Budget: A portion of $4,300.00 marketing and publicity budget.
Galleys: PDF galleys are available.
National Advertising: Prominent, year-round advertising in The
Comics Reporter, one of the most visited comics-focused
websites.
National Print/Online Media Campaign: We work tirelessly to market
and promote our titles; we have a large media and opinion maker
contact list, to which we send our press releases and select review
copies. We also have a smaller selection of reviewers who receive
hard copies of our titles. This has resulted in reviews, interviews
and coverage in a variety of media outlets including Avoid the
Future, Boing Boing, The Chicago Tribune, Comic Book Resources, The
Comics Beat, The Comics Journal, The Comics Reporter, The Globe and
Mail, Newsarama, Paste Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Quill and
Quire, The National Post, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, VICE
Magazine, The Washington Post and many more.
Online/Social Media Campaign: We have a strong presence on the
Internet with our recently redesigned website (koyamapress.com with
over 4,000 unique visits per month), Facebook
(facebook.com/KoyamaPress with over 4,500 likes), Twitter
(@AnnieKoyama with over 8,700 followers), Flickr
(flickr.com/photos/koyamapress), and Tumblr (koyamapress.tumblr.com
with over 11,000 followers) pages.
Promotion on the Author's Website: Ben Sears has established a
strong following online. This is demonstrated by his website/Tumblr
(freebensears.com) and his Twitter (@bensears).
General Tour Info: Koyama Press and Ben Sears will be launching
Night Air at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) a week long
celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which
culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring
hundreds of comics creators from around the world. This year's
festival takes place May 14-15.
Publicity and Promotion in Conjunction with the Author's Speaking
Engagements: Koyama Press has a number of branded items including
tote bags, notebooks, buttons, postcards, stickers, and activity
books that accompany artists at shows and events. These include
items utilizing the art from the book itself.
Budget: A portion of $4,300.00 marketing and publicity budget. Galleys: PDF galleys are available. National Advertising: Prominent, year-round advertising in The Comics Reporter, one of the most visited comics-focused websites. National Print/Online Media Campaign: We work tirelessly to market and promote our titles; we have a large media and opinion maker contact list, to which we send our press releases and select review copies. We also have a smaller selection of reviewers who receive hard copies of our titles. This has resulted in reviews, interviews and coverage in a variety of media outlets including Avoid the Future, Boing Boing, The Chicago Tribune, Comic Book Resources, The Comics Beat, The Comics Journal, The Comics Reporter, The Globe and Mail, Newsarama, Paste Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Quill and Quire, The National Post, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, VICE Magazine, The Washington Post and many more. Online/Social Media Campaign: We have a strong presence on the Internet with our recently redesigned website (koyamapress.com with over 4,000 unique visits per month), Facebook (facebook.com/KoyamaPress with over 4,500 likes), Twitter (@AnnieKoyama with over 8,700 followers), Flickr (flickr.com/photos/koyamapress), and Tumblr (koyamapress.tumblr.com with over 11,000 followers) pages. Promotion on the Author's Website: Ben Sears has established a strong following online. This is demonstrated by his website/Tumblr (freebensears.com) and his Twitter (@bensears). General Tour Info: Koyama Press and Ben Sears will be launching Night Air at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) a week long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. This year's festival takes place May 14-15. Publicity and Promotion in Conjunction with the Author's Speaking Engagements: Koyama Press has a number of branded items including tote bags, notebooks, buttons, postcards, stickers, and activity books that accompany artists at shows and events. These include items utilizing the art from the book itself.
Ben Sears is a cartoonist, illustrator and musician born and raised in Louisville, KY where he continues to live and work. His Double+ characters have appeared in a number of zines and online anthologies, where the protagonist is usually in over his head.
Ben Sears is a cartoonist, illustrator and musician born and raised in Louisville, KY where he continues to live and work. His Double+ characters have appeared in a number of zines and online anthologies, where the protagonist is usually in over his head.
One of Young Adult Library Services Association's 2017 Great Graphic Novels for Teens "The world in Night Air feels at once familiar and new, a fresh take on the 1970s sci-fi aesthetic." -- Jake Grubman, Comicsverse "I love [Sears'] art style, which seems equally influenced by European comics like Tintin, the animated films of Studio Ghibli, and role playing video games like the Zelda series, but he brings all this together to craft his own world, which features a rich, fascinating mix of boy adventurers, blocky robots, menacing monsters, and haunted castles." -- Matt Brady, Warren Peace Sings the Blues! "This is a good effort from Koyama for kid-oriented comics, providing thrills and laughs, but not at the expense of clever and intelligent work alongside." -- John Seven, The Comics Beat "Night Air gives off a very nostalgic, almost whimsical feeling precisely because of Sears' artistic talents." -- Teresa Iaizzo, CM: Canadian Review of Materials "Fun is what Ben Sears self-assuredly created with Night Air and all without ceremoniously trying to make his book something capital-I Important. There are no lessons here. Just joy." -- RJ Casey, The Comics Journal "Night Air functions in the same space that something like Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump does." -- Shea Hennum, A.V. Club "In terms of non-licensed, oddball series with massive elements of kids comics in play, I prefer Ben Sears to most of the artists working this corner of the funnybook playground." -- Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter "Imagine Adventure Time crossed with Mos Eisley Cantina and a Scooby Doohaunted-house caper and you're not far off from Night Air by cartoonist Ben Sears." -- Steve Foxe, Paste Magazine "This is Sears's first graphic novel and it reads like a marriage between the character designs of Mike Mignola, the childhood wonder of Farel Dalrymple, and the low-key humor of Adventure Time." -- Rich Barrett, mental_floss "Sears's work is a rare treat, at once hauntingly atmospheric and undeniably inviting, his stories are marked with an all-ages sensibility that makes for some truly engrossing arcs." -- Justin Andress, Inverse "Sears' artistic strength is paired with a sharp sense of humor that makes for an especially engaging read..." -- Oliver Sava, A.V. Club "[I]magine Indiana Jones as told by Hayao Miyazaki." -- Zainab Akhtar, The Guardian "Ben Sears has a style that seems just perfectly at home on the page; every figure seems placed as if by magic, fully-formed and packed with character." -- Ziah Grace, ComicsAlliance "Ben Sears has created the perfect futuristic fantasy world, packed with robots, alien creatures, magic, humour, and adventure. I want more." -- John Martz (A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories, Gold Star) "[W]hat I really love about the story is the contained feel of it--that 'child and his friend against the world' theme, that enclosed little bubble world, like in Calvin and Hobbes." -- Zainab Akhtar, Comics & Cola
One of Young Adult Library Services Association's 2017 Great Graphic Novels for Teens "The world in Night Air feels at once familiar and new, a fresh take on the 1970s sci-fi aesthetic." -- Jake Grubman, Comicsverse "I love [Sears'] art style, which seems equally influenced by European comics like Tintin, the animated films of Studio Ghibli, and role playing video games like the Zelda series, but he brings all this together to craft his own world, which features a rich, fascinating mix of boy adventurers, blocky robots, menacing monsters, and haunted castles." -- Matt Brady, Warren Peace Sings the Blues! "This is a good effort from Koyama for kid-oriented comics, providing thrills and laughs, but not at the expense of clever and intelligent work alongside." -- John Seven, The Comics Beat "Night Air gives off a very nostalgic, almost whimsical feeling precisely because of Sears' artistic talents." -- Teresa Iaizzo, CM: Canadian Review of Materials "Fun is what Ben Sears self-assuredly created with Night Air and all without ceremoniously trying to make his book something capital-I Important. There are no lessons here. Just joy." -- RJ Casey, The Comics Journal "Night Air functions in the same space that something like Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump does." -- Shea Hennum, A.V. Club "In terms of non-licensed, oddball series with massive elements of kids comics in play, I prefer Ben Sears to most of the artists working this corner of the funnybook playground." -- Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter "Imagine Adventure Time crossed with Mos Eisley Cantina and a Scooby Doohaunted-house caper and you're not far off from Night Air by cartoonist Ben Sears." -- Steve Foxe, Paste Magazine "This is Sears's first graphic novel and it reads like a marriage between the character designs of Mike Mignola, the childhood wonder of Farel Dalrymple, and the low-key humor of Adventure Time." -- Rich Barrett, mental_floss "Sears's work is a rare treat, at once hauntingly atmospheric and undeniably inviting, his stories are marked with an all-ages sensibility that makes for some truly engrossing arcs." -- Justin Andress, Inverse "Sears' artistic strength is paired with a sharp sense of humor that makes for an especially engaging read..." -- Oliver Sava, A.V. Club "[I]magine Indiana Jones as told by Hayao Miyazaki." -- Zainab Akhtar, The Guardian "Ben Sears has a style that seems just perfectly at home on the page; every figure seems placed as if by magic, fully-formed and packed with character." -- Ziah Grace, ComicsAlliance "Ben Sears has created the perfect futuristic fantasy world, packed with robots, alien creatures, magic, humour, and adventure. I want more." -- John Martz (A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories, Gold Star) "[W]hat I really love about the story is the contained feel of it--that 'child and his friend against the world' theme, that enclosed little bubble world, like in Calvin and Hobbes." -- Zainab Akhtar, Comics & Cola
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