No, this is legit guys. This isn't identity theft or anything. Look at the artwork. It's more of an AKA scenario.
And here's some more news for anyone interested in Raupp/Rauben art:
http://www.alterati.com/blog/?p=1054#more-1054The art/media website Alterati.com is posting a "conversation" (interview) between one of their editors, James Curcio, and myself. It speaks to my new graphic novel The Medicine Show, current projects, career and our shared artistic attitudes, as well as other crazy wonderful stuff.
James is also an author and artist (of the novels Join My Cult!, and Fallen Nation), as well as art director at Mythos Media, and a musician (SubQtaneous). Mythos Media is fairly new company, but seems to be rising fast. Besides Fallen Nation they're also publishing a graphic novel called Fas Ferox, that boasts Neil Gaiman's involvement. As some of you may know, Neil is huge in the comics biz, did the exceedingly popular Sandman series for DC/Vertigo, and is the author behind this new movie called Stardust that's just hitting the theaters (starring Michele Pfeiffer, Robert DeNIro and Claire Danes).
Mythos Media is publishing my graphic novel The Medicine Show in the very near future. This conversation/interview is the first wave of promotion in support of that. This is all in the way of this new approach of getting things out there via the internet called "viral marketing": and your clicks can have a cumulative, supporting effect. There are a number of interlinked sites involved, so if you're at all in need of a diversion, you might like to explore where all these links will take you-- sip a cup of the mojo.
So, yeah, please click away and forward the news to anyone who might be interested. We don't want to be bothering people, but we would like to get the word out to anyone who might enjoy what we're doing. Connect the disconnections, so to speak.
Mythos Media espouses an egalitarian ethic and alternative voices-- they function more like your local cooperative (allowing artists and writers to retain their creative rights to a degree usually unheard of in the publishing industry). As such, they are kind of a "mom & pop" operation, facing a "david & goliath" sort of challenge to gain shelf space along side the big publishing firms (that tend to leverage retailers to keep the smaller publishers out). But we're confident that there is a culture that isn't being served out there--a void to fill, and we're rising to fill it (in our own small way, with whatever talents and resources we can muster).
All this is to say that whatever attention you might be willing or able to afford is more helpful than you might think. The more internet traffic (created by visiting these links, and spreading the word) we can drum up the sooner and more effectively we'll be able to get into to a "bookstore near you." Otherwise, you'll only be able to find The Medicine Show and other Mythos Media books online (at sellers like Amazon,Target, Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, etc.). We'd like to see power flowing back to the people, we'd like to hear fresh, new, meaningful voices; we'd like to put disenfranchised voices back in the cultural dialogue; but to some degree we can only work within the distribution structures out there.
Again, your interest is greatly appreciated. This is where the rubber begins to hit the road here.
So, if you will, if you can, add some fuel to the fire and wish me / us luck.
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