New Spring Comic book info

[Tony]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 7, 2005

RED EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS WITH DABEL
BROTHERS PRODUCTION

Red Eagle Entertainment joins with popular comic book studio to bring Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time™ prequel to comics and graphic novels

LOS ANGELES – Red Eagle Entertainment, LLC™ announced today that they have formed a production partnership with comic book studio Dabel Brothers Production (DB Pro) to bring internationally and critically acclaimed author Robert Jordan’s New Spring: The Novel,
the prequel to his epic bestselling The Wheel of Time™ series, to the world of comic books and graphic novels.

“We are very enthusiastic about our collaboration with Dabel Brothers Production,” said Rick Selvage, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Red Eagle Entertainment. “We have enjoyed the work we’ve seen from the Dabel Brothers thus far and we’re looking forward to building a long-term relationship with them to bring this story to a broad new audience through the visually-powerful medium of comic books and graphic novels.”

Red Eagle Entertainment, a company dedicated to building global value in entertainment franchises through a comprehensive program of brand management and licensing, holds the worldwide film and television distribution rights to Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World, as well as ancillary rights. Red Eagle Entertainment intends to expand Jordan’s already
passionate fan base with a tightly-linked combination of quality entertainment programming coupled with a wide assortment of licensed products and branded merchandise.

The first of these products will be a line of monthly comic books and graphic novels based around Jordan’s recent bestselling prequel to the series, which will also serve as Red Eagle Entertainment’s debut into the comic book industry under the Red Eagle Publishing brand. The comic book adaptation, tentatively titled The Wheel of Time: New Spring, will be cowritten by Robert Jordan and comic book veteran Chuck Dixon (writer, Batman, Nightwing, Savage Sword of Conan, writer/creator, Way of the Rat, adapter, The Hobbit, 2002). It will feature art by Mike S. Miller (Justice League of America, Wolverine, Adventures of Superman, The Hedge Knight) with colors by Étienne St. Laurent, letters by Dave Lanphear of Artmonkeys, and book design by Lithium Pro Design.

“We’re dedicated to ensuring this book is consistent both with the vision of Robert Jordan and the imagination of his fans,” said Les Dabel, Vice President and New Business Director for Dabel Brothers Production. “We’ve had great success in the past with other properties, and we feel that we’ve settled into an excellent groove for producing top-notch books on a
monthly schedule. Red Eagle Entertainment will bring enormous resources and broad experience to the table to help promote and produce this title properly, and we are excited about our partnership with them.”

The launch of the comic book adaptation of New Spring is planned for this July at the Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, where Robert Jordan will serve as the guest of honor. In the future, further information and announcements regarding the comic book and graphic novel versions of New Spring will be available at www.red-eagleentertainment.com and at major websites maintained by fans of Robert Jordan and The
Wheel of Time series.

About Red Eagle Entertainment, LLC™

Red Eagle Entertainment builds global value in franchise entertainment properties through a comprehensive program of licensing and brand management. Based in Los Angeles, Red Eagle scours the creative landscape for compelling literary works, original story concepts
and under-leveraged brands and entertainment properties and acquires projects for development into motion pictures, television, electronic games, consumer products and more.

About Dabel Brothers Production

Dabel Brothers Production is a comic book studio dedicated to bringing many of the best and most popular novels in the world of fantasy to the comic book medium. With a passion for authenticity and a firm respect for the original text, the Dabel Brothers work hard to ensure that their adaptations build upon and enhance the worlds of popular works in a manner that longtime fans and new readers alike can enjoy.

Additional information about Dabel Brothers Production can be found online at
www.dabelbrothers.com.

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For Further Information
News and current information about Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series may be obtained at Tor Books at www.tor.com/jordan/media.html.

For more information about Red Eagle Entertainment, please visit www.red-eagleentertainment.
com. Members of the media may call [phone] or send questions via e-mail to [e-mail].

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[Tony]

I got some more information about the comic book in another email. Here it is.

Hi Tony,

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: One of the three biggest comic book news website has put up the Robert Jordan press release today. Here is the link to the main page...

Newsarama is currently up and the fans should go there and post:

newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29047

If you encourage all of your fans to go to Newsarama, register, and just post how awesome Robert Jordan is as a writer, and that they are going to support the New Spring comic book 110%. That will show the comic book retailers that New Spring is a hot item for them to have on their shelves. The success of New Spring will assure that we can afterwards move forward with The Eye of The World.

So it is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that all of your fans go and post on Newsarama so the comic book retailers can see how big a fanbase that Robert Jordan has Thank you for your support and please let me know if you have any questions.

Ernst

What do you guys think? Should we?

[sirkenith]

ya sounds good, I would read the comics more than the books though.

[Tony]

A review thing of New Spring,

www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003540

[Tony]

An interview,

newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29620

[Alicia Sedai]

This should be intersting to see how the whole thing comes out but i have to say I will not buy it. I stick to the books but doesnt say I want follow up on it every once in a while.

[sirkenith]

most comic book junkies like my self will get it .

[Alicia Sedai]

I used to be a comic book junkie but got tried of it and gave it up.

[Tony]

I'm going to get it as soon as possible.

[sirkenith]

hey tony do you rember all those comics my dad had? If you do then that is what a comic book junkie's room lookes like

[Tony]

Some more info.

You can use this site to find stores near you to order New Spring. I'm sure there will be more later if you don't find one close.

csls.diamondcomics.com/

And here is the New Spring cover,

[sirkenith]

the U.P. bites, no hobby shops near me, no comic shops either >.> they might carry it in a magazine rack, I've seen some stores do that. But I might buy it online.

[Tony]

Marquette has a Hobby Town. So does Iron Mountain.

[sirkenith]

>_> listen to your words....now think were I live.....yes it all makes sense doesn't it

[Tony]

It's only a two hour road trip.