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Newsarama: FUTURE FOUNDATION Launches Into the MARVEL Multiverse…

Will Robson and I had a chance to talk with Newsarama contributor Zack Smith about the future of The Future Foundation.

Nrama: What do you feel makes the book unique among the other superhero titles out there?

Whitley: I take the pedigree of this book very seriously. There are only two writers who have written a book called “Future Foundation” before now – Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction. Those are two of the best writers working today and I don’t intend to be the one who drops the ball. We’re going big from the first issue and you’ll never finish an issue and not want the next one right away, I promise that.

Robson: This book to me is the X-Men of space. Young heroes struggling to find their place not only in this world, but on many. 

Smith, Zack. “FUTURE FOUNDATION Launches Into the MARVEL Multiverse With ‘Rainbows & Lasers’, Newsarama. 5 August 2019.

Click here to read the rest of the interview. You’ll also get to preview pages from issue #1 and issue #2, which will be out in September.

Newsarama: JEREMY WHITLEY on PRINCELESS’ Future & Its Future with Libraries

In this interview with Zack Smith for Newsarama, I get to talk about the latest Princeless Kickstarter – aimed at getting some hardcovers for volume three.

Jeremy Whitley sees his long-running story in Princeless ending in the next few years, but the future is bright with “a whole world of new possibilities.”

The penultimate arc of the main Princeless story begins August 28 with Princeless Book 9: Save Yourself, but at the same time Whitley and publisher Action Lab Entertainment are raising funds via Kickstarter for a hardcover edition of Book 3 aimed specifically at libraries – which the writer said is the franchise’s most-prized market.

Long story short? Paperback books don’t last long in libraries.

Nrama: So why hardcover then?

Whitley: That’s a great question as, as I mentioned, we already have the book out in softcover. The thing is, being an all-ages comic with a message of reaching a diverse young audience, there is no market that’s more important to us than libraries. In libraries we have a chance to be a kid’s first comic or to reach kids that might not have the money or comic shop to go get the book in stores.

And when you talk to librarians, their number one complaint about trade paperbacks is that a number of them don’t last more than a few check outs. Kids are rough on books. Dropboxes are rough on books. Trade paperbacks aren’t built to sustain the kind of abuse they do in a library. So, if we’re going to reach this audience and help librarians do the same, hardback is the format we need to be using to reach them.

Smith, Zack. “JEREMY WHITLEY on PRINCELESS’ Future & Its Future with Libraries” Newsarama. 2 July 2019.

You can read rest of the interview at Newsarama.

You can also help support our efforts by backing our Kickstarter and picking up some copies of Princeless and Raven: the Pirate Princess comics for your own shelves!

Newsarama: Advance Review of Rainbow Brite #1

Rainbow Brite has gone through more than half a dozen incarnations through the years, but this newest one from Dynamite and a solid bench of creative talents might be one of the better ones. Supported by heartfelt characterization and a genuine wit from Jeremy Whitley and expressively stylish artwork from Brittney Williams and Valentina Pinto, Rainbow Brite #1 is a grounded, but fun new take on the property, one that is brimming with potential. Sure to please long-time Saturday morning TV fans and a whole new generation of readers unfamiliar with her colorful adventures, Rainbow Brite #1 is a well-presented beacon of positivity.

Pepose, David. “Best Shots Advance Reviews: RAINBOW BRITE #1, MAN EATERS #1, FRIENDO #1, WASTED SPACE VOL. 1” Newsarama. 25 Sept. 2018

Justin Partridge of Newsarama gives Rainbow Brite #1 8/10. You can read the rest of the review here!