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Top Cow Productions Presents... TM Created by Stjepan Sejic Published by Top Cow Productions, Inc. Los Angeles SunstoneV3.indd 1 7/30/15 3:10 PM Top Cow Productions Presents... TM Stjepan Sejic Creater, Artist, and Writer Stjepan Sejic Cover Art Betsy Gonia & Ryan Cady Editors Tricia Ramos Book Design and Layout For Top Cow Productions, Inc. Marc Silvestri - CEO • Matt Hawkins - President and COO Want more info? Check out: www.topcow.com Betsy Gonia - Editor • Bryan Hill - Story Editor for news & exclusive Top Cow merchandise! To find the comic shop Elena Salcedo - Operations Manager • Ryan Cady - Editorial Assistant nearest you, call: Vincent Valentine - Production Assistant 1-888-COMICBOOK IMAGE COMICS, INC. IMAGE COMICS, INC. Robert Kirkman - Chief Operating Officer Robert Kirkman - Chief Operating Officer Sunstone Volume 3 Trade Paperback. Erik Larsen - Chief Financial Officer Erik Larsen - Chief Financial Officer Todd McFarlane - President Todd McFarlane - President Marc Silvestri - Chief Executive Officer Marc Silvestri - Chief Executive Officer Jim Valentino - Vice-President Jim Valentino - Vice-President Eric Stephenson - Publisher Eric Stephenson - Publisher August 2015. First Printing. ISBN: 978-1-63215-399-9. $14.99 USD. Published by Image Comics, Inc. Office of publication: 2001 Corey Murphy - Director of Sales Corey Murphy - Director of Sales Jeremy Sullivan - Director of Digital Sales Jeremy Sullivan - Director of Digital Sales Kat Salazar - Director of PR & Marketing Kat Salazar - Director of PR & Marketing Center Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704. Originally published on DeviantArt by Stjepan Sejic. Sunstone© 2015 Stjepan Sejic. Emily Miller - Director of Operations Emily Miller - Director of Operations Branwyn Bigglestone - Senior Accounts Manager Branwyn Bigglestone - Senior Accounts Manager All rights reserved. “Sunstone,” its logos, and the likenesses of all characters (human or otherwise) featured herein are trademarks of Sarah Mello - Accounts Manager Sarah Mello - Accounts Manager Drew Gill - Art Director Drew Gill - Art Director Jonathan Chan - Production Manager Jonathan Chan - Production Manager Stjepan Sejic. “Image” and the Image Comics logos are registered trademarks of Image Comics, Inc. The characters, events, and stories Meredith Wallace - Print Manager Meredith Wallace - Print Manager Randy Okamura - Marketing Production Designer Randy Okamura - Marketing Production Designer David Brothers - Branding Manager David Brothers - Branding Manager in this publication are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, (living or dead) events, institutions, or locales, without Ally Power - Content Manager Ally Power - Content Manager Addison Duke - Production Artist Addison Duke - Production Artist Vincent Kukua - Production Artist Vincent Kukua - Production Artist satiric intent, is coincidental. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means (except Sasha Head - Production Artist Sasha Head - Production Artist Tricia Ramos - Production Artist Tricia Ramos - Production Artist Emilio Bautista - Sales Assistant Emilio Bautista - Sales Assistant for short excerpts for journalistic or review purposes), without the express written permission of Stjepan Sejic. Printed in the USA. Chloe Ramos-Peterson - Administrative Assistant Chloe Ramos-Peterson - Administrative Assistant IMAGECOMICS.COM IMAGECOMICS.COM For information regarding the CPSIA on this printed material call: 203-595-3636 and provide reference #RICH–632038. SunstoneV3.indd 2 7/30/15 5:31 PM SunstoneV3.indd 3 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 4 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 5 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 6 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 7 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 8 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 9 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 10 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 11 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 12 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 13 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 14 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 15 7/30/15 3:10 PM SunstoneV3.indd 16 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 17 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 18 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 19 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 20 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 21 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 22 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 23 7/30/15 3:11 PM SunstoneV3.indd 24 7/30/15 3:11 PM.
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