DYNAMITE
ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS WITH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY HALFBRICK TO RELEASE NEW
SERIES BASED ON MASSIVELY POPULAR MOBILE GAME, FRUIT NINJA
Nate Cosby, Scott Brown, and Ruairi Coleman Named as Creative Team for the Juicy New Series!
June 19, 2017, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Eisner and Harvey Award nominated writer, Nate Cosby (Cow Boy, Buddy Cops), and artists Scott Brown (Nightfall) and Ruairi Coleman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures) have been named as the new creative appointed to helm the latest series from Dynamite Entertainment, Fruit Ninja. Slated to launch September 6th, the series is based on the popular mobile game developed by Halfbrick, with well-over a billion downloads world-wide, across all gaming platforms!
In this juicy new series, the Fruit Ninjas have
mastered the art of Juice Jitsu (no, really) which unlocks hidden
powers through the slicing of fruit (seriously), so they can protect
their neighbors from time-traveling super-villains! Fruit Ninja #1 will
also feature two-bonus stories including an ancient Fruit Ninjas tale
from a thousand years ago, as well as a wild and high-flying Jetpack
Joyride story!
Writer Nate Cosby said, "I don't
want to get everybody TOO excited, but Fruit Ninja may end up being the
greatest comic series ever created. Because there's fruit and there's
ninjas and there's jetpacks made of cake and attack hippos wearing
goggles that come out of tubes and an army of hyper-aggressive ants that
know how to drive peaches. And…that's…JUST...THE FIRST ISSUE (which
reminds me, I really should figure out what's going be in the second
issue)!"
Nate Cosby is a multi-award nominated writer and editor who wrote the Eisner- and Harvey-Award nominated Cow Boy, as well as Buddy Cops, and Pigs. He has edited and packaged The Thrilling Adventure Hour, X-Men First Class, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Magnus: Robot Fighter, Doctor Spektor, and Kings Watch. He also oversees production of the popular Angry Birds comic series.
"After its wildly successive launch in late 2010, Fruit Ninja
became a staple in the mobile gaming industry, as it was downloaded to
more than one-third of all iPhones within 18-months of release," said
Nick Barrucci, Dynamite's CEO and Publisher. "With Nate Cosby's cutting
sense of humor coming across on the page, fans of the game are going to
enjoy sinking their teeth into these fun, new adventures!"
The debut issue of Fruit Ninja
features cover art from interior artist, Scott Brown, as well as a game
play option! Limited variant editions in "Black & White" and
"Virgin" formats are also available as retailer incentives for comic
shops that support the launch issue by achieving stocking thresholds.
About Dynamite Entertainment:Dynamite was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Red Sonja, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, A Game of Thrones,
and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library with over
3,000 characters (which includes the Harris Comics and Chaos Comics
properties), such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt.
In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and bestselling
comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in
comics and entertainment, including Kevin Smith, Alex Ross, Neil Gaiman,
Andy Diggle, John Cassaday, Garth Ennis, Jae Lee, Marc Guggenheim, Mike
Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner, Gail Simone,
Steve Niles, James Robinson, and a host of up-and-coming new talent.
Dynamite is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book
publishers and several of their titles - including Alex Ross and Jim
Krueger's Project Superpowers - have debuted in the Top Ten
lists produced by Diamond Comics Distributors. In 2005, Diamond awarded
the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006
for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The
company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards,
including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.
About Halfbrick
Founded
in 2001, Halfbrick has been on the forefront of the Australian game
development industry for many years. From humble beginnings developing
licensed titles for platforms such as GBA, DS and PSP, we have expanded
our portfolio with a range of hugely successful, independently released
games on multiple platforms.
With the success of Fruit Ninja
on iPhone and iPad, Halfbrick has catapulted to become one of the most
well-known indie developers in the world, proving that a little dev down
under has the world class skills needed to make a big splash on the
global market.
It's a long story - a boring story for
some, a riveting story for others. Either way, know that Halfbrick is
here to stay with its fun, unique and innovative titles on a range of
platforms!
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