“It’s
the end of the world as we know it…and they feel fine.”
FROSTY
Rings in New Year with Expanded Universe
The
apocalyptic tale surpasses their Kickstarter campaign goal
and
heads to Wizard World!
January
16, 2014/St. Louis, MO – As the childhood song promises, he’ll be back again
someday…and this version of FROSTY is back with an intergalactic universe full
of aliens, elves, space monsters, robo-babes and more! Thanks to
their FROSTY EXPANDED UNIVERSE Kickstarter campaign, Dead of Night Entertainment and Iron Dead Studios have taken their
multi-media project into the next phase of science fiction storytelling.
Having reached their goal less than halfway through the campaign, fans of “FROSTY: ‘Twas the Night Before the Apocalypse” now have access to trading cards
and a forthcoming collectible card game experience. With less than 2 weeks
left, they are on their way to hitting their 2ndstretch goal upgrade,
adding another 9 card expansion to the current set of 27. Akers has found
that “Kickstarter is a great networking tool. Not only do you get the
additional exposure, there’s the added benefit of financial support from your
target audience. Over 90% of the funding has come from complete strangers. This
campaign certainly opened doors for future relationships with top-notch
printing companies."
Perks
for backers are still available and include an expanding trading card series
(including autographed and foil effects as well as full series), exclusive
Giclée art prints, books in the series, digital downloads and possibly the
“coolest” reward of all – being immortalized as a character in an upcoming
installment!
“FROSTY”
gives adults a new holiday tradition to call their own. And after devouring
this first tale, readers may never look at Christmas Eve the same again!
In Bobby Ray Akers Jr and Dennis Willman’s festive adventure, the iconic
snowman regales patrons of his favorite bar with the story of a massive
yuletide invasion by industrious aliens. These invaders have passed judgment on
the human race, and seek to exterminate the “offending” species and remodel
their entire planet into a trans-galactic resort. A lone human named Eve
is held accountable for the shortcomings of her people and forced to bear
witness to the apocalypse from the flagship. As she works desperately to
challenge perception of humanity to a council of the most powerful leaders in
the solar system, a daring elf named Herbie is sent on a dangerous mission to
save Eve, and in doing so, save the world.
“FROSTY:
‘Twas the Night Before the Apocalypse” is the first book in the flagship
“FROSTY” series, featuring Akers’ freakish snowman as the Master of
Ceremonies. Each successive book in the series will give a bizarre twist
to a classic holiday theme. In this case, Willman put his spin on the
timeless Christmas poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” by Clement Clark
Moore.
“FROSTY”
is an homage to the great science fiction films and stories of the ‘50s and
‘60s. Taking inspiration from “Mars Attacks” and “The Nightmare Before
Christmas,” Akers & Willman create a new and unique look for their
multi-media hybrid. One of the unique aspects of this project is that it reads
like a storybook, with the introduction and ending in comic book form. As
with their previous efforts, a modeling cast was utilized, including film
composer Harry Manfredini (“Friday the 13th”) and the “Queen of the
B Movies” icon Julie Strain (“Heavy Metal,” “Vampirella”). A full list of
modeling cast is available on their website.
FROSTY: 'Twas The Night Before The Apocalypse is available online now through Createspace.com, Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com worldwide
in two cover options. Akers & Willman recently released “The Vengeance of Sleepy Hollow: Origins,”
a graphic novel re-imagining of the classic tale of the headless horseman also
available online. Both will be available to purchase at Akers’ Wizard
World St. Louis appearance April 4-6, 2014 at America’s Center.
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