Templar

A BOOK THAT YOU CAN buy here. Or download "The Making of Templar" e-book for free here.

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The nominees for the 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, which will be given out Friday, July 25 at Comic-Con International: San Diego!

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TEMPLAR volume 1 is now on sale in France! Here's artist Alex Puvilland signing copies at the Akileos booth at Angoulême.

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Templar reviewed in the New York Times!

New books by Paul Pope, John Lewis, Jordan Mechner and Gris Grimly.

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Templar reviewed on Examiner.com (5 stars): "A must for history buffs, action-adventure fans and anyone who enjoys a good epic yarn."

“Templar” offers action and intrigue enough to fill several summer blockbusters, but also boasts incredibly rich historical details, beautiful artwork and a story solid enough that it instills a “must-know-what-happens-next” sense of urgency in the reader. To read it is to know pure immersive joy that makes an oft explored subject feel new once again.

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Congratulations to our TEMPLAR graphic novel photo contest winners! Each winner will receive a TEMPLAR T-shirt.

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Artists LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland and writer Jordan Mechner discuss their creative collaboration in "The Making of Templar." Get the free e-book here.

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First two entries in our "Caught Reading Templar" photo contest!

Contest ends August 25. Details here.

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Read a 28-page preview of Templar on Boing Boing

Enjoy this 28-page preview of Jordan Mechner's new massive graphic novel about the Knights Templar.

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Want a Templar T-shirt like this one? We've got a few to give away!

To enter to win, take a photo of yourself reading TEMPLAR and post it to your Twitter feed, Tumblr or Facebook page. Don't forget to tag Templar or author Jordan Mechner (@jmechner on Twitter) so we can find it! Contest runs through August 25, 2013. As photos come in, we'll repost our favorites. At the end of the month, we'll choose three winners and send each of them a T-shirt.

Special points for exotic or Templaresque locations, and overall creativity!

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Newsarama in-depth interview with Templar author Jordan Mechner

The creator of the successful Prince of Persia video game franchise has his own epic OGN. Newsarama talked to Mechner about the project, the difficulties of writing for different mediums, and the influences that made Templar what it is.

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Jordan Mechner and Templar at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend (and on Reddit)

If you're at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, you can meet author Jordan Mechner and get your copy of Templar signed. Here's Jordan's schedule: Friday 10:00 - "Graphic Novels: Words & Pictures" Panel in Room 23ABC Friday 11:30 - Signing books in Autographing Area (AA09) Friday 2:30 - Signing books at First Second Booth (1323) For those who can't make it to SDCC, Jordan will be doing an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit.com, Saturday, July 20, at 10 am Pacific time (1 pm Eastern).

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Newsarama reviews Templar: 10/10

"Fans of the popular Game of Thrones novels and television series will find much to appreciate in this original graphic novel... Templar lends itself to multiple readings that book lovers of all backgrounds will find satisfying many years after their first meeting with Martin of Troyes." -- Newsarama

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Authors Jordan Mechner, LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland discuss the joys and trials of creative collaboration in a new 86-page e-book, "The Making of Templar."

Download it free at http://jordanmechner.com/templarbook

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Tor.com reviews Templar

"Mechner’s experience as a screenwriter and the writer behind games like Prince of Persia pays off here, resulting in a fast-paced and unexpectedly moving adventure against one of the great historical dramas of the Middle Ages... Templar is yet another terrific book from First Second, which has been consistently producing high-quality editions of excellent original comics and graphic novels."

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Cory Doctorow reviews Templar for Boing Boing

"Templar is a beautifully executed historical thriller written by famed game designer Jordan Mechner (who created Prince of Persia) and drawn by Leuyen Pham and Alex Puvilland... A classic caper story filled with glorious and horrible swordfights, skullduggery, torture, romance, banditry, piety, bravery and treachery. I came to this not knowing much about the Templars and caring about them even less, but found that once I picked the (massive) book up, I couldn't put it down. This is some great and exciting storytelling."

          -Cory Doctorow (author of Homeland and Little Brother)

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From Prince of Persia to Templar: Jordan Mechner tells the story behind his new graphic novel

"The story of how a book, movie, or video game came to be — any project that takes years and the combined effort of many people — is always intertwined with the stories of other projects that didn’t... Most creative people spend a significant percentage of their careers working on projects that don’t see the light of day, or morph into something completely different by the time they do."

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This came from Amazon yesterday. Yeah, I pre-ordered my own book.