{"id":7403,"date":"2012-11-05T03:15:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T08:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2012-11-05T03:15:36","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T08:15:36","slug":"hard-copy-the-reason-for-dragons-coming-this-spring-from-archaia-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=7403","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: The Reason for Dragons Coming This Spring from Archaia Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Award-winning publisher Archaia Entertainment, known for breaking in up-and-coming \"\"<\/a>comics talent like David Petersen (Mouse Guard<\/em>), Royden Lepp (Rust<\/em>), and David Marquez (Syndrome<\/em>), is very excited to announce the upcoming release of THE REASON FOR DRAGONS<\/em><\/strong>, a new, hardcover original graphic novel from two fresh voices making their creator-owned book debut.<\/p>\n

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The Reason for Dragons<\/em>, by Chris Northrop (colorist for Oni Press) and Jeff Stokely (Fraggle Rock<\/em>), tells the story of Wendell, a high school outcast who lives a lonely, suburban existence, losing himself in books in order to avoid his distant, motorcycle-riding stepfather, Ted. When the school bullies convince Wendell to venture into the forest around their neighborhood and explore the long-abandoned Renaissance Fair grounds they all believe to be haunted, Wendell is surprised to find a man living in the barn\u2014and even more surprised by the man himself. His new acquaintance seems the definition of crackpot, believing himself to be a medieval knight named Sir Habersham, tasked with the duty of slaying the dragon he insists is wandering the woods. But when Wendell starts hearing rumblings\u2014and listening to Habersham\u2019s stories\u2014he starts to wonder if perhaps it could all be true. In a heartfelt coming-of-age story, Wendell must defy logic in order to follow his heart.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEverything authors write has pieces of them in their scripts. How can it not? But the first one should be extra personal,\u201d said Northrop. \u201cThe Reason for Dragons<\/em> addresses what it\u2019s like to grow up without direction, which honestly, everyone deals with. You meet people in your life that shape you. You can meet a stranger who can have a tremendous effect on your life or on your choices, how you handle problems. That fascinates me. Everyone has their own dragons to face.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cChris and I are ecstatic that Archaia is publishing our book,\u201d said Stokely. \u201cI started as an intern there, then illustrated a story in their first Fraggle Rock <\/em>book, so I know the kind of attention to detail they put into their titles. We\u2019re excited to get The Reasons for Dragons <\/em>out there! I connected with the story and the characters immediately so I knew I would be putting a lot of myself into it, and Archaia was just a natural choice from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The fantasy hardcover will also contain an Introduction written by Sean Gordon Murphy (Joe the Barbarian<\/em>, Punk Rock Jesus<\/em>) and a pin-up gallery featuring contributions from fellow Archaia creators Tom Brown (Hopeless, Maine<\/em>), mpMann (The Grave Doug Freshley<\/em>), and Yehudi Mercado (Pantalones, TX<\/em>). Sharing color duties with Northrop on The Reason for Dragons<\/em> is Andrew Elder (Batman Beyond<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Reason for Dragons <\/em>was a favorite of ours from its original pitch,\u201d said Archaia Editor Rebecca Taylor. \u201cIt blends the edgy whimsicality of I Kill Giants <\/em>with the coming-of-age nostalgia of E.T.<\/em>, plus rich characters and adventure like found in Bone<\/em>, all with a medieval twist. <\/em>Jeff\u2019s art is stunning and will capture both young readers and avid art fans. We\u2019re very excited to get this into readers\u2019 hands!\u201d Northrop and Stokely will made their convention debut for The Reason for Dragons <\/em>at Long Beach Comic and Horror Con, that took place Nov. 3-4 in Long Beach, CA.<\/p>\n

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The Reason for Dragons <\/em>($19.95, 128 pages, full color, 6.625\u201d x 10.25\u201d, ISBN 978-1936393749) will debut in comic book shops and wherever books are sold in May, 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Award-winning publisher Archaia Entertainment, known for breaking in up-and-coming comics talent like David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Royden Lepp (Rust), and David Marquez (Syndrome), is very excited to announce the upcoming release of THE REASON FOR DRAGONS, a new, hardcover original … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1445,2340,2339,2338,2341,1861,2342],"class_list":["post-7403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archaia-entertainment","tag-chris-northrop","tag-david-marquez","tag-david-petersen","tag-jeff-stokely","tag-royden-lepp","tag-the-reason-for-dragons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7412,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403\/revisions\/7412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}