Media Release -- The coming of age tale of Shianndrea returns in epic fashion on September 13 with SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS: THE LIGHTNING ONI, created by Memphis native Martheus Wade.
An action-adventure story in the vein of Japanese anime, called a cross between NARUTO and the television show RIVERDALE, SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS: THE LIGHTNING ONI continues the saga of Shianndrea from her unique perspective as a teenage girl battling with the demands of her destiny as a ninja prodigy.
Published by Action Lab Entertainment, SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS: THE LIGHTNING ONI is the second volume of the SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS series. The previous volume has appeared nationwide in schools via Scholastic Book Fairs and was nominated for Best Southern Comic Book by the Mid-South Science Fiction Association.
The SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS series has been praised for its refreshing take on the hero's journey and gender roles. Appealing to fans of all-ages and backgrounds, the SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS series has found a home particularly in the minds of young female comic book fans.
SHINOBI: NINJA PRINCESS - LIGHTNING ONI #1
Writer(s): Martheus Wade
Artist Name(s): Martheus Wade (Pencils), Janet Wade (Inks, Color assists),
Gene Fayne (Colors)
Cover Artist(s): Martheus Wade and Gene Fayne
32 pgs./ E / FC
$3.99
What people are saying about Shinobi Ninja Princess:
"The story would be fun enough for parent and child alike, achieving that uncommon bridge between generations." (Graphic Policy)
"The character interactions are really enjoyable, the action was nice and the ending really gets the reader interested by hinting that things are only going to be ramping up from here." (The Broken Infinite)
About Martheus Wade
Wade, a freelance graphic designer and illustrator, has illustrated for BLOODSTREAM for Image Comics, Shooting Star Comics, CHAOS CAMPUS for Approbation Comics, and Andrew Dabb's SLICES, among many others.
Recently, he has worked on titles such as ACTION MAN for Hasbro and the Marvel Comics Masterpiece Card Series, and he illustrated, wrote, and produced a comic book crossover called JETTA/SHI: ARROW OF DESTINY with his character, Jetta, and William Tucci's Shi. Wade's creator-owned graphic novels "JETTA: TALES OF THE TOSHIGAWA" and "TURRA: GUN ANGEL have been licensed for motion pictures.
His work has been used for the movie ROLE MODELS from Universal Pictures as well as for the instructional DVD and book HI-FI DIGITAL COLOR FOR COMICS II, available from IMPACT Publishing.
Wade resides in Memphis with his wife, Janet, who is the co-colorist and inker for the SHINOBI NINJA PRINCESS series, and son, Anakin.
ABOUT ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT- Formed in 2010 with the purpose of pooling their collective talents into a single, powerful entity, the members of Action Lab Entertainment have countless years in multimedia publishing, design, and business. Their first release, Fracture, was successfully funded through Kickstarter and since then they have continued their mission to produce high quality, genre-spanning entertainment. Since its formation, the accolades for A.L.E continue to build on a daily basis. Among its more popular titles are all ages material like the Eisner, Glyph, Shel Dorf Award nominated series PRINCELESS, MIRACULOUS (based on the Nickelodeon Television series), Jamal Igle's MOLLY DANGER, Artist/ Writer Katie Cook's GRONK and Gayle Middleton's (My Little Pony, The Littlest Pet Shop) monstrously adorable VAMPLETS. Action Lab's Mature Readers imprint ACTION LAB DANGER ZONE continues to push the envelope of comics entertainment with titles as varied as Charles Band's PUPPET MASTER and Dan Mendoza's over the top horror-comedy ZOMBIE TRAMP, VAMPBLADE and ITTY BITTY BUNNIES IN RAINBOW PIXIE CANDY LAND, and socially relevant titles including SOUTHERN DOG, KINGDOM BUM and M Goodwin's TOMBOY.
