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Published on: 8/29/2007
Last Visited: 11/23/2007
Harry Markos, Publisher and Managing Partner of AAM/Markosia explained.
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However, AAM/Markosia managing partner and publisher Harry Markos announced today that in addition to Beowulf: The Graphic Novel, the company will also launch a new Beowulf mini-series.Entitled Tales of Beowulf, the three-issue series will debut in January 2008.
"In previewing the graphic novel at the Bristol International Comic Expo, it became clear to us that there was a strong demand for new Beowulf stories," Markos said.
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Markos said, "We're very pleased to follow up Beowulf: The Graphic Novel with the Tales of Beowulf mini-series.
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Harry Markos, Managing Partner and Publisher of Markosia explained.
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With Rich agreeing to re-print The Flying Friar under the Markosia banner, Harry Markos and his Markosia team went to work on the pages, enabling the book to be republished in full colour for October.
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Company president Harry Markos said, "We are extremely pleased to be able to publish this important graphic novel, and we feel that it will become a classic in its own right."
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Harry Markos, Managing Partner and Publisher of Markosia explained.
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Harry Markos continued.
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As for the name change, Harry Markos doesn't feel that such a change would affect Markosia's presence.
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Harry Markos, Managing Partner and Publisher of Markosia explained."But when we sell out, this means that the fans lose out, because they can't get hold of a copy."
Having had sell out issues and the problems that surround them for a fan and retailer before, this time Markosia were ready for the news.
"We have a great title and a great creative team."Harry continued.
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After a comment like that, Markosia publisher Harry Markos had simply this to add, "It's good, read it!"
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Joe DeVito and Harry Markos will be at the Markosia booth throughout the Comic Con to discuss the book and show a variety of concept sketches from the upcoming series.
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"We are extremely pleased that Kickstart will be trying to build on its fantastic success rate by bringing one of our publications to the screen," said Markosia Entertainment's chairman, Harry Markos.
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Satterlee noted that the journey for Of Bitter Souls from creation to option had been a difficult one, with two publishers and a variety of contributors involved in the process, including Janice Binder, who made the series possible in the first place, until Harry Markos stepped in to publish the initial series' trade paperback and the second volume of the series through Markosia, where the series finally settled.
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"We are very proud of Chuck and of Of Bitter Souls," stated Markos.
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"There was a lot of anger over the cancellation of #5," said Harry Markos, Managing Partner and Publisher at Markosia, "but we promised that we would end the story, in some way or another."
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"Whether we like it or not, the industry is moving towards a digital medium," explained Publisher Markos, "and programs like CDisplay are more and more common these days in reading online comics.
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"We've worked with Richard from the very beginning, when he was publishing APC," said Harry Markos, Managing Partner and Publisher at Markosia.
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explained Markos.
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"With Brian coming in as a 'new broom' so to speak, we decided that now was the perfect time to re-structure," said Markos.
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"The year is still young," ended Harry Markos."Expect a lot of big announcements this year from us.