Media Release -- Kickstart Comics, the new publishing venture from Kickstart Productions, teamed up again with comic gurus Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (Jonah Hex, Power Girl, The Resistance) on a new graphic novel entitled BOOK SMART. With Pencils & inks & cover by Juan Santacruz (Incredible Hulk, X-Men and The Resistance 2). Their previous title together, The Twilight Experiment, was recently re-released in store.
BOOK SMART is part BOURNE IDENTITY meets ROMANCING THE STONE. The book focuses on a young woman wakes up in a hospital in Nepal with amnesia. As she struggles to find answers on her identity, she finds criminals on her tail and that she has an uncanny skill set that suggest she may be an international spy.
Kickstart Comics launched last fall. The books are an eclectic range of great storytelling from top comic book creators and established Hollywood writers such as Mark Sable (Hazed, Unthinkable), Adam Freeman & Marc Bernardin (Monster Attack Network, Genius), Joshua Williamson (Dear Dracula), Jeff Amano (Fade From Grace, Cobbler's Monster) and B. Clay Moore (Hawaiian Dick) and such artistic talents as Jim Fern (Fables), Lee Moder (Wonder Woman, X Factor) and rising star Julian Totino Tedesco (Unthinkable).
Learn more about Kickstart Comics and their upcoming books at http://kickstartcomics.com/
About Palmiotti & Gray: Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray have created and co created numerous universes, series and characters including: The New West, Monolith, 21 Down, The Resistance, The Pro, Gatecrasher, Beautiful Killer, Ash, Cloudburst, Trigger Girl 6, Thrill Seeker, Trailblazer, Ballerina, The Twilight Experiment and the TV show Painkiller Jane.
About Kickstart Comics: Kickstart Productions, Inc. was established in 1999 by Jason Netter. The company co-finances, produces, markets and distributes animated and liveaction film and television productions on a worldwide basis.
Some of Kickstart's previous television credits include PAINKILLER JANE (SyFy), WOLVERINE AND THE X MEN (animated series for Nicktoons) and THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD (SyFy). Kickstart Productions' new animated series VOLTRON FORCE for Nicktoons airs next week.
On the feature film side, Kickstart's Jason Netter produced WANTED (Universal); with WANTED 2 currently in development as well as THE RED STAR (Universal) ROBOTECH and HENCH (Warner Brothers), THE PREACHER and THE BOYS (Sony), MONSTER ATTACK NETWORK (Disney), CROSSED (Mike De Luca and Trigger Street) and THE COURIERS (Intrepid Pictures).
