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Caliber To Release 2 New Graphic Novels And A Comic Writing Guide

Caliber Comics is bringing three new books to the comic market: Nain Rouge: The Red Legend, Knights of the Skull: Tales of the Waffen SS and Comics Writing: Communicating With Comic Books.

Nain Rouge: The Red Legend by Josef Bastian, Carl Winans and Patrick McEvoy is the story of two average middle schoolers on a field trip to the Detroit Institue of Arts when they encounter the Nain Rogue (French for Red Dwarf). The Nain Rogue, as the "Steward of Straits", was responsible for keeping harmony and balance in the natural world but when Antoine de Mothe Cadillac and French settlers arrived in the 1600s, a quarrel began and soon this turned into an angry brawl. It is said that as The Nain Rouge was chased away, a curse was flung from its lips onto the entire region of Detroit. The curse, it is rumored, befalls anyone who creates evil of their own will, and this will empower the Nain Rouge with greater strength throughout the centuries. And during the course of these centuries it has appeared to unsuspecting residences just prior to tragedy or misery befalling the person or area…

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Knights of the Skull: Tales of the Waffen SS by Wayne Vansant is collection of tales involving the German Waffen SS panzer tank units from World War II. Here Vansant brings us main stories called Battle Group Peiper and Witches' Caldron, along with three short tales. Knights of the Skull covers the war experiences of young German troops on the Eastern Front; to the massacre of American troops near Malmedy on the Western Front; to the harsh conditions of a crushing winter and engagements against an unrelenting Soviet troop onslaught in the Battle of Cherkassy.

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Comics Writing: Communicating With Comic Books unveils the basics in comics writing from Steven Philip Jones, a professional comic book writer and instructor. Comics Writing shows you the step-by-step process of creating a comics script and how it is turned into a finished comics page. With the help of examples and comic book illustrations, this book will introduce you to: the different styles of comic book scripts; the tools of cartoon communications like panels, borders, and speech balloons; how to write a story as a comics script; the collaborative process between writer and artists; how to find and develop ideas for your comics stories; tips on creating characters; how to avoid common mistakes new comics writers often make; and other tips of the trade. If you're a writer wanting to find out how to write comic books, or if you are any kind of communicator wanting to learn the basics of communicating by using the comics medium Comics Writing can be a valuable tool.

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Dan WicklineAbout Dan Wickline

Has quietly been working at Bleeding Cool for over three years. He has written comics for Image, Top Cow, Shadowline, Avatar, IDW, Dynamite, Moonstone, Humanoids and Zenescope. He is the author of the Lucius Fogg series of novels and a published photographer.
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