aggregate.
Perhaps all of the taxpayers should go on strike. I know I for one am tired of seeing all of the waste of my hard-earned money that goes to scammers and cheats - from all walks of life - who game the system, cheat taxpayers and defraud the government.
The problem with your "taxpayer strike" idea is that taxpayers can't strike for ever. Eventually they'll go back to paying their taxes. That's when the IRS will start auditing the hell out of them. And once you're on their list, your on it for life.
It's not on the top of my reading list, but I do try to keep up with public policy. From the excerpts I have read of the book, I think SFBG's description is off. It is not an argument for mass privatization, but rather a proposal for more citizen involvement in government through the use of social media to make public information and other government services more accessible.
I would have to read the whole book to make a final judgment, but I don't really have any problem with the general premise as I understand it.
I never thought much about Gavin Newsom, except I occasionally found him annoying. That said, I think SFBG needs to give it a rest. He is long gone from SF. He now serves in a powerless and fairly useless state position. There are so many more interesting people to write about.
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Filed under: Vineyards, Winemaking | Tags: 2013 harvest, 2013 vintage, Anderson Valley, Nash Mill Vineyard, Oppenlander Vineyard, Pinot Noir, Waits-Mast Pinot Noir, Wentzel Vineyard
Just when 2013 seemed like it would be an uneventful, dare we say, "normal" growing season, we were tossed a few interesting twists. It got me wondering if there really is such a thing as a normal year. Certainly 2013 is less stressful than some other years in which we had atypically cold summers. Rather than waiting and waiting for fruit to ripen this year, we ended up harvesting 2 weeks earlier than last year in some cases. But some of the odd twists include bringing in fruit from our coolest vineyard (always last to pick) prior to fruit from one of our warmer sites.
Our first Waits-Mast harvest of the year was from Wentzel Vineyard in Anderson Valley. In a nice bit of serendipity, we were up in Mendocino County to participate in WineSong and the Anderson Valley Pinot Noir kick-off tasting the weekend of September 7-8. In the course of our vineyard checks that weekend, we learned that we'd be in the area on the day of the Wentzel pick. Continue reading
Filed under: Tasting notes | Tags: acidity, Lettie Teague, minerality, minerally, oceanic, Pinot Noir
In today's Wall Street Journal, wine writer Lettie Teague dissects the words "mineral" and "minerality" as they apply to wine. Her piece hints at a larger, industry-wide discussion about the terms, as there have been several other articles and panels in the past few months dealing with this topic. Chemist and wine educator Roy Williams writes in Daily Press that, "I have reviewed the information in the literature regarding the possible explanation for what many wine lovers refer to as minerality and I can find nothing that would offer any real scientific evidence that such a phenomenon exists." A similar sentiment was expressed during a technical session at Pinot Paradise in May and at another conference way back in 2009 (which the New York Times even reported on).
So, even if there aren't minerals, per se in wines, what does the mention of minerality by wine tasters really mean? In her piece, Teague interviews numerous wine shop owners, viticulture experts, and winemakers in order to get a sense of a common understanding of this terminology. One conclusion that she comes to is that minerality is often equated with acidity. She writes, "I can't think of a minerally wine that doesn't have lots of acidity too. That may be one of the key factors to minerality, even if the two aren't fully synonymous…"
As I was reading this article, I couldn't help but think about one of our wines (the 2009 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Oppenlander Vineyard) that our former winemaker Chris Nelson described as having "oceanic acidity" – a probable descriptor due to the vineyard's proximity to the Pacific. In my mind I had conflated this descriptor with "oceanic minerality." A quick web search reveals that "oceanic minerality" has been bandied about in reference to several wines. The phrase has also been used to describe the aroma of a single malt scotch, the taste of a shrimp dish, and the characteristics of a marine clay spa treatment (the oceanic minerality purportedly aids in cellulite reduction). The term that we've linked to one of our Pinot Noir releases, oceanic acidity, hasn't really picked up momentum as a wine descriptor (although it appears in the tasting notes for a few other wines crafted by our former winemaker), but it does crop up in articles and websites that discuss the effects of climate change (which creates a more acidic ocean).
A big range of wines have been described as having oceanic minerality, including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Muscadet, and Malbec. Whereas with the white wines, I would tend to think that oceanic could imply a briny, salty flavor, with the reds my mind plays back memories of sea breezes, acidity, and wet stone (perhaps sea creature-infused limestone, even though we may not technically be tasting minerals from the soil).
What do you think? Is minerality a term that you use when tasting and describing wine? How does it relate to acidity? And where does the term "oceanic" work into the equation for you?
Filed under: Events, Tasting notes | Tags: Pinot Days San Francisco, Waits-Mast Pinot Noir
In the midst of a warm San Francisco weekend, Pinot Days took place on the edge of the San Francisco Bay on Sunday, June 30, 2013. While crowds swarmed into the city for a particularly celebratory Pride Parade following marriage equality rulings this week, others migrated to Ft. Mason in order to sample Pinot Noir. In the large warehouse space, we were nestled between Wait Cellars (no relation to Waits-Mast, although we are friendly with owner Bob Wait, as we've all been making wine in San Francisco since 2005) and Walt Wines in the alphabetical arrangement of wineries at the event. After getting our table in order, we trotted out a rotating selection of samples of Waits-Mast Family Cellars Pinot Noir throughout the day.
We figured that our iced 2012 Waits-Mast Rose of Pinot Noir from Mendocino would be a welcome first sip for many tasters, especially if they trekked into the city from the hotter outskirts. Although some people skipped it (when offered the rose, there are people who give us the "are you kidding?" look), others seemed to be excited to try it. One fellow told us that he didn't normally like rose. He agreed to try it and liked it, saying that it was "not the typical rose." Brian was pleased by that and even snapped a picture of the taster while we were changing his mind about rose. A lot of people commented that it was "nice and dry," and others said that it had "nice, upfront fruit," was a "nice summer wine," that it had a "gorgeous nose," and was "fun." Continue reading
Filed under: conferences, Events | Tags: direct to consumer shipping, Direct2013, I-502, legalized marijuana, ShipCompliant, wine compliance, wine shipping
Wine making has its glamorous moments, especially when doing "research" at tasting events or in fine dining establishments; but there are also countless mundane tasks associated with the wine business. There are the logistics of bottling (including ordering glass, foil, and labels), the challenges of an unpredictable harvest (and the associated scheduling of transportation for the fruit), and the endless amounts of paperwork.
Much of the red tape related to wine making is associated with compliance. Every state in the United States has its own rules regarding selling and shipping wine to consumers and trade. For each state that we hope to sell our wines in, we have to apply for various permits. Upon being licensed to sell/ship to a particular state, we also become responsible for taxes and reports. Rules can be incredibly complex and vary tremendously from state to state. For that reason, we are only gradually adding states to our repertoire of places that Waits-Mast can sell and ship wines to. It's a time-consuming process that we are just barely beginning to wrap our heads around. One service, ShipCompliant, attempts to simplify the reporting process for wineries. Through its software, wineries are able to track and complete forms for all 50 states. Although we don't currently use the ShipCompliant software, I've attended a few of their user conferences in order to stay on top of the latest news in the world of winery compliance and shipping. Continue reading
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Last Tuesday, Brian and I poured Waits-Mast wines at the Taste of Mendocino event at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio of San Francisco. Featuring an array of producers and purveyors from Mendocino County, the event gave consumers, trade, and media the opportunity to sample tastes of wine, beer, cheese, coffee, chocolate, pie, and more. Representatives from other Mendocino companies and services talked about the range of attractions and lodgings in the county as well.
The day was divided into a trade/media event from 2-5pm and a consumer event from 5-7pm. Additionally, several panel discussions during the trade portion gave wine buyers and journalists an in-depth look at Coro Mendocino wines, food from Mendocino county, and the 2011 vintage of Anderson Valley Pinot Noir. Brian participated in the Pinot Noir panel, during which all of the wineries provided preview samples of the 2011 vintage. Since I was holding down the fort at our table while Brian spoke, I sadly missed the discussion. Luckily, Fred Swan did a thorough write-up for his NorCalWine blog, giving his take on the vintage and his tasting notes on the wines poured by Waits-Mast, Elke, Husch, Baxter, Harmonique, Bink, Balo, and Witching Stick.
This was the first winemaker panel that either of us had sat on, so Brian was excited/nervous. It was pretty cool for Brian to be on the same panel as other esteemed winemakers from Anderson Valley, especially with someone like Mary Elke, whose wines we've admired for many years. Each winemaker got up and did a five minute presentation on their winery and the specific wine they were pouring for the audience.
Brian got up and talked about the yet-to-be-released 2011 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Wentzel Vineyard in Anderson Valley. Everyone on the panel discussed the late-harvest rains and how they handled mold or Botrytis. Brian described how they handled the dampness at Wentzel, where the vineyard staff waited for the clusters to dry after the rains on October 10, did extra leafing to promote airflow and then used leaf-blowers to dry out the clusters further. The fruit from this vineyard was picked a full week after that rain, on October 17, and was the cleanest pick we had that year.
The 2011 Wentzel still needs time in the bottle to age and develop further, but in Fred Swan's overview of the panel, he rated this wine "highly recommended." This bodes well for when the wine is ready for release later this year!
As had been the case when we poured at the 2012 Taste of Mendocino, this was a really fun and productive event, especially since so many of the attendees were from restaurants and retail shops. We don't have the time to reach out to as many restaurants and shops as we'd like, so it is fantastic to pour samples of our wines at event where wine buyers are coming to us. We ran into some folks who we'd seen at last year's event, made some new connections, and even crossed paths with people who I know from the San Francisco music and radio scene (it's amazing how often the music, radio, and wine worlds collide). People were well-behaved and we didn't hear or see any signs of broken glass (although someone did accidentally knock over our dump bucket, spilling icky leftover wine on our table).
We got some nice feedback on the wines that we poured. Whereas some attendees were adamant about not tasting our rose (they'd say, "no, I'll start with the pinots"), those who did said that the 2012 Waits-Mast Rose of Pinot Noir from Mendocino County was "delicious," "real dry," "nicely balanced," with "great acid."
When we poured the 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Londer Vineyard in Anderson Valley, we got many questions about the status of Londer Winery. Friends and fans of Londer expressed their sadness that the vineyard was sold and the winery closed. We worked with the vineyard when Larry and Shirlee Londer owned it and hope that the resulting wine does them proud. Tasters said that our wine was "aromatic" and "juicy" and one attendee said it would be "great with chocolate."
Our 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Wentzel Vineyard in Anderson Valley was described as "earthy," "a little chewier," and "complex," with an "exuberant nose." As far as the 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Oppenlander Vineyard in Mendocino County, tasters said that it had a "great tangy-ness," was "sandy" and "bright," with "an explosion of flavor on the palate."
After wrapping up our day in the Presidio, we headed out to dinner with friends from Frati Horn Winery. We hadn't been able to catch up with them much at the event, as their tasting table was located in the big room with the view at the Golden Gate Club. We swapped stories, shared winery gossip, and enjoyed a great meal before retiring for the evening.
Filed under: Events | Tags: Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival 2013, Boonville Hotel, Pinot Noir, Waits-Mast Family Cellars
We wrapped up the 16th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival weekend with perhaps our favorite event, the Sunday winery open houses on May 19. Every year wineries pull out special wines, prepare incredible food pairings, and open their doors to eager tasters. Many wineries that aren't typically open will welcome customers to their properties for a rare opportunity to visit.
Since Boonville Hotel now has a wine room/shop, we relished the opportunity to pour at our very own winery open house for the first time. Boonville Hotel's wine buyer Mark Mendenhall graciously offered to host the event and even arranged for some delicious bites from their fabulous restaurant Table 128.
At the open houses wineries can pour a variety of wines, so we decided to open up some selections that we couldn't pour at the Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival the day before. We started with our 2012 Waits-Mast Family Cellars Rose of Pinot Noir from Mendocino County and then poured three Waits-Mast Pinot Noirs from 2010 (from Londer Vineyard, Wentzel Vineyard, and Oppenlander Vineyard).
It was a festive late afternoon tasting (so that we could visit a few wineries ourselves in the morning) and we saw many friends and a few fellow winemakers. A number of hotel guests also made their way into the wine room in order to enjoy the event. It was gratifying to hear that tasters were enjoying our chilled rose on the warm May afternoon, with people describing it as "delicious" and "fantastic" with a "fresh strawberry" taste. A taster said that the 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Londer Vineyard had "nice Anderson Valley black cherry" notes and another called the 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Wentzel Vineyard "nice, dark, and beautiful." The 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Oppenlander Vineyard may have been the crowd favorite, with people calling it "over the top good," "well-balanced," and "fruit forward," with a "tobacco nose."
After the event drew to a close at 5pm, we packed up our remaining bottles and headed back to San Francisco. As another Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival concluded, we were left with some great memories of a tasty wine-filled weekend.
Filed under: Events, Tasting notes | Tags: 2010 Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival, Waits-Mast Pinot Noir
Looking back on the 10+ years that we've been attending the Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival, it's hard to believe that we skipped the grand tasting event for so many years. In fact, we've never attended the grand tasting as consumers and only started to go when we began pouring our wines at the festival back in 2009. We'd imagined it to be a crazed swarm of wine drinkers, when in fact it's a lovely, small event featuring some incredible producers.
This year's 16th annual grand tasting took place on Saturday, May 18 in a tent in the vineyard behind Goldeneye Winery in Philo, California. We poured two wines, our 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Wentzel Vineyard and our 2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir from Londer Vineyard. Both wines have special significance for us. Our very first commercial release was a 2007 Pinot Noir from Wentzel Vineyard. It's a delicious wine and we couldn't be happier to be sourcing from the vineyard again.
As far as Londer Vineyard goes, we were excited to get fruit from this vineyard that we've had a long relationship with as fans. Brian and I got acquainted with Larry and Shirlee Londer soon after they moved to Anderson Valley and we have fond memories of attending their very first winemaker dinner in the barn on their property. Sadly, they've now moved away and are in the process of shutting down their winery. They poured at their final Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival this year and it was great to see them and to showcase a wine that we made from their fruit.
Only wines from Anderson Valley can be poured at the grand tasting event, so we kept it simple by pouring two of our Pinot Noirs from 2010. Here's some of the feedback that we heard from tasters:
2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir, Wentzel Vineyard, Anderson Valley:
"my favorite"
"love the smell"
"a lot of structure"
2010 Waits-Mast Pinot Noir, Londer Vineyard, Anderson Valley:
"great fruit, great spice, my kind of wine"
"it's a wow"
"very Burgundian"
"spiciness on the finish"
"very elegant"
"love the nose"
Interestingly, we overheard someone critique one of our wines (we're not sure which), saying, "I don't like it, it's too Burgundian." This immediately prompted someone else to come to our table because she said that she's a fan of that style of wine. It's always fun to hear comments like this, as it makes it quite clear that taste is subjective.


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Exports up 41 pc in July
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Rising economy Salutary export growth due to better performance by important traditional export items Problems encountered in talks to work out tariff concessions on FTA with ASEAN Due to high export and import growth rates, the trade deficit may increase
New Delhi , Aug. 18
Continuing its rising trend noticeable in the initial months, the country's exports notched up a 41 per cent growth in July 2006 at $10.2 billion, while cumulatively exports during the first four months of the current fiscal grew by 34 per cent to $38 billion.
Provisional figures for the latest trends in exports and imports released by the Union Commerce & Industry Minister, Mr Kamal Nath, at a news conference here show that merchandise exports during July 2006 are estimated at $10,176.80 million against $7,234.41 million during July 2005.
Rapid growth
Cumulatively, exports during April-July 2006 are estimated at $37,707.60 million, which is 34.03 per cent higher than the level of $28,134.72 million during the corresponding months of 2005. Officials said that the consistently salutary export growth during the first four months of the current fiscal owed itself largely to improved performance by important traditional export items like gems and jewellery, chemicals and related products and engineering goods and textile products.
However, the Commerce Minister, in response to a query about sustaining the scorching pace of export growth, stated, "We have had a difficult time in August because of inclement climate. But we hope to make up in the coming months and meet our export target for the rest of the year". He also indicated that India would accomplish export volume worth $150 billion much before the target date of 2008-09 as spelt out in the new foreign trade policy announced in 2004 by the UPA Government.
In reply to another query, he said that there were some problems in negotiations to work out tariff concessions on free trade area (FTA) with ASEAN. He said that he would be attending the trade ministers meeting of ASEAN next week and expressed the hope that the FTA would be wrapped up before the end of the calendar year.
Oil imports swell
Imports during July 2006 are valued at $14,143.06 million showing an increase of 42.8 per cent over the level of $9,904.22 million in July 2005. Cumulatively, imports during April-July 2006 are estimated at $54,424.34 million, which is 29.24 per cent higher than the level of $4,2109.47 million during April-July 2005.
Oil imports during July are valued at $4,642.31 million, which is 33 per cent higher than such imports valued at $3,494.80 million in the corresponding month of 2005. Oil imports during April-July 2006 are valued at $18,533.53 million, which is 43.23 per cent higher than such imports valued at $12,940.14 million in the corresponding period last year. The spurt in import value owed more to the steep rise in imported crude cost than any flare-up in domestic consumption of the fuel, officials said.
High trade deficit
Non-oil imports during July 2006 are estimated at $9,500.75 million, which is 20.42 per cent higher than the level of such imports valued at $7,889.81 million in July 2005, while cumulatively non-oil imports amounted to $35,890.81 million during April-July 2006, against $32,658.61 million in the corresponding four months of 2005.
Consequent to the high export and import growth rates, the trade deficit during April-July 2006 is estimated at $16,716.74 million, which is higher than the deficit of $13,974.75 million during April-July 2005, an official statement said.
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The records include constitution and bylaws; minutes and agendas, including those of
its Executive Committee; day files of the executive director, assistant director,
special assistant to the director, special project coordinator, and public
information officer; press releases; correspondence of the director and public
information officer; newsletters, including
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics
Minutes (1966-1976) and assorted published histories of the arts council/board were accidentally destroyed at the State Records Center in January, 1984. The 1967-1976 minutes included in these records represent a set pieced together from various sources. Their completeness is questionable and they do not include the records of the initial meetings of 1966.
Accession numbers: 256; 982-141; 982-144; 983-35; 983-49; 984-151; 987-87; 988-99; 988-203; 989-57; 990-114; 990-173; 992-108; 993-166; 994-61; 995-104; 997-5
Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project
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Includes several issues of the Bulletin, 1923-1925, 1949, and
Photocopied and dismantled in 1990; clippings from newspapers throughout the state relating to the Society and art in general.
By Hewitt and Brown architects; submitted for competition held under auspices of Minnesota State Art Commission.
Includes minutes of the Arts Board Executive Committee. The Arts Council became known as the Arts Board around 1975.
Missing June 1988.
Includes correspondence and memoranda.
Missing 1987-1988.
Published by the Minnesota Arts Board Literature Panel.
Quarterly newsletter; Volume 3, Nos. 1-5; Volume 4, Nos. 1-2, 4; Volume 5, Nos. 1-2.
Regarding arts and public affairs.
Monthly bulletin of Board activities.
Quarterly newsletter.
Publications containing information for applicants on rules, regulations, and procedures; describes the Board's programs for general operation support, production assistance, individual artists, and sponsorships, and for special programs. Also grant application forms and instructions and artists roster.
For various programs.
Blank forms for various programs.
Handbook of Minnesota arts organizations on tour.
Includes interoffice memos, correspondence with local arts councils and other groups, hearing examiner's report, statement of need and other legal instruments, adopted rules, program information, and testimony.


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Modes are a type of scale that were used in medieval music. There are 7 of those, and I can't remember their names, so I won't bother.
Ok, you know how the C major scale has no sharps or flats, nor does the A minor scale? That's because they're C and A modes. An E mode would start at E, and have no sharps or flats, to explain a bit better, if you played it one the piano you would play from E to E without hitting the black keys. All the other modes are constructed the same way, and the B mode is the devil's mode (B is the devil's note). Those were forbidden in christian music.
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12 Olympians on list of biggest moneymakers
LONDON, England (AFP) — US NBA superstar LeBron James edged Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer for the title of biggest moneymaker at the London Olympics with an annual income of $53 million, according to Forbes magazine.
The 2012 Forbes list of the world's 100 richest athletes was revealed last month with US dollar figures for salary and prize money as well as endorsement sponsorship deals.
In all, there were 12 London Olympians from the list, including half of the 12-man US Olympic 'Dream Team' of NBA stars, four tennis players, Spanish NBA star Pau Gasol and Usain Bolt, the Jamaican Olympic gold-medal sprinter.
James adopts a humble attitude when asked about being one of the stars of the Olympics.
"We're all stars in our own right," James said. "Every athlete has to be a star in their country just to be here. These are the stars of the stars.
"We understand the atmosphere. We don't take it for granted. It keeps you very humble. There will be a time when it's not like this, so you try to take it all in."
American boxer Floyd Mayweather, jailed in Las Vegas for a domestic assault, led the list at $85 million with Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao second on $62 million and 14-time major golf champion Tiger Woods third on $59.4 million.
None of them is competing in the London Olympics, although Woods — who had topped the list since 2001 until the aftermath of his infamous sex scandal — might be able to compete in the 2016 Rio Games when golf returns.
NBA Most Valuable Player James, who led the Miami Heat to the NBA crown last month for his first career title, was fourth on the list, just ahead of Federer in fifth at $52.7 million and US teammate Kobe Bryant, sixth at $52.3 million.
Federer was the winner in the all-important endorsement category, his $45 million for pitchman sales skills eclipsing second-best James by $5 million, but his $7.7 million in prize money failed to match James' $13-million salary.
But asked if he was the biggest star of the Olympics, Federer deferred.
"Not me," he said. "There are great Olympians who have many medals around their necks already — other athletes, some who maybe are not so famous but have done so much for their sport as well, that we don't always talk about.
"That's the beauty of the Olympics — we will see so many great stories written and talked about in the next few weeks. I will follow it very closely.
"But obviously I think Usain Bolt and (US swim star) Michael Phelps and maybe the NBA players are very well known."
Bryant was third in endorsement income at $32 million and topped the salary and prize money list at $20.3 million.
Had England's David Beckham been selected for the British football squad, he would have been the only footballer from the list at the Games. The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder would have been fourth in London at $46 million.
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal forced to pull out with an injury, might also have been fourth-wealthiest among London Olympians at $33.2 million.
Instead, the fourth-richest is Russian tennis beauty Maria Sharapova at $27.9 million, followed by US NBA stars Kevin Durant ($25.5 million) and Carmelo Anthony ($22.9 million).
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic ranks seventh at $20.6 million followed by Bolt at $20.3 million, US NBA star Chris Paul at $19.2 million, Chinese tennis star Li Na at $18.4 million, US NBA star Deron Williams at $18.2 million and Gasol at $17.2 million.
Bryant topped a Forbes list of 2008 Beijing Olympians with $39 million followed by James on $38 million with Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho third, Federer fourth and China's now-retired NBA star Yao Ming in fifth.
List of the richest London Olympic competitors based upon the Forbes list of the world's 100 richest athletes revealed last month, with overall list rank, name, nationality, total US dollars in millions, salary-prize money total, endorsement total and sport:
4. LeBron James (USA)
$53M $13M $40M Basketball
5. Roger Federer (SUI)
$52.7M $7.7M $45M Tennis
6. Kobe Bryant (USA) $52.3M
$20.3M $32M Basketball
26. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
$27.9M $5.9M $22M Tennis
34. Kevin Durant (USA)
44. Carmelo Anthony (USA)
61. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
$20.6M $11.6M $9M Tennis
63. Usain Bolt (JAM)
$20.3M $0.3M $20M Track
72. Chris Paul (USA)
81. Li Na (CHN) $18.4M
$1.4M $17M Tennis
84. Deron Williams (USA)
$14.7M $2.5M Basketball