{"id":5420,"date":"2015-03-24T22:25:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T02:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2015-03-24T22:25:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T02:25:50","slug":"oyster-war-coming-this-fall-from-oni-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=5420","title":{"rendered":"Oyster War – Coming This Fall from Oni Press!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OWARV1-4x6-COMP-SOLICIT-WEB\"<\/a><\/p>\n

‘I’ve been waiting a looonnnngggg<\/em> time to be able to make this announcement! Here’s the official press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Oni Press, Portland\u2019s premier independent comic book publisher, announced today Oyster War, a colorful, comedic historical graphic novel by three time Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ben Towle (Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean). Oyster War will release on September 23rd, and will be an SPX debut.<\/p>\n

OWARV1 – 4×6 COMP SOLICIT WEB In the coastal town of Blood\u2019s Haven, the economy runs on oysters. Oyster farming is one of the most lucrative professions, but also the most dangerous. Not just from the unforgiving ocean and its watery depths\u2014there are also oyster pirates to worry about! Commander Davidson Bulloch and his motley crew are tasked with capturing these ne\u2019er-do-wells\u2014but they don\u2019t know that Treacher Fink, the pirates\u2019 leader, possesses a magical artifact that can call forth a legendary spirit with the power to control the sea and everything in it!<\/p>\n

\u201cI started work on Oyster War five years ago with a very specific vision,\u201d says creator Ben Towle. \u201cI\u2019d done several historical fiction books previously and now I wanted to jump squarely into the realm of the fantastic. Oyster War is a nautical adventure story set in a not-quite-real late 19th century US that\u2019s full of pirates, brawlers, sea serpents, and shape-shifters. It\u2019s far and away my favorite work to-date. I couldn\u2019t be happier with the way Oni\u2019s bringing the Oyster War print collection to life. Presentation was always in the back of my mind as I worked on the story. From the get-go I conceived of Oyster War as a big, hardcover, European album-sized book with high-end production values\u2014and that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s going to wind up in readers\u2019 hands!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep. I’ll be at SPX this year, tabling for the first time in a\u00a0long<\/em> while! Come see me for a copy of\u00a0Oyster War<\/em> from Oni Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘I’ve been waiting a looonnnngggg time to be able to make this announcement! Here’s the official press release: Oni Press, Portland\u2019s premier independent comic book publisher, announced today Oyster War, a colorful, comedic historical graphic novel by three time Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ben Towle (Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean). Oyster War will release on September 23rd, … <\/p>\n

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