Now in development as a Major motion picture
Skip Brittenham and Brian Haberlin
356 pages: October 2012 ISBN: 978-0-9853342-0-8 Retailers: Contact Ingram Publisher Services (IPS) to order: (866) 400-5351 Contact us: [email protected] www.experienceanomaly.com JOURNEY TO A FANTASTIC WORLD WHERE NOTHING IS AS IT APPEARS…
COMING THIS OCTOBER earth.earth. 2277117..
2 experienceanomaly.com sti, could be worse.
My oice has one he of a view.
earth. 2717. the conglomerate… how do the coercials put it? Oh, yeah…
“building a be er tomoow today.“
EARTH 2717: THE 3RD GOLDEN AGE
Building a better tomorrow today…
The planet we call home slowly dies What could go wrong? beneath us. Everything… Most humans now live in teeming surface a roads lead to the conglomerate… “Terrarium Cities,” off world colonies or orbiting For Jon, it’s a relief to get away – on an no countries any more… no independent planets. just the conglomerate… space stations. All of earth’s resources have easy assignment protecting a couple of and that’s how they like it. been depleted. do-gooders visiting a peaceful new planet. For Samantha, it’s a mission to change the we reay did a number on the old home world. All corporations, nations and technologies world. For Jasson, it’s a chance to put his Most of the population lives in orbit now… or have merged into THE CONGLOMERATE, theories to the test. o world. if you can’t get o world and have to be stuck on the planet itself in one of the whose Enforcer Battalions now conquer “tearium cities” then you’re even le lucky whole planets to feed its shareholders’ Being marooned on Anomaly where than me. insatiable appetites. technology doesn’t work, the terrain is lethal move, get out of its way or be shoved aside… and the creatures even more so, Jon quickly I was shoved aside… so much human garbage… and these days I’d say and these days I’d say a menial… the lowest of the low... yep… THE CONGLOMERATE, which began with learns he’s not the man he once was. Dark I’m prey unlucky. the spirit of the best mankind had to offer, secrets surround the various species that that’s me. saved humanity from itself by taking us to call this world home. Jon’s actions here the stars and has become the most ruthless have the potential to ripple across the profit machine to ever exist. void of space, and touch everything in it… Maybe even the Conglomerate… Never use a robot when a human will do… But when Anomaly sprouts synthetics-eating Dishonorably discharged from the viruses, flesh-eating mutants and deadly Conglomerate’s elite Enforcer Corps, Jon magic, it becomes a race against which form is doing a job too lowly for a robot. He of death will come first. Who will survive? leaps at the chance to go on a peaceful, Who will return? first contact mission to an untainted world. Playing armed babysitter to Samantha, Join us on an adventure that reclaims our the daughter of a powerful Conglomerate humanity and saves a world! executive, shouldn’t be too hard.
experienceanomaly.com 3 “ANOMALY is Epic in terms of its scope and breadth and story. lt’s also Epic in terms of sheer size and volume. This is one huge beast. lt demands respect and awe and involvement from the Reader. lt’s difficult to adequately describe, praise, or assess ANOMALY by the usual terms, all of which is actually a very good thing: it means you’re beholding something altogether NEW. lt will seriously kick the next generation of entertainment media into high gear, and deliver to all the prognosticators, speculators and skeptics an effective kick to their collective asses as well.”
Bill Sienkiewicz
“Anomaly is one of the most innovative and rousing epic adventures l’ve seen. This story of a team of explorers marooned on a distant planet marries action and ideas in spectacular fashion, and holds important lessons for our society today.”
Harrison Ford
“They have uncovered a shrewd world in ANOMALY, one where simply fighting for survival is not enough. Loaded with offbeat characters and idiosyncratic socio-structures, ANOMALY does a smashing job of bringing us back to the fundamentals of humanity. Can’t wait for the next installment!” Ridley Scott
4 experienceanomaly.com experienceanomaly.com 5 the longest fu-color original graphic novel-- ever
6 experienceanomaly.com “The reason this book is important is because we in the comic book industry have misleadingly used the words `graphic novel’ Includes as a throw away term. We apply it to almost anything that reprints staggering old editions of previously printed materials. What no one has done is to 3-page ACTUALLY do a fully rendered graphic novel of this scale from the gatefolds very onset. This book represents what I always measuring thought l should be holding in my hands: a meaty, sophisticated over 40” book filled with epic story and art that reads like a movie.
“The historic significance of this novel should be trumpeted to all of us who have ever uttered the words `graphic novel’ Anomaly leads because innovations in the way into the every business are what lead to exciting changes. new century ANOMALY will become for the graphic one of those trailblazers.” novel format. Todd McFarlane Todd McFarlane From intimate personal scenes to full, double page cinematic spreads, it is the realization of unrivaled talent married to the unwavering vision to “do it right.”
experienceanomaly.com 7 8 experienceanomaly.com printed with high-end, wide gamut inks and stochastic scr ning to provide more detail and range of color than is available in any conventional printing proce .
experienceanomaly.com 9 EREBOS ROBERT BAL’KA Ruthless, powerful and deadly, Erebos A fellow Enforcer who served with Jon in Third Maj of the Moncs, Bal’ka is among the united the Muties under an iron fist Steel Bane, Robert was instrumental in best warriors to be born to the mysterious and has laid siege to the other races of having his friend reinstated for this landmark people of Tel’Forae. Anomaly. mission.
SAMANTHA AODH Smart, beautiful, ideological daughter of a Firebrand daughter of Caderyn, she is as powerful Conglomerate executive, she is at dangerous with her sword as she is loyal to the heart of a movement to return the soul the Red Clan and The People. to a wayward hypercompany.
DAGDA CADERYN NIKA She is the mysterious Master in the He is the Battle Lord of The People, Ship doctor in charge of crew health and teachings of The One, and the spiritual charged with their protection and meting out adaptation on their destination world, leader of The People. justice according to The Law. His authority she was a late addition to the expedition is only exceeded by that of Dagda. bringing a welcome set of skills.
PETER TONNI Peter is Samantha’s stepfather and a Tonni seeks the truth in all things through driving force in the lucrative branches of the lens of science, often to his own Conglomerate Energy. detriment. It is rumored he left a family dynasty for the chance to explore the universe.
10 experienceanomaly.com DEIMOS The second member of “The Twins” (with Damianos), Deimos is a whirlwind of fear and ferocity as he carries out Erebos’ commands.
DARAL JASSON The brilliant mind behind Conglomerate Samantha’s most stalwart supporter, he is Communications, Daral remains perpetually pivotal to the growing movement to return focused on the Conglomerate’s reason to native sovereign rights to world acquisitions. exist: Profit. It is a position which has set him at odds with many powerful members of the Conglomerate.
DAMIANOS One of Erebos’ battlefield lieutenants, Damianos is the face of death itself. His brutality is feared by friend and foe alike.
CHARACTERS
JON POTTER MOGG
Potter is an Ikasu class android servant to Cowardly opportunist who serves at Falllen Enforcer given a second chance to Samantha and chief pilot of this mission. His Erebos’ pleasure. redeem himself in the eyes of his superiors Stochastic Logic Algorithms (SLA) render and help his family in doing so. He is a man moments of chance...far less so. with a destiny no one could have imagined...
experienceanomaly.com 11 12 experienceanomaly.com a fresh new voice in independentindependent comicscomics
experienceanomaly.com 13 INTRODUCING, UAR: Ultimate Augmented Reality
Anomaly UAR integrates the print and virtual experience like never before. Gain access to a rich back story that cannot be experienced through reading alone. UAR literally takes TM the story off of the page and into your world.
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14 experienceanomaly.com CREATOR BIOS & DATA MARKETING Skip Brittenham Brian Haberlin $100,000 marketing
A senior partner of Ziffren Brittenham LLP, in media and entertainment, and person- A comic book artist, writer, editor and pro- many successful fantasy and sci-fi titles, campaign one of the country’s premier entertainment ally represents some of the world’s most ducer, Brian began his career in comics including Stone, Aria, Area 52, and M-Rex. law firms. For more than 20 years, he has successful actors, directors and producers. working at Top Cow Productions, where he Brian also served for two years as Editor in worked closely with leading animation com- He is married to actress and screenwriter co-created the Witchblade franchise, which Chief of Todd McFarlane Productions and panies including Pixar, DreamWorks Ani- Heather Thomas, formally of TV’s “The Fall has since expanded to include multiple spin- penciled and inked its flagship title, Spawn. Explosive New York mation, Illumination Entertainment and the Guy.” The couple has an 11 year old daugh- offs, a live action television series, an anime, He currently runs Digitalarttutorials.com and Jim Henson Company, and has served on ter, India Rose, who joins his other daugh- and an upcoming film. He founded Haberlin teaches comic art at Minneapolis College Comic-Con promotion the boards of both Pixar and DreamWorks ters, Kristina Lynn and Shauna Leigh. Studios in 1995, producing commercial illus- of Art and Design. He is also a contributor Animation. As an attorney, he is a leader in trations and digital coloring for Marvel Com- to 3d World and ImagineFX magazine, and structuring and negotiating business deals ics, DC Comics and Image Comics. He then his work is in the permanent collection at the for some of the most prominent companies co-founded Avalon Studios, which published Smithsonian Museum. Teaser web site
Revolutionary app
Interactive video trailers
Social media campaign, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google+
Major national publicity with celebrity appearances
Casual games launch prior to book to build audience
Media Contact Jonathan Bing [email protected] (310) 310 - 3561
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