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Max Dunbar:Stone Star

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Stone Star #5 L: Marshall Dillon A: Max Dunbar C: Espen Grundetjern W: Jim Zub

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https://www.comixology.com/Stone-Star-comiXology-Originals-1-of-5/digital-comic/761796

Zub’s got a new creator-owned series!

When’s it getting announced? NOW

When’s it getting released? NOW

Surprise!

Tell your friends.

This morning, comiXology Originals announced and launched STONE STAR, my new creator-owned comic! Yup, we just pulled off a bit of a Beyoncé Drop, cutting through all the pre-hype announcement and ordering fatigue to make the announcement the simultaneous launch. If readers want to dive into Stone Star #1, it’s available NOW on comiXology for $2.99, or absolutely FREE with Amazon Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited, instantly opening us up to new readers around the world!

Artist Max Dunbar (my phenomenal collaborator on Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur’s Gate and the Champions in Weirdworld story), colorist Espen Grundetjern, letterer Marshall Dillon and I have been working on this series in secret, building the characters and story while juggling our other projects, getting prepared for this announcement and release surprise.

Stone Star is a mobile asteroid where entertainment abounds, and competition and celebrity are intertwined. Gladiators fight to find their fortune, but there are other secrets lurking beneath the surface as a new season begins. It’s space-fantasy with modern-day sports entertainment that follows the story of Dail, a teenage thief pulled into the arena who has to decide where his loyalties lie.

If you’ve enjoyed my work on Street Fighter, Champions, or Wayward, then I think Stone Star is going to hit the spot. Max, Espen, and Marshall are delivering their very best on every page and that momentum has helped push me to give them crazy and fun stuff to illustrate. It’s classic teen adventure in a vibrant setting, filled with twists and turns.

As an additional surprise, Max and I are also surprise guests at WONDERCON this weekend, promoting Stone Star with a free limited-edition screen print giveaway, panels, and signings! If you’re at the show, come on by BOOTH 2151 to see us.

Thank you for your support! I say that a lot, but I really mean it. Getting the chance to write these stories and work with such incredible people keeps me going year after year. Your enthusiasm for what I do means a lot.

ZUB

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For Immediate Release

ComiXology Originals Announces Stone Star, A Sci-Fi, Action-Adventure, Comic Series by Jim Zub and Max Dunbar

Available Digitally Starting Today

Now Included Exclusively in Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited and comiXology Unlimited

March 27, 2019 – New York, NY –ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service, dropped a surprise new series today, the first issue of Stone Star, a 5-part sci-fi, action-adventure comic seriesby Jim Zub (Champions, Avengers: No Road Home, Rick and Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons) and Max Dunbar (Champions, Dungeons & Dragons). Stone Star issue #1 is digitally available to read now for members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited and is also available for sale on comiXology and Kindle for $2.99.

Stone Star is a mobile asteroid where entertainment abounds, and competition and celebrity are intertwined. Gladiators fight to find their fortune, but there are other secrets lurking beneath the surface as a new season begins. Evoking the very best of science fiction, cyberpunk, and modern-day sports entertainment, Stone Star follows the story of Dail, a teenage thief who is pulled into the arena and has to decide where his loyalties lie. Zub and Dunbar have created a fast-paced adventure full of stunning sights, intense action, and colorful characters.

"Stone Star is a wild mix of everything that ignited my imagination growing up - strange creatures with a fantasy flare, weird worlds, and unexpected danger,” says writer Jim Zub. “Max is channeling that excitement and unleashing it on every page with a level of kinetic action and detail that readers have never seen from him before."

“It’s exciting to surprise fans with a new series no one knew was coming,” said comiXology Originals Head of Content Chip Mosher. “We love Stone Star – Zub and Dunbar have really delivered the goods and we know that new and existing comic fans will enjoy the heck out of this rollicking sci-fi adventure. And with digital distribution we can surprise and delight readers everywhere with new content they didn’t know was coming. It’s a blast!”

In celebration of this surprise announcement, Jim Zub and Max Dunbar will be at WonderCon—March 29-31 in Anaheim, CA—to promote and discuss Stone Star. The two creators will be signing two exclusive, limited edition giveaway posters, illustrated by Max Dunbar and available from their table at Booth #2151. Zub and Dunbar will also be appearing on the following panels:

Friday, March 29, 2019—2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m., Room: 211 ComiXology Originals What’s Next Stone Star Spotlight The biggest news in comics is comiXology’s exclusive digital content program - comiXology Originals. Now you can join comiXology’s Head of Content, Chip Mosher, writer Jim Zub and artist Max Dunbar to get the scoop on an all-new, recently announced, comiXology Originals series, Stone Star—available now—direct from the creators making it! They’ll wow the crowd with stories on the process of bringing creator-owned comics to life and what it’s like pushing the envelope with digital comics, and beyond. Saturday, 3/30/19, 12:30p.m. - 1:30p.m., Room: 208 Breaking in & Staying in Comics Like with any creative field, Comics is a tough business to break into, and possibly tougher to stay in – but fear not! Our panel of comics veterans from across the creative & administrative spectrum of comics are here to help! Join our panel of comics superstars including Jim Zub (Avengers, Dungeons & Dragons), Max Dunbar (Champions, Teen Titans), Chip Mosher (comiXology Head of Content), Ivan Salazar (comiXology PR & Events) & surprise special guests as they teach you the tricks of the trade to break in & stay in comics, possibly for LIFE. Welcome to Comics, hope you survive the experience.

Sunday, March 31, 2019--2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m., Room: 209 Comics 101: Making Sense of the World of Comics Just getting into comics but not sure where to start? We can help! Hear from some of the industry's best & brightest including Jim Zub (Avengers, Dungeons & Dragons), Max Dunbar (Champions, Teen Titans), Mark Sable (The Dark, Graveyard of Empires), Bis Stringer Horne (Comics Editor & Facilitator), Ivan Salazar (comiXology PR & Events) & more special guests as they impart their vast comic knowledge by personally recommending series just right for you! Join the eternal comics fans at comiXology along with a riveting panel of comics superstars as they become your guides through the awesome world of comics!

Stone Star is part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content. The first issue is available now and each subsequent monthly issue will be available to members of Prime Reading, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited at no additional cost, and available for sale on comiXology and Kindle for $2.99. The collected edition will be available via Print-on-Demand exclusively on Amazon.com. Stone Star #1 is a continuation of comiXology Originals offering new, exclusive comic book content across Amazon’s subscription services of Prime, Kindle Unlimited, and comiXology Unlimited. Prime Reading offers Amazon Prime members a rotating selection of over a thousand top Kindle books, magazines, short works, comic books, children’s books, and more – all at no additional cost. Kindle Unlimited offers over 1 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and select current issues of popular magazines for just $9.99 a month with a 30-day free trial for new members at amazon.com/kindleunlimited. ComiXology Unlimited offers over 20,000 comics, graphic novels and manga for just $5.99 a month with a 30-day free trial for new members at comixology.com/unlimited.

For more updates on comiXology Originals, check outhttp://comixologyoriginals.com and follow comiXology onTwitter,Facebook andInstagram. About the Stonestar Creative Team Jim Zub is a writer, artist and art instructor based in Toronto, Canada. His current comic projects includeAvengers: No Road Home, a weekly epic event for Marvel’s Mightiest Heroes, Champions, Marvel’s team of teen superheroes fighting for the future, Dungeons & Dragons, the official comic series of the world’s most popular tabletop role-playing game, and Wayward, a modern supernatural story about teens fighting Japanese mythological monsters. http://www.jimzub.com/

Max Dunbar is a Vancouver-based comic book and concept artist who has worked on such titles as Dungeons & Dragons, Judge Dredd, Champions, Gears of War: Rise of RAAM, Red Sonja and others.

About comiXology ComiXology, an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is a revolutionary, cloud-based digital comics service. With content from over 125 publishers as well as thousands of independent creators from around the world, comiXology provides an unrivaled library of comic books, graphic novels, manga and bandes dessinées. The company’s first-in-class innovations include the exclusive Guided View technology which provides an immersive and cinematic reading experience and a new monthly subscription service. ComiXology is based in New York City, with operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. For more information, visit comixology.com and follow the company on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. About Amazon Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.

To request a review copy, art or interview, Contact: Pamela Mullin Horvath, Publicity Director, Superfan Promotions LLC [email protected]

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Watching an art team gel as a project develops is so satisfying. 

Espen Grundetjern, our colorist on STONE STAR, sent in a slew of pages this morning and the way he's syncing with Max Dunbar now is breathtaking. 

LOOK at these sample panels from issue #4 (arriving online next week)!

https://www.comixology.com/Stone-Star-comiXology-Originals/comics-series/130087

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Stone Star #1 L: Marshall Dillon A: Max Dunbar W: Jim Zub

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Stone Star Season Two #5 L: Marshall Dillon A: Max Dunbar C: Espen Grundetjern W: Jim Zub

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Stone Star (2019) #4

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